Monday, May 14, 2012

RICO LOVE TAKES TOP HONORS AT SESAC AWARDS 2012

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


Grammy Award-winning songwriter and producer, Bryan-Michael Cox was also recognized winning the Inspiration Award for his artistic, entrepreneurial and philanthropic contributions on the advisory board for 100 Urban Entrepreneurs, a non-profit organization that helps identify, finance and mentor entrepreneurs from economically disadvantaged communities. 


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
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