Fraser T. Smith to be honoured with the BMI President’s Award at the 2025 BMI London Awards 17 Sep 2025
- Kae Tempest: Mercury Prize, Ivor Novello Awards, and a BRIT award-winning singer/songwriter. Tempest collaborated with Fraser T Smith on their fifth studio album, Self-Titled, which has received universal acclaim.
- Kwn: East London R&B artist who has surpassed 100 million streams for hit songs such as “worst behaviour,” “do what I say,” and her latest, “back of the club,” which has over 10 million streams on Spotify since its release over the summer.
- A.G. Cook: 2025 GRAMMY-winning producer Year for BRAT by Charli XCX and 2025 BRIT Award Producer of the Year.
- Hoskins: British producer who has worked with Khalid, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Teezo Touchdown, Don Toliver, Wiz Khalifa and Morgan Wallen, to name a few.
- Ina Wroldsen: Award-winning Norwegian songwriter who co-wrote several global chart-topping songs for Clean Bandit, including "Rockabye" and "Symphony." Other writing credits include collaborations with major artists like Britney Spears, Little Mix, Calvin Harris, and Kylie Minogue for co-writing “Padam Padam.”
- Finn Keane: Producer/songwriter on BRAT by Charli XCX.
- Tom Howe: British composer and musician who composed for shows like The Great British Bake Off, Knuckles, Shrinking, Ted Lasso, and films like Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings, Wonder Woman, Mulan.
- Per Geselle: Swedish singer/songwriter, guitarist and founding member of Roxette.
- Atli Orvarsson: American Icelandic BAFTA-winning and Emmy-nominated composer for shows such as Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago P.D., FBI, FBI: International, FBI: Most Wanted, SILO and more.
- Trevor Horn: BRIT, IVOR and GRAMMY award-winning producer and songwriter for the likes of Seal, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Grace Jones, LeAnn Rimes and Belle and Sebastian, and many more. Former member of the Buggles and Yes.
- Jordan Adetunji: Rising UK rapper/singer/songwriter behind 2024’s breakout hit "KEHLANI," which earned him a GRAMMY nomination for Best Melodic Rap Performance.
- Kamille: Songwriter, producer and artist, whose credits have contributed to over 4 billion streams, 5 UK#1 singles, 10 UK #1 albums, 17 Top 10 singles, 24 Top 10 albums, and she has a BRIT Award for co-writing “Shout Out To My Ex” by Little Mix.
- Jin Jin: Award-winning songwriter behind hits such as “Between Us” by Little Mix, “Pa’ Ti” by Jennifer Lopez x Maluma, “My Man” by Becky G and “Your Name Hurt” by Hailee Steinfeld. She’s also written songs for Jess Glynne, Jax Jones, Madison Beer, RAYE and Paloma Faith, among others.
- Graham Lyle: 2024 BMI Icon
- Don Black OBE: 2010 BMI Icon
- And Many More ….
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THE HEADLINES
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The music video is back and more important than ever (see Features)
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Why Warner UK’s restructure is a bad thing for British music (see Opinion)
Why virality is not building fandom (see Reports)
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Music managers contribute value worth £714m to the wider UK music business (see Reports)
New data shows why virality is not building fandom (see Reports)
The reunion tour's effect on music streaming (see Analysis)
Don’t just fund problems: Fix them (see Comment)
Deezer: 28% of all music delivered to streaming is now fully AI-generated (see Digital)
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Absolute MD Simon Wills: AI is about to eat the music industry. A ledger could save it (see Features)