The Ivors 2013

The Ivor Novello Awards, awarded by a panel of fellow composers and musicians, is probably the most respected and  coveted award for songwriters and producers in the music business.

Emeli Sande’s song ‘Next To Me’ took home the biggest number of gongs of the night, though she wasn’t there to accept in person. The smash hit was awarded Best Song Musically and Lyrically as well as the PRS Award for Most Performed Work, which comes as no surprise considering that her repertoire was played on loop during the run-up to and entire duration of the Olympics. 

Noel Gallagher bagged the Outstanding Song Collection award for his impressive back catalogue of hits from his days in Oasis while Alt-J, already Brit and Mercury award winners for their debut album An Awesome Wave, added a Novello to their collection, taking the best Album award.

The prominence of dance music in the charts was recognised for the first time at the ceremony, awarding Calvin Harris with the prestigious Songwriter Of The Year trophy, who was credited for scoring “the musical soundtrack of 2012”.  Following an unbelievable year for Harris, his album ’18 months’ produced eight top ten singles breaking the record previously set by Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ for the most top ten singles taken from one album. Presenting Harris with the award, Pete Tong, the Radio 1 DJ, said: “Dance music and DJs never believed they belonged in this room before. Now we have a role model.”

You can see a full list of categories and winners here