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Paul Anka Honored as BMI Icon at 2026 BMI Pop Awards: ‘I’ve Been Doing This a Long Time’
Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter are co-winners of songwriter of the year. Sony Music Publishing took publisher of the year.
What happened
According to Billboard’s source item, Paul Anka Honored as BMI Icon at 2026 BMI Pop Awards: ‘I’ve Been Doing This a Long Time’, Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter are co-winners of songwriter of the year. Sony Music Publishing took publisher of the year.
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Primary source: Paul Anka Honored as BMI Icon at 2026 BMI Pop Awards: ‘I’ve Been Doing This a Long Time’ via Billboard. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.
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- Paul Anka Honored as BMI Icon at 2026 BMI Pop Awards: ‘I’ve Been Doing This a Long Time’Billboard - 2026-05-13T13:24:43+00:00
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