Coldplay And Elbow Dominate Ivor Novello Awards

5 months ago 23rd May 04:29

Coldplay and Elbow have walked away with the top song honours at this year's (09) Ivor Novello Awards in Britain.

Coldplay scooped Best Selling British Song for Viva La Vida at the prestigious ceremony in London on Thursday (21May09), while Elbow won Best Contemporary Song for Grounds For Divorce, as well as Best Song Musically and Lyrically for One Day Like This.

The Best Album accolade went to The Ting Tings for their record We Started Nothing, and Welsh soul singer Duffy landed the Most Performed Work honour for hit track Mercy.

Songwriter of the year went to Eg White, who penned Will Young's Leave Right Now and Adele's Chasing Pavements, while Massive Attack received the Contribution To British Music award.

The main list of winners is as follows:

Best Contemporary Song Elbow, Grounds For Divorce
Best Album The Ting Tings, We Started Nothing
Best Selling British Song Coldplay, Viva La Vida
Best Song Musically and Lyrically Elbow, One Day Like This
Most Performed Work Duffy, Mercy
Songwriter of the Year Eg White
Contribution To British Music Massive Attack
Best Original Film Score There Will Be Blood, composed by Jonny Greenwood
Best Television Soundtrack Wallace and Gromit (A Matter of Loaf and Death) - Composed by Julian Nott
Special International Award Smokey Robinson
The Ivors Inspiration Award Edwyn Collins
The Ivors Classical Music Award Julian MacMillan
Academy Fellowship Don Black
Academy Fellowship David Ferguson, chairman of the academy.