================================================ Subject: Creed honored at BMI Awards (news article) From: To: Date: Wed 16 May 2001 18:29:08 EDT ================================================ Faith Hill's 'Breathe,' Foo Fighters, Sting, Creed Honored At BMI Pop Awards May 16, 2001, 11:50 am PT Faith Hill's crossover hit, "Breathe," and its writer, Stephanie Bentley, took home the top honor at the 49th Annual BMI Pop Awards, held Tuesday (May 15) at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. "Breathe" was named the BMI Pop Song of the Year for tallying the most feature broadcast performances during the eligibility period, which is Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000. Among the 93 songwriters who were recognized for songs on the most performed songs list were multiple honorees Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty's "Bent," "Smooth" with Santana), Sting ("Brand New Day," "Desert Rose"), and Creed's Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti ("Higher," "With Arms Wide Open"). Songwriter Cory Rooney, though, led the pack with honors for three songs -- Blaque with 'NSync's "Bring It All to Me" and Marc Anthony's "I Need to Know" and "You Sang To Me." Meanwhile, the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and Nate Mendel were honored with the Most Performed Song on College Radio award for "Learn to Fly." Other songwriting artists honored included R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe ("The Great Beyond"), R. Kelly ("Fortunate"), Macy Gray ("I Try"), Kid Rock and Uncle Kracker ("Only God Knows Why"), Red Hot Chili Peppers ("Otherside"), Everclear ("Wonderful"), and Goo Goo Dolls ("Broadway"), among others. To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp