2019 Honorary Clio Entertainment Award: Diane Warren

Diane Warren is one of the most continuously prolific and successful contemporary songwriters of our time. Her songs have been featured in more than 100 motion pictures, resulting in ten Oscar® nominations. She most recently wrote the original song “I’m Standing With You” performed by Chrissy Metz for the feature film Breakthrough.

Her impressive career has garnered countless awards including an Emmy®, Grammy®, and a Golden Globe®. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Warren’s songs have charted in numerous countries and have sold over 250 million records worldwide. She has written 32 top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, nine of which have garnered the coveted No. 1 spot. To date, she is the only songwriter with more than one song listed amongst the top fifteen of Billboard’s The Hot 100’s All-Time Top 100 Songs.

Her respected talent even is sought after by heads of states who have personally asked her to write songs for various events. She writes songs for tremendously wide range of artists, and continues to work with many of today’s most popular acts, including Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Adele, Justin Bieber, Christina Aguilera, Snoop Dogg, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Paloma Faith, Andra Day, Demi Lovato, LeAnn Rimes, Common, Janelle Monae, Missy Elliott, Zendaya and Jason Derulo. She has written for iconic artists such as Whitney Houston, Cher, Aerosmith, Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin, Toni Braxton, Mariah Carey, and many more. Warren owns her own publishing company, Realsongs, the most successful female-owned and operated business in the music industry.

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