Timbaland Is Named Top Songwriter
Hitmaker TIMBALAND capped off an amazing 12 months by claiming the Songster Of The Year award at Wednesday's (09Apr08) 25th Annual ASCAP Pop Medicine Awards.
The super-producer was honoured for a string of international hits in 2007 and 2008, including Excuse, which has suit 1 of the biggest hits around the ball in recent months. He left field the ceremonial with nine-spot prizes.
Likewise honoured at the Kodak Theater of operations case in Hollywood were Steve Arthur Miller and Lionel Richie, world Health Organization were handed the ASCAP Golden Note Prize, and newcomer Sara Bareilles, wHO received ASCAP's Cutting edge Award.
Awards were as well presented to the songwriters and publishers of ASCAP's most performed pop songs of 2007.
Fergie's Big Girls Don't Call out and Gwen Stefani's The Afters Flight tied for the C. H. Best Song prize and Fergie was besides on hand to pick up Pop Awards for her hits Glamorous and Fergalicious.
EMI Music Publishing was named Publisher Of The Class for their 21 award-winning songs. It was the sixth sequentially gain for EMI bosses, world Health Organization give dominated the Pop Music Awards in the ceremony's 25-year history.
