Taylor Swift was named Pop Songwriter of the Year at the 2024 BMI Pop Awards held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on Tuesday (June 4).
Swift co-wrote 10 of BMI's most performed songs of 2023 – 'Anti-Hero', 'Bejeweled', 'Cruel Summer', 'Karma', 'Lavender Haze', 'Maroon', 'Midnight Rain' “, “Snow on the Beach”, “Vigilante Shit” and “You're On Your Own, Kid”. Swift has received a total of 65 BMI Awards, including the BMI President's Award in 2009.
On November 10, 2023, Swift received her seventh Grammy nomination for Song of the Year for “Anti-Hero”, which allowed her to set a new record for most nods in the category.
Miley Cyrus, Gregory 'Aldae' Hein and Michael Pollack won the BMI Pop Award for Song of the Year for Cyrus' megahit, “Flowers.” The smash entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 1 and stayed there for eight non-consecutive weeks. It won Grammys for record of the year and best pop solo performance on February 4 (and was nominated for song of the year).
Sony Music Publishing received Publisher of the Year for the seventh consecutive year. The label accounted for 34 of the previous year's most-performed songs, including “Anti-Hero,” “Barbie World,” “Eyes Closed,” “Flowers,” “Trustfall,” and “Unholy.”
As previously announced, Benny Blanco, 36, received the BMI President's Award. Blanco has won 55 BMI Awards, been named Songwriter of the Year four times and won Pop Song of the Year in 2013 for Maroon 5's “Moves Like Jagger” featuring Christina Aguilera.
Blanco has received two Grammy Awards for song of the year, for Julia Michaels' hit “Issues” and Justin Bieber's smash “Love Yourself.” Blanco has gone 0-11 at the Grammys over the years, so this BMI recognition was probably especially important.
Blanco received the award from BMI president and CEO Mike O'Neill, who praised the songwriter as an “unstoppable creative force that has shaped the sound of popular music.” Some of Blanco's top collaborators, including Lil Dicky, John Janick, Blake Slatkin and Ed Sheeran, sent video messages of congratulations. Sia then took the stage to perform Rihanna's 2012 hit “Diamonds,” which she co-wrote with Blanco.
Upon receiving the honor, Blanco said, “We have the best job in the world and we are so grateful and lucky to be in this room. We have the opportunity to make things better through music and help people. We provide the soundtrack to people's lives.”
Past recipients of the BMI President's Award include Luis Fonsi, Noel Gallagher, Ellie Goulding, Imagine Dragons, Jay Kay of Jamiroquai, Ludacris, P!nk, Willie Nelson, Pitbull, Taylor Swift, Brian Wilson and Dwight Yoakam.
BMI celebrated 53 first-time Pop Award winners, including Sabrina Carpenter (“Nonsense”), Ice Spice (“Boy's a Liar Pt. 2”), Jelly Roll and Rob Ragosta (“Need a Favor”), Kamille (” I'm Good (Blue)”) and Stephen Sanchez (“Until I Found You”).
The private event was co-hosted by O'Neill and BMI vice president, creative, worldwide, Barbara Cane.
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