The winners of The Ivors have been revealed! These awards honor the best accomplishments in songwriting and screen composition for the year, featuring renowned artists like Charli XCX, Lola Young, and BERWYN among the 2025 recipients. The 70th ceremony, held at Grosvenor House in London, recognized Charli XCX with the Songwriter of the Year Award for her contributions to the hit album ‘BRAT’. Lola Young received the Rising Star Award with Amazon Music for her successful single ‘Messy’, and BERWYN claimed his first Ivor for the 2024 album ‘WHO AM I’, which was awarded Best Album. Additionally, Robbie Williams was honored with the PRS for Music Icon award, and U2 was recognized with an Academy fellowship presented by Ed Sheeran. Brandon Flowers received the Special International Award from Bruce Springsteen, a Fellow of The Ivors Academy. Other notable winners included Orla Gartland, who took home Best Song Musically and Lyrically for ‘Mine’, Self Esteem, awarded the Visionary Award with Amazon Music, and Sans Soucis, awarded Best Contemporary Song for their track ‘Circumnavigating Georgia’. The complete list of 2025 winners is as follows:
BEST ALBUM
‘WHO AM I’ written and performed by BERWYN, music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing
BEST CONTEMPORARY SONG
‘CIRCUMNAVIGATING GEORGIA’ written and performed by Sans Soucis, music published in the UK by Sentric Music
BEST SONG MUSICALLY AND LYRICALLY
‘MINE’ written and performed by Orla Gartland, music published in the UK by San Remo Live-Kobalt Music Publishing
PRS FOR MUSIC MOST PERFORMED WORK
‘STARGAZING’ written by Peter Fenn, Jesse Fink, and Myles Smith, music published in the UK by Kobalt Music Publishing on behalf of Songs by 308 Publishing-Where Da Kasz At, Lyric Global Copyright Services Crescendo on behalf of Arcade Artists Publishing-Jesse Fink Publishing-Spirit One Music Crescendo and Sony Music Publishing, performed by Myles Smith
RISING STAR AWARD WITH AMAZON MUSIC
LOLA YOUNG
BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE
‘THE SUBSTANCE’ composed by Raffertie, music published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing on behalf of Universal Pictures Music
BEST ORIGINAL VIDEO GAME SCORE
‘FAREWELL NORTH’ composed by John Konsolakis
BEST TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK
‘TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY’ composed by Vince Pope, music published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing on behalf of T-L Music Publishing
ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. for U2
OUTSTANDING SONG COLLECTION
Kele Okereke, Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes, and Matt Tong for BLOC PARTY
PRS FOR MUSIC ICON AWARD
ROBBIE WILLIAMS
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR with AMAZON MUSIC
CHARLI XCX
SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL AWARD
BRANDON FLOWERS
VISIONARY AWARD with AMAZON MUSIC
SELF ESTEEM
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