Don Black, Steve Mcewan, John Reid & More Honored At 2010 Bmi London Awards

Cleveland, OH (Top40 Charts/ BMI) - American performing right organization Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) celebrated Europe's premier songwriters, composers and music publishers tonight during its annual BMI London Awards. Guests filled London's Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane to toast the past year's most-performed songs on U.S. radio and television.

Songwriter Don Black, OBE was honored as a BMI Icon. Black joins a list of past honorees that includes Donovan, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Ferry, Ray Davies, Van Morrison, and more.

Songwriters and composers honored at the event are members of European and Asian performing right societies and are represented in the U.S. by BMI. Award highlights include 'Only You Can Love Me This Way' earning the BMI Robert S. Musel Award for Song of the Year. The song was co-written by Steve McEwan and John Reid, recorded by Keith Urban and published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS). Jay Sean's 'Down' was named BMI College Song of the Year, and was co-written by Sean, Jared Cotter, and Lil Wayne, who is also featured on the track, and published by Bucks Music Group Ltd. (PRS). The BMI Dance Award went to Cascada's 'Evacuate the Dance Floor,' written by Allan Eshuijs (BUMA) and published by Talpa Music / Songkitchen Music Publishing (BUMA).

Over 50 awards were handed out, including BMI 'Million-Air' Awards recognizing songs that have generated more than three million U.S. radio and television performances. Del Bryant, BMI President & CEO; Phil Graham, BMI Senior Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations; and Brandon Bakshi, Executive Director, Writer/Publisher Relations, Europe & Asia hosted the ceremony.

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) is an American performing right organization that represents more than 475,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music and more than 6.5 million works. BMI has represented the most popular and beloved music from around the world for 70 years. The U.S. corporation collects license fees from businesses that use music, which it then distributes as royalties to the musical creators and copyright owners it represents.
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For a complete list of 2010 BMI London Awards winners, visit bmi.com/london. Media can access high-resolution photos and event information at bmi.com/press.