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The Ivor Novello Awards 2007

We were on the red carpet

The Ivor Novello Awards are among the most coveted awards around. Handed out by the British Academy for outstanding work in songwriting and composition, these are the awards for real musicians.

We were there to check out exactly who won and to have a little chat with as many of your favourite rock 'n' roll stars as possible.

Check out the list of winners below, listen to The News Team's review of the event where they interview Alex Turner from Arctic Monkeys and Dan from The Feeling among others. Take a look at the pictures in the gallery as well.

The winners...

BEST ALBUM Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not Writers: Arctic Monkeys Performed By: Arctic Monkeys BEST SONG MUSICALLY & LYRICALLY Song: Elusive Writers: Scott Matthews Performed By: Scott Matthews BEST CONTEMPORARY SONG Rehab Writer: Amy Winehouse Performed By: Amy Winehouse BEST TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK The Virgin Queen Composer: Martin Phipps BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE Ice Age The Meltdown Composer: John Powell THE IVORS CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARD John Rutter CBE THE SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL AWARD Quincy Jones

SONGWRITERS OF THE YEAR The Feeling BEST SELLING UK SINGLE A Moment Like This Writers: John Reid/Jorgen Elofsson Performed By: Leona Lewis INTERNATIONAL HIT OF THE YEAR Sorry Writers: Madonna/Stuart Price Performed By: Madonna MOST PERFORMED WORK I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ Writers: Sir Elton John/Scott Hoffman/Jason Sellards Performed By: Scissor Sisters OUTSTANDING SONG COLLECTION Yusuf Islam OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO BRITISH MUSIC Norman Cook LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Peter Gabriel