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LOS ANGELES — BMI honored the best in R&B and hip-hop at its 2024 R&B/Hip-Hop Awards, held Thursday night at the Fairmont Century Plaza. Babyface received the BMI Icon Award, while SZA made history as the first recipient of the BMI Champion Award in the event’s 24-year history. SZA also took home two more major…
NEW YORK — The 2023 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards are set to recognize outstanding songwriting achievements. Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) will honor Lil Wayne, the accomplished rapper, executive, and philanthropist, with the BMI Icon award. This prestigious accolade celebrates Lil Wayne’s impressive two-decade-plus career and his profound impact on the R&B and hip-hop genre. The event…
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) will honor the multiple award-winning songwriter/rapper/producer and actor Busta Rhymes with the BMI Icon Award at its 2022 R&B/Hip-Hop Awards on September 7. The private event, held at the LIV Nightclub Miami Beach, will be hosted by BMI President & CEO Mike O’Neill and BMI Vice President, Creative (Atlanta) Catherine Brewton….
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) paid tribute to the top UK and European songwriters, composers and music publishers of the most-performed songs of the previous year at the 2020 BMI London Awards. Honourees for Song of the Year, Million-Air Awards, Top 30 Pop Songs and Film, TV & Visual Media were celebrated across BMI’s digital and…
Last night, BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) celebrated the songwriters, producers and publishers of the past year’s most-performed R&B/hip-hop songs during the 2019 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards held at the Sandy Springs Arts Center in Atlanta. Multiple-award-winning singer/songwriter and actress Brandy received the BMI President’s Award in recognition of her powerful impact on the entertainment industry and her…
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) will honor multi-platinum, GRAMMY Award-winning singer/songwriter and actress Brandy with the BMI President’s Award at its 2019 R&B/Hip-Hop Awards on Thursday, August 29th. The private event, held at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, will be hosted by BMI President & CEO Mike O’Neill and BMI Vice President Creative…
BMI will once again present the Know Them Now Experience on Thursday, May 30th at Buckhead Theater (3110 Roswell Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30305). Hosted by V-103 radio personality Greg Street and Atlanta’s own Paige Shari, the yearly showcase offers a chance for fans and industry executives to check out emerging and unsigned talent before…
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) is incredibly pleased to announce that multiple award-winning superstar and Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records recording artist Kendrick Lamar has signed a long-term deal with the performing rights organization to represent his critically-acclaimed catalog of music worldwide. Lamar joins BMI’s growing roster of more than 900,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers which…