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Article: Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" Wins Musicnotes.com 2008 Song of the Year Award.
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- February 24, 2009
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MADISON, Wis. -- Musicnotes, Inc., the market leader in downloadable sheet music, announced today that songwriter Leonard Cohen, and music publisher Sony/ATV Music Publishing, are the recipients of the seventh annual Musicnotes Song of the Year Award for the song, "Hallelujah."
The Musicnotes Song of the Year Award is presented each year to the songwriter and publisher of the best-selling sheet music for a song made popular in the previous calendar year. In 2008, that song was "Hallelujah."
"Hallelujah" has an interesting song history, as the song was originally released in 1984 by Leonard Cohen. In 2008, the song had a dramatic resurgence in popularity ...