page_title: The Ivors Academy
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: The Ivors Academy / Awards
caption_attribution_description: English: Elton John attending the premiere of The Union at the Tribeca Film Festival.
context_page_description: The Ivors Academy is one of the largest professional associations for music writers in Europe and exists to support, protect and campaign for the interests of songwriters, lyricists and composers. It represents music writers in all genres, from song writing to media, contemporary classical to jazz and has approximately 2000 members.
context_section_description: In 1955 The Songwriters' Guild of Great Britain established the Ivor Novello Awards to honour excellence in British music writing. The award is considered to be "prestigious." In 1974 the Academy established the Gold Badge Awards for individuals who make outstanding contributions to Britain's music and entertainment industry, sponsored annually by PRS for Music. The organization also presents the British Composer Awards for excellence in classical and jazz music, also sponsored by the PRS for Music and in association with BBC Radio 3.
  The Beatles have won 15 Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors as well as 7 Grammy Awards. See also List of awards and nominations received by The Beatles.
  BASCA established the fellowship in 1999, and it was first awarded in 2000. Fellows are:
  2000 – Paul McCartney
  2001 – Malcolm Arnold, John Barry
  2005 – John Adams, David Arnold, Pierre Boulez, John Dankworth, Peter Maxwell Davies, Elton John
  2006 – Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb
  2007 – George Fenton
  2008 – David Ferguson
  2009 – Don Black
  2012 – Andrew Lloyd Webber
  2013 – Tim Rice
  2015 – Annie Lennox
caption: Elton John (2011)
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