Nickelback's 'How You Remind Me' Scores as Song of the Year at 51st BMI Pop Awards; Irv Gotti Named Top Songwriter; EMI-Blackwood Music Sweeps Publishing Field

Business Wire, May 13, 2003

BMI's Citation of Achievement is given annually in recognition of popularity in the field of popular music, as measured by feature broadcast performances on American radio and television; this year's Pop Awards eligibility period ran October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002.

Founded in 1940, BMI is an American performing rights organization that represents approximately 300,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music. Through its music performance and reciprocal agreements, it grants businesses and media access to its repertoire of approximately 4.5 million musical works from around the world.

A complete list of 2003 BMI Pop Awards winners and information on the ICON honors presented to Holland-Dozier-Holland are included on BMI.com. High-resolution photos from the event will be available on BMI.com to registered users only. To request access, please contact mediarelations@bmi.com.