This year’s Ivor Novello Awards happened on Thursday 31st May at Grosvenor House in London, presented by Paul Gambaccini.
Best Song Musically and Lyrically
- Everything Everything – Can’t Do
- Elbow – Magnificent (She Says)
- Sampha – (No One Knows Me) Like the Piano
Winner: Elbow
Best Contemporary Song
- CamelPhat and Elderbrook – Cola
- Stormzy ft. Raleigh Ritchie – Don’t Cry For Me
- Dave – Question Time
Winner: Dave
PRS for Music Most Performed Work
- Ed Sheeran – Castle on the Hill
- Rag ‘n’ Bone Man – Human
- Ed Sheeran – Shape of You
Winner: Ed Sheeran
Album Award
- Everything Everything – A Fever Dream
- Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer
- This is the Kit – Moonshine Freeze
Winner: Stormzy
Best Original Film Score
- Benjamin Wallfisch – IT
- Mica Levi – Jackie
- Dario Marianelli – Paddington 2
Winner: Mica Levi
Best Television Soundtrack
- Rob Lane – Babs
- Dan Jones – SS-GB
- Dan Jones – The Miniaturist
Winner: The Miniaturist
Best Original Video Game Score
- David Garcia Diaz and Andy LaPlegua – Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
- Joris de Man, Joe Henson and Alexis Smith – Horizon Zero Dawn
- Igor Haefeli and Elena Tonra – Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Winner: Horizon Zero Dawn
International Achievement
Winner: Billy Ocean
Outstanding Song Collection
Winner: Cathy Dennis
PRS for Music Outstanding Contribution to British Music
Winner: Billy Bragg
PRS for Music Special International Award
Winner: Lionel Richie
Songwriter of the Year
Winner: Ed Sheeran
The Ivors Classical Music Award
Winner: Thea Musgrave
The Ivors Inspiration Award
Winner: Shane MacGowan
Join us in the autumn, when – assuming everything goes to plan – we’ll roll all the way back to the original awards ceremonies in the 1950s.
