- Title: Stars of music turn out for the Ivor Novello Awards
- Date: 19th May 2016
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (MAY 19, 2016) (REUTERS) LAWSON WITH AWARD FOR BEST SONG MUSICALLY AND LYRICALLY (SOUNDBITE) (English) SINGER-SONGWRITER JAMIE LAWSON, SAYING: "It's amazing. I mean I can't thank Ed (Sheeran) enough really for what he's done and I'm sorry to have beat him. He sent me an email a while back saying I think you're going to get it and we can use them as light sabers and fight so maybe that's what we'll do now." CONOR O'BRIEN, KNOWN AS VILLAGERS TALKING TO PRESS (SOUNDBITE) (English) SINGER-SONGWRITER CONOR O'BRIEN, KNOWN AS VILLAGERS, SAYING (ON THE ACCOLADE OF BEST ALBUM RAISING SELF ESTEEM): "It does. I mean I'm going to see a therapist at the moment and we talk a lot about self esteem and you know self esteem is a double-edged, well a multi-edged sword. You can, it's a very good thing to have but you also have to be aware of where it's coming from and why you're taking it in you, so I'm very thankful and I'm very happy." VARIOUS OF MARK DAY, PAUL RYDER, SHAUN RYDER OF HAPPY MONDAYS WITH THE IVORS INSPIRATION AWARD (SOUNDBITE) (English) SINGER, SHAUN RYDER, OF HAPPY MONDAYS, SAYING: "At the moment, because we like it. It's great, you know, the sex and drugs have gone and it's just the rock'n'roll. And plus the wife likes to get me out of the house otherwise I'd just be sat on me ass wouldn't I, going on doing panel shows."
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- Keywords: Ivor Novello Awards songwriting awards Adele James Bay Jamie Lawson Snakehips
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK / UNIDENTIFIED FILM LOCATIONS
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- Country: United Kingdom
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- Story Text: British singer Adele added to her list of many accolades on Thursday (May 19) winning Songwriter of the Year at Britain's prestigious Ivor Novello Awards.
The 28-year old, whose latest album "25" shot up the charts around the world upon release last year, received her third Ivor Novello -- a music industry award recognising British and Irish song writing and composing.
However the songstress, who has several Grammy and BRIT awards as well as an Oscar to her name, did not make it to the glitzy luncheon ceremony in London, where Blur's Damon Album picked up a Lifetime Achievement award.
Other winners included British singer Jamie Lawson who took the prize for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Wasn't Expecting That", beating Ed Sheeran, who signed him to his record label last year. "I mean I can't thank Ed enough really for what he's done and I'm sorry to have beat him," he joked to Reuters. "He sent me an email a while back saying I think you're going to get it and we can use them as lightsabers and fight so maybe that's what we'll do now."
British James Bay won in the Most Performed Work category for his popular hit "Hold Back The River". "You know, there's obviously something wonderful about things like the Brits and the Grammys… (but) this is right down to the sort of nitty gritty like music and songwriting part of music so it's very important, you know, particularly to us who do that for a living, so it sits way up there," he said of the award.
The Album Award went to "Darling Arithmetic" written by Conor O'Brien, who records his music under the name Villagers.
The full list of recipients of the 61st Ivor Novello Awards:
PRS for Music Most Performed Work - Hold Back The River, Written by Iain Archer and James Bay
Best Television Soundtrack - London Spy, Composed by Keefus Ciancia and David Holmes
The Ivors Classical Music Award - Oliver Knussen
International Achievement - Wayne Hector
Best Song Musically and Lyrically - Wasn't Expecting That, Written by Jamie Lawson
The Ivors Inspiration Award - Mark Day, Paul Davis, Paul Ryder, Shaun Ryder and Gary Whelan
Album Award - Darling Arithmetic, Written by Conor O'Brien Songwriter of the Year - Adele Adkins
Best Original Film Score - Ex_Machina, Composed by Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury
Best Contemporary Song - All My Friends, Written by James Carter, Oliver Lee, Cass Lowe and Chance The Rapper
Outstanding Song Collection - Charlie Burchill, Jim Kerr and Mick MacNeil
PRS for Music Outstanding Contribution to British Music - Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley
Lifetime Achievement - Damon Albarn
PRS for Music Special International Award - Bryan Adams - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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