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| Indie band Elbow are celebrating a double win at the Ivor Novello awards, including the prestigious prize for best song musically and lyrically. | Indie band Elbow are celebrating a double win at the Ivor Novello awards, including the prestigious prize for best song musically and lyrically. |
| The group, who also claimed the Mercury Prize last year, beat The Last Shadow Puppets and surprise low-key nominee The Leisure Society to the main award. | The group, who also claimed the Mercury Prize last year, beat The Last Shadow Puppets and surprise low-key nominee The Leisure Society to the main award. |
| Anthemic ballad One Day Like This, scooped songwriting prize while Grounds for Divorce won best contemporary song. | Anthemic ballad One Day Like This, scooped songwriting prize while Grounds for Divorce won best contemporary song. |
| The Ivor Novello awards honour excellence in music writing. | The Ivor Novello awards honour excellence in music writing. |
| At the ceremony in London's Grosvenor House Hotel, the Ting Tings took home the gong for best album with We Started Nothing. | At the ceremony in London's Grosvenor House Hotel, the Ting Tings took home the gong for best album with We Started Nothing. |
| Depeche Mode and Erasure songwriter Vince Clarke was awarded the prize for outstanding song collection. | Depeche Mode and Erasure songwriter Vince Clarke was awarded the prize for outstanding song collection. |
| The best-selling British song award went to Coldplay for their number one single Viva La Vida. | The best-selling British song award went to Coldplay for their number one single Viva La Vida. |
| Smokey Robinson received the special international award | |
| Trip-hop group Massive Attack, best known for songs such as Unfinished Sympathy and Teardrop, picked up the outstanding contribution award. | |
| Smokey Robinson was also awarded the special international prize. | |
| The Novellos are judged by specialist eight-person juries made up of songwriters, rather than people from the record industry. | The Novellos are judged by specialist eight-person juries made up of songwriters, rather than people from the record industry. |
| 'Wind up' | 'Wind up' |
| Five categories are voted for by the panel, with two further awards - Most Performed Work and Best-selling British Song - decided using statistics from the Performing Rights Society and the Official UK Chart Company. | Five categories are voted for by the panel, with two further awards - Most Performed Work and Best-selling British Song - decided using statistics from the Performing Rights Society and the Official UK Chart Company. |
| Part time singer-songwriter Nicholas Hemming of The Leisure Society, was plucked from obscurity when it was announced he had been nominated in the awards. | Part time singer-songwriter Nicholas Hemming of The Leisure Society, was plucked from obscurity when it was announced he had been nominated in the awards. |
| At the time of the announcement in April, he said he thought it was "some kind of wind up". | At the time of the announcement in April, he said he thought it was "some kind of wind up". |
| Despite walking away from the competition empty handed, Hemming revealed his group had recently signed a publishing deal, and he plans to quit his job in a fabric warehouse on Monday. | Despite walking away from the competition empty handed, Hemming revealed his group had recently signed a publishing deal, and he plans to quit his job in a fabric warehouse on Monday. |
| His single, The Last Of The Melting Snow, was released in December but failed to make the top 40. | His single, The Last Of The Melting Snow, was released in December but failed to make the top 40. |
| The 35-year-old submitted the song for the Ivor Novellos after receiving an email suggesting it might be in with a chance. | The 35-year-old submitted the song for the Ivor Novellos after receiving an email suggesting it might be in with a chance. |
| Last year, Amy Winehouse won the best song award - but turned up too late to accept it. | Last year, Amy Winehouse won the best song award - but turned up too late to accept it. |