ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) held its 30th annual Awards on October 14 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. The awards honored those songwriter, composer and publisher members of PRS for Music whose repertory is licensed by ASCAP and was among its most performed works in the U.S. during 2009. The evening included special performances by Grammy Award-Winning Artist Imogen Heap and Legendary Songwriter Roger Greenaway.
Coldplay's Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin were named Songwriters of the Year, and also received Song of the Year honors for Viva La Vida. The group accepted their awards via a special video message from inside the studio.
Universal Music Publishing was named Publisher of the Year for its most-performed winning songs: Heartless, Pour Some Sugar on Me, Sweet Dreams, and Viva La Vida. Paul Connolly, President of Europe and UK of Universal Music Publishing was on hand to accept the award.
Taio Cruz was honored with ASCAP’s Vanguard Award in recognition of his critically acclaimed debut album, Departure. Previous Vanguard Award honorees include Calvin Harris, Kate Nash, The Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, Beck, The Strokes and Jack Johnson.
Members of British pop band Scouting for Girls were on hand to collect ASCAP's College Award for their chart-topping second album, Everybody Wants to Be on TV. Previous College Award honorees include The Ting Tings, The Kooks, The View, Keane, Franz Ferdinand, Chemical Brothers, Belle & Sebastian, and Radiohead.
Imogen Heap won an ASCAP Song Award for Whatcha Say, Jessie J collected her award for the Miley Cyrus hit Party in the USA and Wayne Hector was recognized for writing I Hate This Part for the Pussycat Dolls.
Francis Maudsley of Flock of Seagulls picked up an award for their popular song I Ran (So Far Away). Al "Shux" Shuckburgh collected for co-writing the Jay-Z hit Empire State of Mind, Pete Burns and Stephen Coy of Dead or Alive were on hand to accept their awards for Right Round, which was used as a sample in a worldwide hit for American rapper Flo Rida. Jo Callis collected his Song Award for the Human League’s Don’t You Want Me. originally released in 1981, the song has gained recent success after it was used in several popular films and commercials.
Other honorees in the Song Awards category included AC/DC's Brian Johnson (Back in Black), Paul McCartney (Come Together), Mr Hudson (Heartless), Hugh Brankin (Hotel Room Service), Cathy Dennis (I Kissed a Girl), U2 (I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For), Phil Collins (In The Air Tonight), Def Leppard and Mutt Lange (Pour Some Sugar On Me), Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart (Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), The Ting Tings (That’s Not My Name), Rod Temperton (Thriller), and The Pet Shop Boys (West End Girls).
Honorees in the Film and Television Theme categories were Nicholas Hooper (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince), Erran Baron Cohen (Brüno), Alex Heffes (State of Play), Dario Marianelli (Everybody’s Fine, The Soloist), Paul Englishby (An Education), Cathy Dennis, Julian Gingell, Barry Stone (American Idol Theme), Josh Phillips, Dan McGrath (Dancing With the Stars), Elizabeth Fraser (Teardrop from House), Keith Strachan, Matthew Strachan (Who Wants to be a Millionaire).
For a complete list of winners, go to www.ascap.com.
Coldplay's Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin were named Songwriters of the Year, and also received Song of the Year honors for Viva La Vida. The group accepted their awards via a special video message from inside the studio.
Universal Music Publishing was named Publisher of the Year for its most-performed winning songs: Heartless, Pour Some Sugar on Me, Sweet Dreams, and Viva La Vida. Paul Connolly, President of Europe and UK of Universal Music Publishing was on hand to accept the award.
Taio Cruz was honored with ASCAP’s Vanguard Award in recognition of his critically acclaimed debut album, Departure. Previous Vanguard Award honorees include Calvin Harris, Kate Nash, The Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, Beck, The Strokes and Jack Johnson.
Members of British pop band Scouting for Girls were on hand to collect ASCAP's College Award for their chart-topping second album, Everybody Wants to Be on TV. Previous College Award honorees include The Ting Tings, The Kooks, The View, Keane, Franz Ferdinand, Chemical Brothers, Belle & Sebastian, and Radiohead.
Imogen Heap won an ASCAP Song Award for Whatcha Say, Jessie J collected her award for the Miley Cyrus hit Party in the USA and Wayne Hector was recognized for writing I Hate This Part for the Pussycat Dolls.
Francis Maudsley of Flock of Seagulls picked up an award for their popular song I Ran (So Far Away). Al "Shux" Shuckburgh collected for co-writing the Jay-Z hit Empire State of Mind, Pete Burns and Stephen Coy of Dead or Alive were on hand to accept their awards for Right Round, which was used as a sample in a worldwide hit for American rapper Flo Rida. Jo Callis collected his Song Award for the Human League’s Don’t You Want Me. originally released in 1981, the song has gained recent success after it was used in several popular films and commercials.
Other honorees in the Song Awards category included AC/DC's Brian Johnson (Back in Black), Paul McCartney (Come Together), Mr Hudson (Heartless), Hugh Brankin (Hotel Room Service), Cathy Dennis (I Kissed a Girl), U2 (I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For), Phil Collins (In The Air Tonight), Def Leppard and Mutt Lange (Pour Some Sugar On Me), Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart (Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), The Ting Tings (That’s Not My Name), Rod Temperton (Thriller), and The Pet Shop Boys (West End Girls).
Honorees in the Film and Television Theme categories were Nicholas Hooper (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince), Erran Baron Cohen (Brüno), Alex Heffes (State of Play), Dario Marianelli (Everybody’s Fine, The Soloist), Paul Englishby (An Education), Cathy Dennis, Julian Gingell, Barry Stone (American Idol Theme), Josh Phillips, Dan McGrath (Dancing With the Stars), Elizabeth Fraser (Teardrop from House), Keith Strachan, Matthew Strachan (Who Wants to be a Millionaire).
For a complete list of winners, go to www.ascap.com.
