A lot of the usual suspects are on this year’s list of nominations for the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards, which celebrate excellence in British and Irish songwriting and composing. And though this year’s awards cover albums and songs released during 2015, one name is strangely absent: Adele.
The singer, whose 25 was the year’s biggest seller and a global smash, did not make it onto the list of songs and albums voted on by songwriters and composers, which included such other major stars as Ed Sheeran, Skepta, James Bay and Jess Glynne. In one of the biggest showdowns, Sheeran will go up against the first artist he signed to his Gingerbread Man Records label, Jamie Lawson, for Best Song.
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This is pretty amazing. To say the least. Very chuffed. Jx https://t.co/JM7HQaf8E5
— jamie lawson (@jamielawsonuk) April 19, 2016
Here are the nominations:
Best Song Musically and Lyrically
“Bloodstream” — Ed Sheeran
“Bros” — Wolf Alice
“Wasn’t Expecting That” — Jamie Lawson
Best Contemporary Song
“All My Friends” — Snakehips ft. Tinashe & Chance the Rapper
“Cargo” — Roots Manuva
“Shutdown” — Skepta
Most Performed Work
“Hold Back the River” — James Bay
“Hold My Hand” — Jess Glynne
“King” — Years & Years
Album Award
Darling Arithmetic — Villagers
In Colour — Jamie xx
Matador — Gaz Coombes
?Best Film Score
Ex Machina — Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury
Pan — John Powell
The Duke of Burgundy — Faris Badwan and Rachel Zeffira
?Best Television Soundtrack
And Then There Were None — Stuart Earl
From Darkness — Edmund Butt
London Spy — Keefus Ciancia and David Holmes
Though Adele did not make the cut for the initial list of nominations, she may still take home some hardware on May 19 when the 61st annual Novello’s unfold at the Grosvenor House in London. At that time, awards will be handed out for Songwriter of the Year, Outstanding Song Collection, PRS for Music Outstanding Contribution to British Music, PRS for Music Special International Award, International Achievment and the Ivors Inspiration Award.
Adele won Songwriter of the Year in 2011 for her smash debut, 21, which also took Most Performed Work for “Rolling in the Deep.”