‘Last Night’ Wins Song of the Year at BMI Country Awards; Zach Bryan and Chase McGill Tie for Songwriter of the Year
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Morgan Wallen smash “Last Night” continued its dominance of performing rights organizations’ awards, as the tune was named song of the year at the 72nd annual BMI Country Awards, held Tuesday night at the org’s headquarters in Nashville.
BMI’s most played song of the year was co-penned by BMI writers John Byron and Charlie Handsome. Songwriter of the year honors found Chase McGill and Zach Bryan in a tie, with each each songwriter co-writing six of BMI’s most-performed songs in the field.
Bryan’s half-dozen songs were all tunes he recorded himself: Bryan serves as a writer behind “Burn, Burn, Burn,” “Dawns,” “Hey Driver,” “I Remember Everything,” “Oklahoma Smokeshow” and “Sun to Me.” For his part, McGill co-wrote Morgan Wallen’s “Ain’t That Some,” Luke Bryan’s “But I Got a Beer in My Hand,” Conner Smith’s “Creek Will Rise,” Russell Dickerson’s “God Gave Me a Girl,” Jordan Davis’ “Next Thing You Know” and Thomas Rhett’s “Mamaw’s House.” Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
was named publisher of the year, an accolade it picked up by having publishing on 34 of BMI’s 50 most-performed songs of the year.
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