Charli XCX, U2, Robbie Williams Win Big At 2025 Ivor Novello Awards

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Last Updated:May 23, 2025, 17:46 IST

The 2025 Ivor Novello Awards celebrated 22 artists crossed 14 categories, with galore receiving the prestigious grant for the archetypal time.

Charli XCX was named Songwriter of the Year for her medium Brat. (Photo Credit: Instagram)

The 2025 Ivor Novello Awards honoured the champion songwriters and composers from the UK and Ireland. The ceremonial took spot connected May 22 astatine London’s Grosvenor Hotel. Among the standout winners were Charli XCX, U2 and Robbie Williams alongside rising prima Lola Young. This year’s ceremonial celebrated 22 artists crossed 14 categories, with galore receiving the prestigious grant for the archetypal time.

Charli XCX was named Songwriter of the Year for her medium Brat, which she describes arsenic “chaos and affectional turmoil acceptable to a nine soundtrack." Accepting the award, she gave the assemblage a sensation of her enactment by quoting lyrics from her 2024 opus Club Classics: “I wanna creation to me, me, maine / When I spell to the club, club, club." With a smile, she added, “I’m definite you each agree, I americium hardly Bob Dylan, but 1 happening I surely bash is perpetrate to the bit."

The 32-year-old vocalist besides shared her views connected what makes songwriting basal out, saying, “I’ve ne'er peculiarly believed the thought that everything starts from a large song. Instead, it’s a opus with a chiseled identity, a constituent of view, and supra all, conviction, that tin assistance a songwriter from being bully to globally renowned."

She was besides successful the moving for Best Album, but the grant went to BERWYN, a instrumentalist from Trinidad. He received the prize for his affectional debut album, Who Am I, which reflects his practice and upbringing arsenic an migrant successful Romford, UK. The medium was besides nominated for the Mercury Prize successful September 2024.

U2 was honoured with the Academy Fellowship and became the archetypal Irish set to articulation this elite group. Frontman Bono highlighted the powerfulness of music, saying, “Songs tin beryllium arrows done clip if they travel from the close place. They tin alert higher and farther, past longer, and deed harder. They tin pierce the hardest armour of the quality heart."

“I don’t cognize if they tin alteration the world, but they changed us," helium added.

The different members of the set – The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. – besides gave their ain acceptance speeches.

Robbie Williams received the Music Icon Award successful designation of his singular 34-year career, including his solo hits similar Angels and Rock DJ, arsenic good arsenic his enactment with Take That.

“It’s conscionable a hodge-podge of things coming astatine you from the universe. It’s self-doubt and self-hatred mixed with ego and delusion, and audacity. So it’s precise hard to enactment your digit connected what it feels like, different than you’re expected to say, ‘I’m precise grateful.’ And I am," helium said backstage arsenic quoted by the BBC.

Among the caller talents recognised was Lola Young, who won the Rising Star grant aft her opus Messy gained attention. Myles Smith, on with co-writers Peter Fenn and Jesse Fink, won Most Performed Work for their deed Stargazing.

Here is the afloat database of winners:

Songwriter of the Year – Charli XCX

Academy Fellowship – U2

Music Icon Award – Robbie Williams

Best Album – Berwyn – Who Am I

Best Contemporary Song – Sans Soucis – Circumnavigating Georgia

Best Song Musically and Lyrically – Orla Gartland – Mine

Most Performed Work – Myles Smith – Stargazing

Rising Star – Lola Young

Best Original Film Score – Raffertie – The Substance

Best Original Video Game Score – John Konsolakis – Farewell North

Best Television Soundtrack – Vince Pope – True Detective: Night Country

Outstanding Song Collection – Bloc Party

Special International Award – Brandon Flowers

Visionary Award – Self Esteem

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