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Lily Allen Cleans Up At The Ivor Novello Awards

• 21st May 2010

BASCA in association with PRS for Music are delighted to announce the winners of the 55th Ivor Novello Awards.

The Ivors are internationally respected for honouring excellence in British music writing. They are judged and presented by the writing community and for over 50 years have been given annually to outstanding songwriters and composers.

Despite leading the field in nominations Dizzee Rascal failed to collect any awards where as Lily Allen swept the board and collected three statues. “”The Fear”” singer lost her composure and sobbed through her final acceptance speech.

Full list of Winners of the 55th Ivor Novello Awards:

PRS FOR MUSIC MOST PERFORMED WORK
Song: The Fear
Writer/s: Lily Allen / Greg Kurstin
Performed By: Lily Allen
UK Publisher/s: Universal Music Publishing / EMI Music Publishing

BEST TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK
Broadcast: Desperate Romantics
Composer/s: Daniel Pemberton
UK Publisher/s: Moncur Street Music
Broadcast: Desperate Romantics

BEST CONTEMPORARY SONG
Song: Daniel
Songwriter/s: Natasha Khan
Performed By: Bat For Lashes

THE IVORS INSPIRATION AWARD
Johnny Marr

BEST ORIGINAL VIDEO GAME SCORE
Game: Killzone 2
Composer/s: Joris de Man
Developer: Guerrilla Games
UK Publisher/s: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

THE IVORS CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARD
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

BEST SONG MUSICALLY AND LYRICALLY
Song: The Fear
Writer/s: Lily Allen / Greg Kurstin
Performed By: Lily Allen
UK Publisher/s: Universal Music Publishing / EMI Music Publishing

ALBUM AWARD
Album: Sunny Side Up
Songwriter/s: Paolo Nutini
Performed By: Paolo Nutini
UK Publisher/s: Warner/Chappell Music

INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
Imogen Heap

BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE
Film: Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Composer/s: John Powell
UK Publisher/s: EMI Music Publishing

PRS FOR MUSIC OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO BRITISH MUSIC
Trevor Horn

THE SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL AWARD
Neil Sedaka

SONGWRITERS OF THE YEAR
Lily Allen and Greg Kurstin

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Paul Weller

THE ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
Sir Tim Rice