Amy Winehouse up for three Novellos

12:53pm Thursday 22nd May 2008

The Ivor Novello Awards, the "Oscars" of British songwriting and composing, are taking place - with Amy Winehouse nominated for three gongs.

Rehab is nominated for Best-Selling British Song, while Love is a Losing Game, and You Know I'm No Good, which were written by the troubled star, are up for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.

Last year, Winehouse's autobiographical track Rehab, which she wrote about her refusal to seek treatment for her drinking, 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 will be presented in London by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters.

They have been the only annual event to exclusively honour the music writer for over 50 years and are named after Ivor Novello, the British musician, songwriter, playwright and actor who died in 1951.

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