Adele's "Someone Like You" Wins Tenth Annual Musicnotes.com "Song of the Year" Award

Musicnotes.com, the Madison, WI-based online sheet music retailer and publisher, announced today that Adele's hit song "Someone Like You," from her album, 21, has won the tenth annual Musicnotes.com Song of the Year Award. "Someone Like You" surpassed all previous Song of the Year records - selling more than double the previous record-holder, Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." The song's writers, Adele Adkins and Daniel Wilson are both recipients of the award, joining the ranks of previous winning songwriters including Leonard Cohen, Linda Perry and Vanessa Carlton. Universal Music Publishing Ltd. and Chrysalis Music Ltd., the song's publishers, will likewise be receiving Musicnotes "Publisher of the Year" awards. Paul Connolly, Universal Music Publishing Group's President of Europe & UK said, "As Adele's publisher, we're delighted with this award. As well as deserved recognition of a stunning song, it's also a great demonstration of a digital innovation that delivers commercial results for songwriters and their music publishers." Laurent Hubert, COO - North America at BMG Rights Management added, "BMG is proud to be a part of our writer Dan Wilson and Adele's brilliant collaboration on "Someone Like You." They've created a new, timeless classic that will be played for ages to come." Musicnotes has previously presented awards to Leonard Cohen ("Hallelujah"),Vanessa Carlton ("A Thousand Miles"), Linda Perry (Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful"), Evanescence ("My Immortal"), Tom Higgenson ("Hey There Delilah"), Marcus Hummon, Bobby Boyd and Jeff Hanna ("Bless the Broken Road"), Daniel Powter ("Bad Day"), Jon Mabe and Jessi Alexander ("The Climb") and Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain and Neal Schon ("Don't Stop Believin'). Adele's "Someone Like You" joins them as the recipient of the 2011 Song of the Year Award as the best-selling sheet music piece at Musicnotes.com throughout 2011. Adele will be performing live at the 54th Annual Grammy awards on February 12, 2012. It will be her first performance since undergoing vocal cord surgery last fall. ### About Musicnotes: Musicnotes, Inc. offers an online catalog of over 200,000 digital sheet music titles, built on the strength of content agreements with Alfred Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, EMI Music Publishing, Faber Music Ltd, BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Publishing, Disney Music Publishing, Cherry Lane Music Company, Peermusic, Word Music, EMI Christian, Bug Music and many others. Musicnotes is featured in Internet Retailer Magazine's list of the Top 500 Online Retailers and is one of the top 50 American Music Products Retailers according to Music Trades Magazine.