BMI introduced its 2024 BMI Nation Awards final evening, honoring the unparalleled profession of BMI Icon Award recipient Randy Owen in addition to the Nation Songwriter, Tune and Writer of the 12 months. The 72nd annual occasion additionally celebrated the highest songwriters and music publishers behind this previous 12 months’s 50 most-performed songs in Nation music. BMI’s President & CEO Mike O’Neill hosted the night alongside Nashville’s VP, Artistic, Clay Bradley.
As this 12 months’s BMI Icon, Owen joins an elite group of songwriters who’ve had an indelible affect on music makers over generations, together with Toby Keith, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson, Dean Dillon, Hank Williams, Jr., Invoice Anderson and Vince Gill. In the course of the night, Owen’s chart-topping Alabama hits had been on show as Riley Inexperienced put a southern spin on “My Residence’s in Alabama” and Luke Bryan carried out his personal rendition of “Feels So Proper.” Blake Shelton closed out the tribute with the Alabama basic, “Mountain Music.”
The night started with a heartfelt collaboration from Ella Langley, Lukas Nelson and Aaron Raitiere who joined forces on “With a Little Assist from My Mates,” because the Nation group was praised for its charitable efforts all year long. Chase McGill and Zach Bryan tied for the coveted BMI Songwriter of the 12 months award, as every songwriter co-wrote six of BMI’s most-performed songs in Nation music. McGill co-wrote Morgan Wallen’s “Ain’t That Some,” Luke Bryan’s “However I Obtained a Beer in My Hand,” Conner Smith’s “Creek Will Rise,” Russell Dickerson’s “God Gave Me a Lady,” Jordan Davis’ “Subsequent Factor You Know” and Thomas Rhett’s “Mamaw’s Home.” Bryan serves as a author behind “Burn, Burn, Burn,” “Dawns,” “Hey Driver,” “I Bear in mind The whole lot,” “Oklahoma Smokeshow” and “Solar to Me.”
Morgan Wallen’s “Final Evening” was named 2024 BMI Nation Tune of the 12 months, revealed by Massive Loud Mountain, John Byron Music, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. BMI’s most-performed Nation Tune of the 12 months was written by John Byron and Charlie Good-looking and was No. One on the Billboard Scorching 100 for 16 nonconsecutive weeks, essentially the most ever for a solo tune.
The Writer of the 12 months accolade went to Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., which revealed 34 of the 50 most-performed songs of the 12 months, together with megahits like Parker McCollum’s “Burn It Down,” Tyler Hubbard’s “Dancin’ within the Nation,” Riley Inexperienced’s “Completely different ‘Spherical Right here,” Warren Zeiders’ “Fairly Little Poison,” and Bailey Zimmerman’s “Religiously.”
In the course of the ceremony, BMI additionally saluted the songwriters and publishers of the 50 most-performed nation songs of the earlier 12 months together with Chayce Beckham’s “23,” Chris Janson’s “All I Want Is You,” Kane Brown’s “Bury Me In Georgia,” Jelly Roll’s “Want a Favor,” Cody Johnson’s “The Painter,” and Luke Combs’ “The place the Wild Issues Are.”
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