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"Bless the Broken Road" Named Musicnotes 2005 Song of the Year
Madison, WI – May 5, 2006 – Musicnotes.com announced today the song “Bless the Broken Road,” is the winner of the fourth annual Musicnotes Song of the Year Award.
The Musicnotes Song of the Year Award is given to the songwriters and publishers of the best-selling sheet music for a song in the previous calendar year. For the 2005 year, this award was given to songwriters Marcus Hummon, Bobby Boyd and Jeff Hanna, and their respective publishing companies BMG Music Publishing and Bug Music.
Originally written in 1994, “Bless the Broken Road” enjoyed new life after being recorded by Rascal Flatts, as well as Carrie Underwood’s performance on the Season 4 finale of Fox’s “American Idol.” The song continues to be a best-seller at the Musicnotes.com web store.
Musicnotes, the leading online digital sheet music publisher and reseller, has previously presented awards to Vanessa Carlton (“A Thousand Miles”), Linda Perry (Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful”) and Evanescence (“My Immortal). The award for “Bless the Broken Road” marks the fourth award given, and the first Song of the Year made popular by a male performing artist.
About Musicnotes: Musicnotes, Inc. has an impressive catalog of nearly 50,000 digital sheet music titles that has been built on the strength of content agreements with Alfred Publishing, BMG, Famous Music, Peer Music, Word Music, EMI Christian, Bug Music and others. They also carry a complete catalog of over 260,000 mail-order items in their online catalog. The Musicnotes multi-genre catalog includes everything from Josh Groban and Kelly Clarkson to Gershwin and Beethoven.
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Tim Reiland
Chairman and CFO, Musicnotes, Inc.
treiland@musicnotes.com or 414-745-4232
Bill Aicher
Director of Marketing, Musicnotes, Inc.
aicher@musicnotes.com or 608-662-1680 ext. 277
Photos Available:
Nick Firth, Chairman and CEO, BMG Music Publishing Worldwide and Kathleen Marsh, Musicnotes CEO:
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Garry Velletri (right), BUG Music Senior Vice President and Tim Reiland (left), Musicnotes Chairman and CFO:
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