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by Ajax Scott
The Spice Girls and their co-writers and publishers swept the board at Ascap's annual awards for PRS members last week.
The act were named songwriters of the year, while 2 Become 1, co-written by Richard Stannard and Matt Rowe, was song of the year. Meanwhile two other of their songs - Say You'll Be There and Wannabe - also won airplay awards. Also benefiting from their success was their publisher, Windswept Pacific.
PolyGram/Island, which publishes Stannard & Rowe, was named publisher of the year for the second year in a row. Also contributing to the company's success at its last Ascap awards before it merges with MCA Music Publishing were Roll To Me, written by Del Amitri's Justin Currie, and U2 songs Discotheque, Staring At The Sun and Pride (In The Name Of Love), which it handles through its deal with Blue Mountain Music.
BMG Music Publishing won four song awards, while Hit...