Even more awards for you now, and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers held its annual UK awards yesterday, celebrating the UK songwriting talent (or, to be more precise, PRS members who licence their music in the US via ASCAP) who performed best in the US last year.
Among the winners were Coldplay, who won the Song Of The Year prize for 'Speed Of Sound'. The Cribs took the College Award to recognise the popularity of their music on US college radio, while Bodyrockers took the Dance Award to recognise the success in the US of global hit 'I Like The Way'. On the more corporate side, BMG Music Publishing was named Publisher Of The Year.
Meanwhile Yusuf Islam was named Songwriter Of The Year for the second consecutive year demonstrating that the Americans still love the artist formally know as Cat Stevens' music, even if they don't always let him into their country. Islam, who, as previously reported, has just finished work on a new album, scored another hit as a songwriter last year thanks to Sheryl Crow's Grammy nominated cover of his track 'First Cut Is The Deepest'.