Dave, Little Simz, Ed Sheeran and were among the big winners at this year’s Ivor Novello Awards held in collaboration with Apple Music.
Dave took home the prize for Songwriter of the Year, Little Simz for Best Contemporary Song with “I LOVE YOU I HATE YOU” and Ed Sheeran took home Most Performed Work with “Bad Habits”.
Take in the complete list of winners below.
ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
Peter Gabriel
BEST ALBUM
Pink Noise written by Dann Hume and Laura Mvula. Performed by Laura Mvula
BEST CONTEMPORARY SONG
“I Love You, I Hate You”, written by Dean ‘Inflo’ Josiah Cover and Little Simz. Performed by Little Simz
BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE
The World To Come, composed by Daniel Blumberg
BEST ORIGINAL VIDEO GAME SCORE
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, composed by Richard Jacques
BEST SONG MUSICALLY AND LYRICALLY
“Seventeen Going Under”, written and performed by Sam Fender
BEST TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK
Landscapers, composed by Arthur Sharpe
OUTSTANDING SONG COLLECTION
Paul Heaton
PRS FOR MUSIC MOST PERFORMED WORK
“Bad Habits” written by Fred again.., Johnny McDaid and Ed Sheeran. Performed by Ed Sheeran
PRS FOR MUSIC ICON AWARD
Robert Smith and Simon Gallup
RISING STAR AWARD WITH APPLE MUSIC
Naomi Kimpenu
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Dave
SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL AWARD WITH APPLE MUSIC
Shakira
VISIONARY AWARD
Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde