CMAT among nominees for Ivors songwriting awards in UK

CMAT is among the artists nominated in the UK for The Ivor Novello Awards, known as The Ivors, which celebrate songwriting and composing.

The Co Meath singer-songwriter is nominated in the Best Album category for Euro Country , which won the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Album of the Year Award earlier this month .

She was previously nominated in the same category in 2024 for her album Crazymad, For Me .

Olivia Dean has received her first Ivor nominations and is also up for Best Album with her Brit Award- winning record The Art of Loving .

Lily Allen is shortlisted for Best Album for her fifth LP, West End Girl , with Wolf Alice's The Clearing and Jim Legxacy's Black British Music (2025) completing the nominees.

The British-Irish composer Robin Carolan is among the nominees in the Film Score category for his score to Nosferatu , while Belfast's David Holmes and Brian Irvine are among the nominees in the Television Soundtrack category for their soundtrack to the series Trespasses .

Presented by The Ivors Academy, The Ivors is a peer-judged awards ceremony.

Winners of The Ivors with Amazon Music will be announced on Thursday, 21 May in London.

Black British Music (2025) Written by Jim Legxacy and Joe Stanley Performed by Jim Legxacy
Euro Country Written and performed by CMAT
The Art of Loving Written by Olivia Dean, Bastian Langebaek and Max Wolfgang Performed by Olivia Dean
The Clearing Written by Joff Oddie and Ellie Rowsell Performed by Wolf Alice
West End Girl Written by Lily Allen, Chloe Angelides, Kito and Blue May Performed by Lily Allen
Damascus Written by Damon Albarn, Yasiin Bey and Omar Souleyman Performed by Gorillaz feat.

Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey
Free Written by Alex Bonfanti, Miles Clinton James and Little Simz Performed by Little Simz
I Do and I Don't Care Written by Johan Hugo and Self Esteem Performed by Self Esteem
I Stand on the Line Written by Fraser T Smith and Kae Tempest Performed by Kae Tempest
Know Yourself Written by Tom Rowlands, Fraser T Smith and Kae Tempest Performed by Kae Tempest
Best Song Musically and Lyrically
Don't Fall Asleep Written and performed by Jacob Alon
Everybody Scream Written by Mark Bowen, Mitski and Florence Welch Performed by Florence + The Machine
Focus is Power Written by Johan Hugo, Self Esteem and Jacob Vetter Performed by Self Esteem
The Sofa Written by Ellie Rowsell Performed by Wolf Alice
Weeds Written by Tove Burman, Anya Jones and Jon Shave Performed by Sugababes
Performing Rights Society (PRS) for Music Most Performed Work
Messy Written and performed by Lola Young
Stargazin Written by Peter Fenn, Jesse Fink and Myles Smith Performed by Myles Smith
The Days Written and performed by Chrystal
Viva La Vida Written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin Performed by Coldplay
Rising Star Award with Amazon Music Chloe Qisha Divorce (Tiger Cohen-Towell, Felix Mackenzie-Barrow, Adam Peter-Smith and Kasper Sandstrøm) Jacob Alon kwn Skye Newman
Bugonia Composed by Jerskin Fendrix
Dragonfly Composed by Raffertie
Nosferatu Composed by Robin Carolan
Testimony Composed by Tom Hodge
The Brutalist Composed by Daniel Blumberg
Adolescence Composed by Aaron May and David Ridley
Lazarus Composed by Sarah Warne
Summerwater Composed by Gazelle Twin
This City Is Ours Composed by Rael Jones
Trespasses Composed by David Holmes and Brian Irvine
Additional Reporting: Press Association
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