ASCAP's Songwriter of the Year

[torker]

<p><img height="152" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41675000/jpg/_41675602_fiftycent_pa203b.jpg" width="203" border="0" /></p><p></p><p><em>The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) voted 50 Cent songwriter of the year. </em></p><p> </p><p>They must be making up for the&nbsp;slight at&nbsp;Oscar&reg; time.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5007390.stm" target="_blank">Link</a></p>

[FezPaul]

<p><strong><font face="courier new,courier,monospace" size="2">Did you notice the related article titled, <em>50 cent: money making machine.</em></font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier,monospace" size="2">I'm going to go way out on a limb here, and say, the award was given on the basis of 7.5 million albums sold, rather than a consensus amongst his peers, regarding the musical&nbsp;validity of his compositions.</font></strong></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by FezPaul on 5-24-06 @ 7:38 PM</span>

[torker]

<p>Well then, that's a horse of a different color.&nbsp; Never mind.</p><p></p><p class="inside-copy">The top three best-selling albums of 2005 through Dec. 21 were rapper 50 Cent's <em>The Massacre,</em> which had sold 4.8 million copies, followed by Mariah Carey's <em>The Emancipation of Mimi</em> with 4.6 million sold, and Kelly Clarkson's <em>Breakaway,</em> which sold 3.3 million units, Nielsen SoundScan said. </p><p></p><p>Congrats, Fitty.</p>

[Sheeplovr]

remember ladies he'll let you lick his lolli pop when he takes you to the candy shop<br />

[Gvac]

<strong>FezPaul</strong> wrote:<br /><p><strong><font size="2" face="courier new,courier,monospace">Did you notice the related article titled, <em>50 cent: money making machine.</em></font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2" face="courier new,courier,monospace">I'm going to go way out on a limb here, and say, the award was given on the basis of 7.5 million albums sold, rather than a consensus amongst his peers, regarding the musical validity of his compositions.</font></strong></p>

<span class="post_edited">This message was edited by FezPaul on 5-24-06 @ 7:38 PM</span><p>&nbsp;</p>Thank you.&nbsp; Using dollars grossed as the criteria, I suppose Britney Spears and JLo are musical geniuses based on their album sales.<br />