PJ Harvey, Kate Bush and Adele have landed nominations for best album at next month’s Ivor Novello awards, the first time that all the nods in the Best Album category are for women.

Two of Adele’s tracks, “Rolling In The Deep” and “Someone Like You” are up for the Most Performed Work award, while she will battle it out with Florence And The Machine and Ed Sheeran for Best Song.

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Lana Del Ray’s “Video Games”, James Blake’s “The Wilhelm Scream” and Nero’s “Promises” are up for Best Contemporary Song. Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood also gets a nod in the Best Original Film Score category for his work on We Need To Talk About Kevin.

The British songwriting awards ceremony will take place in Grosvenor House, London in May. See Theivors.com for more information and below for the full list of nominations.

Best Song Musically and Lyrically

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‘Rolling In The Deep’ by Adele

‘Shake It Out’ by Florence and the Machine

‘The A Team’ by Ed Sheeran

Best Contemporary Song

‘Promises’ by Nero

‘The Wilhelm Scream’ by James Blake

‘Video Games’ by Lana Del Ray

Album Award

’21’ by Adele

’50 Words For Snow’ by Kate Bush

‘Let England Shake’ by PJ Harvey

Best Original Film Score

Life In A Day

The First Grader

We Need To Talk About Kevin

Best Television Soundtrack

Leonardo

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PRS for Music Most Performed Work

‘Rolling In The Deep’ by Adele

‘Someone Like You’ by Adele

‘The Flood’ by Take That