Benson Boone, Taylor Swift win top ceremonies at BMI Pop Awards

Benson Boone is not only the global sensation of the year (Rocking Coachella, Guesting at SNL, headliner cover of too many magazines (and TikTok fan accounts) to count) – but now this week he was also honored with the BMI Champion Award how BMI paid tribute to the best in songwriting on 2025 BMI Pop Awards in Beverly Wilshire.

The Grammy-nominated recording artist and songwriter Benson Boone was honored with that BMI Champion AwardCelebrate his success and effects that he has had on pop music since his career began a few years ago.

In a room in which superstar Songwriter and the top music publisher in the industry, Boone, were located gave his coker and collaborator Jack Lafrantz a shoutout between the sets and shared with the creation process of music when they are a songwriter or produce or have something to do. Make it something you love.

Hayes Warner repeated these thoughts on the red carpet when he shared her songwriting process. “Sometimes I write alone in my room on the piano. Sometimes I go into a room, bring my ideas, my melodies and work with other people and something completely different from what I come out.

As the top winner of the night, Boone was awarded the BMI President and CEO Mike O'Neill with the BMI Champion Award, who praised and added his “limitless talent and his creativity”: “Tonight we celebrate her, not only for her unique songwriting and the unique art that lit the world of music.

After Boone received the award, BMI, his team, his family and the songwriter thanked them in the room and said: “This is not my award. This is part of the work on this project. For the songwriter, producer, my mother and my father.

Boone then entered the stage to have supported an intimate three-song performance of piano. He started with a few notes from Sinatra before interfering “Slow it“Followed by”Drunk in my head“And closed with its massive hit”Beautiful things. “”

BMIS Pop songwriter of JaenR went to Taylor SwiftWho was not present For the second time in a row to write seven of the most songs of the previous year, including “Don't Tad Me”, “Down Bad”, “Fourteen Days”, “I can do it with a broken heart,” is it now over? ” Swift has received 72 BMI Awards, including the BMI President's Award in 2009 and the BMI Taylor Swift Award in 2016.

BMI awarded a number of awards including the whole night, including Pop song of the year, songwriter of the year, publisher of the yearas well as BMIs announce Top 50 most pop songs achieved in the USA. The private event was organized by BMI President and CEO Mike O'Neill; VP, creative Barbara Cane worldwide; VP, Creative, NY Samantha Cox And VP, Creative, La Tracie Verlinden.

In addition to his BMI champion Honor, Boone received two BMI Pop Awards for Hits “Beautiful things” And “Slow it”With co-author Lafrantz. He received his first BMI-Pop Prize in 2023 for the hit“ Ghost Town ”. Last year, Bones music accumulated almost 10 billion streams, he has received a nomination for the best new artist 2025 for the best new artist, an iheartradio music award for Song of the Year, MTV VMA and MTV EMA Awards, two NRJ Music Awards, two billboard music prices, three Brit nomination and much more.

Boone previously praised the BMI Champion's BMI Champion, including Peso Pluma, Sza, Jonathan McReynolds, Khalid, Mark Ronson, Resident, Sebastian Krys, Keith Urban and Lee Thomas Miller.

At this year's star-occupied ceremony, the spotlight shone on the 50 pop songs most achieved In the United States last year, anticipation awaited the ultimate honor – BMIS pop song of the year. This coveted title went to the soulful Smash “Lose control”written and listed by the power plant Teddy swimsTogether with BMI hitmakers Julian BunettaPresent Marco “infamous” RodriguezAnd Mikky Ekko. The diagram-dominant hymn made the story with a stunning dropping 60 not consecutive weeks In the top ten of Billboard Hot 100-a record-breaking run, the one with a well-deserved #1 Spot in March 2024.

Universal Music Publishing Group was named Publisher of the year for representing 28 of the most listed songs of the previous year, including “Agora Hills”, which was performed by Doja Cat to “Espresso”, which was performed by Sabrina Carpenter and “Houdini” by Eminem.

In addition to all glittering awards, the night was also about celebrating music and the industry as a whole. While I was there Lisa LoebWho of is Known for her 1994 platinum hit “Stay (I missed you)” from the film Reality bites. It was an intimate evening with a guest list only for invitations that were made up of insiders in the music industry, which often know each other and have worked together for years-and made it for the participants a special night.

BMI also welcomed 61 pop laureates, including J. Cole for “All My Life” by Lil Durk, Jesse Fink and Peter Finn for “Stargazing” by Myles Smith, DJO for “End from the beginning” and Nevin Sastry for “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey. This also marked the first BMIPop Award for Country Music Superstar Morgan Wallen for “I had some help” that were written with Charlie Gutauendig and others for the first time BMI Pop winner Hoskins, Ernest and Chandler Paul Walters.

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