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Nov 11, 2009 Ashley Monroe & Brendan Benson at the 2009 BMI Country Awards, held November 10 in Nashville. View Photo

Nov 11, 2009 Miranda Lambert & Heidi Newfield arrive on the red carpet at the 2009 BMI Country Awards, held November 10 in Nashville. View Photo

Nov 09, 2009 Charlie Daniels numbered prominently among the elite list of trendsetters inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame on Sunday, November 8 in Nashville. BMI President & CEO Del Bryant helped Daniels celebrate his new star, taking the stage to induct the legendary musician, songwriter, and 2005 BMI Icon. Bryant praised for Daniels’ profound legacy and still prodigious output, while… View Photo

Nov 03, 2009 Aimee Mayo recently celebrated several Million-Air Awards at Brown’s Diner, a Nashville eatery where Mayo previously worked. The 2002 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year, Mayo received Million-Air awards for her impressive string of hits including Lonestar’s “Amazed,” which has generated more than 6 million performances; Martina McBride’s “This One’s for the Girls,” which has earned more than 2 million… View Photo

Oct 28, 2009 Justin Moore shows his appreciation at the “Small Town USA” #1 party held at BMI’s Nashville offices on Monday, October 26. View Photo

Oct 28, 2009 Justin Moore and his band perform his chart-topper and other songs for a rapt audience stacked with impressed industry executives, supportive peers, friends and family at the “Small Town USA” #1 party held at BMI’s Nashville offices on Monday, October 26. View Photo

Oct 28, 2009 Pictured at the “Small Town USA” #1 party held at BMI’s Nashville offices on Monday, October 26 are BMI’s Beth Mason, Big Picture Publishing’s Keith Stegall, co-writer Brian Maher, BMI’s Jody Williams, co-writer and producer Jeremy Stover, co-writer and artist Justin Moore, Big Machine/Valory Music’s Scott Borchetta, Universal Music Publishing’s Pat Higdon, and Valory Music’s John Loba. View Photo

Oct 28, 2009 Inside Music Row’s Kelly Lynn interviews Justin Moore at the “Small Town USA” #1 party held at BMI’s Nashville offices on Monday, October 26. The song, co-written by Moore, Brian Maher, and Jeremy Stover, marks the only time this year a new artist has topped the country singles chart. View Photo

Oct 23, 2009 MS2MR, a weekly radio show produced by and aired on WVLS-FM Kix 96 in Muscle Shoals, AL, recently invited BMI songwriters Jason Isbell and Sunny Sweeney to perform some of their original pieces on a live broadcast heard by over 500,000 households. BMI’s Mark Mason traveled south to support the two singer/songwriters—and enjoy an ace show as well. Pictured at… View Photo

Oct 21, 2009 Perennial hitmaker Toby Keith receives the Songwriter/Artist of the Decade award from the NSAI at the organization’s annual awards ceremony, held Sunday, October 18. View Photo