More awards, this time the UK ASCAP Awards, honouring songwriters and publishers who are members of UK collecting society PRS and whose music is licenced in the US by the ASCAP collecting society. The Awards were, well, awarded in London yesterday, and are based on successes in the US market in 2006.
Norwegians Tor Hermansen and Mikkel Eriksen, who write under the moniker of Stargate and who have written for the likes of Ne-Yo, Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, Beyonce, Lionel Richie and Mario Vazquez, were named Songwriters Of The Year, and their Ne-Yo song 'So Sick' was given the Song Of The Year prize. EMI Music Publishing, who represent Hermansen, were also named Publisher Of The Year. It was a bit of a Stargate fest.
Elsewhere the College Award, for success in the US college radio world, went to The View's Kyle Falconer and Kieren Webster for their song 'Hats Off To The Buskers', while the Vanguard Award, whatever that is, went to Bat For Lashes/Natasha Khan for 'Fur And Gold'.