Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs Tie as BMI’s Songwriters of the Year, Sing Each Other’s Songs at Ceremony; Matraca Berg Lands Icon Honor
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Luke Combs and Morgan Wallen tied for songwriter of the year of the BMI Country Music Awards, held Tuesday night at BMI’s building in Nashville.
To commemorate the tie (which clearly had been communicated to the twin winners in advance), BMI cooked up another surprise: a climactic performance for the evening in which Wallen and Combs sat side by side and borrowed each other’s hits.
Wallen sang an acoustic version of Combs’ “Going, Going, Gone” for the unusual occasion, and Combs returned the favor by singing “Thought You Should Know.” (See video excerpts, below.) The two have another shot at achieving a tie at tonight’s CMA Awards, where they’re in competition for entertainer of the year, among other awards.
Wallen got another crucial BMI win as “You Proof” was named the performing rights organization’s most performed song of the year.
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