Charli XCX, Dua Lipa, Raye and Ghetts are among the many artists nominated for this 12 months’s Ivor Novello Awards for songwriting, together with a nod for Wham!’s Final Christmas.
Lola Younger, whose single Messy was an enormous hit in 2024, leads with three nominations, for finest album, finest music musically and lyrically, and the rising star award.
Different acts within the operating for Ivors embody Fontaines DC, BERWYN, Myles Smith, Laura Marling, JADE, Bashy, Conor Dickinson and Jordan Rakei.
Nominated composers additionally embody writers for Oscar nominees together with The Substance and The Zone Of Curiosity, hit reveals resembling Black Doves and Rivals, and video games together with Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II and Farewell North.
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Wham! pictured in September 1984, three months earlier than Final Christmas was launched
And Wham! obtain their nomination for Final Christmas as considered one of PRS for Music’s high 5 most carried out songs of 2024 – a posthumous nod for George Michael, virtually 30 years after his final win in 1997, for the one Fastlove. Regardless of by no means making it to primary when it was launched in 1984, Final Christmas has topped the charts at Christmas for the final two years.
The festive monitor is up towards Harry Kinds’ 2022 hit As It Was, which is in competition for the third 12 months operating, Dua Lipa’s Houdini, Stargazing by Myles Smith, and Prada by Casso, RAYE and D-Block Europe.
The Ivors recognise artistic musical achievement in songwriting and composition, and likewise have fun a variety of singer-songwriters and teams for his or her wider contribution to UK music. This 12 months’s ceremony marks the seventieth anniversary of the awards, and can happen on 22 Might in London.
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Charli XCX’s Brat is within the operating for finest album. Pic: Reuters
Some 74 composers and songwriters have been nominated this 12 months, with two-thirds – together with Younger – up for awards for the primary time.
It has already been introduced that U2 might be inducted into the Academy Fellowship “in recognition of their enduring influence and impact on the craft of songwriting”. The bandmates – Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr – will develop into the primary Irish songwriters to be inducted, following within the footsteps of artists together with Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, Kate Bush and final 12 months’s recipient, Bruce Springsteen.
Artists together with Raye, Lana Del Rey, Skepta and KT Tunstall had been additionally amongst final 12 months’s winners.
Tom Grey, chair of The Ivors Academy, described the occasion as “the most joyful celebration of music making in the calendar”.
Congratulating the 2025 nominees, he added: “It’s a huge privilege for the Ivors Academy to champion music creation in all its forms.”
Listed here are this 12 months’s nominees.
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Dua Lipa’s Houdini is among the many music nominees. Pic: Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP
BEST ALBUMBrat – Charli XCX, AG Cook dinner and Finn KeaneOn Goal, With Goal – Ghetts and TenBillion DreamsThe Loop – Jordan RakeiThis Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway – William Brown, Conor Dickinson, Jared Solomon and Lola YoungWho Am I – Berwyn
BEST CONTEMPORARY SONGAllergy – Felix Joseph, Alastair O’Donnell and Pa SalieuAngel Of My Goals – Pablo Bowman, JADE, Steph Jones and Mike SabathCircumnavigating Georgia – Sans SoucisDouble Requirements – Ghetts, EMIL, Sampha Sisay and R-KayHow Black Males Lose Their Smile – Bashy, Toddla T and Linton Kwesi Johnson
BEST SONG MUSICALLY AND LYRICALLYChild Of Mine – Laura MarlingGenesis – Rodney Jerkins, RAYE and ToneworldIn The Fashionable World – Grian Chatten, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan, Thomas Coll and Carlos O’Connell (Fontaines DC)Messy – Conor Dickinson and Lola YoungMine – Orla Gartland
PRS FOR MUSIC MOST PERFORMED WORKAs It Was – Child Harpoon, Tyler Johnson and Harry StylesHoudini – Caroline Ailin, Danny L Harle, Tobias Jesso Jnr, Dua Lipa and Kevin ParkerLast Christmas – George MichaelPrada – D-Block Europe, Obi Ebele (Da Beatfreakz), Uche Ebele (Da Beatfreakz), Jahmori “Jaymo” Simmons and RAYEStargazing – Peter Fenn, Jesse Fink and Myles Smith
RISING STAR AWARDBea And Her BusinessLiang LawrenceLola YoungLULU.Nia Smith
BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCOREFly Me To The Moon – Daniel PembertonHard Truths – Gary YershonKneecap – Michael “Mickey J” AsanteThe Substance – composed by RaffertieThe Zone Of Curiosity – Mica Levi
BEST ORIGINAL VIDEO GAME SCOREEmpire Of The Ants – Mathieu Alvado and Mark ChoiFarewell North – John KonsolakisFlock – Eli RainsberrySenua’s Saga: Hellblade II – David Garcia DiazThe Casting Of Frank Stone – Boxed Ape
BEST TV SOUNDTRACKBlack Doves – Martin PhippsMary & George – Oliver CoatesRivals – Jack Halama and Natalie HoltTrue Detective: Evening Nation – Vince PopeUntil I Kill You – Carly Paradis
