Lily Allen leads Ivor Novello nominations

Lily Allen and Dizzee Rascal each have equal nominations for next month's Ivor Novello Awards for songwriting.

The singer-songwriters who recently completed a co-headlining tour together have two nominations each.

Allen's number one hit The Fear is up for best song musically and lyrically and most performed work.

Dizzee Rascal is nominated for best contemporary song for Bonkers and best album for Tongue N' Cheek which he co-wrote with Nicholas Denton.

Best Contemporary Song:

- Bonkers; songwriters Dylan Mills/Armand Van Helden; performed by Dizzee Rascal
- Daniel; songwriter Natasha Khan; performed by Bat For Lashes
- In For The Kill; songwriters Elly Jackson/Ben Langmaid; performed by La Roux

Best Song Musically & Lyrically:

- Save It For Someone Who Cares; songwriter Nick Hemming; performed by The Leisure Society
- The Fear; songwriters Lily Allen/Greg Kurstin; performed by Lily Allen
- The Last Bus; songwriters Ed Adlard/Will Adlard/Ali Digby/George Eddy; performed by Patch William

Best Television Soundtrack:

- Desperate Romantics; composer Daniel Pemberton
- Life; composer George Fenton
- Red Riding 1974; composer Adrian Johnston

Album Award:

- The Duckworth Lewis Method; songwriters Neil Hannon/Thomas Walsh; performed by The Duckworth Lewis Method
- Sunny Side Up; songwriter Paolo Nutini; performed by Paolo Nutini
- Tongue N' Cheek; songwriters Nicholas Detnon/Dylan Mills; performed by Dizzee Rascal

PRS for Music Most Performed Work:

- Broken Strings; writers James Morrison/Fraser T Smith/Nina Woodford; performed by James Morrison featuring Nelly Furtado
- The Fear; writers Lily Allen/Greg Kurstin; performed by Lily Allen
- The Promise; writers Nick Coler/Miranda Cooper/Brian Higgins/Kieran Jones/Tim Powell/Jason Resch/Carla Williams; performed by Girls Aloud

Best Original Film Score:

- Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs; composers John Powell
- Skin; composer Helene Muddiman
- The Young Victoria; composer Ilan Eshkeri

Best Original Video Game Score:

- Empire: Total War; composers Richard Beddow/Richard Birdsall/Walter Mair/Lorenzo Piggici/Simon Ravn; developer Creative Assembly
- Killzone 2; composer Joris de Man; developer Guerrilla Games
- Savage Moon: Waldgeist; composer Armin Elsaesser; developer Fluffy Logic