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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Lily Allen and Olivia Dean among nominees for 2026 Ivor Novello Awards
Caption: Lily Allen and Olivia Dean among nominees for 2026 Ivor Novello Awards. The Smile hitmaker has received her third-ever Ivors nomination and is up for Best Album for her explosive breakup record West End Girl. The Ivor Novello Award for Best Album celebrates exceptional songwriting craft, creativity and cohesion across the record as a whole. Other nominees shortlisted for the prize include Jim Legxacy's Black British Music, Olivia Dean's The Art Of Loving, Wolf Alice's The Clearing, and CMAT's Euro-Country. Dean, who had a successful night at the BRIT Awards in February, is one of those first-time nominees. In addition to the Best Album prize, she is up for PRS for Music Most Performed Work for her hit song Man I Need. Other nominees in that category include Lola Young with Messy, Myles Smith with Stargazing, Coldplay’s Viva La Vida and The Days by Chrystal. Wolf Alice are also double nominees this year, and are up for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for their track The Sofa too. Fellow double nominee Self-Esteem, real name Rebecca Lucy Taylor, is also a contender for Best Contemporary Song for I Do and I Don't Care. The awards ceremony takes place in London on 21 May. It has also been revealed that Allen, who is currently on tour with West End Girl, will receive the Icon Award at Nordoff and Robbins's O2 Silver Clef Awards. She will receive the honour at the music therapy charity's fundraiser at London's Royal Albert Hall on 9 July. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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