John Lydon Accepts the 2013 BMI Icon Award (extended cut)

Broadcast Music, Inc. presented the BMI Icon Award to music legend John Lydon for his "unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers" at the 2013 BMI London Awards held October 15, 2013, at London's Dorchester Hotel. The awards ceremony also celebrated the U.K., European and Asian songwriters, producers and publishers of the most-performed songs on United States radio and television in the past year. Winning Song of the Year (The Robert S. Musel Award) for the most-performed song in the BMI catalogue on U.S. radio and television over the past twelve months were Sweden's Jörgen Elofsson (STIM) and U.S. BMI writing partner Ali Tamposi for penning the global hit "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," performed by Kelly Clarkson. Perfect Storm Music Group (STIM) and Universal Music Publishing (STIM) published the song.

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Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®) is a global leader in music rights management, serving as an advocate for the value of music. BMI represents the public performance rights in more than 8.5 million musical works created and owned by more than 600,000 songwriters, composers, and music publishers. The Company negotiates music license agreements and distributes the fees it generates as royalties to its affiliated writers and publishers when their songs are performed in public. In 1939, BMI created a groundbreaking open-door policy becoming the only performing rights organization to welcome and represent the creators of blues, jazz, country, and American roots music. Today, the musical compositions in BMI's repertoire, from chart toppers to perennial favorites, span all genres of music and are consistently among the most-performed hits of the year.

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