Amy Winehouse Triumphs at Ivor Novello Awards

Amy Winehouse has won the award for Best Contemporary Song for her Rehab single at this year's Ivor Novello songwriting awards, considered to be the most prestigious awards in British music.

Madonna also triumphed, scooping the award for International Hit of the year for her Sorry single.

Meanwhile, Arctic Monkeys collected the Best Album award for Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not. But Singer-songwriter Scott Matthews beat Artic Monkeys and Robbie Williams to secure the award for best song musically and lyrically for his song Elusive.

Collecting her award at the central London ceremony, Amy Winehouse joked: "Thank you all very much, I didn't even have time to get drunk, I've only been here about 15 minutes."

The Feeling received the award for Songwriters Of The Year, and the Best Selling Single award went to the songwriters behind Leona Lewis's number one single A Moment Like This, while the PRS outstanding contribution to music award went to DJ Norman Cook.

Norman Cook said, "To everyone whose songs I've re-mixed, sampled or stolen or been in a band with, I would like to say thank you."

Sir Elton John won an award for PRS (Performing Right Society) most performed work for the Scissor Sisters smash hit I Don't Feel Like Dancin' which he co-wrote.

Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears, collected the award with Sir Elton, said: "This is really special. I want to give a big shout out and thank you to Elton.

"About 18 months ago, I was so depressed and Elton was doing nothing short of tap dancing and pulling my eyeballs out to make me feel better. Elton came into the studio and we wrote the song.

"This is a great day to feel not just like a colleague of Elton's but to call him a friend too."

The lifetime achievement award was given to Peter Gabriel, while a special international award went to Quincy Jones.

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Amy Winehouse Triumphs at Ivor Novello Awards

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