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Rapper-turned-singer Plan B has won three prizes at the Ivor Novellos, including best songwriter - presented by Sir Elton John - and best album.



The singer, real name Ben Drew, also won most performed song for She Said, telling the audience the more popular it became "the more I hated it".

Other winners included Tinie Tempah and Mercury-nominated Irish band Villagers.

Special awards went to Muse, Steve Winwood, Free founder Paul Rodgers and musicals legend Stephen Sondheim.

Presenting the songwriter of the year award at the event on Thursday, Sir Elton said Drew's The Defamation of Strickland Banks was the best album of recent years "by a million miles".

"I've played it so many times, I've bought countless copies, I've given it to friends, I've worn it out," he said.

Accepting the award, Drew said he had written the record "to get through to the underclass that society doesn't want to talk about".

"One day I got a letter from a kid who told me my record helped him get through his time in prison and he wanted to be a better person," he said.

"It was at that moment that I realised what I set out to achieve," said Drew.



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The Hen wrote:Yay! Go Plan B!


This really reminds me of when I was young and I would cut out headings from papers because they mentioned my name some how. Like "The Hen wins!", and "All Australia hopes for The Hen".

What a wanker I was.

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