Ivor Novello winners

Awards handed out for this year's bash

22 May 08 - The winners of this year’s Ivor Novello awards, which took place in London, have been announced.

The event started at 2pm today (22 May) at the Grosvenor House Hotel.  

Artists that turned up for the awards bash included Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Robert Plant, Gary Barlow, Gabrielle, Bee Gee's Robin Gibb and Guy Garvey from Elbow.

Beverley Knight, Glenn Tilbrook from Squeeze, Jazzie B and Phil Collins were also there.

Amy Winehouse won the Best Song Musically and Lyrically Award with her hit Love Is A Losing Game.

Album award

The album Award went to Radiohead for their record In Rainbows.

The PRS Most Performed Work Award went to Take That for their song Shine and the International Achievement Award was for Phil Collins.

Jazzie B, who recently got an OBE, was awarded the Ivors Inspiration Award.

Songwriter

Songwriter of the Year went to Mika and the Outstanding Song Collection nod went in the direction of Gabrielle.

Ivor Novello was a British musician, songwriter, playwright and actor whose memory is honoured by these awards.

Composed

Novello composed some of the most popular and poignant songs of the first World War including Keep The Home Fires Burning - and We’ll Gather Lilacs.

The full winners list is as follows:



Best Song Musically & Lyrically

Song: Love Is A Losing Game
Writer/s: Amy Winehouse
Performed By: Amy Winehouse
UK Publisher: EMI Music Publishing


Best Contemporary Song

Song: People Help The People
Writer/s: Simon Aldred
Performed By: Cherry Ghost
UK Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing


Best Original Film Score

Film: Atonement
Composer: Dario Marianelli
UK Publisher: Universal Music Publishing


Best Television Soundtrack

Broadcast: Oliver Twist
Composer: Martin Phipps
UK Publisher: BDi Music Limited


Album Award

Album: In Rainbows
Writer/s: Colin Greenwood / Jonny Greenwood / Edward O’Brien / Philip Selway / Thom Yorke
Performed By: Radiohead
UK Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music


Best Selling British Song

Song: Beautiful Liar
Writer/s: Ian Dench / Mikkel Eriksen / Amanda Ghost / Tor Erik Hermansen / Beyonce Knowles
Performed By: Beyonce & Shakira
UK Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing / Bucks Music Group / EMI Music Publishing


PRS Most Performed Work

Song: Shine
Writer/s: Gary Barlow / Howard Donald / Jason Orange / Mark Owen /
Stephen Robson
Performed By: Take That
UK Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing / EMI Music Publishing / Universal Music Publishing / V2 Music Publishing


International Achievement

Phil Collins


Ivors Inspiration Award

Jazzie B


Ivors Classical Music Award

Jonathan Dove


Outstanding Song Collection

Gabrielle


PRS Outstanding Contribution to British Music

Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook


Songwriter of the Year

Mika


The Special International Award

Diane Warren


Lifetime Achievement

David Gilmour

Kelly Stooke