On May 11th, 2012 in New York City the SESAC Awards Rico Love was given the title of Songwriter of the Year for the second year in a row. This year the defending champion songwriter won the award penning hits like "Motivation" Recorded by: Kelly Rowland feat. Lil Wayne, "Without You" Recorded by: David Guetta feat. Usher, "Just A Dream" Recorded by: Nelly, and "There Goes My Baby" Recorded by: Usher
A COMPLETE LIST OF SESAC AWARD RECIPIENTS FOLLOWS:
Songwriter of the Year:
Rico Love
Song of the Year:
"Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)"
Written by Jacob Luttrell
Published by: Artist Publishing Group East & LSLX Music
Publisher of the Year:
EMI Foray Music
"Inspiration Award"
Bryan-Michael Cox
"Motivation"
Recorded by: Kelly Rowland feat. Lil Wayne
Songwriter: Rico Love
Publisher(s): EMI Foray Music, Rico Love Is Still A Rapper
"Without You"
Recorded by: David Guetta feat. Usher
Songwriter: Rico Love
Publisher(s): EMI Foray Music, Rico Love Is Still A Rapper
"Just A Dream"
Recorded by: Nelly
Songwriter: Rico Love
Publisher(s): EMI Foray Music, Rico Love Is Still A Rapper
"There Goes My Baby"
Recorded by: Usher
Songwriter: Rico Love
Publisher(s): EMI Foray Music, Rico Love Is Still A Rapper
"Just A Kiss"
Recorded by: Lady Antebellum
Songwriter: Hillary Scott
Publisher(s): EMI Foray Music, Hillary Dawn Songs
"I Run To You"
Recorded by: Lady Antebellum
Songwriter: Hillary Scott
Publisher(s): Shaw Enuff Songs
"Need You Now"
Recorded by: Lady Antebellum
Songwriter: Hillary Scott
Publisher(s): EMI Foray Music, Hillary Dawn Songs
"Little Lion Man"
Recorded by: Mumford & Sons
Songwriter(s): Edward Dwane, Benjamin Lovett, Winston Marshall, Marcus Mumford
Publisher: Universal Tunes
"The Cave"
Recorded by: Mumford & Sons
Songwriter(s): Edward Dwane, Benjamin Lovett, Winston Marshall, Marcus Mumford
Publisher(s): Universal Tunes
"I'm On One"
Recorded by: DJ Khaled feat. Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne
Songwriter: Nikhil Seetharam
Publisher(s): EMI Foray Music, Kromatik Music
"Make Me Proud"
Recorded by: Drake feat. Nicki Minaj
Songwriter: Nikhil Seetharam
Publisher: EMI Foray Music, Kromatik Music
"Moment 4 Life"
Recorded by: Nicki Minaj feat. Drake
Songwriter: Nikhil Seetharam
Publisher(s): EMI Foray Music, Kromatik Music
"Lotus Flower Bomb"
Recorded by: Wale feat. Miguel
Songwriter: Samuel Dew
Publisher: By the Chi Publishing
"Out Of My Head"
Recorded by: Lupe Fiasco feat. Trey Songz
Songwriter: Miykal Snoddy
Publisher(s): Makithot Music Publishing
"What's My Name"
Recorded by: Rhianna feat. Drake
Songwriter: Traci Hale
Publisher(s): Hale Yeah Music, peertunes Ltd.
"Bottoms Up"
Recorded by: Trey Songz feat. Nicki Minaj
Songwriter: Milton "Track Dealer"
James Publisher(s): iHip Hop Music
"Can't Be Friends"
Recorded by: Trey Songz
Songwriter: Claude Forbes
Publisher(s): S dat Quo
"Cupid"
Recorded by: Lloyd feat. Awesome Jones
Songwriter(s): Greg Curtis, Jason Perry
Publisher(s): Cardraygee Music Publishing, Jasons Lyrics, Reach Global Tunes & Universal Tunes
"Did It On 'Em"
Recorded by: Nicki Minaj
Songwriter: Safaree Samuels
Publisher(s): Scaffboogs Music
"Aston Martin Music"
Recorded by: Rick Ross featuring Drake & Chrisette Michele
Songwriter: Chrisette Michele
Publisher(s): Chrisette Michele LLC, EMI Foray Music, Four Kings Publishing
Rico Love
Song of the Year:
"Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)"
Written by Jacob Luttrell
Published by: Artist Publishing Group East & LSLX Music
Publisher of the Year:
EMI Foray Music
"Inspiration Award"
Bryan-Michael Cox
"Motivation"
Recorded by: Kelly Rowland feat. Lil Wayne
Songwriter: Rico Love
Publisher(s): EMI Foray Music, Rico Love Is Still A Rapper
"Without You"
Recorded by: David Guetta feat. Usher
Songwriter: Rico Love
Publisher(s): EMI Foray Music, Rico Love Is Still A Rapper
"Just A Dream"
Recorded by: Nelly
Songwriter: Rico Love
Publisher(s): EMI Foray Music, Rico Love Is Still A Rapper
"There Goes My Baby"
Recorded by: Usher
Songwriter: Rico Love
Publisher(s): EMI Foray Music, Rico Love Is Still A Rapper
"Just A Kiss"
Recorded by: Lady Antebellum
Songwriter: Hillary Scott
Publisher(s): EMI Foray Music, Hillary Dawn Songs
"I Run To You"
Recorded by: Lady Antebellum
Songwriter: Hillary Scott
Publisher(s): Shaw Enuff Songs
"Need You Now"
Recorded by: Lady Antebellum
Songwriter: Hillary Scott
Publisher(s): EMI Foray Music, Hillary Dawn Songs
"Little Lion Man"
Recorded by: Mumford & Sons
Songwriter(s): Edward Dwane, Benjamin Lovett, Winston Marshall, Marcus Mumford
Publisher: Universal Tunes
"The Cave"
Recorded by: Mumford & Sons
Songwriter(s): Edward Dwane, Benjamin Lovett, Winston Marshall, Marcus Mumford
Publisher(s): Universal Tunes
"I'm On One"
Recorded by: DJ Khaled feat. Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne
Songwriter: Nikhil Seetharam
Publisher(s): EMI Foray Music, Kromatik Music
"Make Me Proud"
Recorded by: Drake feat. Nicki Minaj
Songwriter: Nikhil Seetharam
Publisher: EMI Foray Music, Kromatik Music
"Moment 4 Life"
Recorded by: Nicki Minaj feat. Drake
Songwriter: Nikhil Seetharam
Publisher(s): EMI Foray Music, Kromatik Music
"Lotus Flower Bomb"
Recorded by: Wale feat. Miguel
Songwriter: Samuel Dew
Publisher: By the Chi Publishing
"Out Of My Head"
Recorded by: Lupe Fiasco feat. Trey Songz
Songwriter: Miykal Snoddy
Publisher(s): Makithot Music Publishing
"What's My Name"
Recorded by: Rhianna feat. Drake
Songwriter: Traci Hale
Publisher(s): Hale Yeah Music, peertunes Ltd.
"Bottoms Up"
Recorded by: Trey Songz feat. Nicki Minaj
Songwriter: Milton "Track Dealer"
James Publisher(s): iHip Hop Music
"Can't Be Friends"
Recorded by: Trey Songz
Songwriter: Claude Forbes
Publisher(s): S dat Quo
"Cupid"
Recorded by: Lloyd feat. Awesome Jones
Songwriter(s): Greg Curtis, Jason Perry
Publisher(s): Cardraygee Music Publishing, Jasons Lyrics, Reach Global Tunes & Universal Tunes
"Did It On 'Em"
Recorded by: Nicki Minaj
Songwriter: Safaree Samuels
Publisher(s): Scaffboogs Music
"Aston Martin Music"
Recorded by: Rick Ross featuring Drake & Chrisette Michele
Songwriter: Chrisette Michele
Publisher(s): Chrisette Michele LLC, EMI Foray Music, Four Kings Publishing
Established in 1930, SESAC is a service organization created to serve both the creators of music and music users through music licensing and timely, efficient royalty collection and distribution. The second oldest and fastest growing performing rights organization in the U.S., SESAC is known for its diversified repertory that includes genres ranging from Adult Contemporary, Urban, Jazz, Rock, Americana, Contemporary Christian, Latin, Country, Gospel, Dance, Classical and New Age.For more information on SESAC and their history visit their website, at http://www.sesac.com/About/History.aspx