BMI Congratulates its 2025 Ivor Novello Award Winners

BMI is very proud of our affiliates who took home coveted trophies at this year’s Ivors with Amazon Music held on May 22 at Grosvenor House, London. These prestigious accolades recognize and celebrate exceptional achievements in songwriting and screen composing.

It was a very special evening of firsts for BMI’s winners, with songwriters Sans Soucis*, Peter Fenn, Jesse Fink and all four original members of Bloc Party* each receiving their first-ever awards from the Ivors Academy. Beyond those music creators distinguished with trophies, BMI affiliates were frequently in Thursday evening’s spotlight, with Ed Sheeran presenting an award to U2**, and Finn Keane, who co-wrote and produced the acclaimed BRAT album, presenting Charli XCX** with the Songwriter of the Year award.

Congratulations on this impressive accomplishment! Here are BMI’s winners. 

BEST CONTEMPORARY SONG
“Circumnavigating Georgia” written and performed by Sans Soucis*

PRS FOR MUSIC MOST PERFORMED WORK
“Stargazing” written by Peter Fenn, Jesse Fink and Myles Smith**
Performed by Myles Smith**

OUTSTANDING SONG COLLECTION
Kele Okereke*, Russell Lissack*, Gordon Moakes* and Matt Tong* for Bloc Party

*PRS/IMRO member licensing via BMI in the US
**Not a BMI member