Il rapper Dizzee Rascal e la cantante pop Lily Allen, entrambi londinesi, hanno ricevuto due nomination ognuno ai premi britannici Ivor Novello. Rascal, 24 anni, della zona del Bow, correrà con "Bonkers" per la categoria "Best contemporary song" e con "Tongue n'cheek" per la "Best album". La Allen, nata ad Hammersmith e cresciuta a Islington, è nominata per "The fear" che concorre per "Best song musically and lyrically" e "Most performed work". Gli Ivor Novello Awards sono premi che rendono
onore al compositore inglese Ivor Novello, scomparso nel 1951. L'elenco dell'edizione 2010:
Best Contemporary Song:
- "Bonkers"; songwriters Dylan Mills/Armand Van Helden; performed by Dizzee Rascal
- "Daniel"; songwriter Natasha Khan; performed by Bat For Lashes
- "In for the kill"; songwriters Elly Jackson/Ben Langmaid; performed by La Roux
Best Song Musically & Lyrically:
- "Save it for someone who cares"; songwriter Nick Hemming; performed by The Leisure Society
- "The fear"; songwriters Lily Allen/Greg Kurstin; performed by Lily Allen
- "The last bus"; songwriters Ed Adlard/Will Adlard/Ali Digby/George Eddy; performed by Patch William
Best Television Soundtrack:
- "Desperate romantics"; composer Daniel Pemberton
- "Life"; composer George Fenton
- "Red riding 1974"; composer Adrian Johnston
Album Award:
- "The Duckworth Lewis method"; songwriters Neil Hannon/Thomas Walsh; performed by The Duckworth Lewis Method
- "Sunny side up"; songwriter Paolo Nutini; performed by Paolo Nutini
- "Tongue n'cheek"; songwriters Nicholas Detnon/Dylan Mills; performed by Dizzee Rascal
PRS for Music Most Performed Work:
- "Broken strings"; writers James Morrison/Fraser T Smith/Nina Woodford; performed by James Morrison featuring Nelly Furtado
- "The fear"; writers Lily Allen/Greg Kurstin; performed by Lily Allen
- "The promise"; writers Nick Coler/Miranda Cooper/Brian Higgins/Kieran Jones/Tim Powell/Jason Resch/Carla Williams; performed by Girls Aloud
Best Original Film Score:
- "Ice age 3: dawn of the dinosaurs"; composers John Powell
- "Skin"; composer Helene Muddiman
- "The young Victoria"; composer Ilan Eshkeri
Best Original Video Game Score:
- "Empire: total war"; composers Richard Beddow/Richard Birdsall/Walter Mair/Lorenzo Piggici/Simon Ravn; developer Creative Assembly
- "Killzone 2"; composer Joris de Man; developer Guerrilla Games
- "Savage Moon: Waldgeist"; composer Armin Elsaesser; developer Fluffy Logic.