BPM Featured Artists and Composer Awards
- Selma Ducanovic
- Dec 1, 2016
- 2 min read
Billy Penn Music is proud to have the artists and composers that we have in our catalog. Many of them are up-and-comers, but many of them are also seasoned professionals with quite a few honors under their belts. Please enjoy this list we’ve compiled of our award-winning and honor-receiving artists.
1. Anikiko
A winner of NSAI writer competitions, Songwriter of the year (2013) in USA “Song Of The Year” Competition in dance/electronic genre.
Top 5 Song Of The Year Competition,
Top 5 Music Oz awards 2012 nominations,
Film clip GOLD Winner of ACS 2010 awards,
Broadjam top 10 Australian artist
International Song Writing ISC finalist of 16, 000 entries 2 years in a row
“Best Rapper” in Philadelphia Magazine’s annual Best of Philly issue
Named one of Philadelphia’s official Music Ambassadors
3. Christie Lenee
Christie’s most recent album “Live at Hideaway Cafe” was a Finalist for “Best CD of 2014” for the Indie Acoustic Project Awards
Her song “Love Who You Are” was nominated for a 2016 Posi Award in the category “Songs for Personal Transformation.”
Voted “Best Guitarist” for WSTW 93.7 Hometown Heroes Awards
Nominated “Best Female Songwriter” for Origivation Magazine’s 2010 Reader’s Choice Awards (Philadelphia, PA)
Academy Award for Best Adaptation Score for The Buddy Holly Story
Gold Record for "Sunny" by Bobby Hebb
Gold Record for "Mandy" by Barry Manilow
5. Keith Lowry
ASCAP Plus Awards recipient
Song placement in "Love & Rage" (2009 Foreign Film Award winner)
6. Khidar
His song “The Countdown” featured on the BRAVO network’s “Shahs of Sunset” (season 2)
7. Low Cut Connie
Their song "Boozophilia" was on President Obama's Presidential Playlist
Featured on NPR “10 Songs Public Radio Can’t Stop Playing”
He has received a team Emmy award for his work as an orchestrator on the Nickelodeon television show, the Wonderpets
EMMY Award - Mid Atlantic Region, Best original composition/arrangement, 2005: Motion Picture The Shore
Toronto International Film Festival, Official Selection, 2005. The Shore: motion picture featuring Ben Gazzara and Leslie Ann Warren.
ADDYS, National Finalist, Local and Regional Best of Show , 2006, Groundhog 202
One Club, National Finalist, 2006, Groundhog 202
Adweek, Spot of the Month, 2005
Berklee College of Music Faculty Award, Berklee College of Music Faculty Award, 1984
10. Rodney Whittenberg
Received a regional Emmy for his score for the TV Documentary Mother Dot’s Philadelphia
Best Sound Design at the Terror Film Festival for Toll Taker
11. Stephen Tirpak
Horn section leader and arranger for the John Legend band performing trumpet and trombone from 2007 to 2010
12. Valeria Anez
Valeria has presented at the 2013 Latin GRAMMYs with Spanish singer/songwriter Alejandro Sanz