Sir Tim Rice And Top Songwriters Honored At 2014 BMI London Awards

Sir Tim Rice

BROADCAST MUSIC, INC (BMI) honored internationally-celebrated lyricist SIR TIM RICE as a BMI Icon at the 2014 BMI LONDON AWARDS. Music industry guests including VAN MORRISON, RAY DAVIES, DON BLACK and JOHNNY QUINN (SNOW PATROL) filled LONDON’s Dorchester Hotel to celebrate the U.K., European and Caribbean songwriters, producers and publishers of the most-performed songs on U.S. radio and television in the past year.

SIR TIM RICE was named BMI Icon because of his “unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers” and joins a list of past honorees including JOHN LYDON, QUEEN, RAY DAVIES, DON BLACK, DONOVAN and BRYAN FERRY, among others.

BMI presented NILE RODGERS with the Song of the Year Award (The ROBERT S. MUSEL Award) for “Get Lucky,” co-written with THOMAS BANGALTER and GUY-MANUEL DE HOMEM-CHRISTO of DAFT PUNK and PHARRELL WILLIAMS. This award is given to the most-performed song by U.K. or European writers in the BMI catalogue on U.S. radio and television over the past twelve months.

AVICII won the Dance Award for his hit “Wake Me Up,” performed with ALOE BLACC and published by SONY/ATV MUSIC. The song reached #1 in twenty-two countries including AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, HUNGARY, IRELAND and the U.K. In the UK, the track was the fifth most streamed track of 2013 and spent 32 consecutive weeks in the Top 40.

Throughout the night, BMI honored many British songwriters and co-writers of the most-performed songs on U.S. radio and televison. EMELI SANDÉ earned a pop award for “Next to Me” and for her collaboration with LABRINTH on “Beneath Your Beautiful,” as did WAYNE HECTOR for “Best Song Ever” performed by ONE DIRECTION. Songwriter SACHA SKARBECK was celebrated for the worldwide hit “Wrecking Ball” made famous by MILEY CYRUS, as well as NICKY ROMERO who was honored for “Right Now” performed by RIHANNA. JULIAN BUNETTA and JOHN RYAN were honored for "Best Song Ever" and together with JAMIE SCOTT were among the writers honored for “Story of My Life.” ELLIE GOULDING was a triple winner for her songwriting in “Anything Could Happen,” “Burn,” and “I Need Your Love.” MIKE ROSENBERG took honors for “Let Her Go.” Previous BMI Icon VAN MORRISON received the BMI Million-Air Award to honor the eleven million combined radio plays of “Brown Eyed Girl,” now putting it firmly in the Top 10 Songs of All Time on U.S. radio and television, as well as “Have I Told You Lately,” which has had seven million.

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