Clean Bandit, Ed Sheeran & Hozier Take Home Ivor Novello Awards

Ed Sheeran, Clean Bandit and Hozier have each been recognised at the Ivor Novello Awards today, which honours achievements in songwriting and composing. 

Chart-toppers Clean Bandit took home two awards for 'Rather Be', Best Contemporary Song and Most Performed Work, while Hozier's 'Take Me To Church' won him Best Song.

Ed Sheeran continues his reign of the music industry by winning Songwriter of the Year, immediately taking to Instagram to show off his prize and later question it's design...!

Check out the full winners list here:

PRS for Music Most Performed Work
Rather Be
Written by James Napier and Jack Patterson
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing – Salli Isaak Songs and Sony/ATV Music Publishing

Best Television Soundtrack
The Honourable Woman
Composed by Natalie Holt and Martin Phipps
Published in the UK by Imagem FTV and Du Vinage Publishing

Outstanding Song Collection
Albert Hammond

The Ivors Classical Music Award
Judith Weir

Album Award
So Long, See You Tomorrow
Written by Jack Steadman
Published in the UK by Imagem Music
 
Best Song Musically and Lyrically
Take Me To Church
Written by Andrew Hozier-Byrne
Published in the UK by Sony/ATV Music Publishing – The Evolving Music Company          

PRS for Music Outstanding Contribution to British Music
Boy George

Best Original Film Score
‘71
Composed by David Holmes
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing

Songwriter of the Year
Ed Sheeran

The Ivors Inspiration Award
James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire 

Best Contemporary Song
Rather Be
Written by James Napier and Jack Patterson
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing – Salli Isaak Songs and Sony/ATV Music Publishing

The Ivors Special Anniversary Award
Bob Geldof and Midge Ure

Lifetime Achievement
Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward

PRS for Music Special International Award
Paul Williams

BASCA Fellowship
Annie Lennox