Olivia Dean bags her first ever Ivor Novello Award nomination following huge BRITS success as she goes head to head with Lily Allen and Lola Young

Olivia Dean is going from strength to strength as she bags her first evert Ivor Novello Award nomination alongside Lily Allen and Lola Young. 

The Man I Need singer, 27, who recently won four BRIT Awards, has received two nods, in both Best Album and PRS for Music Most Performed Work categories. 

Going up against Olivia will be hitmaker Lily, who has landed a Best Album nod for her comeback record, West End Girl.

They’re joined by fellow double nominees Jacob Alon, Self Esteem and co writer Johan Hugo, along with Kae Tempest and Fraser T Smith, who also pick up two nods each.

In the PRS for Music Most Performed Work category, Olivia's, Man I Need hit is up against older songs including Lola's Messy, Stargazing by Myles Smith, and The Days by Chrystal, which were released in 2024 - and even further back, Coldplay's 2008 track Viva La Vida, following the band's global tour.

While most of the gongs recognise the best songwriting of the past 12 months, the PRS For Music prize celebrates songs that received the most broadcast, online and general performances. 

The Rising Star Award with Amazon Music spotlights emerging talent, with this year’s shortlist featuring Chloe Qisha, Divorce, Jacob Alon, kwn and Skye Newman.

The Ivors recognise British and Irish musical achievement in songwriting and composition, and also celebrate a number of singer-songwriters and groups for their wider contribution to UK music. 

61 individual British and Irish songwriters and composers, and their international collaborators, have been nominated in total - with 34, more than half, in the running for the first time.

Winners will be announced at The Ivors with Amazon Music on May 21, 2026 at Grosvenor House, London.

It comes after Olivia swept the board at the BRIT Awards as she took home four gongs – winning in every category she was nominated for.

The songwriter won Best Artist, Best Album, Best Song and Best Pop Act.

In the Song of the Year category Olivia was nominated for two, for her single Man I Need, as well as her song Rein Me In with Sam Fender – which won.

She broke down in tears as she was named Artist of the Year, her third award of the night.

The singer thanked her team and band as she took to the stage, adding that it 'takes a lot of people to be a good artist'.

Her voice broke as she began to cry, before adding: 'I don't know what else to say, thank you.'

It was a completely different night for Lily Allen who didn't take home any awards.

For while Lily dominated the charts last year with the release of her fifth studio album West End Girl, she failed to beat Olivia in categories Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Best Pop Act categories.

The singer, 40, used the album to chronicle the collapse of her marriage to Stranger Things star David Harbour, 50, and detailed his alleged affair with 'Madeline' whilst they were together.

Despite being nominated eight times previously, the Not Fair hitmaker was not in attendance at this year's ceremony.