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La Havas, Styles, Obongjayar and Dave win Ivors

Nadia Khomami

Harry Styles, Lianne La Havas, Dave and Fraser T Smith were the big winners at this year’s Ivor Novello awards, which celebrate Britain’s best songwriters and composers.

In their third Ivor win in four years, Dave and veteran producer Smith were awarded best contemporary song for Children of the Internet, performed by Future Utopia and featuring Dave and Es Devlin.

Styles picked up his first Ivor for Adore You, the second single from his Grammy-nominated and UK double platinum-selling album Fine Line. The track, written with Amy Allen, Tyler Johnson and Kid Harpoon, won the PRS for Music most performed work category, drawn from data collated by the royalties organisation.

Lianne La Havas’ self-titled third album, written with Matthew Hales, won in the best album category. The award for best song musically and lyrically went to Obongjayar and Barney Lister for God’s Own Children.

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