Amy gets 3 Novello nominations
2008-04-21 21:31
Mike Collett-White
Amy Winehouse has been nominated three times for coveted Ivor
Novello Awards, including twice in one category.
The Grammy-winning artist, whose troubled private life and
battle against drug addiction have overshadowed her recording
success, is up for best song musically and lyrically with both
Love Is a Losing Game and You Know I'm No Good.
She is running against Let Me Out by Ben's Brother.
The 24-year-old, who won five Grammy Awards in February, is
also nominated in the best-selling British song category with
Rehab.
Also shortlisted for that award is Beautiful Liar, performed by Beyonce and Shakira, and Mika's Grace Kelly.
Winehouse won an Ivor Novello Award last year for best
contemporary song with Rehab.
Cherry Ghost
British indie rockers Cherry Ghost were nominated twice -
for best contemporary song with People Help the People and
best album with Thirst For Romance.
In the former category they are competing against Kate Nash
(Foundations) and the Klaxons (Golden Skans).
Also
shortlisted for best album were Radiohead (In Rainbows) and
Stephen Fretwell (Man On the Roof).
Best original film score will be contested by Dario
Marianelli for Atonement, Adrian Johnston for Becoming Jane
and Christopher Gunning for La Vie En Rose.
Marianelli won an
Oscar for his work on Atonement.
Take That
The nominees for most performed work in 2007 are the Kaiser
Chiefs (Ruby), Take That (Shine) and Just Jack (Starz In
Their Eyes).
The best television soundtrack shortlist comprises Oliver
Twist, composed by Martin Phipps, Primo by Jonathan Goldstein
and Who Killed Mrs de Ropp by Paul Moessl.
The prizes, along with several other categories including
lifetime achievement and international achievement, will be
handed out in London on May 22.
The Ivor Novello Awards are in their 53rd year and are named
after the Welsh actor, composer and singer who was one of
Britain's biggest stage and screen stars in the early 20th
century.
They are judged and presented by music writers.
- Reuters