Ivor Novella Award Winners

The Ivor Novella Award is given to the songwriters. Given out each year for the past 53 years the Ivors represent the best in British music and song writing. This year marked the fifty-fourth year of the Ivor Novella Awards; the awards were presented at Grosvenor House in London. The Ivor Novella is one of the most coveted awards in the world by songwriters.

BEST SONG MUSICALLY & LYRICALLY
”One Day Like This”by Elbow and written by Guy Garvey, Richard Jupp, Graig Potter, Mark Potter, and Peter Turner

BEST CONTEMPORARY SONG
”Grounds for Divorce” by Elbow and written by Guy Garvey, Richard Jupp, Graig Potter, Mark Potter, and Peter Turner

BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE
”There Will Be Blood” by Jonny Greenwood

BEST TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK
”Wallace and Gromit (A Matter of Loaf and Death)” by Julian Nott

PRS FOR MUSIC MOST PERFORMED WORK
”Mercy” by Duffy and written by Steve Booker and Duffy

BEST SELLING BRITISH SONG
”Viva La Vida” by Coldplay and written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will champion, and Chris Martin

ALBUM AWARD
”We Started Nothing” by The Ting Tings and written by Julian De Martino and Katie White

OUTSTANDING SONG COLLECTION
Vince Clarke

PRS FOR MUSIC OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO BRITISH MUSIC
Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall

SONGWRITER(S) OF THE YEAR
Eg White

THE ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
Don Black

THE IVORS CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARD
James MacMillan

THE IVORS INSPIRATION AWARD
Edwyn Collins

THE SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL AWARD
Smokey Robinson