BMI To Host 56th Annual Country Awards Next Week

Awards Honoring Country Songwriters

BMI will host their 56th Annual COUNTRY AWARDS next TUESDAY (11/11) at an invitation only gala at their NASHVILLE headquarters. HANK WILLIAMS JR. will be honored as this year's BMI ICON, and several awards will be handed out that night including "Country Songwriter Of The Year," "Country Publisher Of The Year" and "Most Performed Country Song Of The Year" (also known as the ROBERT J. BURTON AWARD).

TOBY KEITH, CARRIE UNDERWOOD, TAYLOR SWIFT, KENNY CHESNEY, RASCAL FLATTS, BROOKS & DUNN and LEE ANN WOMACK are just a few of several Country artists expected to attend, as well as songwriters like JEFFREY STEELE, MATRACA BERG, BOB DiPIERO and TIM NICHOLS.

For more info visit www.bmi.com.  

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