SInger Christina Perri has been awarded with the 11th Annual Musicnotes.com Song of the Year Award for her track A Thousand Years. The song, which featured on the Twilight: Breaking Dawn soundtrack was given the award due to it being the best-selling piece of sheet music on musicnotes.com in 2012.
Christina Perri performing live
Perri said of writing the song, "A Thousand Years was one of my favorite songs to write, and a favorite, for sure, of mine to sing. I meant every word. I believe in love, and I believe that one day we all might find that one person that we'll love for eternity. I also adore everyone's covers and hearing everyone's spin on the song. It's special to me in every way."
Previous winners of the Award include Adele - Someone Like You, 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’.
Christina Perri in music video
Christina Perri's A Thousand Years has recently seen a resurgence in popularity with fellow musicians, after the track appeared on an episode of the hit Fox musical television series Glee and continues to be a top seller on musicnotes.com.
