Jessie Jo Dillon Wins Songwriter of the Year Award

NASHVILLE, TN (April 9, 2025) – Leading independent music publisher, Big Machine Music (BMM), a subsidiary of HYBE America, celebrated an incredible achievement last night when they took home the Publisher of the Year award at the 10th Annual AIMP Nashville Awards. This marks BMM’s second Publisher of the Year win having first won the award at the 6th Annual AIMP Nashville Awards in 2021. In addition, BMM’s own Jessie Jo Dillon was awarded her second AIMP Nashville Songwriter of the Year award, having won her first in 2019, and Benjy Davis was recognized for his role in writing “The Painter” (Cody Johnson) which took home the 2025 Song of the Year award.

“This is an amazing honor, but being part of Nashville’s vibrant, independent publishing community is the reward in itself,” shares Mike Molinar, BMM’s President. “Thank you to our incredible writers and staff. This is a reflection of all of their talent and work.”

BMM’s dynamic catalog features more than 14,000 songs including eight of the top 25 most on-demand streamed Country songs of all time including the RIAA DIAMOND-certified hits “Beautiful Crazy” and “When It Rains It Pours” (Luke Combs), DIAMOND-certified “In Case You Didn’t Know” (Brett Young), 6X PLATINUM “Speechless” (Dan + Shay) and 4X PLATINUM “The Bones” (Maren Morris).

Placed as a Top 10 Hot Country Publishing Corp for every year since 2017, BMM’s current roster includes reigning ACM Songwriter of the Year Jessie Jo Dillon, Billboard’s 2022 Songwriter of the Year Laura Veltz, Brett Young, Ryan Hurd, Matt Dragstrem, Geoff Warburton, Justin Moore, George Birge, Maddie & Tae, Matt Roy, Daniel Ross, Anna Vaus, Troy Cartwright and Laci Kaye Booth while superstar artists across genres such as  Bad Bunny, Ariana Grande, Carin León, The Kid LAROI, Diplo, Demi Lovato, Jessie Murph, Seventeen, Kelly Clarkson, ITZY and Monsta X have recorded BMM tracks. The expansive catalog also includes GRAMMY® Awards Song of the Year-nominated “abcdefu” (GAYLE) and “A Beautiful Noise” (Brandi Carlile & Alicia Keys).

BMM’s latest Country hits include the five-week No. 1 smash “High Road” (Koe Wetzel featuring Jessie Murph), “Lies Lies Lies” (Morgan Wallen), “The Painter” (Cody Johnson), “Am I Okay?” (Megan Moroney) and “Just To Say We Did” (Kenny Chesney).  For the latest information and more, follow @bigmachinemusic on Instagram.

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