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Jun 10, 2010 Carrie Underwood wins big at the 2010 CMT Music Awards. View Photo

Jun 04, 2010 BMI’s Jody Williams and Bradley Collins recently welcomed singer/songwriter Michael Nelson to the BMI family. Nelson, fresh out of high school, was recently asked by country artist Laura Bell Bundy to perform one of his own songs and introduce her at CMA Music Fest this month. Pictured are BMI’s Jody Williams, Michael Nelson, and BMI’s Bradley Collins. View Photo

Jun 04, 2010 Young Guns blaze at BMI Buzz at the Basement on June 2. View Photo

Jun 04, 2010 Parker Welling delivers a strong set at BMI Buzz at the Basement on June 2. View Photo

Jun 04, 2010 Adam Stone performs at BMI Buzz at the Basement on June 2. View Photo

Jun 04, 2010 Penny Dale performs at BMI Buzz at the Basement on June 2. View Photo

Jun 04, 2010 On June 2, BMI set the stage at the Basement for some of Nashville’s hottest up-and-comers. The quarterly showcase, called BMI Buzz, gives fresh voices the mic in front of an attentive industry crowd. The June installment of the series featured Young Guns, Penny Dale, Adam Stone and Parker Welling. Pictured are BMI’s Jody Williams; Young Guns’ Tommie Closson; BMI’s… View Photo

Jun 02, 2010 BMI recently saluted co-writers Wade Kirby, Rodney Clawson and Monty Criswell, whose chart-topping collaboration “I Saw God Today” recently surpassed one million performances. The poignant hit also marked Country Music Hall of Famer George Strait’s 43rd #1 single. Pictured at BMI on May 27 are Kirby, Clawson, BMI’s Thomas Cain, Criswell, and Steel Wheels Music’s Jason Krupek. View Photo

May 27, 2010 BMI hosted a guitar pull at its Music Row office in Nashville as part of the 2010 Media Financial Management Conference on Monday, May 24. More than 300 broadcasters were treated to a slew of country hits performed by a virtual who’s who of Nashville songwriters: Luke Laird (“Hillbilly Bone,” “Temporary Home”), Lee Thomas Miller (“In Color,” “The Impossible”) and… View Photo

May 27, 2010 Pictured at the Country Throwdown Tour launch party on May 25 are BMI’s Jody Williams, Bluebird Café’s Erika Wollam Nichols, 4Fini’s Sarah Baer, and BMI’s Beth Mason. View Photo