The Ivors is one of the most loved and respected music awards.
The Ivors 2023 Winners Announced
The Ivors with Amazon Music celebrates songwriters and screen composers. It is one of the most loved and respected music awards.
We are delighted to collaborate with Amazon Music to celebrate songwriters and honour their craft. This year at The Ivors, Sting received Fellowship of the Academy and Amazon Music broadcast live performances and interviews from the ceremony.
This year’s winners have been announced – explore the winners below.
“Of all the awards in the world of music, The Ivors are for me, the most prestigious. Songwriting is a skilled craft and The Ivors Academy are its guild. So, I am delighted and honoured to be offered this Fellowship of the Academy, joining and acknowledging this extraordinary group of fellow songwriters, and all of those who went before us.” Sting
To commemorate the honour, Amazon Music shared an exclusive demo of Sting’s track ‘If It’s Love’ off his latest album, The Bridge – offering a rare insight into the creative process of one of the world’s most eminent songwriters.
Listen to the official playlist for The Ivors 2023 on Amazon Music which showcases the songs and songwriters who were nominated for a 2023 award.
Presented to British and Irish songwriters and screen composers by The Ivors Academy since 1956, each winner receives a hand-crafted Ivor Novello statuette and joins a roll call of greats that includes Adele, Stormzy, Cathy Dennis, Annie Lennox, Amy Winehouse, Dave, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and Joan Armatrading.
Ivor Novellos are judged by acclaimed songwriters and composers from The Ivors Academy and awarded for creative excellence. This peer recognition makes the awards so special and respected
Ivors Week, supporting The Ivors Academy Trust, returned for a third year from Monday 15th May – Friday 19th May.
Awards ceremony
The Ivors with Amazon Music, Thursday 18th May 2023, Grosvenor House in London.
Date
Time
11:30 - 17:00
Address
JW Marriott Grosvenor House London
86-90 Park Lane
Mayfair
London W1K 7TN
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Written by FRED, Johnny McDaid and Ed Sheeran
Published in the UK by Promised Land Music-Universal Music Publishing-Sony Music Publishing, Sony Music Publishing and Ed Sheeran Ltd-Sony Music Publishing
Written by Johnny McDaid, Kal Lavelle, Steve Mac and Ed Sheeran
Published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing, Rokstone Music-Universal Music Publishing and Ed Sheeran Ltd-Sony Music Publishing
Cat Burns was well-named. The stealthy, slowburn success of her song Go – first released in 2020 but one of the biggest-selling singles of 2022, and a song with a feline-like number of lives – perfectly illustrated the emotional depths of her writing. And there is a lot more where that came from: her supremely honest, relatable lyrics and knack for an enticing melody have already won her an army of fans, including Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith. Burns’ songwriting fire will surely never go out.
Ines Dunn is a topline writer heading for the very top. She signed a publishing deal aged just 20 and has already made a name for herself as a fearless writer with a knack for crafting some of the most irresistible pop songs of her generation. She has already worked on Maisie Peters’ viral smash Not Another Rockstar and Mimi Webb’s global hit House On Fire and, with additional credits with the likes of Griff, Holly Humberstone, Josie Man and Mette Narrative, this is one topliner who will be at the summit for decades to come.
Influenced by the storytelling of film and the music of Damon Albarn and Sade, tendai’s songwriting craft is built to last. You can see it in the way raw, authentic songs such as Not Around and Time In Our Lives have already inserted themselves into the fabric of people’s lives. It’s there in his stellar work as a creative executive on Stormzy’s This Is What I Mean album. And you just know it will still be there when this uniquely talented writer, producer and artist takes his rightful place at music’s top table.
Being a spokesperson for your generation is a big ask for anyone, but Erin Doyle – better known as venbee – is shaping up to be just that. Certainly, she is already highly skilled in articulating the concerns of a nation, from mental health (Low Down) to addiction (her surprise Top 3 hit with Goddard, Messy In Heaven). Her drum and bass anthems speak the lingua franca of youth, making her a TikTok sensation, but with so much to come, venbee is built to last.
Victoria Canal had lived all over the world before settling in the UK, but it was when the planet shut down that her songwriting opened up. Already a burgeoning talent, lockdown and her grief at a close relative’s incurable illness saw her tap into the full range of emotions. An online songs series attracted praise from all quarters and mentorship from Jon Hopkins and Coldplay’s Chris Martin, while the deeply personal work on her Elegy EP means that it’s now her songs’ turn to travel all over the globe.
Having started the year with the Top 40 hit, Daily Duppy, Central Cee went on to chart no fewer than 11 songs on the UK Top 75 during 2022, a remarkable achievement usually beyond even the most established artists and writers.
His collaboration with fellow nominee Young Chencs has proved to be one of the UK’s most successful writing partnerships of recent years. Coupling such daring musical invention with raw, honest lyrics about his West London life, his second album 23 indicated the arrival of a new, authentic UK hip-hop superstar.
Few artists are still hitting new heights when they get to their fifth album, but Florence + The Machine – the brainchild of singer and songwriter Florence Welch – continue to astound and amaze, 14 years after the release of their debut album.
Indeed, Dance Fever became perhaps the most critically acclaimed of Welch’s albums, and also one of her most successful. It debuted at Number One on the UK Albums Chart – the fourth of her records to do so – and featured in the year’s Top 100 best-sellers. In addition she also achieved two songs on the UK Top 75 during 2022.
Appropriately enough for a band named after a year, The 1975 had an exceptional 2022.
Driven by principal songwriters, drummer George Daniel and frontman Matty Healy, their fifth album, Being Funny In A Foreign Language, peaked at Number One in the UK – maintaining their 100% record of topping the chart with studio albums – and became a huge hit around the world. In all, the band spun six singles from the album, which became one of the UK’s Top 100 best-sellers.
The stats behind Harry Styles’ third album, Harry’s House, speak for themselves. The lead single, As It Was, written with Kid Harpoon, co-writer of all but one of the album’s tracks, debuted at Number One on both sides of the Atlantic, staying there for 10 weeks in the UK and a scarcely believable 15 weeks in the US.
The album also hit the top spot in both nations, while Late Night Talking and Music For A Sushi Restaurant also scaled the charts’ upper reaches as Styles dominated the entire year, finishing 2022 with the UK’s biggest single and biggest album.
The global success of Wet Leg – led by singer-guitarists and songwriters Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers – has evoked memories of when the UK’s sparky indie-rock bands ruled the world.
Chaise Longue and Wet Dream became slowburn, but irrepressible hits, while their eponymous debut album hit Number One, becoming the most significant guitar band breakout in years, and climbing into the Top 50 biggest selling albums of the year.
Entries are now open for The Ivors Classical Awards ⭐
We’re relaunching The Ivors Composer Awards as The Ivors Classical Awards to celebrate creative excellence in composition for contemporary classical and sound art. 🎼
We`re seeking to establish The Ivors Jazz Awards in 2024. 🎷
Entries close on 14th July, find out more via the link in our bio.
