Olivia Dean, Lola Young and Lily Allen nominated in top songwriting awards

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Georgia Levy-CollinsBBC Newsbeat

Getty Images Olivia Dean is wearing a yellow strapless dress with navy blue flowers. Her hair is dark brown and curly, she has brown eyes. She is smiling slightly to the left of the camera.

Nominations are out for this year's Ivor Novello Awards and Olivia Dean, Lola Young, Lily Allen and Jacob Alon are among stars in the running for recognition.

The awards are coveted in the UK music industry because they specifically recognise the importance of songwriting.

This year marks the 71st Ivor Novello Awards and a ceremony will be held in London on 21 May to celebrate the cultural impact and enduring importance of songs and screen compositions.

This year also marks Lola Young's fourth Ivor nomination, after she received three last year.

Music stalwart Florence Welch also receives her fourth nomination, and for Lily Allen it's her third, with West End Girl, her first album in seven years, nominated in the best album category.

Getty Images Lily Allen is singing into a mic. She has a black low neck dress on, her black hair is in an up-do with a beehive. She has a silver necklace on.

Other contenders include Wolf Alice, CMAT, Myles Smith and Little Simz.

Roberto Neri, chief executive of The Ivors Academy, says this year's nominations reflect the "strength, diversity and global influence" of British and Irish songwriting.

"An Ivor Novello Award has for over 70 years been the most prestigious recognition of excellence in music and I'd like to thank our judges for working hard to recognise this year's nominees," adds Neri.

Getty Images Lola Young performing at the Spotify Best New Artist show, she is wearing a black short sleeved t-shirt.
She has long wavy black hair and is singing into a mic.

The Ivor Novello nominations in full:

Jim Legxacy – Black British Music (Jim Legxacy and Joe Stanley)
CMAT – Euro Country
Olivia Dean – The Art of Loving (Olivia Dean, Bastian Langebaek and Max Wolfgang)
Wolf Alice – The Clearing (Joff Oddie and Ellie Rowsell)
Lily Allen – West End Girl (Lily Allen, Chloe Angelides, Kito and Blue May)

Gorillaz - Damascus, feat. Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey (Damon Albarn, Yasiin Bey and Omar Souleyman)
Little Simz- Free (Alex Bonfanti, Miles Clinton James and Little Simz)
Self Esteem - I Do and I Don't Care (Johan Hugo and Self Esteem)
Kae Tempest - I Stand on the Line (Fraser T Smith and Kae Tempest)
Kae Tempest - Know Yourself (Tom Rowlands, Fraser T Smith and Kae Tempest)

Best song musically and lyrically

Jacob Alon - Don't Fall Asleep
Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream (Mark Bowen, Mitski and Florence Welch)
Self Esteem - Focus is Power (Johan Hugo, Self Esteem and Jacob Vetter)
Wolf Alice - The Sofa (Ellie Rowsell)
Sugababes - Weeds (Tove Burman, Anya Jones and Jon Shave)

PRS for music most performed work

Olivia Dean - Man I Need (Olivia Dean, Tobias Jesso Jr. and Zach Nahome)
Lola Young - Messy
Myles Smith - Stargazing (Peter Fenn, Jesse Fink and Myles Smith)
Chrystal - The Days
Coldplay - Viva la Vida (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin)

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