BMI-Affiliated Songwriters Take Home Majority of Ivor Novello Awards
BMI congratulates our members as well as international affiliates, who license their music through BMI in the U.S., for their impressive showing yesterday at the 61st Ivor Novello Awards, held at the Grosvenor House in London. Acknowledged as one of the most prestigious awards for music creators, the Ivors celebrate the writers of individual works released in the UK during the award year, as well as the contribution songwriters and composers have made to British music.
Here’s a complete list of BMI-affiliated winners:
Best Contemporary Song
“All My Friends” - Snakehips ft Tinashe & Chance The Rapper
Most Performed Work
“Hold Back The River” - James Bay and Iain Archer
Best Album
Darling Arithmetic – Villagers
Best Television Soundtrack
London Spy - David Holmes and Keefus Ciancia
Lifetime Achievement
Damon Albarn
Songwriter of the Year
Adele
The Ivors Classical Music Award
Oliver Knussen
The Ivors Inspiration Award
Happy Mondays
The Ivors International Achievement Award
Wayne Hector
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