“Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”, with Kelly Clarkson, is the most-performed song in the Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) catalogue on U.S. radio and television over the past twelve months.
The 2013 BMI London Awards were held at the Dorchester Hotel last night. The most prestigious award, Song of the Year, was presented to Jörgen and his U.S. BMI writing partner Ali Tamposi, signed to Jörgen’s music publishing company Perfect Storm Music Group.
Besides spending three weeks at #1 on Billboard Hot 100, Clarkson set a new U.S. list record by also topping the Country Songs, Adult Contemporary, Adult Pop Songs and Dance/Club Play Songs charts.
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On May 14, 2013, in Los Angeles, Jörgen got his first BMI Award for “Stronger” and this far he has received a total of seven with different songs.
“Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” is written by Jörgen, Ali Tamposi, David Gamson and Greg Kurstin.
See the complete list of winners >>
Kelly Clarkson; Official Website >>
The 27th Annual ARIA Awards is held in Sydney on Sunday, December 1, 2013. Disclosed today, Jörgen is up for the Song of the Year Award with Samantha Jade’s “What You’ve Done to Me”.
On the night of November 20, 2012, Samantha Jade was crowned Australia’s X Factor winner, season four. Jade’s coronation song “What You’ve Done to Me”, co-written by Jörgen, went straight to #1 on both the domestic iTunes’ list as well as the ARIA Singles Chart.
Samantha Jade’s self-titled debut album was released on December 7, 2012. It also includes Jade’s cover version of Kelly Clarkson’s Billboard Hot 100 #1 “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”, co-written by Jörgen, for which he in 2012 received a GRAMMY Award ”Song of the Year” nomination.
ARIA Award Nominees >>
Samantha Jade; Official Website >>
“Many years of writing but also having songs place in the charts and become hits have given me a framework, references, to know when something is good or not.”
The words are Jörgen’s, recently interviewed by the British best-selling author Paul Stenning for his forthcoming book “Success – By Those Who’ve Made It”.
The book contains 21 exclusive interviews, told as mini-biographies, with celebrities, all of which making successful careers in their respective profession. The second part of the book is about self-help, including a conclusion and analysis about what it really takes to be successful.
In the chapter dedicated to Jörgen, he tells how it all got started and the way he works. Jörgen also gives the reader a few tips and tricks in the trade of being a songwriter.
The book also includes interviews with:
Mario Andretti, Champion racing driver
Jason Newsted, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician (Metallica, Ozzy)
Frank Abagnale, Catch Me If You Can author and entrepreneur
Greg H. Olsen, Entrepreneur and astronaut
and 16 others…
“Success – By Those Who’ve Made It” will be released on November 24, 2013.
About the author:
Paul Stenning’s earlier work includes biographies of AC/DC, Rage Against the Machine, Slash, Guns’n’Roses, Robert Pattinson and many more. He writes articles for well-renowned magazines such as Rolling Stone, Record Collector, Front, FHM, Metal Hammer and Spin.
Read a sample of the book >>
For pre-order >>
