June 16, 2010 BMI Toasts Creative Team Behind “The Man I Want to Be” BMI co-hosted a June 10 hootenanny to celebrate Chris Young’s chart-topper, “The Man I Want to Be,” written by BMI hit-maker Tim Nichols and Brett James. The song is published by This Music, Stage Three Music, and Warner Chappell Music, and the party actually toasted a trio of milestones for Young: “The Man I Want to Be” marks his second consecutive #1 single; he has now sold 500,000 digital downloads of first #1 “Gettin’ You Home”; and June 10 was also Young 25th birthday. Pictured are Tim DuBois, Warner Chappell Music's Tracy Gershon, This Music's Rusty Gaston, Chris Young, BMI's Jody Williams, Tim Nichols, Stage Three Music's Tim Hunze, This Music's Connie Harrington, Brett James, and Sony Music's Gary Overton.
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