Less than two months after sweeping the Brit Awards, RAYE is up for an Ivor Novello Award for Best Debut album. My 21st Century Blues (on which he collaborated with Mike Sabath). RAYE won best contemporary song at last year's Ivors with “Escapism,” which she co-wrote with 070 Shake and Sabath.
The Ivors Academy announced the nominations for The Ivors 2024 with Amazon Music on Tuesday (April 23), recognizing outstanding songwriters and composers in eight categories. The winners will be revealed at the awards ceremony to be held at Grosvenor House, London, on Thursday 23 May.
This year, 77 songwriters and composers have received nominations for the Ivor Novello, with 60% of them receiving a nod for the first time. Leading the way are Sampha and Yussef Dayes, who are both nominated for two Ivors in all song categories, while composer Daniel Pemberton is nominated twice in the screen categories.
Tyla's “Water,” a former top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and the inaugural Grammy winner for Best African Music Performance, is among the nominees for Best Contemporary Song.
Presented since 1957, the Ivor Novello for Best Song Musically and Lyrically recognizes outstanding songwriting. Tom Odell receives his second “Black Friday” nomination in as many years. He was nominated last year for co-writing Best Day of My Life. Sampha and Dayes both receive their second nominations for co-writing Sampha's “Spirit 2.0,” while 2023 Rising Star winner Victoria Canal returns with “Black Swan.” Also nominated were The Japanese House for 'Sunshine Baby' and Blur for 'The Narcissist' – 29 years after the group was first nominated for Ivors.
In the PRS for Music Most Performed Work category, Harry Styles' 2022 megahit “As It Was,” which he co-wrote with Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson, which won the award last year, is nominated for the second consecutive year. Competing with 'Boy's a Liar Pt.' by PinkPantheress & Ice Spice. 2″, Jazzy's “Giving Me”, Kenya Grace's “Strangers” and Dave & Central Cee's “Sprinter”.
Jerskin Fendrix, who received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score for Poor, is nominated in that category here as well. The other contenders are Pemberton's score for Marvel animation Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Carly Paradis' score for Typewriter Artist Pirate KingCarol Morley's feature on artist Audrey Amiss.
Pemberton is also nominated in the Best TV Soundtrack category for his work on the spy drama Slow horses.
Fans can listen to tracks from the nominees on The Ivors 2024 playlist on Amazon Music.
As previously announced, Bruce Springsteen will become the first non-UK songwriter to be inducted into the Academy, the Academy's highest honour.
The Ivor Novello Awards will also be presented for Songwriter of the Year with Amazon Music, Outstanding Collection of Songs with PRS for Music, Visionary Award with Amazon Music, Special International Award and Outstanding Contribution to British Music.
Here is a full list of nominations for The Ivors 2024:
Best album
Black classical music; written by Yussef Dayes, Rocco Palladino and Charlie Stacey. performed by Yussef Dayes. music published in the UK by YD Music-Kobalt Music Publishing and Sentric Music
Crazymad, for Me. written and performed by CMAT. music released in the UK by BMG
False Lankum? written by Daragh Lynch, Ian Lynch, Cormac MacDiarmada and Radie Peat. performed by Lankum; music published in the UK by Beggars Music
Lachai? written and performed by Sampha; music published in the UK by Young Songs-Sony Music Publishing
My 21st Century Blues? written by Raye and Mike Sabath. performed by Raye; music published in the UK by Warner Chappell Music Ltd and Sony Music Publishing
The best modern song
“Back to 74”? written by Lydia Kitto, J Lloyd and Tom McFarland. run by Jungle; music published in the UK by Handsome Dad Publishing-Sony Music Publishing and Kobalt Music Publishing
“Enough”; written by Brian Eno, Fred Gibson, Buddy Ross and Winnie Raeder. re-interpreted by Fred.. & Brian Eno; music published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing, Promised Land Music-Sony Music Publishing, Heavy Duty-Kobalt Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music Ltd
“Geronimo Blues”? written by Kwake Bass, Peter Bennie, Biscuit, Raven Bush and Kae Tempest. performed by Speakers Corner Quartet feat. Kae Tempest? music published in the UK by Warp Publishing and Domino Publishing Company
“Mama's Eyes”? written by Todd Dulaney, Ines Dunn, Barney Lister and METTE. performed by METTE; music published in the UK by MNRK Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing, Promised Land Music-Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music Ltd
“Water”; written by Imani 'Mocha' Lewis, Corey Lindsay-Keay, Jackson Lomastro, Ari PenSmith, Rayo, Sammy Soso and Olmo Zucca. performance by Tyla; music published in the UK by Always Forward Thinking-Kobalt Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music Ltd, Concord Music Publishing and Sony Music Publishing
The best song musically and lyrically
“Black Friday”? written by Laurie Blundell, Max Clilverd and Tom Odell. performed by Tom Odell. music published in the UK by Kobalt Music Publishing-UROK Music Publishing
“Black Swan”; written by Victoria Canal, Jonny Lattimer and Eg White. run by the Victoria Channel; music published in the UK by Second Songs-Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music Ltd and Universal Music Publishing
“Spirit 2.0”? written by Yussef Dayes and Sampha. performed by Sampha; music published in the UK by YD Music-Kobalt Music Publishing and Young Songs-Sony Music Publishing
“Sunshine Baby”? written by Amber Bain. performed by The Japanese House; music published in the UK by Dirty Hit Songs-Kobalt Music Publishing
“Narcissus” written by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree. run by blur? music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing and BMG
PRS for the most performed music
“The way it was”; written by Kid Harpoon, Tyler Johnson and Harry Styles. performed by Harry Styles. music published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing and Pulse Songs-Concord Music Publishing
“The boy is a liar Pt. 2”? written by Ice Spice, Mura Masa and PinkPantheress. performed by PinkPantheress & Ice Spice? music published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing, BMG and Sony Music Publishing
“Giving me”? written by Conor Bissett, Robert Griffiths and Jazzy. performed by Jazzy; music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing
“Sprinter”; written by Central Cee, Dave, Jo Caleb and Jonny Leslie. performed by Dave & Central Cee; music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music Ltd and Kobalt Music Publishing
“Strangers”? written and performed by Kenya Grace. music published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd
Rising Star Award with Amazon Music
Blair Davy
Golden
Elmien
Master Peace
Nino SLG
Best Original Musical Film
Poor things; composed by Jerskin Fendrix. music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse? composed by Daniel Pemberton. music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing
Typist Artist Pirate King? composed by Carly Paradis
The best original video game score
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare III? composed by Walter Mair
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor? Composed by Stephen Barton and Gordy Haab. music published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing
Tin Hearts; composed by Matthew Chastney. music released in the UK by Sentric Music
The best TV soundtrack
Boat Story? composed by Dominik Scherrer. music published in the UK by Du Vinage Publishing and Sony Music Publishing
Slow Horses Season 3? composed by Daniel Pemberton and Toydrum. music published in the UK by Apple-Sony Music Publishing
The Crown The final season? composed by Martin Phipps. music published in the UK by Du Vinage Publishing and Sony Music Publishing
The following facts are based on a pack of lies. composed by Arthur Sharpe. music published in the UK by BDi Music obo Sister Pictures and Rights Worldwide
Three little birds? composed by Benjamin Kwasi Burrell
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