Paisley Wins ASCAP Award

Brad Paisley won the ASCAP Songwriter/Artist of the Year honor from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers at its 49th annual country music awards on in Nashville over the weekend. “The House That Built Me” was awarded Country Song of the Year. The writers of country music’s most performed songs between April 2010 and March 2011 were honored. Special tribute was paid to Don Williams, who was honored with the ASCAP Golden Note Award, as well as the Civil Wars, who received the ASCAP Vanguard Award. The evenings top honors were awarded to Ben Hayslip for Songwriter of the Year and Sea Gayle Music for ASCAP Publisher of the Year. A total of 36 songs were honored with performances by the writers of the year’s top 5 most performed songs. Those performances included “All Over Me” by Ben Hayslip and Josh Turner; “Gimme That Girl” by Ben Hayslip, Rhett Akins and Dallas Davidson (recorded by Joe Nichols; “The House That Built Me” by Shamblin and recorded by Miranda Lambert; “The Man I Want To Be” performed by Bret James, Tim Nichols and Chris Young; and “Roll With It” by Tony Lane and Johnny Park (recorded by Easton Corbin). The show kicked off with reigning ASCAP Country Songwriter/Artists of the Year, Dierks Bentley, performing his current single, “Home.”