Fraser T. Smith Receives BMI President’s Award at 2025 BMI London Awards

The grant was presented to Smith successful designation of the breadth of his enactment arsenic a shaper and songwriter. Previous recipients of the prize see Taylor Swift, Noel Gallagher, Luis Fonsi, Ludacris, P!nk, Willie Nelson, T-Pain, Ellie Goulding and Brian Wilson.

The backstage event, held by the postulation nine astatine The Dorchester successful London past nighttime (Sept. 29), was hosted by BMI president and CEO Mike O’Neill and EVP, main gross & originative serviceman Mike Steinberg. 

O’Neill presented Smith with the BMI President’s Award saying, “You are a testament to the information that the champion producers don’t conscionable signifier songs, they assistance signifier and specify culture. We convey you for enriching the satellite of music, contiguous and agelong into the future.”

In his acceptance speech, Smith thanked the artists, writers and producers that helium has worked with passim his career, describing them arsenic “the originative cornerstone of everything that I do.”

He continued: “I consciousness arsenic though I’ve virtually been lasting connected the shoulders of giants for 25 years learning from these superb people. Making euphony has ever been an flight for me, and I couldn’t ideate my beingness without it.”

As portion of the honoree tribute, Kae Tempest performed “Prayers To Whisper” and “I Stand connected the Line,” some of which were co-written and produced by Smith and look connected the spoken-word artist’s 2025 LP Self-Titled.

Smith has co-written, mixed and produced 7 No. 1 singles connected the Official U.K. Singles Chart and 2 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s: Taio Cruz’s “Break Your Heart” (2010) and Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain” (2011). He was besides listed arsenic a shaper connected the latter’s 2011 medium 21, which landed medium of the twelvemonth astatine the Grammys the pursuing year.

The 54-year-old has contributed to records by the likes of Drake, Florence + The Machine, Gorillaz, Dave, Stormzy and Sam Smith. He has received 3 Ivor Novello awards alongside galore different accolades.

The BMI London Awards honors British and European songwriters and publishers of the erstwhile year’s most-performed songs connected U.S. streaming, radio, film, tv and ocular media from BMI’s repertoire.

During the ceremony, BMI Million-Air Awards were presented to the songwriters and publishers whose works person surpassed 1 cardinal broadcast performances connected U.S. radio. Among the songs honored were “Every Breath You Take” written by Sting of The Police (20 million), “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones (11 million), and “Take connected Me” by Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket and Pål Waaktaar of A-ha (10 million).

Awards for the most-performed pop, film, tv and streaming songs were besides unveiled. Recipients included “360” written by Finn Keane, A.G. Cook, Omer Fedi,  Blake Slatkin and performed by Charli xcx; “Glue Song” written and performed by Beabadoobee; and “Murder connected the Dancefloor” written and performed by Sophie Ellis-Bextor with co-writer Gregg Alexander.

Atli Örvarsson won 7 awards for his enactment successful web tv and streaming for Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago P. D., FBI, FBI: International, FBI: Most Wanted and Apple TV’s Silo, bringing his full to 54 BMI awards.

Other composers recognized see Tom Howe for Paramount+ bid Knuckles and Apple TV’s Shrinking, portion Sola Akingbola received a BMI web TV grant for Bob Hearts Abishola. BMI theatrical movie awards went to Harry Gregson-Williams for Gladiator II and Hildur Guðnadóttir for her enactment connected Joker: Folie à Deux.

A implicit database of 2025 winners volition soon beryllium disposable connected the BMI London Awards’ website.