LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Universal
Music Publishing Group) - Universal
Music Publishing Group was crowned Publisher of the Year at last night's 2009 BMI Pop Awards. UMPG's Polow Da Don, T-Pain, Chris Brown, and
Adam Levine of
Maroon 5 were all honored as Songwriter of the Year. This marks the second year in a row Polow Da Don took home the award. Congratulations to our artists, songwriters, and staff...
UMPG's resounding claim to the BMI Publisher of the Year title is determined by the highest percentage of copyright ownership from the past year's most-performed pop songs in the U.S. UMPG celebrated an astounding twenty award-winning songs.
UMPG Highlights:
Polow Da Don has a publishing interest in two winning songs, "Forever" by Chris Brown and "Love In This Club" by Usher.
T-Pain has a publishing interest in two winning songs, "Kiss Kiss" by Chris Brown and "Low" by Flo Rida feat. T-Pain.
Chris Brown has two winning songs, his "Forever" and "Kiss Kiss."
Maroon 5's Adam Levine has two winning songs as well, "Wake Up Call" and Won't Go Home Without You."
UMPG's Award Winning Songs:
"All Summer Long" - Kid Rock
UMPG writers: Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant
"Forever" - Chris Brown UMPG writers: Polow Da Don and Chris Brown
"It's Not My Time" - 3 Doors Down
UMPG writers: Brad Arnold, Matthew Roberts, Robert Harrell, and Christopher Henderson
"Kiss Kiss" - Chris Brown
UMPG writers: Chris Brown and T-Pain
"Love In The Club" - Usher
UMPG writers: Polow Da Don
"Touch My Body" - Mariah Carey
UMPG writer: Mariah Carey
"You're Everything" - Michael Buble
UMPG writer: Amy Skylark Foster Gillies
"Over You" - Daughtry
UMPG writer: Chris Daughtry
"Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)" - Wyclef Jean
UMPG writers: Clifford Smith, Dennis Coles, Robert Diggs, Lamont Hawkins, Jason Hunter, Russell Jones, and Corey Woods
"Wake Up Call" Maroon 5
UMPG writer: Adam Levine
"Won't Go Home Without You" - Maroon 5
UMPG writer: Adam Levine
"All Around Me" - Flyleaf
UMPG writers: Lacy Mosley, James Culpepper, Kirkpatrick Seals, Jared Hartmann, and Sameer Bhattacharya
"Hate That I Love You" - Rihanna
UMPG writer: Ne-Yo
"Low" - Flo Rida feat. T-Pain
UMPG writer: T-Pain
"Pictures Of You" - The Last Goodnight
UMPG writers: Jeffrey Blue, Kurtis Henneberry, and Michael Nadeau
"Shadow Of The Day" - Linkin Park
UMPG writers: Chester Bennington, Robert Bourdon, Brad Delson, Mike Shinoda, Dave Farrell, and Joseph Hahn
"Stronger" - Kanye West
UMPG writers: Thomas Bangalter and Guy Christo
"Damaged" - Danity Kane
Rondor writer: Shannon Lawrence
"No Air" - Jordin Sparks
Rondor writer: Erik Griggs
"Leavin'" - Jesse McCartney
UMPG writer: James Bunton
