The 2024 Ivor Novello Awards nominees have been announced, and Sampha and Yussef Dayes bagged the most nominations with two Ivor Novello nominations.

Meanwhile, composer Daniel Pemberton is nominated twice in the screen categories, while bigger artists like RAYE, Tyla, and Harry Styles are also up for nominations.

2024 Ivor Novello Awards Nominees

The Ivors Academy has announced the nominees for this year's Ivor Novello Awards, where 77 songwriters and composers have been nominated. Notably, 60% of the total nominees are first-time nominees.

The 2024 Ivor Novello Awards ceremony will take place on May 23, 2024, at the Grosvenor House in London.

Samphan and Yussef Dayes both bagged two Ivors on the songwriting categories while Pemberton was nominated twice on the screen categories.

Check out the full list of the 2024 Ivor Novello Awards nominees:

Best Album

  • Black Classical Music - Yussef Dayes, Rocco Palladino, Charlie Stacey
  • Crazymad, for Me - CMAT
  • False Lankum - Daragh Lynch, Ian Lynch, Cormac MacDiarmada, and Radie Peat
  • Lahai - Sampha
  • My 21st Century Blues - RAYE and Mike Sabath

Best Contemporary Song

  • Back on 74 - Lydia Kitto, J Lloyd, and Tom McFarland
  • Enough - Brian Eno, Fred Gibson, Buddy Ross and Winnie Raede
  • Geronimo Blues - Kwake Bass, Peter Bennie, Biscuit, Raven Bush and Kae Tempest
  • Mama's Eyes - Todd Dulaney, Ines Dunn, Barney Lister, and METTE
  • Water - Imani 'Mocha' Lewis, Corey Lindsay-Keay, Jackson Lomastro, Ari PenSmith, Rayo, Sammy Soso and Olmo Zucca

Best Song Musically and Lyrically

  • Black Friday - Laurie Blundell, Max Clilverd, and Tom Odell
  • Black Swan - Victoria Canal, Jonny Lattimer, and Eg White
  • Spirit 2.0 - Yussef Dayes and Sampha
  • Sunshine Baby - Amber Bain
  • The Narcissist - Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree

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PRS for Music Most Performed Work

  • As It Was - Kid Harpoon, Tyler Johnson, Harry Styles
  • Boys A Liar Pt. 2 - Ice Spice, Mura Masa and PinkPantheress
  • Giving Me - Conor Bissett, Robert Griffiths and Jazzy
  • Sprinter - Central Cee, Dave, Jo Caleb and Jonny Leslie
  • Strangers - Kenya Grace

Rising Star Award with Amazon Music

  • Blair Davie
  • Chrissi
  • Elmiene
  • Master Peace
  • Nino SLG

Best Original Film Score

  • Poor Things - Jerskin Fendrix
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Daniel Pemberton
  • Typist Artist Pirate King - Carly Paradis'

Best Original Video Game Score

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Walter Mair
  • Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - Stephen Barton and Gordy Haab
  • Tin Hearts - Matthew Chastney

Best Television Soundtrack

  • Boat Story - Dominik Scherrer
  • Slow Horses Season 3 - Daniel Pemberton and Toydrum
  • The Crown The Final Season - Martin Phipps
  • The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies - Arthur Sharpe
  • Three Little Birds - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell

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