{"id":364715,"date":"2026-03-25T17:21:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/364715\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T17:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:21:21","slug":"cmat-among-nominees-for-ivors-songwriting-awards-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/364715\/","title":{"rendered":"CMAT among nominees for Ivors songwriting awards in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CMAT is among the artists nominated in the UK for The Ivor Novello Awards, known as The Ivors, which celebrate songwriting and composing.<\/p>\n<p>The Co Meath singer-songwriter is nominated in the Best Album category for Euro Country, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/culture\/2026\/0305\/1561810-cmat-and-amble-win-big-at-rte-choice-music-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">which won the RT\u00c9 Choice Music Prize Album of the Year Award earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She was previously nominated in the same category in 2024 for her album Crazymad, For Me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tpe\" data-embed=\"instagram\" data-id=\"DWTNEHaiAut\">\n<p>Olivia Dean has received her first Ivor nominations and is also up for Best Album with her Brit Award- winning record The Art of Loving.<\/p>\n<p>Lily Allen is shortlisted for Best Album for her fifth LP, West End Girl, with Wolf Alice&#8217;s The Clearing and Jim Legxacy&#8217;s Black British Music (2025) completing the nominees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tpe\" data-embed=\"instagram\" data-id=\"DWTNmuWiIuJ\">\n<p>The British-Irish composer Robin Carolan is among the nominees in the Film Score category for his score to Nosferatu, while Belfast&#8217;s David Holmes and Brian Irvine are among the nominees in the Television Soundtrack category for their soundtrack to the series Trespasses.<\/p>\n<p>Presented by The Ivors Academy, The Ivors is a peer-judged awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Winners of The Ivors with Amazon Music will be announced on Thursday, 21 May in London.<\/p>\n<p>The nominees:<\/p>\n<p>Best Album<\/p>\n<p>Black British Music (2025)<br \/>Written by Jim Legxacy and Joe Stanley<br \/>Performed by Jim Legxacy<\/p>\n<p>Euro Country<br \/>Written and performed by CMAT<\/p>\n<p>The Art of Loving<br \/>Written by Olivia Dean, Bastian Langebaek and Max Wolfgang<br \/>Performed by Olivia Dean<\/p>\n<p>The Clearing<br \/>Written by Joff Oddie and Ellie Rowsell<br \/>Performed by Wolf Alice<\/p>\n<p>West End Girl<br \/>Written by Lily Allen, Chloe Angelides, Kito and Blue May<br \/>Performed by Lily Allen<\/p>\n<p>Best Contemporary Song<\/p>\n<p>Damascus<br \/>Written by Damon Albarn, Yasiin Bey and Omar Souleyman<br \/>Performed by Gorillaz feat. Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey<\/p>\n<p>Free<br \/>Written by Alex Bonfanti, Miles Clinton James and Little Simz<br \/>Performed by Little Simz<\/p>\n<p>I Do and I Don&#8217;t Care<br \/>Written by Johan Hugo and Self Esteem<br \/>Performed by Self Esteem<\/p>\n<p>I Stand on the Line<br \/>Written by Fraser T Smith and Kae Tempest<br \/>Performed by Kae Tempest<\/p>\n<p>Know Yourself<br \/>Written by Tom Rowlands, Fraser T Smith and Kae Tempest<br \/>Performed by Kae Tempest<\/p>\n<p>Best Song Musically and Lyrically<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t Fall Asleep<br \/>Written and performed by Jacob Alon<\/p>\n<p>Everybody Scream<br \/>Written by Mark Bowen, Mitski and Florence Welch<br \/>Performed by Florence + The Machine<\/p>\n<p>Focus is Power<br \/>Written by Johan Hugo, Self Esteem and Jacob Vetter<br \/>Performed by Self Esteem<\/p>\n<p>The Sofa <br \/>Written by Ellie Rowsell<br \/>Performed by Wolf Alice<\/p>\n<p>Weeds <br \/>Written by Tove Burman, Anya Jones and Jon Shave<br \/>Performed by Sugababes<\/p>\n<p>Performing Rights Society (PRS) for Music Most Performed Work<\/p>\n<p>Man I Need <br \/>Written by Olivia Dean, Tobias Jesso Jr and Zach Nahome<br \/>Performed by Olivia Dean<\/p>\n<p>Messy <br \/>Written and performed by Lola Young<\/p>\n<p>Stargazin<br \/>Written by Peter Fenn, Jesse Fink and Myles Smith<br \/>Performed by Myles Smith<\/p>\n<p>The Days<br \/>Written and performed by Chrystal<\/p>\n<p>Viva La Vida<br \/>Written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin<br \/>Performed by Coldplay<\/p>\n<p>Rising Star Award with Amazon Music<br \/>Chloe Qisha<br \/>Divorce (Tiger Cohen-Towell, Felix Mackenzie-Barrow, Adam Peter-Smith and Kasper Sandstr\u00f8m)<br \/>Jacob Alon<br \/>kwn<br \/>Skye Newman<\/p>\n<p>Best Original Film Score<\/p>\n<p>Bugonia<br \/>Composed by Jerskin Fendrix<\/p>\n<p>Dragonfly<br \/>Composed by Raffertie<\/p>\n<p>Nosferatu<br \/>Composed by Robin Carolan<\/p>\n<p>Testimony<br \/>Composed by Tom Hodge<\/p>\n<p>The Brutalist<br \/>Composed by Daniel Blumberg<\/p>\n<p>Best Television Soundtrack<\/p>\n<p>Adolescence<br \/>Composed by Aaron May and David Ridley<\/p>\n<p>Lazarus<br \/>Composed by Sarah Warne<\/p>\n<p>Summerwater<br \/>Composed by Gazelle Twin<\/p>\n<p>This City Is Ours<br \/>Composed by Rael Jones<\/p>\n<p>Trespasses<br \/>Composed by David Holmes and Brian Irvine<\/p>\n<p>Additional Reporting: Press Association<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/entertainment\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here for more music news.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CMAT is among the artists nominated in the UK for The Ivor Novello Awards, known as The Ivors,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-364715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}