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FKA Twigs is the favourite to win an Ivor Novello award after losing out on a Mercury Award thanks to Young Fathers.
According to bookmakers Paddy Power, FKA Twigs 'Two Weeks' is now 5/4 on favourite to win ‘Best Contemporary Song’ at the ceremony edging out alt-J's 'Every Other Freckle' and Clean Bandit's all conquering 'Rather Be'.
As previously reported the ceremony will take place on 21 May at Grosvenor House in London.
Below: Watch FKA Twigs eye-popping video for 'Two Weeks'
In terms of the rest of the nominees, 'Take Me To Chuch' by Hozier is 4/6 to win Best Song Musically and Lyrically alongside Bear's Den's 'Above The Clouds Of Pompeii' (2/1) and Ben Howard's 'I Forget Where We Were' (3/1). Bear's Den's Andrew Dewie told Gigwise at the ceremony on the success of 'Above The Clouds Of Pompeii' "I can't really put my finger on it. It doesn't feel drastically different to many of the songs we play live, but it's a story and I guess that if you're writing stories in your songs, it's whether you're telling the story well enough and people are getting invested in the story well enough to see the impact of the song on you."
In the album category, Royal Blood are nominated for their self-titled debut (7/4), alongside Bombay Bicycle Club for So Long, See You Tomorrow (2/1) and Wild Beasts for Present Tense (11/10).
Meanwhile, songwriter James Napier is up for three nominations for his work with Sam Smith and Clean Bandit. Watch him discussing what went into writing 'Stay With Me' below.
The full list of Ivor Novello 2015 nominations are:
Best Contemporary Song
Every Other Freckle
Written by Thomas Green, Joe Newman and Gus Unger-Hamilton
Performed by alt-J
Published in the UK by Kobalt Music Publishing
Rather Be
Written by James Napier and Jack Patterson
Performed by Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing – Salli Isaak Songs / Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Two Weeks
Written by Tahliah Debrett Barnett and Emile Haynie
Performed by FKA Twigs
Published in the UK by BMG Chrysalis / Universal Music Publishing
PRS for Music Most Performed Work
Budapest
Written by George Ezra Barnett and Joel Pott
Performed by George Ezra
Published in the UK by BMG Chrysalis
Rather Be
Written by James Napier and Jack Patterson
Performed by Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing – Salli Isaak Songs / Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Stay With Me
Written by James Napier, William Phillips and Sam Smith
Performed by Sam Smith
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing – Salli Isaak Songs – Method Paperwork / Naughty Words Ltd – Stellar Songs Ltd – Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Album Award
Present Tense
Written by Thomas Fleming, Ben Little, Christopher Talbot and Hayden Thorpe
Performed by Wild Beasts
Published in the UK by Domino Publishing Company
Royal Blood
Written by Michael Kerr and Ben Thatcher
Performed by Royal Blood
Published in the UK Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Ltd
So Long, See You Tomorrow
Written by Jack Steadman
Performed by Bombay Bicycle Club
Published in the UK by Imagem Music
Best Original Film Score
‘71
Composed by David Holmes
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing
Mr. Turner
Composed by Gary Yershon
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing
The Boxtrolls
Composed by Dario Marianelli
Published in the UK by Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Ltd
Best Television Soundtrack
The Honourable Woman
Composed by Natalie Holt and Martin Phipps
Published in the UK by Imagem FTV / Du Vinage Publishing
The Mill - Series 2
Composed by Samuel Sim
Published in the UK by Du Vinage Publishing / Sony/ATV Music Publishing
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher – Beyond the Pale
Composed by Edmund Butt
Published in the UK by Bucks Music Group / Imagem FTV
