Alt-J, Emeli Sande & Plan B receive Ivor Novello nods

Music
17 Apr 13

They all received two nominations each, with Bat For Lashes, Jake Bugg, Coldplay, and Olly Murs among those also making the shortlist...

The nominations for the 58th annual Ivor Novello Awards have just been announced, with Alt-J, Emeli Sande, Plan B, Coldplay, Jake Bugg, Olly Murs, Bat for Lashes, Lianne La Havas, Ben Howard and The Maccabees all making the shortlists.

Alt-J, Emeli Sande and Plan B all picked up two nominations for the awards which will take place at London's Grosvenor House Hotel on Thursday, May 16.

The full list of nominations:

Best Song Musically and Lyrically

'Laura'
Written by Natasha Khan and Justin Parker
Performed by Bat for Lashes

'Next to Me'
Written by Hugo Chegwin, Harry Craze, Anup Paul and Emeli Sandé
Performed by Emeli Sandé

'Two Fingers'
Written by Iain Archer and Jake Bugg
Performed by Jake Bugg

Best Contemporary Song

'Fitzpleasure'
Written by Thomas Green, Joe Newman, Gwilym Sainsbury and Augustus Unger-Hamilton
Performed by alt-J

'Ill Manors'
Written by Pierre Baigorry, David Conen, Benjamin Drew, Vincent Graf-Schlippenbach, Dmitri Shostakovich and Al Shux
Performed by Plan B

'Pelican'
Written by Sam Doyle, Rupert Jarvis, Orlando Weeks, Felix White and Hugo White
Performed by The Maccabees

PRS for Music Most Performed Work

'Dance With Me Tonight'
Written by Claude Kelly, Oliver Murs and Steve Robson
Performed by Olly Murs

'Next to Me'
Written by Hugo Chegwin, Harry Craze, Anup Paul and Emeli Sandé
Performed by Emeli Sandé