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ASCAP Country Music Awards

  1. Song of the Year writer Josh Kear on the red carpet with ASCAP Nashville's Tim DuBois and President and Chairman Paul Williams

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  2. ASCAP's EVP of Domestic Membership Randy Grimmett and CEO John LoFrumento congratulate Songwriter/Artist of the Year Dierks Bentley

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  3. ASCAP President and Chairman Paul Williams, ASCAP Songwriter/Artist of the Year Dierks Bentley, ASCAP Founders Award honoree Alan Jackson, Top 5 Song honoree Chris Young ("Gettin' You Home"), and songwriter/artist Steve Earle.

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  4. Songwriter Josh Kear (far right) performed ASCAP's Country Song of the Year, "Need You Now," with Lady Antebellum's Dave Haywood, Charles Kelly and Hillary Scott.

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  5. Chris Young performs his Top Five Song of the Year, "Gettin' You Home"

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  6. Most Performed Song honorees Darius Rucker and Frank Rogers perform the Top Five song they co-wrote, "Alright"

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  7. ASCAP Senior Vice President, Membership – International Roger Greenaway, Disney Music Group's Kos Weaver, ASCAP Global Impact Award honoree Jessi Alexander (for "The Climb"), ASCAP's Tim DuBois, Disney Music Group’s Barbara Vander Linde

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  8. ASCAP Most Performed Song award winner Kellie Pickler with Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott

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  9. Songwriter/Artist of the Year Dierks Bentley performs Alan Jackson's "Midnight in Montgomery" with The Travelin' McCourys

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  10. Top Five Song of the Year winner David Lee Murphy performs his hit song "Big Green Tractor"

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  11. Brett James accepts his ASCAP Songwriter of the Year award

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  12. ASCAP's Tim DuBois and Board Member Wayland Holyfield congratulate Songwriter of the Year Brett James

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  13. Songwriter/Artist of the Year Dierks Bentley, Song of the Year ("Need You Now") writer Josh Kear, Publisher of the Year Sea Gayle's Chris DuBois, Songwriter of the Year Brett James, and ASCAP's Tim DuBois

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ASCAP hosted its 48th annual Country Music Awards on Tuesday, September 14th at the War Memorial Auditorium in downtown Nashville. The writers of country music's most performed songs of the period between April 2009 and March 2010 were honored before an audience of many of Nashville's most distinguished songwriters, top country stars and music industry leaders. Special tribute was paid to Alan Jackson, who was honored with the ASCAP Founders Award.

The evening's top honors were awarded to the following:

ASCAP Songwriter of the Year: Brett James
ASCAP Songwriter/Artist of the Year: Dierks Bentley
ASCAP Country Song of the Year: "Need You Now," written by Josh Kear; published by Big Yellow Dog Music and Darth Buddha
ASCAP Publisher of the Year: Sea Gayle Music

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