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Amy Winehouse carries a drink, as she arrives at the 2008 Ivor Novello Awards, at Grosvenor House, central London, on Thursday, May 22.

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updated 3:50 p.m. ET May 22, 2008

LONDON - Amy Winehouse has won a prestigious songwriting award for “Love Is a Losing Game” from her “Back to Black” album.

The song won the Ivor Novello award for best song musically and lyrically at a ceremony in London on Thursday. Her father, Mitch Winehouse, accepted the award after the 24-year-old singer-songwriter arrived too late to collect it in person.

Her song “Rehab,” also from the “Back to Black” album, won a Novello last year.

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The awards are given out annually by Britain’s songwriting community.

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