And they are…
Best Song Musically And Lyrically:
Elbow – ‘One Day Like This’
Best Contemporary Song:
Elbow – ‘Grounds For Divorce’
Best Original Film Score:
Jonny Greenwood – There Will Be Blood
PRS For Music Most Performed Work:
Duffy – ‘Mercy’
Best Selling British Song:
Coldplay – ‘Viva La Vida’
Album Award:
The Ting Tings – We Started Nothing
View all of this year’s nominees here.
Last week, Coldplay released a free live album.
Those up for ‘excellence in music writing’ nods are as follows:
Best Song Musically & Lyrically:
The Last Shadow Puppets – My Mistakes Were Made For You
Elbow – One Day Like This
The Leisure Society – The Last Of The Melting Snow
Best Contemporary Song:
Dizzee Rascal & Calvin Harris – Dance Wiv Me
Elbow – Grounds For Divorce
The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name
PRS For Music (Most Performed Work):
Duffy – Mercy
Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
Best Selling British Song:
Duffy – Mercy
MIA – Paper Planes
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
Album Award:
Duffy – Rockferry
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
The Ting Tings – We Started Nothing
Uncover more info here.
Watch what they had to say about the celebratory songwriting event in the clip below.
“The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards awarded for songwriting and composing. The “Ivors” are presented yearly in London by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, and were first introduced in 1955.” (via Wiki)
Here are the big winners for ’07:
International Hit Of The Year: Madonna, ‘Sorry’
Album Award: Arctic Monkeys, ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’
Best Contemporary Song: Amy Winehouse, ‘Rehab’
Best Television Soundtrack: Martin Phipps, ‘The Virgin Queen’
Best Selling UK single: Leona Lewis, ‘A Moment Like This’
Outstanding Song Collection: Yusuf Islam
The Ivors Classical Music Award: John Rutter CBE
PRS Most Performed Work: Scissor Sisters, ‘I Don’t Feel Like Dancin”
Best Original Film Score: John Powell, ‘Ice Age The Meltdown’
PRS Outstanding Contribution to British Music: Norman Cook
Best Song Musically & Lyrically: Scott Matthews, ‘Elusive’
Songwriters Of The Year: The Feeling
Lifetime Achievement Award: Peter Gabriel
The Special International Award: Quincy Jones
The Academy Fellowship: George Fenton
