Ivor Novello Award Winners 2009

Below is the list of winners from the 2009 Ivor Novello Awards. Elbow picked up two awards, with Duffy, Ting Tings and Coldplay all scooping an award at the 54th Ivor Novello Awards for songwriting. The Event was hosted at the Grosvenor House Hotel in central London on 21 May.

Best song musically and lyrically
One Day Like This - Elbow


Best contemporary song
Grounds for Divorce - Elbow

Best television soundtrack
Wallace and Gromit A Matter of Loaf and Death

Best original film score
There Will Be Blood

PRS most performed work
Mercy - Duffy

Best-selling British song
Viva La Vida - Coldplay

Album award
We Started Nothing - The Ting Tings

Ivors Inspiration award
Edwyn Collins

Ivors classical music award
James MacMillan

Outstanding song collection
Vince Clarke

PRS outstanding contribution to British music
Robert del Naja and Grant Marshall (Massive Attack)

Songwriter of the year
Eg White

Special international award
Smokey Robinson

The Academy Fellowship
Don Black

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Brits Top 5 Global Albums

British acts had a great 2008, as the five best selling albums globally were all British, according to official figures. Coldplay led the way with Viva La Vida, selling almost seven million copies around the world during 2008.

Amy Winehouse continued selling 'Back To Black' by the bucket load, even though it was released in 2006, it has continued to sell around the world.

* UK Album sales were down 3.2%

* Singles sales up by a third to 115 million

* Album downloads up 65% on 2007 figures.

Top 5 Global Albums:

1. Coldplay - Viva La Vida - 6.8m

2. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black - 5.1m

3. AC/DC - Black Ice - 5m

4. Duffy - Rockferry -4.5m

5. Leona Lewis - Spirit - 4.3m

UK Charts: Top 10 Albums of 2008

Duffy


Duffy has the Best Selling Album of 2008, according to the official chart listed below, her album 'Rockferry' went on to sell 1.685 million. The Welsh singer beat Take That who sold 1.446million copies in just four weeks since 'Circus' was released. Take That have the fastest million selling album ever in the UK.

Kings of Leon, Leona Lewis and Coldplay all went on to sell over a million copies of their albums as fans continued to snap up albums in the UK despite the credit crunch. Girls Aloud ended 2008 on a high as their new album 'Out of Control' gave them their first studio album #1.

Top 10 Albums of 2008:

1. Rockferry - Duffy**
2. The Circus - Take That**
3. Only By The Night - Kings of Leon**
4. Spirit - Leona Lewis**
5. Viva La Vida... - Coldplay
6. Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna **
7. Day & Age - Killers**
8. Out of Control - Girls Aloud**
9. Funhouse - Pink **
10. Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls

*Source: Official Charts Company
** Still in Top 40

UK Charts: Top 10 Singles of 2008

X Factor's Alexandra Burke has the best selling single of 2008, according to the official chart listed below. Her version of 'Hallelujah' sold a staggering 888,000 copies in just two weeks, but it will mean no single sold more than a million copies during 2008. The shift towards downloads and albums continues as CD sales dropped during the year.

Alexandra Burke was also #2 with the other X Factor finalists single 'Hero', selling 751,000 copies and clearly ahead of Welsh singer Duffy, who sold 536,000 copies of her single 'Mercy'. Madonna managed to gain an entry in the chart at #9 with '4 Minutes'.

Top 10 Selling Singles of 2008:

1. Hallelujah - Alexandra Burke**
2. Hero - X Factor finalists
3. Mercy - Duffy
4. I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry
5. Rockstar - Nickelback
6. American Boy - Estelle/ Kanye West
7. Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon**
8. Now You're Gone - Basshunter
9. 4 Minutes - Madonna/ Justin Timberlake
10. Black & Gold - Sam Sparro

*Source: Official Charts Company
** still in Top 40