Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, Nineteen85, Ruth B and Andy Kim among those celebrated, with a surprise performance by Snow and Maestro Fresh Wes
TORONTO, June 19, 2017 /CNW/ - Songwriters, composers and music publishers behind some of the biggest songs in the world gathered in Toronto tonight – with a who's-who of Canada's music ecosystem– for the 2017 SOCAN Awards. The gala ceremony honoured Canada's music creators and publishers across a wide variety of genres, including Pop, Rock, Film & Television, Urban, Dance, Folk/Roots, Jazz, Country, Classical, and more.
This year, the legendary Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance were honoured, as one of the greatest songwriting teams in music, with the SOCAN Lifetime Achievement Award for more than 35 years of songwriting success and excellence. The SOCAN Cultural Impact Award was presented to Andy Kim for the 1969 hit "Sugar, Sugar," and world-renowned singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith charmed the audience with his rendition of the classic song.
Also in attendance to receive SOCAN achievement awards were pop/rock superstars Hedley (National Achievement Award), Paul "Nineteen85" Jefferies (Songwriter of the Year Award for his work with international superstar Drake), and Screen Composer of the Year Keith Power, who, in front of movie-clip visuals, performed a live orchestral medley of award-winning film and TV scores.
The SOCAN Awards featured an abundance of memorable performances, starting with Derin Falana & Tay of The Remix Project. Shaun Frank and Delaney Jane discussed the writing of The Chainsmokers' Billboard chart-topping hit "Closer" before performing the song and Jess Moskaluke gave a brilliant rendition of her JUNO Award-winning "Take Me Home" with cowriter Kelly Archer. Ruth B delivered a stunning cover of Bryan Adams's "Heaven" and 2017 JUNO Award winners July Talk dazzled the audience with a heartfelt version of Leonard Cohen's "If It Be Your Will."
Former International Achievement Award winner Carly Rae Jepsen was on hand to present SOCAN Classic Awards to Snow and Maestro Fresh Wes before they closed the show with a surprise, high-energy performance of their respective massive hits, "Informer" and "Let Your Backbone Slide."
SOCAN Awards for most performed songs, inclusive of broadcast and streaming, were presented to Coleman Hell and Tyler Shaw, who each won Pop Music Awards for their respective songs, "2 Heads" and "Wicked." The Strumbellas, took home a Rock Award for the folk-rock smash radio hit "Spirits"; Billy Talent, accepted a Rock Music Award for "Afraid of Heights"; singer-songwriter Donovan Woods, received the Folk/Roots Award for his contributions in the genre; SonReal, won an Urban Award for "Can I Get A Witness?"; and one of SOCAN's #ComposersWhoScore, Robert Carli, won for his work on Murdoch Mysteries. Global hits "One Dance" by Drake, Paul "Nineteen85" Jefferies, and Noah "40" Shebib, and "Starboy" by Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye, Martin "Doc" McKinney, Jason "Daheala" Quenneville, and Henry "Cirkut" Walter were each honoured with Pop Music Awards.
"Canadian music creators and publishers continue to achieve great success, both domestically and internationally," said SOCAN CEO Eric Baptiste. "It is vital that we continue to recognize the achievements of our songwriters, composers, and music publishers, and we're honoured to congratulate all of tonight's SOCAN Award recipients for their outstanding accomplishments."
Hosting the awards was Canadian radio and television personality Arisa Cox, best known as the host of Big Brother Canada. The evening was sponsored by Gowling WLG, KPMG, Long & McQuade, Music Canada, the Ontario Media Development Corporation, and Yamaha Canada. The Unison Benevolent Fund was the official charity partner.
SOCAN will award Francophone music creators and publishers at a gala in Montréal in October.
A complete list of winners at the 2017 SOCAN Awards in Toronto follows:
About SOCAN
SOCAN connects more than four-million music creators worldwide and more than a quarter-million businesses and individuals in Canada. Nearly 150,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers are its direct members, and more than 130,000 organizations are Licensed To Play music across Canada. With a concerted use of progressive technology and a commitment to lead the global transformation of music rights, with wholly-owned companies Audiam and MediaNet, SOCAN is dedicated to upholding the fundamental truths that music has value and music creators and publishers deserve fair compensation for their work. For more information: www.socan.ca
2017 SOCAN Awards – Toronto – Winners List
| INTERNATIONAL Aubrey Drake Graham
NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT Hedley
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Bryan Adams & Jim Vallance Andy Kim "Sugar, Sugar"
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR Paul "Nineteen85" Jefferies
PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR Sony/ATV Music Publishing
POP MUSIC AWARDS
Performed by Ruth B Ruth B Sony/ATV Music Publishing
"Wicked" Performed by Tyler Shaw Ryan Kowarsky Tyler Shaw Alex Vujic / Pilzbury Inc.
"Treat You Better" Performed by Shawn Mendes Shawn Mendes / Mendes Music Scott Friedman (BMI) Teddy Geiger (BMI) Universal Music Publishing
"2 Heads" Performed by Coleman Hell Coleman Hell La+ch
DANCE MUSIC AWARDS
Performed by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey Shaun Frank / Regicide Ashley Frangipane (BMI) Frederic Kennett (ASCAP) Joseph King (ASCAP) Isaac Slade (ASCAP) Canadiana Music
"Dancing Kizomba" Performed by Alx Veliz Alx Veliz Medylandia Architect of Dreams Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. Walt Disney Music of Canada Ltd.
COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS
"Came Here to Forget" Performed by Blake Shelton Deric Ruttan / Doc & Maggie Craig Wiseman (ASCAP) THiS Music Warner Chappell Music Canada
"Take Me Home" Performed by Jess Moskaluke Jess Moskaluke Kelly Archer Emily Shackelton (BMI) CCS Rights Management Corp. Downtown Music Canada Little Auburn Bungalow Music
"Lawn Chair Lazy" Performed by The James Barker James Barker Gavin Slate Travis Wood ole LICENSED TO PLAY AWARD
BREAKOUT AWARD PARTYNEXTDOOR
HAGOOD HARDY AWARD
JAN V. MATEJCEK NEW AUDIO-VISUAL COMPOSER Keith Power
FOLK / ROOTS MUSIC URBAN MUSIC AWARDS
Performed by Belly featuring Ahmad "Belly" Balshe Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye Benjamin Diehl (BMI) SAL&CO SONGS Music Publishing Warner Chappell Music Canada
"Can I Get a Witness" Performed by SonReal Aaron "SonReal" Hoffman Rachid Aziz (BMI) Nadir Khayat (BMI) BMG Rights Management SOCAN CLASSIC MUSIC AWARDS Performed by Barney Bentall & Barney Bentall Gary Fraser Middle Kingdom Music Ltd.
"Let Your Backbone Slide" Performed by Maestro Fresh Wes Anthony Davis / Tasting Music Peter Davis Wesley Williams BMG Rights Management Warner Chappell Music Canada
BRYAN ADAMS / Adams Communications Inc. / Adams Communications Inc. II and JIM VALLANCE / Some Guy
"Heat of the Night" "Kids Wanna Rock" "Lonely Nights" "One Night Love Affair" Performed by Bryan Adams Almo Music of Canada Irving Music of Canada
"Do I Have to Say the Words?" Performed by Bryan Adams Robert John "Mutt" Lange (PRS) Almo Music of Canada
"Edge of a Dream" Performed by Joe Cocker Almo Music of Canada Irving Music of Canada
"Teacher, Teacher" Performed by 38 Special Almo Music of Canada Irving Music of Canada |
"Wild Things" Performed by Alessia Cara Alessia Cara James Ho (ASCAP) Thabiso Nkhereanye (ASCAP) Coleridge Tillman (BMI) Sony/ATV Music Publishing
"Scars to Your Beautiful" Performed by Alessia Cara Alessia Cara Warren Felder (BMI) Coleridge Tillman (BMI) Andrew Wansel (BMI) Sony/ATV Music Publishing Performed by Hedley Jacob Hoggard Brian Howes / Cake & Eat It 2 Publishing Jason Van Poederooyen / 8 Atlas Music Publishing LLC Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. Universal Music Publishing
"Starboy" Performed by The Weeknd Martin "Doc" McKinney Jason "Daheala" Quenneville Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye Henry "Cirkut" Walter Thomas Bangalter (BMI) Guillaume Emmanuel de Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. SAL&CO SONGS Music Publishing Universal Music Publishing DOMESTIC TV MUSIC
Heartland Keith Power Seven24 Films Inc. Dynamo Films Inc. Robert Carli Shaftesbury Music Sony/ATV Music Publishing
DOMESTIC TV MUSIC AWARDS – NON-FICTION
Greg Fisher Derek Treffry eOne TV Unscripted
Leave it to Bryan Peter Chapman SI Entertainment Productions Inc.
Sportsnet Central Stephan Moccio / Sing Little Rogers Sportsnet Inc. Universal Music Publishing
DOMESTIC TV MUSIC
James Chapple Graeme Cornies David Kelly Brian Pickett
The Adventures of Napkin Man! Trevor Allan Jody Colero Peter Coulman (posthumous) Ian LeFeuvre Thomas Thorney Breakthrough Publishing Inc. ole ACHIEVEMENT IN Jeff Danna Mychael Danna Walt Disney Music of Canada Ltd. San Andreas Andrew Lockington New Line Music Corp (BMI) Sub-published in Canada by Universal Music Publishing
Performed by Billy Talent Ian D'sa Jonathan Gallant Ben Kowalewicz Aaron Solowoniuk / Dudebox EMI April Music Canada Ltd.
"Spirits" Performed by The Strumbellas Jeremy Drury Jonathan Hembrey Darryl James Brian Pickett David Ritter Joanne Setterington Simon Ward Isabel Ritchie (ASCAP) Domino Double Nine
"Amerika" Performed by Wintersleep Loel Campbell / Gosh Yes Music Tim D'eon / D Bones Music Paul Murphy / Silly Old Songs Productions
"Push + Pull" Performed by July Talk Thomas Knox D'arcy Ian Matthew Docherty Peter Goyette Dreimanis Leah Fay Goldstein Josh Earl Warburton Daniel Patrick Thomas Miles Arts & Crafts Music Third Side Music July Talk Music Songs by BRYAN ADAMS / Adams Communications Inc. II / Badams Music Ltd.
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for Performed by Bryan Adams Michael Kamen (BMI) Robert John "Mutt" Lange (PRS) Almo Music of Canada
"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" Performed by Bryan Adams Michael Kamen (BMI) Robert John "Mutt" Lange (PRS) (PRS)
"When You're Gone" Performed by Bryan Adams featuring Melanie C. Eliot Kennedy (PRS)
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"Lay You Down Easy" Performed by MAGIC! featuring Sean Paul Nasri Atweh Adam Messinger / Messy Music Mark Pellizzer / Mark Pelli Music Inc. Ben Spivak Alex Tanas Sean Paul (ASCAP) BMG Rights Management Canada Inc. Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. Canada Sony/ATV Music Publishing Canada Universal Music Publishing Canada "One Dance" Performed by Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla Aubrey Drake Graham Paul "Nineteen85" Jefferies Noah "40" Shebib Ayodeji Balogun (COSON) Cory Johnson (PRS) Errol Reid (PRS) Luke Reid (PRS) Kyla Smith (PRS) EMI April Music Canada Ltd. Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. Canada Nyan King Music Ltd.
"Too Good" Performed by Drake featuring Rihanna Aubrey Drake Graham Paul "Nineteen85" Jefferies Terence Lam Maneesh Adam Randall Martin Dwayne Chin-Quee (ASCAP) Robyn Fenty (BMI) Andrew Hershey (ASCAP) Andrae Sutherland (BMI) EMI April Music Canada Ltd. Nyan King Music Sony/ATV Music Publishing Canada ACHIEVEMENTS IN MADE-FOR-TV FILM MUSIC
Christopher Nickel MRD - Music Revenue Data ROP Musique
William Shatner Presents: Chaos on the Bridge Catalin Marin
INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC AWARDS
San Andreas Andrew Lockington New Line Music Corp (BMI) Sub-published in Canada by Universal Music Publishing Canada
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters Andrew Lockington Fox Film Music Corp (BMI) Sub-published in Canada by Casablanca Media Publishing Inc.
INTERNATIONAL TV
Paw Patrol James Chapple Graeme Cornies David Kelly Brian Pickett Published by Spin Master Ltd. Administered worldwide by CCS Rights Management Canada
Hawaii Five-O Keith Power Published by Beverlyfax Music Inc. (BMI) Sub-published in Canada by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Canada
INTERNATIONAL SONG AWARD
Performed by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey Shaun Frank Ashley Frangipane (ASCAP) Frederic Kennett (ASCAP) Joseph King (ASCAP) Isaac Slade (ASCAP) Canadiana Music
SOCAN CLASSIC MUSIC AWARDS
Performed by Snow Darrin Kenneth O'Brien
"High School Confidential" Performed by Rough Trade Carole Pope Kevan Staples Mummy Dust Music Ltd.
"Hurts to Love You" Performed by The Philosopher Kings Gerald Eaton / Mawga Dawg Inc. Craig Hunter James Brian McCollum / Memilo Music Jason Levine / / Mental Case Music Ltd. Jonathan Levine / Old Schul Music Inc. Brian "Sweetwesty" West / Worldwide West Music Inc. Sony/ATV Music Publishing Canada
"Do Ya" Performed by Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts Barney Bentall Michael Crozier / Grievous Angel Music David Reimer Middle Kingdom Music Ltd.
Songs by JIM VALLANCE / Some Guy Songs
"Deuces Are Wild" Performed by Aerosmith Jim Vallance Steven Tyler (ASCAP) Almo Music of Canada
"Rag Doll" Performed by Aerosmith Jim Vallance Joe Perry (ASCAP) Steven Tyler (ASCAP) Holly Night (ASCAP) Almo Music of Canada
"Spaceship Superstar" Performed by Prism EMI Blackwood Music Canada Ltd.
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SOURCE SOCAN
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