NMPA To Honor Kacey Musgraves & Rhett Akins
Kacey Musgraves & Rhett Akins
The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) will honor Kacey Musgraves and Rhett Akins at its annual meeting, which is set to take place at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on June 11.
Musgraves will receive this year’s NMPA Songwriter Icon award. The 12-time NMPA Gold and Platinum-certified, Grammy Album of the Year award winner is known for her signature songwriting ability and challenging the boundaries of genre.
Akins will be awarded the NMPA Non-Performing Songwriter Icon Award for his over three decades of contributions to country music. He has amassed 44 Gold and Platinum songwriting certifications to date.
This year’s gathering will feature a special segment dedicated to the Billboard Songwriter Awards which were postponed due to the Los Angeles wildfires. Winners of these awards will be unveiled at the event.
Additionally, Apple Music head Oliver Schusser will sit down for a keynote conversation.
“We are thrilled to honor Kacey Musgraves whose music has always been driven by lyric and melody,” says NMPA President & CEO David Israelite. “A consummate songwriter, she is a successful solo hitmaker and renowned collaborator. Additionally, we look forward to celebrating the career of Rhett Akins whose songwriting has been central to the growth of country music.
“We are particularly excited to feature the Billboard Songwriter Awards after our Grammy Week event was postponed,” he continues. “The honorees are incredibly deserving, and it will be a phenomenal special segment of the program. Finally, Oliver Schusser has been an innovator throughout his career and we are eager to get his perspective on the myriad of opportunities and challenges for digital services in the streaming economy.”
