The Band Perry Celebrates First No. 1

• January 27, 2011 [print-me target="div.post-title, div.post-meta, div.post-body" do_not_print=".twitterLink, .sharedaddy, .jp-relatedposts, .fb-comments-title, .fb-comments-text, .fb-comments, .post-comments" tag="span" class="print-me-container"]

BMI honored sibling trio The Band Perry and their hit song �If I Die Young� at the company�s Music Row office. Written by Kimberly Perry and performed by her and her brothers Reid Perry and Neil Perry, the song marks Kimberly�s first trip to the top of the charts as a songwriter as well as the group�s first No. 1.�This is also the first No. 1 for Republic Nashville, which formed�in June 2009 as a joint venture between�Scott Borchetta, President/CEO of Big Machine Records, LLC and Monte Lipman, President/CEO of Universal Republic.