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The nominations for this year’s Ivor Novellos, the most prestigious songwriting awards in the UK and Ireland, have been revealed, with the likes of Stormzy, Dave, Nick Cave, Kate Tempest and Little Simz up for awards.
35 individual songwriters have been recognised across eight categories, including a brand new ‘Rising Star Award with Apple Music’. You can see the full list of nominees below.
Four people are nominated twice. Kate Tempest and producer Dan Carey are up for Best Album for the former’s ‘The Book Of Traps And Lessons‘ as well as Best Contemporary Song for ‘Firesmoke’.
Jimmy Napes is nominated for his songwriting contributions to both Stormzy’s ‘Crown’ and Sam Smith‘s ‘Dancing With A Stranger’, while Jamie Hartman also receives two nods, for his work on Lewis Capaldi‘s ‘Hold Me While You Wait’ and Calvin Harris‘ Rag’n’Bone Man collaboration ‘Giant’.
Stormzy himself and MJ Cole are also nominated for their songwriting on ‘Crown’.
Elsewhere, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ ‘Ghosteen‘ and Little Simz’ ‘Grey Area‘ are up for Best Album, while Dave’s ‘Black’ and J Hus‘ ‘Must Be’ are up for Best Contemporary Song’.
“I think it’s a good line-up,” Ivors Academy CEO Graham Davies told Music Week. “We’ve got a good number of first-time nominees. What probably sticks out the most is the importance of the lyric, as spoken word and rap continues on from last year [in being represented]. The Ivors is at the forefront of recognising trends, and that’s an important one.”
With the awards ceremony cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the winners, as well as recipients of Songwriter of the Year 2019 and the Academy Fellowship, will be announced by Matt Wilkinson on his Apple Music Beats 1 Radio show from 11am on September 2.
The full list of nominees is:
BEST ALBUM
‘Ghosteen’
Written by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
Performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Published in the UK by Kobalt Music Publishing
‘Grey Area’
Written by Inflo and Little Simz
Performed by Little Simz
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing
‘The Book of Traps and Lessons’
Written by Dan Carey and Kate Tempest
Performed by Kate Tempest
Published in the UK by Warner Chappell Music and Domino Publishing Company
BEST CONTEMPORARY SONG
‘Black’
Written by Dave and Fraser T Smith
Performed by Dave
Published in the UK by Warner Chappell Music and Kobalt Music Publishing
‘Firesmoke’
Written by Dan Carey and Kate Tempest
Performed by Kate Tempest
Published in the UK by Warner Chappell Music and Domino Publishing Company
‘Must Be’
Written by JAE5 and J Hus
Performed by J Hus
Published in the UK by Black Butter Music Publishing – Kobalt Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music
BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE
‘For Sama’
Composed by Nainita Desai
Published in the UK by Manners McDade Music Publishing
‘Midsommar’
Composed by Bobby Krlic
Published in the UK by Kobalt Music Publishing
‘Monos’
Composed by Mica Levi
Published in the UK by Beggars Music
BEST ORIGINAL VIDEO GAME SCORE
Arise: A Simple Story
Composed by David Garcia Diaz
Draugen
Composed by Simon Poole
Lost Ember
Composed by Dorian Behner, John Broomhall and Will Morton
BEST TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK
Euphoria
Composed by Labrinth
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing
Rise of the Nazis
Composed by Tom Hodge
Published in the UK by BBC Studios Distribution Limited obo 72 Films Limited – Universal Music Publishing and Leland Originals Publishing – Decca Publishing
The Crown (Series 3)
Composed by Martin Phipps
Published in the UK by Du Vinage Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing
PRS FOR MUSIC MOST PERFORMED WORK
‘Dancing with a Stranger’
Written by Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
Performed by Sam Smith and Normani
Published in the UK by EMI Music Publishing, Downtown Music Publishing, Stellar Songs – EMI Music Publishing and Naughty Words – Sony/ATV Music Publishing
‘Giant’
Written by Calvin Harris, Jamie Hartman, Rag‘n’Bone Man and Troy Miller
Performed by Calvin Harris and Rag ‘n’ Bone Man
Published in the UK by EMI Music Publishing, Reservoir Reverb Music, Warner Chappell Music and Bucks Music Group
‘Hold Me While You Wait’
Written by Lewis Capaldi, Jamie N Commons and Jamie Hartman
Performed by Lewis Capaldi
Published in the UK by BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing and Reservoir Reverb Music
RISING STAR AWARD WITH APPLE MUSIC
Amahla
Carmel Smickersgill,
Griff
lullahush
Mysie
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