BMI celebrated the songwriters and publishers behind the year’s most-performed pop songs at the 64th Annual BMI Pop Awards last night at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
Global superstar Taylor Swift was presented with the first-ever Taylor Swift Award, a special award bearing her name in recognition of her incomparable creative and artistic talent and influence on music lovers around the world. This is only the second time in BMI’s 76-year history that the company has presented an award in someone’s name. The first was to Michael Jackson in 1990.
The accomplished lyricist also took home the coveted BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year title once again for penning four of the year’s most-performed songs from her hit album 1989: “Bad Blood,” “Blank Space,” “Style,” and “Wildest Dreams.”
Song of the Year
UPTOWN FUNK
Songwriter of the Year
Taylor Swift
Publisher of the Year
SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING
Taylor Swift Award
Taylor Swift
Icon Award
Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
Award Winning Songs
ANIMALS
Maroon 5
BAD BLOOD
Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar
BANG BANG
Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
BLAME
Calvin Harris featuring John Newman
BLANK SPACE
Taylor Swift
BUDAPEST
George Ezra
CENTURIES
Fall Out Boy
CHAINS
Nick Jonas
CHEERLEADER
Omi
DANGEROUS
Big Data featuring Joywave
DON’T
Ed Sheeran
EARNED IT (FIFTY SHADES OF GREY)
the Weeknd
EX’S & OH’S
Elle King
FIGHT SONG
Rachel Platten
GHOST
Ella Henderson
GOOD FOR YOU
Selena Gomez featuring A$AP Rocky
HABITS (STAY HIGH)
Tove Lo
HEARTBEAT SONG
Kelly Clarkson
HEROES (WE COULD BE)
Alesso featuring Tove Lo
HEY MAMA
David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack
