Olivia Dean, Lola Young & Coldplay Lead the Ivors 2026 Nominations: See Full List

The annual ceremony recognizes and honors songwriters from across the U.K. music industry. 2026’s ceremony will take place in London on May 21 at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House hotel. Presented by The Ivors Academy, one of the largest professional associations for music writers in Europe, the prizes are judged by songwriters and composers. Wolf Alice and Jacob Alon also both score two nominations across the categories, as does Self Esteem with her co-writer Johan Hugo, and Kae Tempest with his collaborator Fraser T Smith.

The best album category will be competed by Dean’s LP, Jim Legxacy’s Black British Music, CMAT’s Euro-Country , Wolf Alice’s The Clearing and Lily Allen’s West End Girl . In 2025, Trinidadian rapper BERWYN collected the prize for his debut LP Who Am I . Songs by Gorillaz, Little Simz, Self Esteem and two by Kae Tempest will juke it out for the best contemporary song title.

In the best song musically and lyrically category – which celebrates a song that demonstrates exceptional songwriting craft and original creativity – tracks by Jacob Alon, Florence +...