On 29th September, BMI was thrilled to celebrate their global family of songwriters, composers and publishers who are taking music to new creative heights. Throughout the night, they paid tribute to the British and European songwriters, composers and publishers of the past year’s most-performed songs across US streaming, radio, film and television, named the BMI London Song of the Year and presented their Million-Air Awards.
Listen To Your Heart celebrated its 7-Million-Air Award in December 2024, now it’s It Must Have Been Love’s turn! American radios played it 7 million times! Pure awesomeness!
Roxette reached their 3rd No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with IMHBL on 16th June 1990 and stayed on top of the chart for 2 weeks. In 2000 Per received the award from BMI for this song being played over 3 million times on American radio, for 4 million he got the award in 2005, for 5 million plays in 2014 and for 6 million plays in October 2021.
The hit started out as a Christmas song that found its way to hot-hot Hollywood! 7 million thanks to Per Gessle for writing this most wonderful ballad and to Marie Fredriksson for adding her amazing vocals and turning it into Roxette’s signature song! Big congrats! Big! Huge!
