Adele Wins Award For "Song Writer Of The Year"

Adele Wins Award For "Song Writer Of The Year"

Adele has been named songwriter of the year at the Ivor Novello awards.

It was previously thought the singer, who already swept the Brits earlier this year with four awards, had been snubbed by the ceremony as she was not among the nominees for song or album of the year – but she once again walked away with the most prestigious award of the night.

The best song musically and lyrically went to Jamie Lawson for his track Wasn’t Expecting That, beating off competition from Ed Sheeran, who originally signed Lawson to his own label.

The Ivors inspiration award went to Happy Mondays. Lead singer Shaun Ryder said that “to be noted for writing a song from years ago feels fucking great. It should have happened 10 years ago. To actually get something for songwriting is great.”

The Ivor Novellos, which is now in its 61st year, also presented a lifetime achievement award to former Blur frontman Damon Albarn, who is currently working on a new “Gorillaz record.”

The BBC was also mentioned by the winner of the classical music Ivor, acclaimed composer Oliver Knussen, who called on the BBC to do more to champion young composers.

“There are an extraordinary number of incredibly gifted young composers ... please BBC don’t relegate all of us to a two-hour slot that you seem to regard as a place to put pond life.”

“Our music is to be used, we write it for us and sometimes it’s a little prickly but some very nice things are prickly, I’ve heard.”