PJ Harvey, Kate Bush and Adele have landed nominations for best album at next month’s Ivor Novello awards, the first time that all the nods in the Best Album category are for women.
Two of Adele’s tracks, “Rolling In The Deep” and “Someone Like You” are up for the Most Performed Work award, while she will battle it out with Florence And The Machine and Ed Sheeran for Best Song.
Lana Del Ray’s “Video Games”, James Blake’s “The Wilhelm Scream” and Nero’s “Promises” are up for Best Contemporary Song. Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood also gets a nod in the Best Original Film Score category for his work on We Need To Talk About Kevin.
The British songwriting awards ceremony will take place in Grosvenor House, London in May. See Theivors.com for more information and below for the full list of nominations.
Best Song Musically and Lyrically
‘Rolling In The Deep’ by Adele
‘Shake It Out’ by Florence and the Machine
‘The A Team’ by Ed Sheeran
Best Contemporary Song
‘Promises’ by Nero
‘The Wilhelm Scream’ by James Blake
‘Video Games’ by Lana Del Ray
Album Award
’21’ by Adele
’50 Words For Snow’ by Kate Bush
‘Let England Shake’ by PJ Harvey
Best Original Film Score
Life In A Day
The First Grader
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Best Television Soundtrack
Leonardo
Page Eight
The Shadow Line
PRS for Music Most Performed Work
‘Rolling In The Deep’ by Adele
‘Someone Like You’ by Adele
‘The Flood’ by Take That