Taylor Swift's "Teardrops On My Guitar" won the coveted country Robert J. Burton Song of the Year award at the 56th Annual BMI Country Awards, Tuesday, November 11. Photo Credit: Rick DiamondNovember 12, 2008, (Sawf News) - Taylor Swift's Teardrops On My Guitar won the coveted country Robert J. Burton Song of the Year award at the 56th Annual BMI Country Awards, Tuesday, November 11.
BMI Song of the Year recipient Taylor Swift, Kid Rock and Robert Randolph at the 2008 BMI Country Awards. Photo Credit: John RussellThe song, co-written with Liz Rose and published by Sony/ATV Tree, received more airplay in the past year than any other country song.
Teardrops, earned iTunes' no. 1 country song of 2007 bragging rights as it achieved RIAA Digital Platinum certification in early 2008.
Pictured are (l-r): Phil Graham, Sr. VP Writer/Publisher Relations; BMI Country Publisher of the Year Troy Tomlinson, President & CEO Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville; BMI Country Songwriter of the Year Casey Beathard; Hank Williams, Jr.; Taylor Swift, Del Bryant, Jody Williams. Photo Credit: John RussellThe second single off her triple-platinum selling self-titled debut, Teardrops ushered in the year of Taylor Swift, during which the 18 year-old proceeded to shatter records, becoming the only female artist in Billboard country chart history to release five consecutive top ten singles from a debut album.
Other honorees at the event included Hank Williams Jr as a musical icon, Carry Underwood and Keith Urban for contributing two tracks each to this year's top list of 50 most-performed country songs.
Pictured are (l-r): Big Machine & The Valory Music Company’s Scott Borchetta, BMI President & CEO Del Bryant, Taylor Swift and BMI Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville Jody Williams. Photo Credit: John RussellTaylor Swift's highly-anticipated sophomore album, Fearless, arrived in stores yesterday, and the collection's lead single, Love Story, this week is in the #1 position atop both the Billboard and Mediabase/Country Aircheck country radio charts, reaching a weekly radio audience of more than 40 million listeners.
Taylor Swift at BMI Country Music Awards. Photo Credit: John RussellTaylor will perform Love Story live tonight on the 42nd Annual CMA Awards, broadcast on ABC from 8-11 p.m. (ET/PT). She is nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year.
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