LONDON (Reuters) – British singer Adele won two Ivor Novello awards for songwriting on Thursday, adding to a lengthening list of musical accolades, but she lost out in the best album and song categories. The 24-year-old chart queen picked up two coveted Ivor Novello prizes for the most performed song of 2011 (“Rolling in the Deep”) and songwriter of the year. …
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Country singer and “American Idol” winner Carrie Underwood continued her reign on the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, while British songstress Adele climbed back to No. 2 after 64 weeks on the chart with “21.” Underwood’s fourth studio album “Blown Away” sold 119,000 copies this week, down from the 267,000 sales debut last week, but enough to keep her No. 1 position on the chart. Grammy-winner Adele’s “21″ shows no sign of slowing down, selling 101,000 copies over the past week, bringing total sales of the album in the U.S. to more than 9 million. …
LONDON (Reuters) – Former White Stripes frontman Jack White’s debut solo album ‘Blunderbuss’ knocked Adele’s ’21′ off the top of Britain’s charts on Sunday, and Carly Rae Jepsen managed to keep a new single from Calvin Harris from the No. 1 spot. Soul singer-songwriter Adele’s album has been a fixture near the top of Britain’s charts for more than a year, and U.S. magazine Time recently named her among the world’s 100 most influential people in 2011 – an accolade not received by Britain’s prime minister, David Cameron. …
LONDON (Reuters) – British singer-songwriter Adele was nominated for four Ivor Novello Awards on Tuesday and female acts dominated the shortlist for the coveted songwriting honors. Adele, who conquered the 2011 charts with her second album “21″ and swept all before her at the Grammys and BRITs earlier this year, was nominated for best song for “Rolling in the Deep” which she co-wrote with Paul Epworth. Epworth was also involved in creating rival nominee “Shake It Out” performed by Florence + The Machine, while Ed Sheeran rounded out the category with his hit “The A Team”. …
Adele could continue her winning streak well into the year, with news that she has collected four nominations in the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards.
The London star, who stole the Grammys and the Brits earlier in the year, has been recognised for Best Song (Rolling in the Deep), Best Album (21), and Most Performed Work (twice, for Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You).
Florence + the Machine, Take That, PJ Harvey and Ed Sheeran are also among the nominees. FULL LIST BELOW.
The awards this year will take place on 17 May in London.
Ivor Novello Awards – full list of nominations:
Best Song Musically and Lyrically
Adele: Rolling In The Deep (written by: Adele Adkins / Paul Epworth)
Florence + the Machine: Shake It Out (written by: Paul Epworth, Kid Harpoon, Florence Welch)
Ed Sheeran: ‘The A Team (written by: Ed Sheeran)
Best Contemporary Song
Nero: Promises’ (written by: Joseph Ray, Daniel Stephens, Alana Watson)
James Blake: The Wilhelm Scream (written by: James Blake, James Litherland)
Lana Del Rey: ‘Video Games (written by: Lana Del Rey, Justin Parker)
Album Award
Adele: 21 (written by: Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth)
Kate Bush: 50 Words For Snow (written by: Kate Bush)
PJ Harvey: Let England Shake (written by PJ Harvey)
PRS for Music Most Performed Work
Adele: ‘Rolling In The Deep (written by: Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth)
Adele: ‘Someone Like You (written by: Adele Adkins, Dan Wilson)
Take That: ‘The Flood (written by: Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, Robbie Williams)
Best Television Soundtrack
Leonardo (composed by: Mark Russell)
Page Eight (composed by: Paul Englishby)
LONDON (Reuters) – Multi-award winning singer Adele returned to number one in the albums chart with “21″, overtaking David Bowie and Dire Straits for the number of weeks spent in the top spot, the UK’s Official Albums Chart said on Sunday. The Brit and Grammy award winner moved up two places in her 64th week in the albums chart with “21″. During her career, she has notched up 23 weeks at number one, including one week for her debut album “19″ and 22 weeks for “21″. Bowie and Dire Straits both managed 22 weeks. …