Harry Styles, Kate Bush, Raye and Arctic Monkeys amongst songwriters nominated for Ivor Novello Awards

Harry Styles, Arctic Monkeys, Wet Leg, Stormzy and Little Simz are among the many artists nominated for this 12 months’s Ivor Novello Awards for songwriting.

Other artists on the shortlist embrace Ed Sheeran, Florence + The Machine, and Cleo Sol and Inflo – in addition to Kate Bush, whose Eighties hit Running Up That Hill is shortlisted as one of many prime 5 most carried out songs of 2022 because of its revival in sci-fi sequence Stranger Things.

Raye can be nominated for finest up to date music for Escapism – the hit that stormed the charts after she reduce ties along with her file label and went unbiased. The monitor is up towards songs together with Hide And Seek by Stormzy, and Payback by Kojey Radical that includes Knucks.

Styles and his songwriting associate Kid Harpoon have three nominations, together with for songwriter of the 12 months – up towards Florence Welch (Florence + The Machine), Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers (Wet Leg), George Daniel and Matty Healy (The 1975), and Central Cee and Young Chencs.

Cleopatra Nikolic (Cleo Sol) and Dean “Inflo” Josiah Cover are additionally up for 3 awards collectively.

Arctic Monkeys, Little Simz, Fontaines DC, SAULT and Obongjayar are the 5 artists shortlisted for finest album, whereas Cat Burns, Ines Dunn, tendai, venbee and Victoria Canal are up for the rising star prize.

The Ivor Novello Awards recognise inventive musical achievement in songwriting and composition, and likewise have a good time a variety of singer-songwriters and teams for his or her wider contribution to UK music.

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In complete, some 72 particular person songwriters and composers have been recognised, with greater than half (54%) receiving a nomination for the very first time.

Tom Gray, chair of The Ivors Academy, mentioned: “The music nominated for an Ivor Novello this year is testament to the power and range of British and Irish songwriting and screen composing. It’s a superlative list and on behalf of The Ivors Academy I’m delighted to congratulate every writer nominated for their craft and achievements.”

This 12 months, as beforehand introduced, Sting is anticipated to grow to be a fellow of the Ivors Academy, its highest honour – following within the footsteps of artists together with Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox and Joan Armatrading.

Other particular awards to be introduced embrace prizes for excellent music assortment and an icon award.

The winners might be revealed at a ceremony in London on Thursday 18 May.

The full record of nominees

BEST ALBUM
11 – written by Dean “Inflo” Josiah Cover, Jamar McNaughton, Cleopatra Nikolic and Jack Peñate, carried out by SAULT

No Thank You – written by Dean “Inflo” Josiah Cover, Little Simz and Cleopatra Nikolic, carried out by Little Simz

Skinty Fia – written by Grian Chatten, Thomas Coll, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan and Carlos O’Connell, carried out by Fontaines DC

Some Nights I Dream Of Doors – written by Barney Lister and Obongjayar, carried out by Obongjayar

The Car – written by Alex Turner, carried out by Arctic Monkeys

BEST CONTEMPORARY SONG
Cold Summer – written by Wesley Joseph and Leon Vynehall, carried out by Wesley Joseph

Escapism – written by 070 Shake, Raye and Mike Sabath, carried out by Raye & 070 Shake

Hide & Seek – written by Owen Cutts, P2J, PRGRSHN and Stormzy, carried out by Stormzy

Leon The Professional – written by Knucks, Venna and Toshifumi Hinata, carried out by Knucks

Payback – written by Knucks, Kojey Radical and Swindle, carried out by Kojey Radical that includes Knucks

BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE
Avatar: The Way Of Water – composed by Simon Franglen

Death On The Nile – composed by Patrick Doyle

Don’t Worry Darling – composed by John Powell

Mrs Harris Goes To Paris – composed by Rael Jones

The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain – composed by Arthur Sharpe

BEST ORIGINAL VIDEO GAME SCORE
Gotham Knights – composed by The Flight

Horizon Forbidden West – composed by Joris de Man, Oleksa Lozowchuk and The Flight

Mario + Rabbids Sparks Of Hope – composed by Gareth Coker, Grant Kirkhope and Yoko Shimomura

BEST SONG MUSICALLY AND LYRICALLY
As It Was – written by Kid Harpoon, Tyler Johnson and Harry Styles, carried out by Harry Styles

Best Day Of My Life – written by Laurie Blundell and Tom Odell, carried out by Tom Odell

Complex – written and carried out by Katie Gregson-Macleod

King – written by Jack Antonoff and Florence Welch, carried out by Florence + The Machine

Stronger – written by Dean “Inflo” Josiah Cover and Cleopatra Nikolic, carried out by SAULT

PRS FOR MUSIC MOST PERFORMED WORK
As It Was – written by Kid Harpoon, Tyler Johnson and Harry Styles, carried out by Harry Styles

Bad Habits – written by FRED, Johnny McDaid and Ed Sheeran, carried out by Ed Sheeran

Heat Waves – written by Dave Bayley, carried out by Glass Animals

Running Up That Hill – written and carried out by Kate Bush

Shivers – written by Johnny McDaid, Kal Lavelle, Steve Mac and Ed Sheeran, carried out by Ed Sheeran

BEST TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK
Bad Sisters – composed by PJ Harvey and Tim Phillips

Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen – composed by David Schweitzer

The Midwich Cuckoos – composed by Hannah Peel

The Responder – composed by Matthew Herbert

The Thief, His Wife And The Canoe – composed by Harry Escott and Ben Pearson

RISING STAR AWARD
Cat Burns

Ines Dunn

tendai

venbee

Victoria Canal

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Central Cee and Young Chencs

Florence Welch (Florence + The Machine)

George Daniel and Matty Healy (The 1975)

Harry Styles and Kid Harpoon

Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers (Wet Leg)