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Villagers, Everything Everything, The XX Up For Ivor Novello Awards

• 19th Apr 2011

The nominations for the 56th Ivor Novello Awards were announced today for the event that takes place in London on the 19th May.

BEST SONG MUSICALLY AND LYRICALLY
Villagers – Becoming A Jackal
Everything Everything – MY KZ, UR BF
Foals – Spanish Sahara

BEST CONTEMPORARY SONG
The XX – Islands
Katy B – Katy On A Mission
Tinie Tempah – Pass Out

ALBUM AWARD
Bombay Bicycle Club – Flaws
Everything Everything – Man Alive
Plan B – The Defamation Of Strickland Banks

PRS FOR MOST PERFORMED WORK
Kylie Minogue – All The Lovers
Plan B – She Said
Scouting For Girls – This Ain't A Love Song

BEST TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK
Agatha Christie's Marple, Series V (Dominik Scherrer)
Any Human Heart (Dan Jones)
Going Postal (John Lunn)

BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE
How To Train Your Dragon (John Powell)
Monsters (Jon Hopkins)
Unstoppable (Harry Gregson-Williams)

BEST ORIGINAL VIDEO GAME SCORE
Enslaved: Odyssey To The West (Nitin Sawhney)
James Bond 007: Blood Stone (Richard Jacques)
Napoleon: Total War (Richard Beddow/Richard Birdsall/Ian Livingstone)

The most juiciest-looking group is without a doubt the “Best Song Musically And Lyrically” award; from my point of view – all three artists are deserving of the title this year. The Ivors are judged by the songwriting and composing community, and are the most widely coveted awards for British songwriters.

MSD