Plan B, il cantante londinese che iniziò come rapper per poi passare al soul, e che vorrebbe tornare al rap, ha vinto tre premi agli Ivon Novello Awards svoltisi oggi a Londra. L'artista, vero nome Ben Drew, si è portato a casa il "Songwriter of the year", l'"Album award" per "The defamation of Strickland Banks" e il "PRS For Music Most Performed Work" per il singolo "She said". Tra gli altri premiati presso l'albergo Grosvenor House, un altro rapper londinese, Tinie Tempah il cui singolo "Pass out" ha ricevuto il "Best Contemporary Song", e i Muse, ai quali è andato l'International Achievement honour. I premi, anche detti colloquialmente Ivors, sono riconoscimenti alla composizione dati in memoria del gallese Ivor Novello, scomparso nel 1951 e che ebbe grande successo durante e tra le due guerre mondiali. L'elenco dei vincitori:
Best Song Musically and Lyrically:
Song: 'Becoming a Jackal'
Writer: Conor O'Brien
Performed By: Villagers
UK Publisher: Domino Publishing Company
Best Contemporary Song:
Song: 'Pass Out'
Writers: Timothy McKenzie / Patrick Okogwu / Marc Williams
Performed By: Tinie Tempah
UK Publishers: EMI Music Publishing / Stellar Songs Ltd
Album Award:
Album: 'The Defamation of Strickland Banks'
Writer: Benjamin Drew
Performed By: Plan B
UK Publisher: Universal Music Publishing
PRS for Music Most Performed Work:
Song: 'She Said'
Writers: Eric Appapoulay / Richard Cassell / Benjamin Drew / Tom Wright-Goss
Performed By: Plan B
UK Publishers: Sony/ATV Music Publishing / Universal Music Publishing
Best Television Soundtrack:
Broadcast: 'Any Human Heart'
Composer: Dan Jones
UK Publishers: Faber Music Ltd / Universal Music Publishing
Best Original Film Score:
Film: 'How To Train Your Dragon'
Composer: John Powell
UK Publisher: BMG Chrysalis
Best Original Video Game Score:
Game: 'Napoleon: Total War'
Composers: Richard Beddow / Richard Birdsall / Ian Livingstone
Developer: The Creative Assembly
UK Publisher: SEGA
International Achievement:
Muse
Outstanding Song Collection:
Steve Winwood
PRS for Music Outstanding Contribution to British Music:
Paul Rodgers
PRS for Music Special International Award:
Stephen Sondheim
Songwriter of the Year:
Benjamin Drew
The Ivors Classical Music Award:
Michael Nyman
The Ivors Inspiration Award:
Dizzee Rascal
