LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ Ivor Novello Awards Website) - British band
Elbow have had their songwriting talents honoured with two gongs at the Ivor Novello awards. They picked up best contemporary song for Grounds For Divorce and best song musically and lyrically for One Day Like This.
The band's win in the latter category meant warehouse worker Tim Hemming left the ceremony empty-handed.
The guitarist and songwriter from little-known indie band The Leisure Societyhad been the shock nomination of the awards.
Coldplay and The Ting Tings were handed one award apiece, although neither group turned up to collect them.
Coldplay's Viva La Vida got best-selling British song, while TheTing Tings received best album.
It took one of the last awards to be announced for welsh songtressDuffy to get some silverware.
She was nominated for three awards but left with just one, receiving the PRS for music's most performed work for her single Mercy.
Smokey Robinson received his special international award to huge applause but downplayed his win.
He said: "I'm not an isolated songwriter. It just happens. You can be in the car, in the toilet, and something comes to you. Sometimes, it's a song.
"To get awards for something you love is ironic to me... This is like icing on the cake."
Meanwhile songwriter of the year went to Eg White, who has worked with Adele and Duffy, and wrote Will Young's number one hit Leave Right.
Full list of 2009 Ivor Novello winners:
Best Contemporary Song: Elbow, Grounds For Divorce
Best Album: The Ting Tings, We Started Nothing
Best Selling British Song: Coldplay, Viva La Vida
Best Song Musically and Lyrically: Elbow, One Day Like This
Most Performed Work: Duffy, Mercy
Songwriter of the year: Eg White
Contribution To British Music: Massive Attack
Outstanding Song Collection: Vince Clarke from Erasure
Best Original Film Score: There Will Be Blood, composed by Jonny Greenwood
Best Television Soundtrack: Wallace and Gromit (A Matter of Loaf and Death) - Composed by Julian Nott
Special International award: Smokey Robinson
The Ivors inspiration award: Edwyn Collins
The Ivors Classical Music Award: Julian MacMillan
Academy Fellowship: Don Black
Academy Fellowship: David Ferguson, chairman of the academy
