Universal Music Publishing Group was named Publisher of the Year at the 22nd annual BMI Latin Awards, which took place on March 31st at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. The event honored the songwriters and publishers behind 2014’s most-performed Latin songs on radio and television in the U.S. In addition to the company winning BMI Latin Publisher of the Year, many UMPG writers were recognized at the event for their work on some of the year’s biggest Latin songs. 

We’re very proud to congratulate our BMI Latin Award winners: 

“Chica Ideal” (UMPG songwriters Chino & Nacho, Andrea Buttignon and Andrea Colussi)

“Sin Ti” (UMPG songwriters Chino & Nacho and Pablo Villalobos) 

“Chucuchá” (UMPG songwriter Vladimir Dotel) 

“Darte Un Beso” (UMPG songwriter Guianko Gomez) 

“La Luz” (UMPG songwriter Juanes)

“La Noche Es Tuya” (UMPG songwriter Adrián Pieragostino) 

“Mi Razón De Ser” (UMPG songwriter Horacio Palencia Cisneros)

“Todo y Nada” (UMPG songwriter Adrián Pieragostino)

Pictured L-R are:

Evan Lamberg (President, North America, UMPG), Michael O’Neill (President & CEO, BMI), John Echevarria (EVP, Latin Region, UMPG), Candice Delgado (Coordinator, Creative Administration, UMPG), Olga Cardona (Sr. Director, Administration & Marketing, UMPG), Delia Orjuela (VP Latin Music, BMI), Hector Rivera (Creative Director, US Latin, UMPG) and Phillip Graham (SVP, Writer/Publisher Relations, BMI).