The nominations for this year’s prestigious Ivor Novello Awards have been revealed today.
Adele leads the way with four nominations, while PJ Harvey has received further recognition for her 2011 record ‘Let England Shake‘, which is up for the Album Award.
Elsewhere, Florence & The Machine‘s ‘Shake It Out‘ is in with a chance of landing the Best Song Musically and Lyrically gong, while James Blake and Lana Del Rey are both up for Best Contemporary Song.
This year’s Ivor Novello Awards will be handed out at a ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House on May 17th.
Ivor Novello Awards 2012 nominations:
Best Song Musically and Lyrically:
Adele: ‘Rolling In The Deep’ (written by: Adele Adkins / Paul Epworth)
Florence + the Machine: ‘Shake It Out’ (written by: Paul Epworth, Kid Harpoon, Florence Welch)
Ed Sheeran: ‘The A Team’ (written by: Ed Sheeran)
Best Contemporary Song:
Nero: ‘Promises’ (written by: Joseph Ray, Daniel Stephens, Alana Watson)
James Blake: ‘The Wilhelm Scream’ (written by: James Blake, James Litherland)
Lana Del Rey: ‘Video Games’ (written by: Lana Del Rey, Justin Parker)
Album Award:
Adele: 21 (written by: Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth)
Kate Bush: 50 Words For Snow (written by: Kate Bush)
PJ Harvey: Let England Shake (written by PJ Harvey)
PRS for Music Most Performed Work:
Adele: ‘Rolling In The Deep’ (written by: Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth)
Adele: ‘Someone Like You’ (written by: Adele Adkins, Dan Wilson)
Take That: ‘The Flood’ (written by: Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, Robbie Williams)
Best Television Soundtrack:
Leonardo (composed by: Mark Russell)
Page Eight (composed by: Paul Englishby)
The Shadow Line (composed by: Martin Phipps)
Best Original Film Score:
Life In A Day (composed by: Harry Gregson-Williams, Matthew Herbert)
The First Grader (composed by: Alex Heffes)
We Need To Talk About Kevin (composed by: Jonny Greenwood)