BMI Pop Awards 2024: full list of winners from Tuesday’s event as Taylor Swift continues her trophy haul

Death, taxes and Taylor Swift picking up a music award; some things these days are certainties as “The Tortured Poets Department” singer picked up another award at the BMI Pop Music Awards overnight.

Held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, Swift was honoured with the Songwriter of the Year Award, with ten of her songs featuring on this year’s most-played songwriters and publishers. It marks her 65th BMI Award, having been honoured with the BMI President Award in 2009 and the BMI Taylor Swift Award in 2016.

This year’s BMI President Award recipient also had ties to Taylor Swift: Benny Blanco. Many of the producer’s collaborators sent in congratulatory messages including Lil Dicky and Ed Sheeran, who said the honour was “well-deserved” and thanked him for his “great friendship and fantastic memories.” 

Sheeran went on to say, “We’ve made great music together and I’m so proud of you.” Sia then hit the stage for a striking tribute performance of Rihanna’s 2012 hit “Diamonds,” which she co-wrote with Blanco.

“I’m never not gonna live in the moment… and looking around at everyone and all of the things you’re achieving and hearing all of these amazing songs… I’m so proud because I’m thinking of how it felt when I won those awards” Blanco told the audience during his acceptance speech.

“We have the best job in the world, and we are so thankful and lucky to be in this room. We have the opportunity to make things better through music and help people. We’re giving the soundtrack to peoples’ lives.”

Blanco joins the prestigious group of BMI President's Award recipients including Noel Gallagher, Ellie Goulding, Imagine Dragons, Jay Kay of Jamiroquai, Ludacris, P!nk, Willie Nelson, Pitbull, Taylor Swift, Brian Wilson, and Dwight Yoakam.

What are the BMI Pop Awards?

The BMI Pop Awards are an annual event that celebrates the creators behind some of the most popular songs in the music industry, created by Broadcast Music, Inc., a performing rights organization that represents songwriters, composers, and music publishers. 

The awards specifically recognise the achievements of these individuals in the realm of pop music - with perhaps its closest UK comparison being the Ivor Novello Awards, which acknowledges the success of the songs from an artistic standpoint but also pays tribute to the creative minds behind them.

The awards ceremony began in 1952, aiming to honour the songwriters, composers, and publishers responsible for crafting the songs that dominate the pop music scene each year. It serves as a way to acknowledge and celebrate the talent and creativity of these individuals whose work resonates with audiences around the world.

The BMI Pop Awards have grown to become one of the more prestigious events in the music industry, highlighting the contributions of songwriters and composers across various subgenres of pop music, including mainstream pop, rock, R&B, hip-hop, and dance. 

Full list of winners from the BMI Pop Awards 2024

• BMI Presidents Award: Benny Blanco
• Songwriter of the Year: Taylor Swift
• Song of the Year: Miley Cyrus - “Flowers” (Miley Cyrus, Gregory "Aldae" Hein, Michael Pollack)
• Publisher of the Year: Sony Music Publishing

Most Performed Songs of the Year:

• Tate McRae - “10:35”
• Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift - “Anti-Hero”
• Anne-Marie, Feli Ferraro, Akil “worldwidefresh” King, Coi Leray, Johnny McDaid, Ed Sheeran - “Baby Don’t Hurt Me”
• Karsten Delgado, Ice Spice, RiotUSA - “Barbie World”
• Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift - “Bejeweled”
• Fernando Garibay & Lady Gaga - “Bloody Mary”
• Alexander Crossan, Ice Spice, RiotUSA - “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2”
• Andrew Watt - “Chemical”
• Enya, Carlos “Lo” Jones, Nick Ryan, Roma Ryan, Mario Winans - “Creepin’”
• Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift - “Cruel Summer”
• Sabrina Carpenter - “Cupid (Twin version)”
• Caroline Ailin, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt - “Dance the Night”
• Ruth Berhe - “Dandelions”
• Boon, Jeremy “Sarcastic Sounds” Fedryk, David Kushner, Livingston, Josh Bruce Williams - “Daylight”
• Cashmere Cat, Prince 85, Dylan “Sir Dylan” Wiggins - “Die for You”
• Danielle Balbuena “070 Shake”, RAYE, Mike Sabath - “Escapism”
• Ed Sheeran - “Eyes Closed”
• Miley Cyrus, Gregory "Aldae" Hein, Michael Pollack - “Flowers”
• Tom Barnes, Michael Pollack - “Forget Me”
• Bakar, Isaiah Barr, Andrew "Andrew and the Moon" Boyd, Jake Kosich, Johnny Steven Kosich, Jr., Diamond Lee, Matt Schaeffer - “Hell n Back”
• Dan Darmawan - “Here with Me”
• Elton John, Andrew Watt - “Hold Me Closer”
• Dean Lewis - “How Do I Say Goodbye”
• Kamille, Bebe Rexha - “I’m Good (Blue)”
• Sarah Aarons, Miley Cyrus - “Jaded”
• Jack Antonoff, Keanu Beats, Mark “Sounwave” Spears, Jahaan Sweet - “Karma”
• Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, SZA - “Kill Bill”
• John Byron, Charlie Handsome - “Last Night”
• Jack Antonoff, Sam Dew, Mark “Sounwave” Spears, Jahaan Sweet - “Lavender Haze”
• Sean Douglas - “Made You Look”
• Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift - “Maroon”
• Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift - “Midnight Rain”
• Tyler Johnson, Mitch Rowland - “Music for a Sushi Restaurant”

• Jelly Roll, Rob Ragosta - “Need a Favor”
• Julian Bunetta, Sabrina Carpenter - “Nonsense”
• Doja Cat, Earlonthebeat, Karl Rubin - “Paint the Town Red”
• Dan Darmawan - “Romantic Homicide”
• Latto, Andrew Watt - “Seven”
• Austin Cardwell Scates, Alex Silverman, Sean Silverman - “Sex, Drugs, Etc.”
• Allie Crystal, Tamar Kaprelian, Rosa Linn, Larzz Principato - “Snap”
• Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Blair Ferguson “BLK”, Khris Riddick-Tynes, SZA - “Snooze”
• Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift - “Snow on the Beach”
• Atia “INK” Boggs, Omer Fedi, Lil Nas X - “Star Walkin’ (League of Legends Worlds Anthem)”
• LunchMoney Lewis, Alonzo Miller - “Super Freaky Girl”
• Johnny McDaid & P!nk - “Trustfall”
• Omer Fedi, Blake Slatkin, Sam Smith - “Unholy”
• Stephen Sanchez - “Until I Found You”
• Stephen Sanchez - “Until I Found You (Em Beihold Version)”
• Dan Henig, Mark Nilan Jr. - “Victoria’s Secret”
• Taylor Swift - “Vigilante S**t”
• Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift - “You’re on Your Own, Kid”