Arctic Monkeys, Jorja Smith, IDLES, The 1975, Ben Howard, George Ezra, Young Fathers and Let’s Eat Grandma are all among the names leading this year’s Ivor Novello Award nominations.

Celebrating “the best in British and Irish songwriting” across the last year in the world of music, film, TV and gaming, the awards this year showcase the work of 48 individual songwriters and composers, with 70% of those listed being nominated for the first time.

“The works nominated for The Ivors 2019 are brilliantly diverse, and we’re delighted to see so many first-time nominees recognised,” said Ivors char Crispin Hunt. “As the only peer-nominated music award in the country, they are a fantastic reflection of the exciting emerging talent of British & Irish music creators today. Our congratulations to all nominated.”


The winners will be announced at the Grosvenor House in London on Thursday May 23.

The full list of nominees is:

BEST SONG MUSICALLY AND LYRICALLY

‘Four Out Of Five’

Written by Alex Turner

Performed by Arctic Monkeys

Published in the UK by EMI Music Publishing

‘Nica Libres at Dusk’

Written and performed by Ben Howard

Published in the UK by Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Limited

‘Nina Cried Power’

Written and performed by Hozier

Published in the UK by Sony/ATV Music Publishing – The Evolving Music Company

BEST CONTEMPORARY SONG

‘Black Rose’

Written by Ghetts, Kojey Radical, Daniel Miles, JoJo Mukeza and Jaime Naldo Menezes

Performed by Ghetts ft Kojey Radical

Published in the UK by BMG Rights Management and EMI Music Publishing – Stellar Songs


‘Blue Lights’

Written by Guy Bonnet, Dizzee Rascal, Roland Romanelli and Jorja Smith

Performed by Jorja Smith

Published in the UK by EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing

‘Love It If We Made It’

Written by George Daniel, Adam Hann, Matthew Healy and Ross MacDonald

Performed by The 1975

Published in the UK by Good Solider Songs

PRS FOR MUSIC MOST PERFORMED WORK

‘Breathe’

Written by Jax Jones and Ina Wroldsen

Performed by Jax Jones ft Ina Wroldsen

Published in the UK by Kobalt Music Publishing and Reservoir Reverb Music

‘Shotgun’

Written by George Ezra Barnett, FRED and Joel Pott

Performed by George Ezra

Published in the UK by BMG Rights Management and Sony ATV/Music Publishing – Promised Land Music

‘These Days’

Written by Julian Bunetta, Dan Caplen, Macklemore, John Ryan and Jamie Scott

Performed by Rudimental ft Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen

Published in the UK by Big Deal Music – Peermusic UK, BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing and EMI Music Publishing

BEST ALBUM

‘Cocoa Sugar’

Written by Kayus Bankole, Graham Hastings and Alloysious Massaquoi

Performed by Young Fathers

Published in the UK by Just Isn’t Music Limited

‘I’m All Ears’

Written by Jenny Hollingworth and Rosa Walton

Performed by Let’s Eat Grandma

Published in the UK by Blue Raincoat Songs

‘Joy As An Act of Resistance’

Written by Jonathan Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan and Joseph Talbot

Performed by Idles

Published in the UK by Kobalt Music Publishing

BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE

American Animals

Composed by Anne Nikitin

Published in the UK by Accorder Music – Peermusic UK

Phantom Thread

Composed by Jonny Greenwood

Published in the UK by Warner/Chappell North America Limited

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Composed by Daniel Pemberton

Published in the UK by Sony/ATV Music Publishing

BEST TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK

Flowers (Series 2)

Composed by Arthur Sharpe

Published in the UK by Sony/ATV Music Publishing

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

Composed by Clint Mansell

Published in the UK by Decca Publishing – Universal Music Publishing

Requiem

Composed by Natasha Khan and Dominik Scherrer

Published in the UK by BMG Rights Management, Du Vinage Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing

BEST ORIGINAL VIDEO GAME SCORE

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Composed by Michael Georgiades, Joe Henson and Alexis Smith

Q.U.B.E. 2

Composed by David Housden

Sea of Thieves

Composed by Robin Beanland

The below will also be announced on the night:

INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT

OUTSTANDING SONG COLLECTION

PRS FOR MUSIC OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO BRITISH MUSIC

PRS FOR MUSIC SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL AWARD

SONGWRITERS OF THE YEAR

THE IVORS JAZZ AWARD