The award ceremony recognises songwriting talent and previous winners have included everyone from Lilly Allen to Iron Maiden.

Adele has notched up four nominations at this year's awards, which is set to take place in London on May 17.

She is up for such categories as Best Song Musically and Lyrically for 'Rolling In The Deep' and Album Award for '21'.

Florence + The Machine and Ed Sheeran meanwhile will go head to head with Adele in the Best Song Musically and Lyrically contest for their respective songs 'Shake It Out' and 'The A Team'.

The talented songstress took to social networking site Twitter yesterday evening (April 12) and publicly asked Sam Cooper to "come home now please" because he'd been at the pub for too long:

"Dear husband, i hope you are enjoying the pub, can you come home now please, love lily."

After he failed to return, she added: "actually you can stay as long as you like but i will ignore you upon your return and you can forget about breakfast."

Later that evening, Allen returned to the site and posted: "fuck it's just dawned on me , maybe Samantha Brick is at the pub. AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH, *jumps in car*"

The 'I Need You Tonight' star, who has just finished an Australian tour with Jessie J, told The Sun’s Bizarre column that ideas for working with other artists ‘come naturally:’

“We met Sid Wilson, the DJ from Slipknot, out here. He told me he was a big fan. How mental is that? So we were talking and he's going to send some stuff over.”

The 28-year-old rapper, who has previously recorded tracks with the likes of Example, Maverick Sabre and Lily Allen, also announced that he is set to team up with Lana Del Rey songwriter Justin Parker on the follow-up to second album, At Your Inconvenience, as well as reuniting with ‘Read All About It’ guest vocalist Emeli Sande:

“She's amazing to work with. We've already started on a couple more bits for my next album which I want out next March or April.

"Collaborations are like a relationship. You can meet someone you're attracted to, end up in bed but you might not be compatible. Putting two artists in a studio doesn't mean it will work. You have to work it out first.”

Ronson and Katy B have teamed up to record a Coca-Cola themed Olympics 2012 song and speaking to Billboard, the superproducer reckons the 'Katy On A Mission' star is a perfect representation of host city London.

And he went as far as saying that Katy B "reps London harder" than anyone since when Lily Allen was an active musician. He said:

"I think Katy B encapsulates Young London in a way I never could. She reps London harder than anyone song-wise since Lily Allen."

Speaking about the Coca-Cola project, Ronson added that he feels lucky to have been asked to be part of it all. He said:

"This gives me an opportunity to have our songs played in places that have never heard of us. The Coke people have always seemed dedicated to exposing talent that's not so obvious. They could have signed will.i.am. I feel pretty lucky that this is something I get to be part of."

The popular personality told The Guardian newspaper that working with the 'Smile' star years ago was fantastic and he's glad she got the acclaim she deserved, but he can't help feeling annoyed that people didn't pay attention to him when he told them her album 'Alright, Still' was a winner:

"It did annoy me but we're still really good friends. It was half envy and half vindication. I'd been reasonably successful in the music industry but for whatever reason, I just couldn't get her a deal. That was part of the reason I left music. I was going to people: 'This is a No 1 album" and they'd say: "No, George, it's really not.'"

"They talk about ears – about whether you have good ears – and suddenly I lost faith in my ears! But then she became a superstar so I had great ears all of a sudden. And I get a little royalty on the record so I've had a few nice holidays out of it and my friend got something she'd always wanted."

Watch Allen's music video for her risqué single 'Not Fair' below:

Over the past month, rumours have been circulating in the press that suggest a tribute gig will be held at some point in 2012 and now Mitch has explained that it will definitely happen. Speaking to the Press Association, he revealed:

"The Amy Winehouse Foundation is very excited to be planning a benefit concert in tribute to Amy later this year. We will be talking to a variety of people in the coming months and will announce those performing as soon as we can."

Although no announcements have been about potential performers, Lily Allen recently admitted that she "would be honoured" to take part. 

The superstar, who married her boyfriend Sam Cooper back in 2011 and recently welcomed her first child with him, has written a message on Twitter about a potential memorial gig for the late Amy Winehouse and explained that she would "be honoured" to be included. 

When 4 Music sent a tweet to her about the supposed live music event, she responded by saying: "wow, first I've heard of it . Would be honoured though."

The singer also appears to be getting into the swing of motherhood as she shared a recent - and rather personal - experience with her 3.2 million followers last night (January 10):

"I left the house without breast pads and started leaking all over myself at the #Wolsley. Oh and I wiped out in the street earlier #glam."