Dave, Stormzy, Lewis Capaldi and Kate Tempest have all been nominated for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards which is UK’s most prestigious songwriting award. Puza Snigdha reports.
This year, the Ivor Novello Awards with Apple music has recognized a total of 35 individual songwriters for different eight categories for excellence across songs, albums, film, TV and video games.
Kate Tempest and producer Dan Carey have been nominated for the best album ‘The Book Of Traps And Lessons’, as well as Best Contemporary Song for ‘Firesmoke’.
The rapper Dave has also been selected for the best contemporary song with ‘Black’, which is a politically-charged track. Last year he won the Mercury Prize for the album ‘Psychodrama’.
Jimmy Napes has been nominated twice, in the categories for the best musical and lyrical song, for Crown, along with the most performed song category, for ‘Dancing With A Stranger’.
This year, a new category has also been added, the ‘Rising Star Award with Apple Music’.
Find the full nomination list here:
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 Song Musically and Lyrically
Age of Anxiety – Written and performed by Jamie Cullum
Published in the UK by Sentric Music Ltd.
Crown – Written by MJ Cole, Jimmy Napes and Stormzy
Performed by Stormzy. Published in the UK by Warner Chappell Music and Downtown Music Publishing.
Dead Boys – Written and performed by Sam Fender
Published in the UK by Kobalt Music Publishing.
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
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