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  • Sam Smith Secures Song of the Year at BMI London Awards 2020 With Normani Collaboration

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    The awards ceremony also sees Ed Sheeran taking home six trophies, Ellie Goulding receiving credit for ‘Hate Me’ and ‘Close to Me’, and Niall Horan bagging an award for ‘Nice To Meet Ya’ co-writing.
    Oct 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Sam Smith has landed the Song of the Year honor at the BMI London Awards 2020 for his Normani Kordei collaboration “Dancing with a Stranger”.
    The track bagged the prize at the annual awards ceremony on Monday (October 05), held to honor the top U.K. and European songwriters, composers and music publishers of the past year.
    The awards show was held virtually with winners announced across BMI’s digital and social channels.
    The Song of the Year is awarded to the most-performed song in the United States by a U.K. or European songwriter.

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    The top 30 most-performed pop songs, written by U.K. or European songwriters were also announced, with Ed Sheeran taking home six trophies for his work on “Beautiful People”, “Cross Me”, “I Don’t Care”, “Tip of My Tongue”, “What Am I” and “2002”.

    Ellie Goulding also received credit for her hits “Hate Me” and “Close to Me”, while Niall Horan bagged an award for co-writing “Nice to Meet Ya”.
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    BMI Million-Air Awards were also distributed to the brains behind iconic songs that have reached a million or more broadcast performances – these included Van Morrison, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Sting, Bernie Marsden, Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet, Peter Gabriel and Sheeran, who was also recognized for five million performances of “Shape of You” and four million performances of “Perfect” and “Thinking Out Loud”.
    “We’re thrilled to pay tribute to BMI’s top U.K. and European music creators and celebrate the numerous ways their artistry and creativity have enhanced the lives of many over the past year,” said Shirin Foroutan, Vice President, Creative, Europe. “From BMI’s first-time award winners to our legendary songwriters and composers, we thank you for your enduring musical contributions, and we look forward to celebrating with you all in person at next year’s ceremony.”

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  • Normani's Team Accused of Sabotaging Her Career

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    It’s rumored that big names like The Chainsmokers and Anne-Marie have reached out to the Fifth Harmony member for collaborations, but her team rejected the offers.
    Jul 2, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Normani Kordei has been going solo for some time now, but something is still bothering her fans’ mind as she barely releases any new music or does any promotion. This leads these devotees to blame her team for their poor management and even go as far as accuse them of sabotaging her career considering the new allegations that recently surfaced on the Internet.
    According to a source, her team often turns down opportunities because they want to push her to do more R&B music to cater to the urban market. For instance, it has been rumored that several big names in the industry, such as The Chainsmokers and Anne-Marie, reached out to her for collaboration. However, her team rejected the offers.
    Her manager, Tunji, allegedly admitted to purposely using her successful collaborations to promote her solo song because he doesn’t want to spend money to promote her own solo music. It was also reported that Tunji turned Song Association’s offer many times because he thinks she’s “too big” for that.
    Following these accusations, many of her fans have been urging Normani to get out of her contract and find a new team that can manage her better. Neither Normani nor her team have yet to respond to these rumors.
    Normani went solo after Fifth Harmony announced that they’d go on an indefinite hiatus. Since then, she has released several collaborations with other musicians, including her successful duet with Sam Smith, “Dancing with a Stranger”, that peaked at No. 7 in the United States. She also became the fastest solo artist without an album to surpass one billion combined streams on Spotify.
    Her first solo single, “Motivation”, was released in August 2019. It was nominated for Best Dance Performance at the Soul Train Music Awards.

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    Normani Determined to Finish First Solo Album During Coronavirus Lockdown

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    The former Fifth Harmony singer is not letting Covid-19 crisis delay the release of her upcoming debut album as she’s hard at work during the lockdown.
    Apr 15, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Normani Kordei is hard at work on her debut solo album from lockdown after promising COVID-19 won’t delay the project.
    The singer released “Motivation” last year 2019 as the first single from her long-awaited solo album, after girl band Fifth Harmony split up in 2018.
    While there had been concerns the coronavirus pandemic would delay the release, Normani told Britain’s Daily Star newspaper she’s taking the lyrics of the girls’ chart-topping hit “Work From Home” to heart and laying down vocals while she’s in self-isolation.
    “I have all the gear and my vocal producer is actually here in L.A. (Los Angeles) too,” she said.
    Explaining the two communicate via FaceTime as they remain in lockdown, she added, “Honestly, it’s not that different to us being in the studio, because typically I’ll be in the recording booth and he’ll be in the engineering room anyway.”
    The singer, who rose to fame on “The X Factor U.S.” in 2012, when she was placed in the hit group, went on to gush of the project, “It’s my baby, it’s my first album and I am never going to get that back.”
    “I feel like I have worked so hard up until this point – I deserve to be happy,” she smiled.

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