On September 25th BMI opened its doors in Nashville to celebrate Parker McCollum With “Burn It Down” he reached number one in the charts for the fourth time in a row. McCollum is first MCA Nashville Artist who saw all of his singles reach number 1 on the charts.

The platinum-selling track, also nominated for CMA “Song of the Year” reunites McCollum with his co-writers, The Love Junkieswhich also includes a nomination for the 2024 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Liz Rose (BMI), 3X grammyaward-winning songwriter Lori McKenna (BMI) and induction into the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame Hillary Lindsey (ASCAP).

The event organized by BMI and ASCAP was also represented Studio bench‘S Ron Cox make a donation Honor foldsan organization that supports the families of fallen military personnel and first responders. BMIs Mason Hunter hosted the celebration and surprised McCollum with three BMI Million-Air Awards for “Handle on You,” “Pretty Heart” and “To Be Loved by You,” each of which has been broadcast more than 2 million times.

In the picture we celebrate our lack of presence: (from left to right) back row: Concord‘S Brad Kennard, Liz Rose Music‘S Dave PaculaHunter, MCA Nashville’s Miranda McDonaldASCAPs Mike Sistad, Warner Chappell‘S Jessie Stevenson, Creative nation‘S Emily Furman; front row: McKenna, Rose, McCollum, Lindsey and Cox.

Photo: Aubrey Wise for BMI