ATLANTA, GA — Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) and its songwriters swept the BMI 2016 R&B/Hip Hop Awards winning 22 awards including Publisher of the Year, Song of the Year (“See You Again” from the film Furious 7) Songwriter of the Year (which went to multi-platinum recording artist Chris Brown) and Producer of the Year (which went to Metro Boomin). The company has won the coveted Publisher of the Year award three out of the past four years.
 
Ethiopia Habtemariam, UMPG's President of Urban Music/Co-Head of Creative, Sterling Simms, UMPG Director of Creative, and Brandra Ringo, UMPG Senior Manager of Creative accepted the awards in Atlanta at the star-studded event, which recognized the songwriters and publishers of BMI’s most performed works.
 
UMPG songwriters honored at the event included Chris Brown, Future, Post Malone, Nicki Minaj, Ester Dean, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott, Invisible Men, Stephan Moccio, Sage The Gemini, Sebastian Kole, Pop Wansel, August Alsina, Micah Powell, Jhené Aiko, George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam, Sly Dunbar and Isaac Hayes.
 
“It’s a major achievement to receive the BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Publisher of the Year Award, and I couldn’t be more proud of our songwriters. It’s the second year in a row we’ve achieved Publisher of the Year, which is really a testament to the incredible level of talent of our writers, and the hard work of our team, which works tirelessly to support them,” said Jody Gerson, Chairman and CEO, UMPG.
 
"It’s an incredible honor to win the R&B & Hip-Hop Publisher of the Year Award, as it is really the total sum of the success of our incredible roster of artists and writers. We are privileged to work alongside an amazing group of talented individuals that continue to break boundaries and push culture forward. These songwriters are committed to creating music that resonates on a global scale and defines popular culture,” added Habtemariam.
 
The full list of UMPG award-winning songs are as follows:
 
“All Eyes On You”
(Chris Brown)
 
“Antidote”
(Travis Scott)
 
“Ayo”
(Chris Brown)
 
“Bitch Better Have My Money”
(Travis Scott)
 
“Classic Man”
(The Invisible Men)
 
“Earned It"
(Stephan Moccio)
 
“Fun”
(Chris Brown)
 
“G.D.F.R.”
(Sage The Gemini)
 
“Here”
(Sebastian Kole, Pop Wansel, Isaac Hayes)
 
“Hold You Down”
(Chris Brown, Future, August Alsina)
 
“Only”
(Nicki Minaj)
 
“Post To Be”
(Chris Brown, Micah Powell, Jhené Aiko and Sly Dunbar)
 
“See You Again”
(NBC/Universal from the film Furious 7)
 
“Somebody”
(George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam)
 
“The Night Is Still Young”
(Ester Dean, Nicki Minaj)
 
“Truffle Butter”
(Nicki Minaj)
 
“Where Ya At”
(Future, Metro Boomin)
 
“White Iverson”
(Post Malone)