Stormzy, Dave, Little Simz and Kate Tempest are among the artists nominated as part of this year’s Ivor Novello Awards.
The prestigious awards, which recognise excellence in songwriting and composition across songs, albums, film, television and video games – has recognised 35 individual songwriters this year, with categories dominated by rap and spoken word.
Whilst the ceremony is unable to go ahead on September 2nd due to Covid-19, the winners will be announced exclusively by Matt Wilkinson on Beats 1.
You can see the full list of nominees below.
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