Winehouse set for another Novello?

Updated 14.30 Thu May 22 2008

Keywords: ivor novello awards, amy winehouse

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse is hotly-tipped to take top honours at the Ivor Novello awards later.

The "Oscars" of British songwriting and composing will be presented in London by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters.

Last year, Winehouse's autobiographical track Rehab won the Ivor Novello for Best Contemporary Song

Winehouse is nominated for the Best-Selling British Song for Rehab and Best Song Musically and Lyrically for Love Is A Losing Game and You Know I'm No Good.

Last year, Winehouse's autobiographical track Rehab won the Ivor Novello for Best Contemporary Song.

Organisers say it is the first time that a singer has been twice-nominated for Best Song Musically and Lyrically since the awards were launched in 1955.

In the Best-Selling British Song category, Winehouse is up against Grace Kelly, the song performed and co-written by Mika, and Beautiful Liar, the Beyonce and Shakira track which was written by Briton Amanda Ghost.

Radiohead's In Rainbows is up for best Album, while Foundations by London singer Kate Nash and Golden Skans by the Klaxons are nominated for Best Contemporary Song.

Take That's Shine, Kaiser Chiefs' Ruby, and Just Jack's Starz In Their Eyes all receive nominations for being the most-performed radio tracks of the year.

The Awards are named after Ivor Novello, the British musician, songwriter, playwright and actor who died in 1951.