The Ivors Academy has today announced the nominations for The Ivors with Apple Music for 2020 across seven categories for songs, albums, film, television and video game scores.
The nominations recognise works written by British and Irish songwriters and composers that were released in the in 2019.
17 nominees receive the accolade for the first time, including Jamie Cullum, Sam Fender and Nainita Desai.
Each category is judged by a separate panel of music creators, except for PRS for Music Most Performed Work, which is based on performance data from PRS for Music. Over 40 award winning songwriters and composers were involved as judges, including past Ivor winners and nominees.
This year’s nominations for PRS for Music Most Performed Work celebrate the songwriters of three smash-hit songs from 2019 - Sam Smith’s Dancing with a Stranger, co-written with Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Jimmy Napes; Calvin Harris, Jamie Hartman, Rag ‘n’ Bone Man and Troy Miller for Giant; and Lewis Capaldi, Jamie N Commons and Jamie Hartman for Hold Me While You Wait.
Crispin Hunt, chair, The Ivors Academy, said: ‘Our judges have recognised extraordinary works that reflect on all aspects of the human experience and demonstrate the power and importance of music, in all its forms. Everything begins with the creativity of the songwriter or composer, and this is the building block on which our industry rests. That is why these awards are so important because they celebrate this craft and talent. It is also fantastic to see nearly half of those recognised today nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for the very first time. Congratulations to everyone.’
The nominations are:
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
