October 30, 2016
SESAC Celebrates Songwriters and Publishers at 2016
Nashville Music Awards
The huge CMA week got off to an early start on Sunday
night October 30, 2016, held at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum, as
performing rights organization SESAC recognized
its most successful songwriters during the annual SESAC Nashville Music Awards.
Songwriter of the Year honors went
to Josh Hoge, whose 2016 output
included “I’m Comin’ Over” for Chris Young and “Think Of You,” a duet
featuring Chris and former USA The Voice champ Cassadee Pope along with singles from social media sensation Kane
Brown.
SESAC’s Song of the
Year for 2016 was “Somewhere On A Beach,” penned by Michael Tyler and Jaron Boyer.
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2016
SESAC Nashville Music Awards Song of the Year
“Somewhere On A Beach” recipients
Jaron Boyer and Michael Tyler (3rd on L)
SESAC VP of Creative Services Shannan Hatch,
SESAC Chairman and CEO John Josephson,
and SESAC Songwriter of the Year Josh
Hoge (R)
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SONY ATV/EMI Foray Publishing and WRITE 2 BE FREE MUSIC won Publisher of the Year honors
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Photo:
2016 SESAC Publisher of the Year are SONY/ATV/EMI FORAY
Publishing and Write 2
Be Free Music.
Pictured
L-R: SESAC’s Shannan Hatch, Josh Van Valkenburg,
Josh Hoge, SESAC’s
Sam Kling, Hannah Williams and Troy Tomlinson.
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The awards dinner featured an evening of memorable musical performances, including Chris Young’s acoustic version of “I’m Comin’ Over,” Margo Price’s unforgettable “Desperate and Depressed” and performances by two of the hottest newcomers, Michael Tyler and Runaway June.
Guest presenters included Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks
Bentley, Billy Currington, Jim Lauderdale, Dustin Lynch, Cassadee Pope
and Chris Young.
The festive black-tie event, hosted by Shannan Hatch,
SESAC’s vice president of Creative Services, honored top songwriters and
publishers behind the year’s biggest hits in the genres of Country and
Americana.
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| Kelsea Ballerini (L) with co-writer Jesse Lee (Centre) |
The dress appeared to have an asymmetrical hem black that
was strapless on its left side with sheer fabric running an not only over her
neckline, sleeves, dropping down to her calves.
The co-writer of hit song “Peter Pan” Jesse Lee (Instagram) wore a sleepless black lace dress
with mesh netting panels and joined Kelsea for the presentation.
Cassadee Pope presented
Josh Hoge with the Songwriter Of The Year award. She was wearing a Feathers n Fringe (Website)
satin romper combo. Hair and glam was by Leigh Edwards
& Co. with hair and makeup from Neil
Robison. The neckline fell to her midriff, and she added a glittering
gold choker and black stilettos.
The list of SESAC 2016 award winners is as follows:
Country:
“Hell Of A Night”: Written by Jaron
Boyer/ published by peertunes, Ltd./ recorded by Dustin Lynch
“I’m Comin’ Over”: Written by Josh
Hoge/ published by Write 2 Be Free Music Sony ATV/EMI Foray Music/ recorded by Chris Young
“We Went”: Written by Justin Wilson/
published by Legends of Magic Mustang Music/ recorded by Randy Houser
“Homegrown”: Written by Zac Brown,
Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette/ published by Day for the Dead Publishing, Siva Moon
Publishing, Rosest Music, WBM Music Corp./ recorded by Zac Brown Band
“Castaway”: Written by Zac Brown,
Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette/ published by Day for the Dead Publishing, Siva Moon
Publishing, Rosest Music, WBM Music Corp./ recorded by Zac Brown Band
“Beautiful Drug”: Written by Zac
Brown, Niko Moon/ published by Day for the Dead Publishing, Siva Moon
Publishing, WBM Music Corp. / recorded by Zac
Brown Band
“Somewhere On A Beach”: Written by
Jaron Boyer, Michael Tyler/ published by Jaron Boyer Music, peertunes, LTD./ recorded
by Dierks Bentley
“Peter Pan”: Written
by Jesse Lee/ recorded by Kelsea
Ballerini
“Think Of You”: Written by Josh Hoge/
Published by Write 2 Be Free Music, Sony ATV/EMI Foray Music/ recorded by Chris Young
“Kiss You In The Morning”: Written by
Justin Wilson/ published by Legends of Magic Mustang Music/ recorded by Michael Ray
“Real Men Love Jesus”: Written by
Lance Miller/ published by Spirit Nashville Three, Melvin’s Pistol Music,
Melvin’s Bullets Music, WBM Music Corp. / recorded by Michael Ray
“It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To”: Written
by Cary Barlowe/ published by We Be Pawtying, Castle Bound Music/ recorded by Billy Currington
“Wasted Time”: Written by James
Abrahart Jr./ published by Jayded Ink Publishing, 360 Music/ recorded by Keith Urban
Americana:
True Sadness: Recorded by Avett Brothers
Exodus Of Venus: Recorded by Elizabeth Cook
Lovers and Leavers: Recorded by Hayes Carll
Wynonna & The Big Noise: Recorded by Wynonna & The
Big Noise
Things That Can’t Be Undone: Recorded by Corb Lund
Midwest Farmer’s Daughter: Recorded by Margo Price
Full Circle: Recorded by Loretta Lynn
Soul Searching: Recorded by Jim Lauderdale
Soul Searching: Recorded by Jim Lauderdale
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