The Ivors 2017 nominations announced

Adele, Laura Mvula and Skepta are among this year's hopefuls as the 2017 Ivor Novello Awards nominees are announced ahead of next month's ceremony.

  • 19 Apr 2017
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Adele, Laura Mvula (pictured) and Skepta are among this year's hopefuls as the 2017 Ivor Novello Awards nominees are announced.

Michael Kiwanuka joins Mvula as a nominee for both the prestigious Best Song Musically and Lyrically Award and Album Award.

Once again, Adele received an Ivors nod in the PRS for Music Most Performed Work category for her single When We Were Young, with Coldplay taking the two other spots for Adventure of a Lifetime and Hymn for the Weekend.

James Bay took this award at last year's celebrations for his single, Hold Back the River.

For Best Contemporary Song, Skepta and Josh Homme's Man is nominated alongside Mura Masa and A$AP Rocky's Love$ick and NEIKED and Dyo's Sexual.

Elsewhere, Clint Mansell, Dario Marianelli and Dan Jones are nominees for Best Original Film Score, with Peaky Blinders composer Martin Phipps receiving a nomination for Best Television Soundtrack for his work on War and Peace.

Winners of awards celebrating outstanding songwriters and composers will be announced at the ceremony on Thursday May 18, for awards such as International Achievement, Lifetime Achievement and PRS For Music Outstanding Contribution to British Music.

2017 marks the 62nd year of The Ivors, an awards ceremony created by BASCA,  which celebrates, honours and rewards excellence in songwriting and composing.

The awards have been supported by PRS For Music since 1974.

Full nominees list:

Best Song Musically and Lyrically
Black Man in a White WorldWritten by Bean 'Inflo' Josiah Cover and Michael Kiwanuka. Performed by Michael Kiwanuka
Published in the UK by Warner/Chappell Music Publishing

Overcome
Written and performed by Laura Mvula and Nile Rodgers
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing and XLC Music and Sony/ATV Music Publishing

Telomere
Written by Blaine Harrison and Henry Harrison. Performed by Mystery Jets
Published in the UK by BMG UK

Best Contemporary Song
Love$ick
Written by A$AP Rocky and Mura Masa. Performed by Mura Masa ft. A$AP Rocky
Published in the UK by A$AP Rocky Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Ministry of Sound Publishing

Man
Written by Skepta and Josh Homme. Performed by Skepta
Published in the UK by Warner/Chappell Music Publishing and Universal Music Publishing

Sexual
Written by Dyo, NEIKED and Elina Stridh. Performed by NEIKED ft Dyo
Published in the UK by Warner/Chappell Music Publishing and Kobalt Music Publishing

Album Award
Love & HateWritten by Brian Burton, Dean 'Inflo' Josiah Cover and Michael Kiwanuka. Performed by Michael Kiwanuka
Published in the UK by Warner/Chappell Music Publishing and Kobalt Music Publishing

Skeleton Tree
Written by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. Performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Published in the UK by Kobalt Music Publishing

The Dreaming Room
Written and performed by Laura Mvula
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing

PRS For Music Most Performed Work
Adventure of a Lifetime
Written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin. Performed by Coldplay
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing

Hymn for the Weekend
Written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin. Performed by Coldplay
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing

When We Were Young
Written by Adele Adkins and Tobias Jesso Jr. Performed by Adele
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing

Best Original Film Score
High-Rise
Composed by Clint Mansell
Published in the UK by Precision Engineering Music and Recorded Picture Company Ltd

Kubo and the Two Strings
Composed by Dario Marianelli
Published in the UK by Muttnik Music Publishing

My Scientology Movie
Composed by Dan Jones
Published in the UK by Faber Music Ltd

Best Television Soundtrack
The Collection
Composed by Dominik Scherrer
Published in the UK by Du Vinage Publishing and Lookout Point

The Witness for the Prosecution
Composed by Paul Englishby
Published in the UK by Imagem FTV

War and Peace
Composed by Martin Phipps
Published in the UK by Du Vinage Publishing