RAYE, Sampha, Yussef Dayes lead 2024 Ivor Novello nominations
nme.comRAYE, Sampha and Yussef Dayes leading nominees.The nominees were announced today (April 23) in eight categories including the Best Album, Best Contemporary Song and the Rising Star Award with Amazon Music.
The awards ceremony with Amazon Music will take place on May 23 at Grosvenor House.Sampha and Yussef Dayes have the most nominations with two each; each artist is contending for a Best Album award for their respective records ‘Lahai‘ and ‘Black Classical Music’.
They also have been nominated together for Best Song Musically and Lyrically thanks to their collaboration ‘Spirit 2.0’, which appears on ‘Lahai’.Other nominees for Best Album include RAYE’s debut album ‘My 21st Century Blues‘, Lankum’s ‘False Lankum‘ and CMAT‘s ‘Crazymad, For Me‘.Elsewhere, Blur have also been nominated in the Best Song Musically and Lyrically category, 29 years on from their first Ivors nomination with ‘Parklife’.
Tom Odell‘s ‘Black Friday’, The Japanese House‘s ‘Sunshine Baby’ and Victoria Canal‘s ‘Black Swan’ will also be competing for the title.Meanwhile, the PRS For Music Most Performed Work award sees Jazzy and Kenya Grace receive their first Ivor nominations, with their songs ‘Giving Me’ and ‘Strangers’ respectively.
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