According to the news, ASCAP Awards honors hip-hop celebrity 50 Cent, rock band Green Day, singer-songwriter Annie Lennox and EMI Music Publishing. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ceremony presented its top Pop Music Awards, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and was hosted by ASCAP’s president and chairwoman, Marilyn Bergman.
Following the winners list, Songwriter of the Year Award was for hip-hop celebrity 50 Cent for his contributions to five award-winning songs in 2005.
For Song of the Year Award went to Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” and with “We Belong Together,” written by Johnta Austin, Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seal. The rock band Green Day also earned the ASCAP Creative Voice Award.
For her inspirational contributions to music, Annie Lennox took the ASCAP Founders Award, while EMI Music Publishing was named Publisher of the Year for its 17 award-winning songs.
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Mariah’s name should’ve been mentioned in the title of this article..she won just as big as greenday ..so its a bit unfair..
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