[Mrluvaluva]

Adele has picked up two prizes at the Ivor Novello songwriting awards - but missed out on two more top trophies.

The star was named songwriter of the year and her song Rolling in the Deep was the most performed work of 2011.

However, Ed Sheeran's The A-Team beat Rolling In The Deep and Florence and the Machine's Shake It Out to be named best song musically and lyrically.

And PJ Harvey's Let England Shake won the album award, beating Adele's 21 and Kate Bush's 50 Words For Snow.

The prestigious ceremony, now in its 57th year, celebrates British and Irish songwriting and composing.

Adele was at the Grosvenor House Hotel in central London to collect her prizes. In the category for most performed song, she had two of the three nominations - for Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You - with the shortlist completed by Take That's The Flood.

Accepting the award for Rolling in the Deep, with co-writer Paul Epworth, she admitted: "No offence Paul, I didn't think it was going to do anything, anywhere!"

But the song has helped the north London singer become the world's biggest pop star, with global sales of 18 million for her second album 21.

However, it was pipped to the Ivors' best album prize by singer-songwriter PJ Harvey, who also beat Adele to the Mercury Music Prize last September.

Kate Bush had also been in the running for best album at the Ivors, with her concept album about snow - making it the first time the album shortlist had been exclusively female.

Other awards included best contemporary song, which went to Video Games by US star Lana Del Rey and her songwriting partner Justin Parker, from Lincoln.

It was chosen ahead of Promises by dubstep duo Nero and The Wilhelm Scream by vocalist and producer James Blake.

When the nominations were announced last month, Parker agreed that the current music business seemed "very female-orientated".

"But it's great to have really classic songwriting represented, like Adele," he said. "Without Adele, I think Lana might not have happened. She opened the door for that kind of songwriting."

The award for best television soundtrack went to Martin Phipps for BBC Two drama The Shadow Line, while the film award went to Alex Heffes for the score for The First Grader, about an 84-year-old Kenyan villager who fought for his rights to go to school for the first time.

A number of honorary awards were presented by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (Basca), which organises the ceremony.

Take That were honoured for their outstanding contribution and Gary Barlow told the audience: "There's nothing like winning an Ivor as a songwriter."

The accolade for outstanding song collection going to Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp, who described it as "the greatest honour of my career".

Siouxsie Sioux was named the Ivors Inspiration, the lifetime achievement gong went to Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, and veteran pianist Stan Tracey won the Ivors' first jazz award.

Last year, rapper-turned-singer Plan B dominated the ceremony, winning three prizes.


BBC

[Kazanne]

Good for her and well deserved.