The 71st annual Ivor Novello Awards in partnership with Amazon Music are around the corner and this year the honors include names like Olivia Dean, Lola Young, Lily Allen, Coldplay, CMAT and Florence + The Machine.
For those who don’t know, the awards show is scheduled to take place on May 12 in London and will attempt to highlight lyricists and composers.
The awards show, which has been running since 1956, promises a platform that is “judged by songwriters and composers”, as Ivers honors “the craft, originality and cultural impact of the songs and screen creations”.
This year notably saw over 61 British, Irish or UK-resident songwriters and composers nominated, as well as a few US-based songwriters.
according to Diversity 34 of them will be in the running for their first Ivor.
Check out the full list below:
best album
- Jim Legxesse – Black British Music (Written by Legxesse & Joe Stanley)
- CMAT – Euro Countries (written and presented by CMAT)
- Olivia Dean – The Art of Loving (Written by Dean, Bastian Langbaek and Max Wolfgang)
- Wolf Alice – The Clearing (written by Geof Oddie and Ellie Rowsell)
- Lily Allen – West End Girl (written by Allen, Chloe Angelides, Kito and Blue May)
Best Contemporary Song
- Gorillaz – Damascus (ft. Omar Suleiman & Yassin Bey) (Written by Damon Albarn, Bey & Suleiman)
- Little Simz – Fire (written by Simz, Alex Bonfanti and Miles Clinton James)
- Self Esteem – I Do and I Don’t Care (Written by Self Esteem and Johan Hugo)
- Kay Tempest – I Stand on the Line (written by Tempest and Fraser T Smith)
- Kay Tempest – Know Yourself (written by Tempest, Fraser T Smith and Tom Rowlands)
Best Song Musically and Lyrically
- Jacob Alone – Don’t Fall Asleep (Written by Alone)
- Florence + The Machine – Everybody Scream (written by Florence Welch, Mark Bowen and Mitski)
- Self Esteem – Focus is Power (Self Esteem, written by Johann Hugo and Jacob Vetter)
- Wolf Alice – The Sofa (Written by Ellie Rowsell)
- Sugababes – Weeds (Written by Tove Berman, Anya Jones and Jon Shave)
PRS for the most performed work of music
- Olivia Dean – Man I Need (written by Dean, Tobias Jesso Jr. and Zach Nahom)
- Lola Young – Messy (written by Young)
- Miles Smith – Stargazing (written by Smith, Peter Fenn and Jesse Fink)
- Crystal – The Days (Written by Crystal)
- Coldplay – Viva La Vida (written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin)
rising star
- chloe kisha
- Divorce
- jacob alone
- Do you know
- sky newman
Best Original Film Score
- Gerskin Fendrix – Bugonia
- Rafferty – Dragonfly
- Robin Carolan – Nosferatu
- Tom Hodge – Testimony
- Daniel Blumberg – Brutalist
Best Television Soundtrack
- Aaron May and David Ridley – Adolescence
- Sarah Warne – Lazarus
- Gazelle Twin – Summerwater
- Ryle Jones – This City Is Ours
- David Holmes and Brian Irwin – Trespassing
