BMI Urban Awards 2010 Held 9/10 At Pantages Theatre

U.S. performing right organization BMI will honor the songwriters and publishers of the most performed urban songs on U.S. radio and television for the past 12 months. For updates and breaking news, follow @BMI on Twitter at http://twitter.com/bmi and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/broadcastmusicinc.

WHAT: 10th Annual BMI Urban Awards will be hosted by Del R. Bryant, President & CEO of BMI, and Catherine Brewton, Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Atlanta. will.i.am will receive the BMI President's Award, and will be saluted with an all-star musical tribute during the ceremony. As a BMI President's Award winner, will.i.am will join an elite group that includes Juanes, Emilio and Gloria Estefan, Willie Nelson, BrIan Wilson, Pete Townsend, and 2009 recipients Taylor Swift and Brooks & Dunn, to name a few.

Also to be awarded that night will be the Urban Song of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Producer of the Year and Publisher of the Year. Additionally, BMI will honor the Top Urban Producers of 2008-2009, as well as the BMI songwriters whose songs have hit #1 on the Billboard R&B, Hip-Hop and Rap charts.

EXPECTED: 2010 BMI President's Award Winner will.i.am; T-Pain ("Blame It"); Jay Sean ("Down"); Flo Rida ("Sugar"); Pitbull ("Hotel Room Service"); B.o.B. ("Nothin' On You"); Rodney Jenkins (Lady Gaga's "Telephone"); Polow Da Don (Keri Hilson's "Turnin' Me On"); DJ Toomp (Kanye West's "Can't Tell Me Nothing"); Dallas Austin (Gwen Stefani's "Cool"); Baby of Young Money (The Game's "My Life," ft. Lil Wayne); Young Money ("Bedrock"); Cali Swag District ("Teach Me How to Dougie"); Sean Garrett ("Turnin' Me On"); Jim Jonsin (Soulja Boy Tell'em's "Kiss Me Thru the Phone"); Bangladesh (Beyoncé's "Diva"); Kane Beatz (Young Money's "Bedrock," ft. Lloyd); Elvis Williams (Beyoncé's "Ego"); Zaytoven (Usher's "Papers"); Carlos "Los DA MAESTRO" Mckinney (Trey Songz's "I Invented Sex"); Benny Blanco (Katy Perry's "California Gurls"); Pleasure P ("Under"); Makeba Riddick (T.I.'s "Live Your Life"); Ray J ("Sexy Can I"); Soulja Boy Tell'em ("Kiss Me Thru the Phone"); Harold Lilly (Beyoncé's "Ego"); Kevin Cossom (Keri Hilson's "Knock You Down," ft. Kanye West & Ne-Yo); Ron Browz ("Pop Champagne"); Ester Dean (Rihanna's "Rude Boy"); Brandy ("Full Moon"); and more to be announced.

WHERE: Pantages Theatre (6233 Hollywood Boulevard), Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

WHEN: Thursday, September 10. 5:00 p.m. press check-in; 6:00 p.m. arrivals. Red carpet ends at 8 p.m. This is a fashion-forward event; media friends are expected to dress appropriately.

PRESS CREDENTIALS: Media credentials are limited.

All media must fill out a credentials request at www.bmi.com/press/credential. Credentials close on August 31, 2010; credentialed media will be approved by September 4.

Credentials will be for red carpet arrivals only. A limited amount of media will be credentialed to cover the awards ceremonies. Handout video and high-resolution photos from the event will be available upon request and with registration at www.bmi.com/press.

COVERAGE INFORMATION: Video footage: Event EPK including interviews, performances and the President's Award recipient speech will be available the next day. Handout footage will be available the next morning via request and on Image.net ( www.image.net).

High-resolution photos from the event will be available at 9 a.m. EST on September 11 at www.bmi.com/press to registered users only. To request access, please complete the registration form and you will be reviewed for clearance.

BMI does not grant nor give the license agreement for streaming or downloadable performance video footage that might be shot or obtained at this awards show. The media outlet is responsible for all of their own clearance agreements for duration of use for online or broadcast use.

ABOUT BMI:
Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI) is an American performing right organization that represents more than 400,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music and more than 6.5 million works. BMI reported $905 million for its 2009 fiscal year in performing right collections. 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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