EMILI SANDÉ SCOOPS 2 IVORS; RANDY NEWMAN & OTHERS HONOURED

Emeli Sandé Marc Almond Justin Hayward Noel Gallagher Randy Newman

Emeli Sandé was a double winner at the 58th Ivor Novello Awards, with two awards for her smash hit "Next To Me", in the categories of Best Song Musically and Lyrically and PRS for Music Most Performed Work. Held at the Grosvenor House on Thursday 16th May, the Ivors also saw trophies going to Alt-J, The Maccabees, Errollyn Wallen (Classical), Dario Marianelli (Film Score), plus special awards to Marc Almond (Inspiration Award), Justin Hayward (Outstanding Achievement), Noel Gallagher (Outstanding Song Collection), Calvin Harris (Songwriter of the Year), Gavin Rossdale of Bush (International Achievement) and finally US legend Randy Newman (PRS for Music Special International Award), whose award was presented by PRS chairman Guy Fletcher and Peter Gabriel. The full list of winners is as follows:

Best Contemporary Song
"Pelican" by The Maccabees
Written by Sam Doyle, Rupert Jarvis, Orlando Weeks, Felix White and Hugo White
Published in the UK by BMG Chrysalis

Best Song Musically and Lyrically
"Next to Me" by Emeli Sandé
Written by Hugo Chegwin, Harry Craze, Anup Paul and Emeli Sandé
Published in the UK by Naughty Words Ltd - Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Stellar Songs Ltd - EMI Music Publishing

Best Television Soundtrack
"Lucian Freud: Painted Life"
Composed by John Harle
Published in the UK by Chester Music

Best Original Film Score
"Anna Karenina"
Composed by Dario Marianelli
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing

Album Award
"An Awesome Wave" by Alt-J
Written by Thomas Green, Joe Newman, Gwilym Sainsbury and Augustus Unger-Hamilton
Published in the UK by Kobalt Music Publishing

PRS for Music Most Performed Work
"Next to Me" by Emeli Sandé
Written by Hugo Chegwin, Harry Craze, Anup Paul and Emeli Sandé
Published in the UK by Naughty Words Ltd - Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Stellar Songs Ltd - EMI Music Publishing

The Ivors Inspiration Award
Marc Almond

The Ivors Classical Music Award
Errollyn Wallen MBE

PRS for Music Award for Outstanding Achievement
Justin Hayward

International Achievement
Gavin Rossdale

Songwriter of the Year
Calvin Harris

Outstanding Song Collection
Noel Gallagher

PRS for Music Special International Award
Randy Newman

Hosted by Paul Gambaccini, the Ivor Novello Awards celebrate, honour and reward excellence in songwriting and composing. They are presented by BASCA and sponsored by PRS for Music. The Ivors are judged by the songwriting and composing community. The awards celebrate artistic excellence in a specific work, exceptional performance figures, or recognise the outstanding achievements of a particular songwriter or composer throughout their career.

BASCA, the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, is the professional association for music writers of all genres in the UK. With membership approaching 2,000, it is the single voice for British music creators. Membership of BASCA is open to working songwriters who are members of a royalty collection society, such as PRS for Music, BMI or ASCAP.

www.basca.org.uk
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PRS for Music represents the rights of 95,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in the UK. As a membership organisation it ensures creators are paid whenever their music is played, performed or reproduced; championing the importance of copyright to protect and support the UK music industry. In an industry worth £3.8bn PRS for Music is uniquely placed to be a voice for music and music creators. Collecting £641.8m in 2012 PRS for Music is one of the world's most efficient combined rights organisations. With 150 representation agreements in place globally, PRS for Music's network represents over 2 million music creators.

www.prsformusic.com