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ASCAP’s country music songwriters earned multiple nominations in nearly every category of the 47th annual ACM Awards. Brad Paisley leads ASCAP nominees with nods for Entertainer of the Year and top Male Vocalist. ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year Ben Hayslip was nominated for the ACM's top writer award along with David Lee Murphy.

ASCAP celebrated with co-writers Richard Marx and Keith Urban at a party in honor of their chart-topping single in Nashville on January 25th. Marx and Urban performed the song together and the event was streamed live on ASCAP's website.

James McCartney, Jeremy Current, Bailey Cooke and more also packed the house at the 14th Sundance ASCAP Music Café. Rodriguez, the focus of the documentary sensation, Searching for Sugar Man, was a special guest performer.

ASCAP congratulated Mike Dekle and the team behind the No. 1 hit “Country Must Be Country Wide”  at a party in Nashville in January. Co-written by veteran songwriter Dekle and produced by Dann Huff, the hit blanketed airwaves across the nation, topping charts in October of last year.

Over two nights, ASCAP Nashville hosted a songwriters showcase featuring Dave Barnes, Jillian Edwards, Jonathan Singleton and Maggie Eckford. Now in its 3rd year, 30A is proudly sponsored by ASCAP.

In the musical world of Jeremy Current, hooks get twangified and everyday emotions turn into poetic proclamations. See for yourself with these exclusive performance videos of Jeremy, plus a special bonus interview between him and fellow Sundance ASCAP Music Café performer Bailey Cooke.

Bailey Cooke is another brilliant ASCAP member lined up for the 2012 Sundance ASCAP Music Café. Cooke swung by our L.A. offices a few months back to share a couple of her authentic, elemental Americana tunes with us. Check out the video evidence, and catch her in Park City on Tuesday, 1/24 at 2pm.

ASCAP Nashville has developed a program that puts the emphasis on getting the best of Nashville's unsigned writers in front of the city's vibrant publishing community. Now in its second year, ASCAP's GPS Project stands for Guidance from Publishers for Songwriters.

His rich, velvety baritone and smart songwriting marry the comfort of tried-and-true country accessibility with the forward-thinking modernism of a songwriter/artist unafraid to draw outside the lines.

At a #1 Party in Nashville in early January, ASCAP congratulated Dave Barnes on the success of his song "God Gave Me You," recorded by Blake Shelton. The song topped Billboard's Hot Country chart for three weeks and also earned Barnes a Grammy nomination.

What happens when 18 songwriters gather for a week in a medieval castle in France? Check out this video to find out! We've got candid performance footage plus interviews with Hillary Lindsey, Dave Bassett, Johntá Austin, Mika and more.