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Tuesday, 17 April, 2001, 15:31 GMT 16:31 UK
U2 and Craig David up for Ivors
![]() U2 are nominated for best contemporary song
U2 and Craig David will go head to head at the prestigious Ivor Novello awards as they compete for the best contemporary song prize.
The Irish band's Beautiful Day and David's Seven Days have been shortlisted for the prize, along with David Gray's Please Forgive Me.
Click here to see the Ivor nominations in full
The Ivors are widely-seen as the most prestigious songwritng awards in Britain, and most of the winners are selected by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters.
The 46th Ivor Novello awards encompass categories such as best song musically and lyrically and best original film score.
Craig David and David Gray both have two nominations each.
Craig David is also nominated for best dance single, for his work with Artful Dodger, while Babylon by David Gray is shortlisted, along with Coldplay's Trouble and S Club 7's Never Had A Dream Come True for the best song musically and lyrically prize.
Last year Robbie Williams was named songwriter of the year while Travis won the best contemporary song prize. The awards will be presented at a ceremony at Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London on Thursday 24 May. The nominations in full (songwriters in brackets) |
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