57th Ivor Novello Awards - Winners Announced

The Ivor Novello Awards celebrate, honour and reward excellence in songwriting and composing.

They are presented and judged by the writing community and regarded as the most important awards for UK music writers.

The 57th Ivor Novello Awards took place on Thursday 17th May 2012 at the Grosvenor House, a JW Marriott Hotel, London.





BEST CONTEMPORARY SONG

Song: Video Games
Written by: Lana Del Rey / Justin Parker
Performed by: Lana Del Rey
UK Publishers: EMI Music Publishing / Sony/ATV Music Publishing

PRS FOR MUSIC MOST PERFORMED WORK

Song: Rolling In The Deep
Written by: Adele Adkins / Paul Epworth
Performed by: Adele
UK Publishers: Universal Music Publishing / EMI Music Publishing

BEST TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK

Broadcast: The Shadow Line
Composed by: Martin Phipps
UK Publishers: Du Vinage Publishing Ltd

THE IVORS JAZZ AWARD Stan Tracey

ALBUM AWARD

Album: Let England Shake
Written & Performed by: PJ Harvey
UK Publishers: EMI Music Publishing / Hot Head Music

OUTSTANDING SONG COLLECTION Gary Kemp

THE IVORS INSPIRATION AWARD Siouxsie Sioux

BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE

Film: The First Grader
Composed by: Alex Heffes
UK Publishers: Fintage Publishing BV / Resonant Music (1) Limited Partners

PRS FOR MUSIC OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO BRITISH MUSIC Take That

BEST SONG MUSICALLY & LYRICALLY

Song: The A Team
Written & Performed by: Ed Sheeran
UK Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Mark Knopfler

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR Adele

PRS FOR MUSIC SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL AWARD Jimmy Webb

BASCA FELLOWSHIP Andrew Lloyd Webber