Elbow, Ting Tings For Ivor Novello Awards

The nominations for the 54th Ivor Novello Awards are revealed ahead of next month's ceremony.

Posted 21st April 2009 in News

Elbow, The Ting Tings and Dizzee Rascal have all been nominated for the 54th Ivor Novello Awards.

Coldplay and Duffy lead the way in the nominations for the songwriting awards, which take place at London's Grosvenor House on 21st May. Radiohead's Johnny Greenwood is also up for an award for his soundtrack to There Will Be Blood.

The nominations are:

Best Song Musically And Lyrically:
The Last Shadow Puppets - 'My Mistakes Were Made For You'
Elbow - 'One Day Like This'
The Leisure Society - 'The Last Of The Melting Snow'

Best Contemporary Song:
Dizzee Rascal - 'Dance Wiv Me'
Elbow - 'Grounds For Divorce'
The Ting Tings - 'That's Not My Name'

Best Original Film Score:
David Arnold - 'Quantum of Solace'
Benjamin Wallfisch - 'The Escapist'
Jonny Greenwood - 'There Will Be Blood'

Best Television Soundtrack:
Ben Bartlett - 'Fiona's Story'
Anne Dudley - 'Trial and Retribution 2008'
Julian Nott - 'Wallace And Gromit (A Matter of Loaf and Death)'

PRS For Music Most Performed Work:
Duffy - 'Mercy'
Gabriella Cilmi - 'Sweet About Me'
Coldplay - 'Viva La Vida'

Best Selling British Song:
Duffy - 'Mercy'
M.I.A - 'Paper Planes'
Coldplay - 'Viva La Vida'

Album Award:
Duffy - 'Rockferry'
Coldplay - 'Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends'
The Ting Tings - 'We Started Nothing'