Ivor Novello Awards – The 1990s

Ivor Novello Awards 1990

Grosvenor House in London hosted the Ivor Novello Awards on 2nd April 1990.

• Best Contemporary Song: All Around the World, written by Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andrew Morris. Also nominated: Back to Life (However Do You Want Me), performed by Soul II Soul, written by Jazzie B, Caron Wheeler, Nellee Hooper and Simon Law; She Drives Me Crazy, performed by Fine Young Cannibals, written by David Steele and Roland Gift
• Best Song Musically and Lyrically: The Living Years, performed by Mike + The Mechanics, written by BA Robertson and Mike Rutherford. Also nominated: Another Day in Paradise, written by Phil Collins; Room in Your Heart, performed by Living in a Box, written by Marcus Vere, Richard Darbyshire and Albert Hammond
• Best Theme from a TV/Radio Production: Ruth Rendell Mysteries, written by Brian Bennett. Also nominated: Sherlock Holmes, written by Patrick Gowers; Agatha Christie’s Poirot, written by Christopher Gunning
• Best Film Theme or Song: Henry V Nons Nobis Domine, written by Patrick Doyle. Also nominated: Nothing Has Been Proved, written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe; Travelling East, written by Eric Clapton and Michael Kamen
• The Jimmy Kennedy Award: Herbert Kretzmer
• Best Selling ‘A’ Side: Too Many Broken Hearts, performed by Jason Donovan, written by Stock Aitken Waterman (Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman). Also nominated: Back to Life (However Do You Want Me); Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart, performed by Marc Almond and Gene Pitney, written by Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway
• International Hit of the Year: She Drives Me Crazy. Also nominated: Buffalo Stance, written by Cameron Mcvey, Philip Ramacon, Neneh Cherry and Jamie Morgan; Another Day in Paradise, written by Phil Collins
• Best Theme from a TV/Radio Commercial: Abbey Endings (Abbey National), written by Lionel Bart. Also nominated: Big Day (Maxwell House), written by David Mindel; Terry Keeps His Clips On (Toshiba), written by Viv Stanshall
• The Best British Musical: Aspects of Love, written by: Don Black, Charles Hart and Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Outstanding Contribution to British Music: David Bowie
• Most Performed Work: This Time I Know It’s for Real, written by Stock Aitken Waterman and Donna Summer. Also nominated: Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart; Too Many Broken Hearts
• Songwriters of the Year: Stock Aitken Waterman
• Outstanding Services to British Music: The Kinks (Mick Avory, Dave Davies, Ray Davies, Ian Gibbons and Jim Rodford)

Ivor Novello Awards 1991

The 1991 ceremony took place at Grosvenor House in London on 2nd May 1991.

• Best Contemporary Song: Killer, written by Adam ‘Adamski’ Tinley and Seal. Also nominated: Don’t Worry, written by Kim Appleby, Craig Logan and George Deangelis; Unbelievable, performed by EMF, written by James Atken, Ian Dench, Zachary Foley, Mark Decloedt and Deran Brownson
• Best Song Musically and Lyrically: Sacrifice, written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Also nominated: We Let the Stars Go, performed by Prefab Sprout, written by Paddy Mcaloon; Nothing Ever Happens, performed by Del Amitri, written by Justin Currie
• Best Theme from a TV/Radio Production: Victorian Kitchen, written by Paul Reade. Also nominated: Tidy Endings, written by Stanley Myers; The Green Man, written by Tim Souster
• Best Film Theme or Song: Witches, written by Stanley Myers. Also nominated: Arachnophobia, written by Trevor Jones; Lily Was Here, written by Dave Stewart
• The Jimmy Kennedy Award: John Barry
• Best Selling ‘A’ Side: Sacrifice / Healing Hands, written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Also nominated: World in Motion, performed by Englandneworder (New Order), written by Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert, Keith Allen and Peter Hook; Killer, written by Adam ‘Adamski’ Tinley and Seal
• Best Theme from a TV/Radio Commercial: Only You (Fiat Tempra), written by Geoff MacCormack and Simon Goldenberg. Also nominated: Citric Bite (Schweppes Tonic), written by Don Gould and James Lowther; Nick of Time (Audi), written by Tony Sadler and Gaynor Sadler
• International Hit of the Year: All Around the World, written by Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andrew Morris. Also nominated: Close to You, performed by Maxi Priest, written by Gary Benson, Winston Sela and Maxi Elliott; I’ve Been Thinking About You, performed by Londonbeat, written by George Chandler, Jimmy Chambers, Jimmy Helms and Liam Henshall
• Special Award for International Achievement: Albert Hammond
• PRS Most Performed Work: Blue Savannah, performed by Erasure, written by Andy Bell and Vince Clarke. Also nominated: All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You, performed by Heart, written by Robert John ‘Mutt’ Lange; Killer, written by Adam ‘Adamski’ Tinley and Seal
• Outstanding Services to British Music: Robert Farnon
• Songwriter of the Year: Phil Collins
• Outstanding Contribution to British Music: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood and Bill Wyman

Ivor Novello Awards 1992

May 1992 saw Grosvenor House in London host the 37th Ivor Novello Awards ceremony.

• Best Contemporary Song: Crazy, written by Seal. Also nominated: Walking Down Madison, written by Kirsty MacColl and Johnny Marr; Sit Down, written by Timothy Booth, Lawrence Gott, James Glennie and Gavan Whelan
• Best Song Musically and Lyrically: The Whole of the Moon, performed by The Waterboys, written by Mike Scott. Also nominated: The Show Must Go On, performed by Queen, written by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon; Stars, performed by Simply Red, written by Mick Hucknall
• Best Theme from a TV/Radio Production: The Darling Buds of May, written by Philip Burley and Barrie Guard. Also nominated: Clarissa, written by Colin Towns; A Question of Attribution, written by Gerald Gouriet
• Best Theme from a TV/Radio Commercial: Driven By You (Ford Motor Company), written by Brian May. Also nominated: Eagle Star – Reflections (Eagle Star Insurance), written by RAF Ravenscroft and Kevin Dillon-Lamb; Excaliber (Carling Black Label), written by Rachel Portman
• The Jimmy Kennedy Award: Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent
• Best Selling ‘A’ Side: Bohemian Rhapsody / These are the Days of Our Lives, performed by Queen, written by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon. Also nominated: Any Dream Will Do, performed by Jason Donovan, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice; I’m Too Sexy, performed by Right Said Fred, written by Fred Fairbrass, Rob Manzoli and Richard Fairbrass
• Best Film Theme or Song: Under Suspicion, written by Christopher Gunning. Also nominated: Dances with Wolves, written by John Barry; The One and Only, written by Nik Kershaw
• International Hit of the Year: Crazy, written by Seal. Also nominated: Unbelievable; 3 AM Eternal, performed by The KLF, written by Bill Drummond, Jimmy Cauty and Ricky Lyte
• Award in Recognition of the Exceptional Success of a Single Song: Everything I Do (I Do It For You), written by: Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen and Robert John ‘Mutt’ Lange
• Best British Musical: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, written by: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
• PRS Most Performed Work: I’m Too Sexy. Also nominated: The One and Only, performed by Curtis Stigers, written by Nik Kershaw; Any Dream Will Do, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
• Outstanding Contribution to British Music: David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright
• Songwriter of the Year: Mick Hucknall
• Special Award for International Achievement: Bernie Taupin
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Eric Clapton

Ivor Novello Awards 1993

26th May 1993 saw Grosvenor House in London host the Ivor Novello Awards.

• Best Contemporary Song: Would I Lie to You, performed by Charles and Eddie, written by Peter Vale and Mick Leeson. Also nominated: Stay, performed by Shakespears Sister, written by Marcella Detroit, Siobhan Fahey and Dave Stewart; Friday I’m In Love, performed by The Cure, written by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Boris Williams and Perry Bamonte
• Best Song Musically and Lyrically: Why, written by Annie Lennox. Also nominated: The Disappointed, performed by XTC, written by Andy Partridge; Tears in Heaven, written by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings
• Best Theme from a TV / Radio Production: Civvies, composed by Michael Storey. Also nominated: Blackheath Poisonings, written by Colin Towns; Kyrie Eleison, written by Christopher Gunning
• Best Film Theme or Song: Tears in Heaven, written by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings. Also nominated: Final Analysis, written by George Fenton; Chaplin, written by John Barry
• Songwriters of the Year: Colin Angus and Richard West
• PRS Most Performed Work: Deeply Dippy, performed by Right Said Fred, written by Fred Fairbrass, Rob Manzoli and Richard Fairbrass. Also nominated: Would I Lie to You; Stay
• Best Selling Song: Would I Lie to You. Also nominated: Goodnight Girl, performed by Wet Wet Wet, written by Marti Pellow, Neil Mitchell, Tom Cunningham and Graeme Clark; Ain’t No Doubt, written by Jimmy Nail, Danny Schogger, Charlie Dore and Guy Pratt; Stay
• International Hit of the Year: Would I Lie to You. Also nominated: Stay; Tears in Heaven; Why
• The Jimmy Kennedy Award: Les Reed
• Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection: Marcella Detroit, Siobhan Fahey and Dave Stewart
• Outstanding Contribution to British Music: Bernie Calvert, Allan Clarke, Bobby Elliott, Tony Hicks, Graham Nash and Terry Sylvester
• Lifetime Achievement Award: George Shearing
• Special Award for International Achievement: Rod Temperton

Ivor Novello Awards 1994

The 1994 ceremony took place at Grosvenor House on 25th May.

• Best Contemporary Song: Pray, performed by Take That, written by Gary Barlow. Also nominated: Moving On Up, performed by M People, written by Paul Heard and Mike Pickering; Arranged Marriage, performed by Apache Indian, written by Stephen Kapur, Simon Duggal and Diamond Duggal
• Best Song Musically and Lyrically: If I Ever Lose My Faith in You, written by Sting. Also nominated: Ordinary World, performed by Duran Duran, written by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Warren Cuccurullo; I Don’t Wanna Fight, performed by Tina Turner, written by Steve Duberry, Billy Lawrie and Lulu
• Best Theme from a TV/Radio Production: Stalag Luft, written by Stanley Myers. Also nominated: Harnessing Peacocks, written by Richard Holmes; Unnatural Causes, written by Richard Harvey
• Best Film Theme or Song: The Piano, written by Michael Nyman. Also nominated: Into the West, written by Patrick Doyle; Indochine, written by Patrick Doyle
• The PRS Most Performed Work: Ordinary World. Also nominated: Little Bird, written by Annie Lennox; Tears in Heaven
• Best Selling Song: Mr Blobby, written by David Rogers and Paul Shaw. Also nominated: Dreams, written by Timothy Laws and Gabrielle; Babe, performed by Take That, written by Gary Barlow
• The International Hit of the Year: Living on My Own, written by Freddie Mercury. Also nominated: I Feel You, performed by Depeche Mode, written by Martin Gore; Ordinary World, written by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Warren Cuccurullo
• The Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection: Paul Weller
• The Jimmy Kennedy Award: Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Ron Goodwin
• Outstanding Contribution to British Music: Tim Rice
• Special Award for International Achievement: Bono, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jnr and The Edge
• Outstanding Contribution to British Musical Theatre: Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Songwriter of the Year: Gary Barlow

Ivor Novello Awards 1995

Forty years into its history, the 1995 ceremony took place at Grosvenor House on 23rd May.

• Outstanding Contribution to British Music: Lonnie Donegan
• Best Contemporary Song: You Gotta Be, written by Des’ree Weekes and Ashley Ingram. Also nominated: Parklife, performed by Blur, written by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree; Zombie, performed by The Cranberries, written by Delores O’Riordan
• Best Song Musically & Lyrically: Think Twice, performed by Celine Dion, written by Andy Hill and Peter Sinfield. Also nominated: Patience of Angels, performed by Eddi Reader, written by Boo Hewerdine; Dear John, written by Mark Nevin and Kirsty McColl
• Best Theme from a TV/Radio Production: Middlemarch, written by Stanley Myers. Also nominated: Crocodile Shoes, written by Tony McAnaney; Beyond the Clouds, written by George Fenton
• Best Commissioned Film Score: Shadowlands, written by George Fenton. Also nominated: Deadly Advice, written by Richard Harvey; The Joy Luck Club, written by Rachel Portman
• Best Song Included in a Film: Circle of Life, written by Elton John and Tim Rice. Also nominated: Love is All Around, performed by Wet Wet Wet, written by Reg Presley; In the Name of Our Father, performed by U2, written by Bono, Gavin Friday and Maurice Roycroft
• The Radio 1 Award for Continuing Innovation in Music: Brian Eno
• The Best Selling Song: Love is All Around. Also nominated: Baby Come Back, performed by Pato Banton, written by Eddy Grant; Stay Another Day, performed by East 17, written by Tony Mortimer, Dominic Hawken and Robert Kean
• International Hit of the Year: Love is All Around. Also nominated: 7 Seconds, written by Cameron McVey, Jonathan Peter Sharp, Youssou N’Dour and Neneh Cherry; Baby I Love Your Way, performed by Big Mountain, written by Peter Frampton; Without You, performed by Mariah Carey, written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans
• The PRS Most Performed Work: Love is All Around. Also nominated: Stay Another Day; Baby Come Back
• The Jimmy Kennedy Award: Don Black
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Van Morrison
• The Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection: Elvis Costello
• Songwriter of the Year: Tony Mortimer

Ivor Novello Awards 1996

Grosvenor House in London hosted the Ivor Novello Awards on 30th May 1996.

• The PRS Most Performed Work: Back for Good, performed by Take That, written by Gary Barlow. Also nominated: No More I Love Yous, performed by Annie Lennox, written by David Freeman and Joseph Hughes; A Girl Like You, written by Edwyn Collins
• The Best Selling Song: Back for Good. Also nominated: Fairground, performed by Simply Red, written by Mick Hucknall; Missing, performed by Everything But The Girl, written by Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt
• International Hit of the Year: Kiss from a Rose, written by Seal. Also nominated: Back for Good; No More I Love Yous
• Best Contemporary Song: Alright, performed by Supergrass, written by Danny Goffrey, Gaz Coombes and Michael Quinn. Also nominated: Wonderwall, performed by Oasis, written by Noel Gallagher; A Girl Like You, written by Edwyn Collins
• Best Song Musically and Lyrically: Common People, performed by Pulp, written by Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey and Russell Senior. Also nominated: No More I Love Yous; Back for Good
• Best Commissioned Film Score: Don Juan De Marco, composed by Michael Kamen. Also nominated: Pin for the Butterfly, composed by Ilona Sekacz; Nostradamus, composed by Barrington Pheloung
• Best Commissioned Score from a TV/Radio Production: The Hanging Gale, written by Shaun Davey. Also nominated: Pride & Prejudice, written by Carl Davis; Yugoslavia, written by Debbie Wiseman
• Best Song Included in a Film or Television Programme: Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman, composed by Robert John ‘Mutt’ Lange, Michael Kamen and Bryan Adams. Also nominated: Kiss from a Rose, composed by Seal; Goldeneye, performed by Tina Turner, composed by Bono and The Edge
• The Jimmy Kennedy Award: Tony Macaulay
• Outstanding Contribution to British Musical Theatre: Cameron Mackintosh
• An Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection: Joan Armatrading
• Songwriters of the Year: Blur (Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree) and Noel Gallagher (presented jointly)
• PRS Outstanding Contribution to British Music: Small Faces (Kenney Jones, Ronnie Lane, Steve Marriott and Ian McLagan)
• Outstanding Services to British Music: Jeff Lynne

Ivor Novello Awards 1997

London’s Grosvenor House hosted the 1997 ceremony on 19th May.

• PRS Award for Most Performed Work of 1996: Fast Love, written by George Michael. Also nominated: Give Me a Little More Time, written by Gabrielle, Benjamin Wolff, Andrew Dean, Ben Barson; Don’t Look Back in Anger, performed by Oasis, written by Noel Gallagher
• Best Commissioned Film Score: 101 Dalmatians, composed by Michael Kamen. Also nominated: Independence Day, composed by David Arnold; Twelfth Night, composed by Shaun Davey
• Best Selling British Written Single in the UK: Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, composed by Nigel Hess. Also nominated: Wannabe, performed by Spice Girls, written by Victoria Adams, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell, Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard
• Best Music Commissioned for a Broadcast Production: Cold Lazurus, composed by Christopher Gunning; Rhodes, composed by Alan Parker
• Best Contemporary Song: A Design for Life, performed by Manic Street Preachers, written by James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire. Also nominated: Lifted, performed by Lighthouse Family, written by Paul Tucker, Martin Brammer and Tunde Baiyewu; Firestarter, performed by The Prodigy, written by Liam Howlett and Keith Flint
• Outstanding Song Collection: Richard Thompson
• Best Song Musically and Lyrically: Too Much Love Will Kill You, performed by Queen, written by Brian May, Frank Musker and Elizabeth Lamers. Also nominated: I Am I Feel, performed by Alisha’s Attic, written by Terence Martin, Karen Poole and Michelle Poole; Neighbourhood, performed by Space, written by Thomas Scott, Andrew Parle, James Edwards and Francis Griffiths
• International Achievement: The Cranberries (Noel Hogan and Dolores O’Riordan)
• The Jimmy Kennedy Award: Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn
• International Hit of the Year: Wannabe
• Songwriter of the Year: George Michael
• PRS Outstanding Contribution to British Music Award: Elvis Costello
• Lifetime Achievement: Led Zeppelin (John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant)

Ivor Novello Awards 1998

The 1998 Ivor Novello ceremony took place on 28th May 1998 at Grosvenor House, London.

• PRS Most Performed Work: I’ll Be Missing You (Every Breath You Take), performed by Puff Daddy, written by Sting. Also nominated: Say What you Want, performed by Texas, written by Sharleen Spiteri and Johnny McElhone; Black Eyed Boy, performed by Texas, written by Sharleen Spiteri, Johnny McElhone, Edward Campbell, Richard Hynd and Robert Hodgens
• Best Original Film Score: William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, composed by Craig Armstrong, Marius De Vries and Nellee Hooper. Also nominated: Tomorrow Never Dies, composed by David Arnold; Wilde, composed by Debbie Wiseman
• Best Selling UK Single: Candle in the Wind 1997, written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Also nominated: Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh!, written by Andrew McCrorie-Shand; I’ll Be Missing You (Every Breath You Take)
• Best Original Music For A Broadcast: Rebecca, composed by Christopher Gunning. Also nominated: Melissa, composed by Richard Harvey and Steve Baker; Crime Traveller, composed by Anne Dudley
• Best Contemporary Song: Karma Police, written by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Phil Selway, Colin Greenwood and Ed O’Brien. Also nominated: Smile, written by James McColl, Ken McAlpine and Alan Tilston; The Drugs Don’t Work, written by Richard Ashcroft
• Best Song Collection: Johnny McElhone and Sharleen Spiteri
• Best Original Song for a Film or Broadcast: Picture of You, written by Paul Wilson, Andy Watkins, Ronan Keating and Eliot Kennedy. Also nominated: Step By Step, written by Annie Lennox; Surrender, written by David Arnold, David McAlmont and Don Black
• Best Song Musically and Lyrically: Paranoid Android, performed by Radiohead, written by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Phil Selway, Colin Greenwood and Ed O’Brien. Also nominated: Brimful of Asha, written by Tjinder Singh; Angels, written by Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers
• International Achievement: Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan
• Best Dance Music: You’re Not Alone, performed by Olive, written by Tim Kellett and Robin Taylor-Firth. Also nominated: Gunman, performed by 187 Lockdown, written by Julian Jonah and Danny Harrison; Sunchyme, performed by Dario G, written by Gilbert Gabriel, Nick Laird Clowes, Stephen Spencer, Paul Spencer and Scott Rosser
• PRS Outstanding Contribution to British Music: Morrissey
• International Hit of the Year: Candle in the Wind 1997. Also nominated: I’ll Be Missing You (Every Breath You Take); Spice Up Your Life, performed by Spice Girls, written by Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe, Melanie Brown, Victoria Adams, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton and Melanie Chisholm
• Songwriter of the Year: Richard Ashcroft
• The Jimmy Kennedy Award: Barry Mason

Ivor Novello Awards 1999

The 1999 Ivor Novello Awards were presented on 27th May 1999 at Grosvenor House, London.

• PRS Most Performed Work: Angels, written by Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers. Also nominated: High, performed by Lighthouse Family, written by Paul Tucker and Tunde Baiyewu; Never Ever, performed by All Saints, written by Shaznay Lewis, Sean Mather and Esmail Jazayeri
• Best Selling UK Single: Believe, performed by Cher, written by Brian Higgins, Steve Torch, Paul Barry, Stuart McLennan, Tim Powell and Matt Gray. Also nominated: No Matter What, performed by Boyzone, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman; C’est La Vie, performed by B*Witched, written by Tracy Ackerman, Ray Hedges, Martin Brannigan, Edele Lynch, Keavy Lynch, Lindsay Armaou and Sinéad O’Carroll
• Best Original Film Score: Firelight, composed by Christopher Gunning. Also nominated: Dancing at Lughnasa, composed by Bill Whelan; Ever After, composed by George Fenton
• Best Contemporary Song: Here’s Where the Story Ends, performed by Tin Tin Out, written by Harriet Wheeler and David Gavurin. Also nominated: Road Rage, performed by Catatonia, written by Mark Roberts, Cerys Matthews, David Jones, Aled Richards and Owen Powell; What Can I Do, performed by The Corrs, written by Andrea Corr, Caroline Corr, Sharon Corr and James Corr
• Best Original Music for a Television / Radio Broadcast: Close Relations, composed by Rob Lane. Also nominated: Life of Birds, composed by Steven Faux and Ian Butcher; Selfridges: The Shop, composed by Barrie Bignold
• Best Song Commissioned for a Film or Broadcast: The Flame Still Burns, written by Chris Difford, Marti Frederiksen and Mick Jones. Also nominated: Why Won’t You Shag Me, written by Owen Vyse and Guy Pratt; Kipper, written by Robert Heatlie
• Best Song Musically and Lyrically: Believe. Also nominated: C’est La Vie; A Little Soul, performed by Pulp, written by Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey and Mark Webber
• Outstanding Song Collection: Jamiroquai (Wallis Buchanan, Simon Katz, Jay Kay, Derrick McKenzie, Toby Smith and Stuart Zender)
• The Ivors Dance Award: Horny, written by Mousse T and Errol Rennalls. Also nominated: Sing It Back, performed by Moloko, written by Mark Brydon and Róisín Murphy; I Can’t Help Myself, performed by Lucid, written by Mark Hadfield and Adam Ryan Carter
• International Achievement: Martin Gore
• The Jimmy Kennedy Award: Peter Callander and Mitch Murray
• International Hit of the Year: Believe, written by Brian Higgins, Stuart McLennan, Paul Barry, Steve Torch, Matt Gray and Tim Powell. Also nominated: Life, written by Des’ree Weekes and Prince Sampson; No Matter What, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman
• PRS Outstanding Contribution to British Music: Chrissie Hynde
• The Special International Award: Hal David
• Songwriters of the Year: Guy Chambers and Robbie Williams
• Lifetime Achievement: Rod Stewart

Further Reading

• 1990-1999 on theivors.com

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NME Award Winners 1994-2018 (Part Two)

Let’s now complete our summary of the NME Awards, with all the winners in one single, easy-to-digest place. So, as an extension of part two of the NME Poll Winners 1952-1992, here’s the final part!

Best Newcomer

Continuing the list that saw Cliff Richard and The Stone Roses share the limelight previously, these are the more recent newcomers.

Best New Artist

• 1994 – Elastica (Best New Band), Credit to the Nation (Best New Solo Act)
• 1995 – Oasis
• 1996 – Supergrass
• 1997 – Kula Shaker
• 1998 – Embrace
• 1999 – Gomez
• 2000 – Muse
• 2001 – Coldplay
• 2002 – The Strokes
• 2003 – The Libertines
• 2004 – Kings of Leon
• 2005 – Razorlight
• 2006 – Arctic Monkeys
• 2007 – Klaxons
• 2008 – The Enemy
• 2009 – MGMT
• 2010 – Bombay Bicycle Club
• 2011 – Hurts
• 2012 – The Vaccines
• 2013 – Palma Violets
• 2014 – Drenge
• 2015 – Royal Blood
• 2016 – Rat Boy
• 2017 – Dua Lipa
• 2018 – Stefflon Don

Philip Hall Under the Radar Award

• 1995 – Gene
• 1996 – Rocket from the Crypt
• 1997 – Super Furry Animals
• 2000 – Terris
• 2001 – Starsailor
• 2002 – The Coral
• 2003 – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• 2005 – Kaiser Chiefs
• 2006 – The Long Blondes
• 2007 – The Twang
• 2008 – Glasvegas
• 2009 – The Big Pink
• 2010 – The Drums
• 2011 – The Naked and Famous
• 2012 – The Child of Lov
• 2014 – Fat White Family
• 2018 – Pale Waves

Best Live Music Categories

Most award ceremonies now seem to recognise live music, but the NME Awards have been doing it since way back in the early 1990s.

Best Live Act

• 1995 – Blur
• 1996 – Oasis (Best Live Act), Pulp (NME Live Act of the Year)
• 1997 – Manic Street Preachers
• 2000 – Super Furry Animals (Best Live Act), Mogwai (NME Live Act of the Year)
• 2001 – Moby
• 2002 – U2
• 2003 – The Datsuns
• 2004 – Queens of the Stone Age
• 2005 – Muse
• 2006 – Franz Ferdinand
• 2007 – Kasabian
• 2008 – Muse
• 2009 – Muse
• 2010 – Arctic Monkeys
• 2011 – Biffy Clyro
• 2012 – Arctic Monkeys
• 2013 – The Rolling Stones
• 2014 – Arctic Monkeys
• 2015 – Royal Blood
• 2016 – Wolf Alice
• 2017 – The 1975
• 2018 – Kasabian

Best Festival Headliner

• 2017 – Adele
• 2018 – Muse

Best Live Event

• 1994 – Megadog
• 1995 – Orbital at Glastonbury Festival
• 1996 – Glastonbury Festival
• 1997 – Oasis at Knebworth (Best Musical Event)
• 1998 – Glastonbury Festival (Best Musical Event)
• 1999 – Glastonbury Festival (Best Musical Event)
• 2000 – Glastonbury Festival (Best Musical Event)
• 2001 – Carling Weekend – Reading and Leeds (Best Musical Event)
• 2002 – Ozzfest (Best Musical Event)
• 2003 – Carling Weekend – Reading and Leeds (Best Musical Event)
• 2005 – Glastonbury Festival
• 2006 – Carling Weekend – Reading and Leeds (Best Musical Event)
• 2007 – Carling Weekend – Reading and Leeds
• 2008 – Carling Weekend – Reading and Leeds
• 2009 – Glastonbury Festival
• 2010 – Blur at Hyde Park

Best Festival

• 2010 – Glastonbury Festival
• 2011 – Glastonbury Festival
• 2012 – Glastonbury Festival
• 2013 – Carling Weekend – Reading and Leeds
• 2014 – Glastonbury Festival
• 2015 – Glastonbury Festival
• 2016 – Glastonbury Festival
• 2017 – Glastonbury Festival
• 2018 – Glastonbury Festival

Best Small Festival

• 2011 – RockNess
• 2012 – RockNess
• 2013 – Festival No. 6
• 2014 – Sŵn
• 2015 – Liverpool Psych Fest
• 2016 – End of the Road
• 2017 – End of the Road
• 2018 – Festival No. 6

Radio Session of the Year

• 1997 – Suede (Radio 1 Evening Session of the Year)
• 1998 – Radiohead (Radio 1 Evening Session of the Year)
• 1999 – Junior Carter (Breezeblock Mix of the Year)
• 2000 – Supergrass (Radio 1 Session of the Year), Ooberman (Best NME Premier Show Performance)
• 2001 – Coldplay (Radio 1 Session of the Year)
• 2002 – The Charlatans (Radio 1 Session of the Year)

Best Club / Live Venue

• 1994 – The Forum
• 1995 – Brixton Academy
• 1996 – Brixton Academy
• 1997 – Brixton Academy
• 1998 – Brixton Academy
• 1999 – Brixton Academy
• 2000 – Brixton Academy
• 2001 – Cream
• 2003 – London Astoria
• 2004 – Brixton Academy
• 2005 – Brixton Academy
• 2006 – Brixton Academy
• 2007 – Brixton Academy
• 2008 – Wembley Stadium

Tour Award

• 2001 – Amen / JJ72 / Alfie
• 2002 – Lostprophets / Andrew WK / The Coral

Genre-Specific Artist Categories

These are just a selection of the artist categories that relate to a particular genre of music.

Best Dance Act

• 1994 – Orbital
• 1996 – The Prodigy (Best Dance Act), Goldie (Vibes Award for Best Dance Act)
• 1997 – The Prodigy (Best Dance Act), Orbital (Vibes Award for Best Dance Act)
• 1998 – The Prodigy
• 1999 – Fatboy Slim
• 2000 – The Chemical Brothers (Best Dance Act), Death in Vegas (On the Decks Award for Best Dance Act)
• 2001 – Fatboy Slim
• 2002 – Basement Jaxx

Best Hip Hop / Rap Act

• 1994 – Cypress Hill
• 1995 – Warren G
• 2001 – Eminem
• 2002 – Missy Elliott

Best Metal Act

• 2001 – Marilyn Manson
• 2002 – Lostprophets

Best Rock Act

• 2001 – U2

Best Pop Act

• 2001 – All Saints
• 2002 – Kylie Minogue

Best R&B / SOUL Act

• 2001 – Kelis
• 2002 – Aaliyah

One-off awards

There are a whole load of odd, eclectic, and occasionally wonderful one-off awards. Here are all the ones I could find.

One-off Awards

• 1996 – Special Award for Services Beyond the Call of Duty – Tony Crean
• 1999 – Brain That Should Be Kept Alive for Posterity – Nicky Wire
• 1999 – Would Make the Best Drugs Czar – Shaun Ryder
• 1999 – Would To See On A Blind Date – Marilyn Manson and Billie Piper
• 1999 – Would Most Like as Your Doctor – Natalie Imbruglia
• 1999 – Would Most Like to Go Shopping with – Brian Molko
• 1999 – Would Most Like to Cook You a Meal – Tiny Woods
• 1999 – Would Most Like to Be Marooned on a Desert Island with – Louise
• 1999 – Would Most Like as Prime Minister – Nicky Wire
• 1999 – Most Like as Your Driving Instructor – Jay Kay
• 1999 – Most Like to See in a Ring with Mike Tyson – Billie Piper
• 2004 – Fight of the Year – Jack White vs. Jason von Bondie
• 2004 – Living Legend – Arthur Lee
• 2004 – Most Missed – Johnny Cash
• 2005 – Special Award for Lifelong Service to Music – John Peel
• 2010 – Giving it Back Fan Award – Lily Allen
• 2014 – Songwriters’ Songwriter – Paul McCartney
• 2016 – Best Actor – Idris Elba
• 2016 – Best Actress – Vicky McClure
• 2016 – Vlogger of the Year – KSI

Best Solo Artist

In earlier decades, this award had been split pretty arbitrarily, and this continues. I’ve grouped these into British and International, since this is what they are currently going with, but we’re actually looking at about six different award categories here.

Best British Solo Artist

• 1995 – Paul Weller (Best Solo Artist)
• 1996 – Paul Weller (Best Solo Artist)
• 1999 – Robbie Williams (Best Solo Artist)
• 2001 – Badly Drawn Boy (Best Solo Artist)
• 2002 – Ian Brown (Best Solo Artist)
• 2005 – Graham Coxon (Best Solo Artist)
• 2007 – Jamie T (Best Solo Artist)
• 2008 – Kate Nash (Best Solo Artist)
• 2009 – Pete Doherty (Best Solo Artist)
• 2010 – Jamie T (Best Solo Artist)
• 2011 – Laura Marling (Best Solo Artist)
• 2012 – Florence + the Machine (Best Solo Artist)
• 2013 – Florence + the Machine (Best Solo Artist)
• 2014 – Lily Allen (Best Solo Artist)
• 2015 – Jake Bugg (Best Solo Artist)
• 2016 – Charlie XCX
• 2017 – M.I.A. (Female), Skepta (Male)
• 2018 – Loyle Carner

Best International Solo Artist

• 1994 – Björk (Best Solo Artist)
• 1997, 1998, 2000 – Beck (Best Solo Artist)
• 2003-2004 – Ryan Adams (Best Solo Artist)
• 2006 – Kanye West (Best Solo Artist)
• 2016 – Taylor Swift
• 2017 – Christine and the Queens (Female), Frank Ocean (Male)
• 2018 – Lorde

Best DJ

• 2000 – Fatboy Slim
• 2001 – Carl Cox

Best Group

Next, here are the categories for best group – of which there are still many.

Best British Band

• 1994 – Suede (Best Band)
• 1995 – Blur (Best Band)
• 1996-1997 – Oasis (Best Band)
• 1998 – The Verve (Best Band)
• 1999 – Manic Street Preachers (Best Band)
• 2000 – Blur (Best Band), Travis (NME Band of the Year)
• 2001 – Radiohead (Best Band)
• 2003 – Oasis (Best British Band and NME Band of the Year)
• 2004-2005 – The Libertines
• 2006 – Arctic Monkeys
• 2007 – Muse
• 2008 – Arctic Monkeys
• 2009 – Oasis
• 2010-2011 – Muse
• 2012 – Kasabian
• 2013 – Biffy Clyro
• 2014 – Arctic Monkeys
• 2015 – Kasabian
• 2016 – The Maccabees
• 2017 – Biffy Clyro
• 2018 – Alt-J

Best International Band

• 2002 – The Strokes (Best Band)
• 2003 – The Hives
• 2004 – Kings of Leon
• 2005 – The Killers
• 2006 – The Strokes
• 2007 – My Chemical Romance
• 2008-2009 – The Killers
• 2010 – Paramore
• 2011 – My Chemical Romance
• 2012 – Foo Fighters
• 2013 – The Killers
• 2014 – Haim
• 2015 – Foo Fighters
• 2016 – Run the Jewels
• 2017 – Metallica
• 2018 – Haim

Best Band Ever

• 2000 – The Beatles

Worst Band

• 1997 – Oasis
• 2003 – Nickelback
• 2005 – Insane Clown Posse
• 2006 – Son of Dork
• 2007 – Panic! At the Disco
• 2008 – The Hoosiers
• 2009-2011 – Jonas Brothers
• 2012-2013 – One Direction
• 2014 – The 1975
• 2015-2017 – 5 Seconds of Summer

Best Collaboration

• 2018 – Craig David and Bastille

Most Dedicated Fans / Best Fan Community

• 2012-2013 – Muse
• 2014 – Arctic Monkeys
• 2015 – Muse
• 2016 – The Libertines

Best of All Time Awards

Finally, NME introduced the Godlike Genius Award in 1994, and have therefore followed with a suite of “best of all time” awards.

Godlike Genius Award

• 1994 – John Peel
• 1995 – Alan McGee
• 1996 – Michael Eavis
• 1997 – Mark E. Smith
• 1999 – Massive Attack
• 2000 – Shaun Ryder
• 2001 – U2
• 2002 – Nick Kent and Pennie Smith
• 2005 – New Order and Joy Division
• 2006 – Ian Brown
• 2007 – Primal Scream
• 2008 – Manic Street Preachers
• 2009 – The Cure
• 2010 – Paul Weller
• 2011 – Dave Grohl
• 2012 – Noel Gallagher
• 2013 – Johnny Marr
• 2014 – Blondie
• 2015 – Suede
• 2016 – Coldplay
• 2017 – Pet Shop Boys
• 2018 – Liam Gallagher

Outstanding Contribution to Music

• 2002 – The Charlatans
• 2009 – Elbow
• 2010 – The Specials
• 2011 – PJ Harvey
• 2012 – Pulp
• 2013 – The Cribs
• 2014 – Belle and Sebastian
• 2017 – WIley

The Fuck Me! / John Peel Award for Innovation / NME Innovation Award

• 2003 – The Polyphonic Spree
• 2004 – Dizzee Rascal
• 2005 – The Others
• 2006 – Gorillaz
• 2007 – Enter Shikari
• 2008 – Radiohead
• 2011 – Crystal Castles
• 2014 – Damon Albarn
• 2018 – Boy Better Know

NME Icon

• 2018 – Shirley Manson

And that concludes the results of the NME Polls and Awards, from 1954 to 2018. Join us in 2019 for another new ceremony!

NME Award Winners 1994-2018 (Part One)

The final step we need to take with the NME Awards is to summarise all the winners in one single, easy-to-digest place. So, continuing with the part one of two-part NME Poll Winners 1952-1992, let’s do that!

Best and Worst Single, Video and Album Categories

Here are all the winners for specific singles, videos, albums, films, and books!

Best Single / Track

• 1994 – Radiohead – Creep
• 1995 – Oasis – Live Forever (Best Single), Blur – Girls and Boys (NME Single of the Year)
• 1996 – Oasis – Wonderwall (Best Single), Black Grape – Reverend Black Grape (NME Single of the Year)
• 1997 – Manic Street Preachers – A Design for Life (Best Single), Underworld – Born Slippy (NME Single of the Year)
• 1998 – The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony
• 1999 – Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
• 2000 – Blur – Tender (Best Single), Aphex Twin – Windowlicker (NME Single of the Year)
• 2001 – Coldplay – Yellow
• 2002 – Ash – Burn Baby Burn
• 2003 – The Vines – Get Free (Best Single), Doves – There Goes the Fear (NME Single of the Year)
• 2004 – The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
• 2005 – Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
• 2006 – Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
• 2007 – The View – Wasted Little DJs
• 2008 – Arctic Monkeys – Fluorescent Adolescent
• 2009 – MGMT – Time to Pretend
• 2010 – The Big Pink – Dominos
• 2011 – Foals – Spanish Sahara
• 2012 – Florence + the Machine – Shake it Out
• 2013 – Foals – Inhaler
• 2014 – Disclosure – White Noise
• 2015 – Jamie T – Zombie
• 2016 – Wolf Alice – Giant Peach
• 2017 – Christine and the Queens – Tilted
• 2018 – Charli XCX – Boys

Best Single Ever

• 2000 – Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit

Best Dance Single / Dancefloor filler / Anthem

• 1998 – The Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up
• 1999 – Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank
• 2008 – The Wombats – Let’s Dance to Joy Division
• 2009 – Dizzee Rascal and Calvin Harris – Dance Wiv Me
• 2010 – La Roux – In for the Kill (Skream Remix)
• 2011 – Professor Green – Jungle
• 2012 – Katy B – Broken Record
• 2013 – Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch – Sweet Nothing
• 2015 – Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX – Fancy

Worst Single

• 1994 – Meat Loaf – I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)
• 1995 – Whigfield – Saturday Night
• 1996 – Robson Green and Jerome Flynn – I Believe
• 1997 – Spice Girls – Wannabe
• 1998 – Aqua – Barbie Girl
• 1999 – Billie Piper – Because We Want To
• 2000 – The Vengaboys – We’re Going to Ibiza
• 2003 – Robbie Williams – Feel
• 2004 – Fast Food Rockers – Fast Food Song

Best Music Video

• 1995 – Blur – Parklife
• 1996 – Pulp – Common People
• 1997 – The Prodigy – Firestarter
• 1998 – The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony
• 1999 – Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
• 2000 – Blur – Coffee and TV
• 2002 – Radiohead – Pyramid Song
• 2003 – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Whatever Happened to My Rock and Roll (Punk Song)
• 2004 – Radiohead – There There
• 2005 – Green Day – American Idiot
• 2006 – Oasis – The Importance of Being Idle
• 2007 – The Killers – Bones
• 2008 – Arctic Monkeys – Teddy Picker
• 2009 – The Last Shadow Puppets – My Mistakes Were Made for You
• 2010 – Biffy Clyro – The Captain
• 2011 – My Chemical Romance – Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
• 2012 – Hurts – Sunday
• 2013 – Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine?
• 2014 – Eagulls – Nerve Endings
• 2015 – Jamie T – Zombie
• 2016 – Slaves – Cheer Up London
• 2017 – Slaves – Consume or Be Consumed
• 2018 – The Big Moon – Sucker

Best Album / LP

• 1994 – The Boo Radleys – Giant Steps
• 1995 – Blur – Parklife (Best Album), Oasis – Definitely Maybe (NME Album of the Year)
• 1996 – Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (Best Album), Tricky – Maxinquaye (NME Album of the Year)
• 1997 – Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go (Best Album), Beck – Odelay (NME Album of the Year)
• 1998 – Radiohead – OK Computer
• 1999 – Manic Street Preachers – This is My Truth, Tell Me Yours
• 2000 – The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin (Best Album and NME Album of the Year)
• 2001 – Primal Scream – XTRMNTR
• 2002 – The Strokes – This is It
• 2003 – Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head (Best Album and NME Album of the Year)
• 2004 – Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
• 2005 – Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
• 2006 – Kaiser Chiefs – Employment
• 2007 – Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
• 2008 – Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future
• 2009 – Kings of Leon – Only by the Night
• 2010 – Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
• 2011 – Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
• 2012 – The Horrors – Skying
• 2013 – The Maccabees – Given to the Wild
• 2014 – Arctic Monkeys – AM
• 2015 – Kasabian – 48:13
• 2016 – Foals – What Went Down
• 2017 – Bastille – Wild World
• 2018 – J Hus – Common Sense

Best Album Ever

• 2000 – The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses

Worst Album

• 2003 – Robbie Williams – Escapology
• 2005 – Insane Clown Posse – Carnival of Carnage
• 2006 – James Blunt – Back to Bedlam
• 2007 – Robbie Williams – Rudebox
• 2008 – Britney Spears – Blackout
• 2009 – Jonas Brothers – A Little Bit Longer
• 2010 – Jonas Brothers – Lines, Vines, and Trying Times
• 2011 – Justin Bieber – My World
• 2012 – Justin Bieber – Under the Mistletoe

Best Album Artwork

• 2004 – Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
• 2008 – The Good, The Bad & The Queen – The Good, The Bad & The Queen
• 2009 – Muse – HAARP
• 2010 – Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
• 2011 – Klaxons – Surfing the Void
• 2012 – Friendly Fires – Pala

Best Reissue

• 2012 – The Smiths – The Complete Re-issues
• 2013 – Blur – 21
• 2014 – The Clash – Sound System
• 2015 – Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible
• 2016 – David Bowie – Five Years (1969-1973)
• 2017 – Oasis – Be Here Now
• 2018 – Radiohead – OK NOT OK

Best DVD / Best Music DVD / Best Music Film

• 2005 – Oasis – Definitely Maybe
• 2006 – Various Artists – Live 8
• 2007 – Arctic Monkeys – Scrummy Man
• 2008 – Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
• 2009 – Arctic Monkeys – Live at the Apollo
• 2010 – The Mighty Boosh Live – Future Sailors Tour
• 2012 – Foo Fighters – Back and Forth
• 2013 – The Rolling Stones – Crossfire Hurricane
• 2014 – The Stone Roses – Made of Stone
• 2015 – Pulp – A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets
• 2016 – Blur – New World Towers
• 2017 – Oasis – Supersonic
• 2018 – Lady Gaga – Five Foot Two

Best Mixtape

• 2018 – Avelino – No Bullshit

Best Book

• 2011 – John Lydon – Mr. Rotten’s Scrapbook
• 2012 – Noel Fielding – The Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton
• 2013 – Mike Skinner – The Story of the Streets
• 2014 – Morrissey – Autobiography
• 2015 – Viv Albertine – Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
• 2016 – Patti Smith – M Train
• 2017 – Johnny Marr – Set the Boy Free
• 2018 – Wiley – Eskiboy

Media Categories

The group of media awards, for radio, TV, films, and venues.

Best Radio Show

• 1994 – John Peel (BBC Radio 1)
• 1996-1997 – The Evening Session (BBC Radio 1)
• 1998-1999 – Mark and Lard (BBC Radio 1)
• 2000-2002 – The Evening Session (BBC Radio 1)
• 2003 – The Evening Session / Lamacq Live (BBC Radio 1)
• 2005-2008 – Zane Lowe (BBC Radio 1)

Best TV Show

• 1995 – Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge
• 1996-1998 – Shooting Stars
• 1999 – South Park
• 2000 – The Royle Family
• 2001 – The League of Gentlemen
• 2002 – The Office
• 2003 – The Osbournes
• 2004 – The Office
• 2005 – Little Britain
• 2006 – Gonzo
• 2007-2009 – The Mighty Boosh
• 2010 – The Inbetweeners
• 2011 – Skins
• 2012-2013 – Fresh Meat
• 2014 – Breaking Bad
• 2015 – Game of Thrones
• 2016 – This is England ’90
• 2017 – Fleabag
• 2018 – Stranger Things

Worst TV Show

• 2009 – Big Brother

Best Film

• 1994 – Reservoir Dogs
• 1995 – Pulp Fiction
• 1996 – The Usual Suspects
• 1997 – Trainspotting
• 1998 – The Full Monty
• 1999 – Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
• 2000 – The Blair Witch Project
• 2001 – Gladiator
• 2002 – Moulin Rouge
• 2004 – The Lord of the Rings – The Return of the King
• 2005 – Shaun of the Dead
• 2006 – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• 2007 – Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest
• 2008 – Control
• 2010 – Inglourious Basterds
• 2011 – Inception
• 2012 – Submarine
• 2013 – The Hobbit – An Unexpected Journey
• 2015 – Northern Soul
• 2016 – Beasts of No Nation
• 2017 – My Scientology Movie
• 2018 – Baby Driver

Best Website

• 2000 – NME
• 2003 – NME
• 2004 – NME
• 2005 – NME
• 2006 – NME
• 2007 – YouTube
• 2008 – Facebook
• 2009 – YouTube
• 2010 – Muse

Best Band Blog / Twitter / Social Media

• 2008 – The Modern Age (Best Music Blog), Radiohead (Best Band Blog)
• 2009 – Noel Gallagher / Oasis
• 2010 – Radiohead
• 2011 – Hayley Williams
• 2012 – Lady Gaga
• 2013 – Alana Haim
• 2014 – Alana Haim
• 2015 – Liam Gallagher

People Categories

Continuing the odd and eclectic categories from 1954-1992, the NME Awards still give slightly odd awards out to individuals.

Genius/HERO of the Year

• 2000 – Ali G
• 2001 – Liam Gallagher
• 2003 – Ozzy Osbourne
• 2004 – Pete Doherty
• 2005 – John Peel
• 2006 – Bob Geldof
• 2007 – Gerard Way
• 2008 – Pete Doherty
• 2009 – Barack Obama
• 2010 – Rage Against the Machine
• 2011 – Lady Gaga
• 2012 – Matt Bellamy
• 2013 – Barack Obama
• 2014-2015 – Alex Turner
• 2016 – Dave Grohl
• 2017 – Beyoncé
• 2018 – Ariana Grande

Bastard/Git/Arse/Dickhead/Waster/Villain of the Year

• 1994 – John Major
• 1996 – Damon Albarn
• 1997-1999 – Liam Gallagher
• 2000, 2001, 2003 – Robbie Williams
• 2004 – George W. Bush, (Villain of the Year), Pete Doherty (Waster of the Year)
• 2005-2009 – George W. Bush
• 2010 – Kanye West
• 2011 – David Cameron
• 2012 – Justin Bieber
• 2013-2014 – Harry Styles
• 2015 – Nigel Farage
• 2016 – Donald Trump
• 2017 – Nigel Farage
• 2018 – Piers Morgan

Best Dressed / Most Stylish

• 1996 – Jarvis Cocker
• 2003 – The Hives
• 2005 – Brandon Flowers
• 2006 – Ricky Wilson
• 2007 – Faris Rotter
• 2008 – Noel Fielding
• 2009 – Alexa Chung
• 2010 – Lady Gaga
• 2011 – Brandon Flowers

Worst Dressed / Least Stylish

• 1996 – Jarvis Cocker
• 1997 – Liam Gallagher
• 2003 – Christina Aguilera
• 2005 – Jonathan Ross
• 2006 – Justin Hawkins
• 2007 – Jonathan Ross
• 2008-2009 – Amy Winehouse
• 2010 – Lady Gaga
• 2011 – Justin Bieber

Best Comedian

• 1995-1996 – Steve Coogan

Political and Real World Categories

Continuing some of the odder categories from the earlier NME Polls. For clarity, I’ve separated the “live” events from the other “musical” events, although I think the award category was sometimes the same.

Musical Moment / Event of the Year

• 1996 – Skinner, Baddiel and The Lightning Seeds – Three Lions
• 2012 – The Stone Roses reunite
• 2013 – Olympics opening ceremony
• 2014 – Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn come together for Teenage Cancer Trust
• 2015 – Jamie T’s comeback
• 2016 – The Libertines’ secret Glastonbury set
• 2017 – Coldplay’s Viola Beach tribute at Glastonbury
• 2018 – One Love Manchester

Greatest Musical Event Ever

• 2000 – Woodstock

Non-Musical Event of the Year

• 1994 – Unity March
• 1995 – Glastonbury Festival
• 1996 – French Nuclear Testing

Bummer / Disappointment

• 1995 – Kurt Cobain’s Suicide
• 1997 – The Stone Roses breaking up

Hype of the Year

• 1994 – Jurassic Park

Object of Desire / Most Desirable / Hottest / Sexiest Woman

• 1994 – Björk (Object of Desire)
• 1995 – Kylie Minogue (Object of Desire)
• 1997 – Louise (Most Desirable Human Being)
• 1998 – Louise (Most Desirable Human Being)
• 1999 – Natalie Imbruglia (Most Desirable Human Being)
• 2003 – Avril Lavigne
• 2004 – Brody Dalle
• 2005 – Barbara Knox
• 2006 – Madonna
• 2007 – Kate Moss
• 2008 – Kylie Minogue
• 2009 – Hayley Williams
• 2010 – Karen O
• 2011 – Alison Mosshart
• 2012 – Hayley Williams
• 2013 – Amy Lee

Most Desirable / Hottest / Sexiest Man

• 1996 – Liam Gallagher (Most Desirable Human Being)
• 2003 – Chris Martin
• 2004 – Har Mar Superstar
• 2005 – Brandon Flowers
• 2006 – Pete Doherty
• 2007 – Matt Bellamy
• 2008 – Noel Fielding
• 2009-2011 – Matt Bellamy
• 2012 – Jared Leto
• 2013 – Matt Bellamy

Best Haircut

• 2003 – Liam Gallagher
• 2004 – Caleb Followill

Worst Haircut

• 2003 – Jack Osbourne

Join us again next week, when we’ll finish this list off!

NME Awards – 2015-2017

Finally, by the current decade, NME seemed to have regained their taste. Several decades after being obsessed with guitars and the lower reaches of the charts, they finally even decided to associate themselves with acts such as Pet Shop Boys. Let’s complete our journey through the history of their awards, with the last few years.

NME Awards 2015

• Godlike Genius Award: Suede
• Best British Band: Kasabian. Also nominated: Alt-J, Arctic Monkeys, Chvrches, Royal Blood, The Libertines
• Best Album: Kasabian, for 48:13
• Also nominated: Jamie T, for Carry On The Grudge, La Roux, for Trouble In Paradise, Royal Blood, for Royal Blood, Run The Jewels, for Run The Jewels 2, St Vincent, for St Vincent
• Best International Band: Foo Fighters. Also nominated: Arcade Fire, Haim, Interpol, Queens Of The Stone Age, Tame Impala
• Best Live Band: Royal Blood. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, Fat White Family, Foo Fighters, Kasabian, The Libertines
• Best New Band: Royal Blood. Also nominated: Circa Waves, FKA Twigs, Jungle, Slaves, Superfood
• Best Solo Artist: Jake Bugg. Also nominated: Jack White, Jamie T, La Roux, Lana Del Rey, St Vincent
• Best Festival: Glastonbury. Also nominated: Bestival, Isle Of Wight Festival, Latitude, Reading & Leeds, T In The Park
• Best Track: Jamie T, for Zombie. Also nominated: Future Islands, for Seasons (Waiting On You), Jungle, for Busy Earnin, Kasabian, for Eez-Eh, Noel Gallagher, for In The Heat Of The Moment, Royal Blood, for Little Monster
• Best Video: Jamie T, for Zombie. Also nominated: Fat White Family, for Touch The Leather, FKA Twigs, for Two Weeks, Jungle, for Busy Earnin’, Peace, for Lost On Me, Royal Blood, for Figure It Out
• Best Music Film: Pulp, for A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets. Also nominated: 20,000 Days On Earth, Finding Fela, Kasabian, for Summer Solstice, Supermensch: The Legend Of Shep Gordon, The Possibilities Are Endless
• Best Film: Northern Soul. Also nominated: Boyhood, Frank, Get On Up, God Help The Girl, The Inbetweeners 2
• Best TV Show: Game of Thrones. Also nominated: Girls, Foo Fighters, for Sonic Highways, Peaky Blinders, Sherlock, True Detective
• Best Dancefloor Filler: Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, for Fancy. Also nominated: Jamie T, for Zombie, Kasabian, for Eez-Eh, Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars, for Uptown Funk, Metronomy, for Love Letters, SBTRKT feat. Ezra Koenig, for New Dorp. New York
• Worst Band: 5 Seconds of Summer. Also nominated: , Bastille, Blink 182, One Direction, The 1975, U2
• Villain of the Year: Nigel Farage. Also nominated: Bono, David Cameron, Harry Styles, Russell Brand, Taylor Swift
• Hero of the Year: Alex Turner. Also nominated: Dave Grohl, Kate Bush, Noel Gallagher, Russell Brand, Taylor Swift
• Music Moment of the Year: Jamie T‘s comeback. Also nominated: Alex Turner’s Brit Awards speech, Kasabian headline Glastonbury, Kate Bush returns, The Libertines reunite, Nirvana reunite at The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
• Best Fan Community: Muse. Also nominated: Jamie T, Kasabian, La Roux, Peace, Royal Blood
• Small Festival of the Year: Liverpool Psych Fest. Also nominated: End Of The Road, Festival No. 6, Field Day, The Great Escape, Tramlines
• Book of the Year: Viv Albertine, for Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
• Also nominated: Bernard Sumner, for Chapter And Verse, Ian Curtis, Deborah Curtis and Jon Savage, for So This Is Permanence, Jesse Frohman, for Kurt Cobain: The Last Session, John Lydon, for Anger Is An Energy: My Life Uncensored, Steve Hanley, for The Big Midweek: Life Inside The Fall
• Reissue of the Year: Manic Street Preachers, for The Holy Bible. Also nominated: Led Zeppelin, for Led Zeppelin II, Oasis, for Definitely Maybe, Pixies, for Doolittle, Public Enemy, for It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, Smashing Pumpkins, for Adore
• Best Band Social Media: Liam Gallagher‘s Twitter. Also nominated: Questlove’s Twitter, Alana Haim’s Twitter, Albert Hammond Jr’s Twitter, Fat White Family’s Facebook, Slaves’ Facebook

NME Awards 2016

• Godlike Genius Award: Coldplay
• Best British Band: The Maccabees. Also nominated: The Libertines, Foals, Wolf Alice, The 1975, Catfish and the Bottlemen
• Best International Band: Run the Jewels. Also nominated: Tame Impala, Foo Fighters, The Strokes, The Killers, Alabama Shakes
• Best New Artist: Rat Boy. Also nominated: Hinds, Halsey, Yak, Låpsley, Formation
• Best British Solo Artist: Charli XCX. Also nominated: Adele, Noel Gallagher, Ed Sheeran, Florence Welch, Skepta
• Best International Solo Artist: Taylor Swift. Also nominated: Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey, Courtney Barnett, Kanye West, Grimes
• Best Live Band: Wolf Alice. Also nominated: The Maccabees, The Libertines, Foals, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Royal Blood
• Best Album: Foals, for What Went Down. Also nominated: Wolf Alice, for My Love Is Cool, The Maccabees, for Marks to Prove it, Kendrick Lamar, for To Pimp a Butterfly, Tame Impala, for Currents, Grimes, for Art Angels
• Best Track: Wolf Alice, for Giant Peach. Also nominated: Coldplay, for Adventure of a Lifetime, The Libertines, for Gunga Din, The Weeknd, for I Can’t Feel My Face, Skepta, for Shut Down, Foals, for What Went Down
• Best TV Show: This is England ’90. Also nominated: The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, American Horror Story, Peep Show, Gogglebox
• Best Film: Beasts of No Nation. Also nominated: Ex Machina, Spectre, Mad Max: Fury Road, Whiplash, Kill Your Friends
• Best Music Film: Blur, for New World Towers. Also nominated: Amy, Montage of Heck, Straight Outta Compton, What Happened, Miss Simone, The Reflektor Tapes
• Best Music Video: Slaves, for Cheer Up London. Also nominated: Rihanna, for Bitch Better Have My Money, The Libertines, for Heart Of The Matter, Wolf Alice, for You’re a Germ, Blur, for Ong Ong, Tame Impala, for The Less I Know The Better
• Best Actor: Idris Elba. Also nominated: Tom Hardy, Eddie Redmayne, Nicholas Hoult, Stephen Graham, Daniel Radcliffe
• Best Actress: Vicky McClure. Also nominated: Jennifer Lawrence, Emilia Clarke, Gemma Chan, Amy Schumer, Saoirse Ronan
• Best Reissue: David Bowie, for Five Years (1969–1973). Also nominated: A Tribe Called Quest, for People’s Instinctive Travels And the Paths Of Rhythm, The Velvet Underground, for Loaded, Rolling Stones, for Sticky Fingers, Tori Amos, for Under The Pink, Faith No More, for Angel Dust
• Best Book: Patti Smith, for M Train. Also nominated: Grace Jones, for I’ll Never Write My Memoirs, Elvis Costello, for Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink, Carrie Brownstein, for Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl, Professor Green, for Lucky, Tom Jones, for Over The Top And Back
• Best Festival: Glastonbury. Also nominated: Reading & Leeds, V Festival, T in the Park, Bestival, Isle of Wight
• Best Small Festival: End of the Road. Also nominated: Sŵn, Festival No. 6, Green Man, Liverpool Sound City, Kendall Calling
• Music Moment of the Year: The Libertines‘ secret Glastonbury set. Also nominated: The return of Adele, Dave Grohl breaks leg and carries on, Florence + The Machine headlines Glastonbury, Kanye at The Brits, One Direction ‘split’
• Best Fan Community: The Libertines. Also nominated: Hurts, Muse, Catfish and the Bottleman, The 1975, Wolf Alice
• Worst Band: 5 Seconds of Summer. Also nominated: One Direction, Little Mix, Sleaford Mods, U2, Nickelback
• Villain of the Year: Donald Trump. Also nominated: David Cameron, Chris Moyles, Kanye West, George Osbourne, Simon Cowell
• Hero of the Year: Dave Grohl. Also nominated: Adele, Jeremy Corbyn, Florence Welch, Kanye West, Taylor Swift
• Vlogger of the Year: KSI. Also nominated: Vikkstar123, Charlie McDonnell, Joe Weller, Danisnotonfire, Savannah Brown

NME Awards 2017

• Godlike Genius Award: Pet Shop Boys
• Best British Band: Biffy Clyro. Also nominated: Wolf Alice, The 1975, Bastille, Years & Years, The Last Shadow Puppets
• Best International Band: Metallica. Also nominated: Tame Impala, Kings Of Leon, Green Day, A Tribe Called Quest, Tegan and Sara
• Best New Artist: Dua Lipa. Also nominated: Blossoms, Zara Larsson, Sunflower Bean, Christine and The Queens, Anderson .Paak
• Best British Female Artist: M.I.A.. Also nominated: Dua Lipa, Adele, Charli XCX, Kate Tempest, PJ Harvey
• Best British Male Artist: Skepta. Also nominated: Zayn Malik, Kano, Jamie T, Michael Kiwanuka, Richard Ashcroft
• Best International Female Artist: Christine and the Queens. Also nominated: Sia, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Solange, Tove Lo
• Best International Male Artist: Frank Ocean. Also nominated: Kanye West, Drake, The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, Chance The Rapper
• Best Festival Headliner: Adele. Also nominated: Coldplay, Radiohead, Biffy Clyro, Foals, The Stone Roses
• Best Live Band: The 1975. Also nominated: Bastille, Slaves, Bring Me The Horizon, Christine And The Queens, Wolf Alice
• Best Album: Bastille, for Wild World. Also nominated: Kanye West, for The Life Of Pablo, Skepta, for Konnichiwa, The 1975, for I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It, Radiohead, for A Moon Shaped Pool, Beyoncé, for Lemonade
• Best Track: Christine and the Queens, for Tilted. Also nominated: Tove Lo, for Cool Girl, Charli XCX, for After The Afterparty, Skepta, for Man, Bastille, for Good Grief, The 1975, for Somebody Else
• Best TV Show: Fleabag. Also nominated: Stranger Things, Game Of Thrones, Black Mirror, Humans, People Just Do Nothing
• Best Film: My Scientology Movie. Also nominated: Deadpool, Captain America: Civil War, Suicide Squad, Everybody Wants Some!!, Hunt For The Wilderpeople
• Best Music Film: Oasis, for Supersonic, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, for One More Time With Feeling, Sing Street, Gimme Danger, The Rolling Stones, for Havana Moon, The Beatles, for Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years
• Best Music Video: Slaves, for Consume or Be Consumed. Also nominated: Kanye West, for Famous, Beyoncé, for Formation, Radiohead, for Burn The Witch, Rat Boy, for Get Over It, Wolf Alice, for Lisbon
• Best Reissue: Oasis, for Be Here Now. Also nominated: R.E.M., for Out Of Time, Pink Floyd, for Meddle, Michael Jackson, for Off The Wall, DJ Shadow, for Endtroducing, Blur, for Leisure
• Best Book: Johnny Marr, for Set the Boy Free
• Best Festival: Glastonbury. Also nominated: Reading & Leeds, Download, Isle Of Wight, Primavera, V Festival
• Best Small Festival: End of the Road. Also nominated: Y Not, Green Man, Festival No. 6, Kendall Calling, Slam Dunk
• Music Moment of the Year: Coldplay‘s Viola Beach tribute at Glastonbury. Also nominated: Bring Me The Horizon invade Coldplay’s table at NME Awards 2016, Beyoncé drops Lemonade, Skepta wins Mercury Prize, Pete Doherty plays The Bataclan, The Stone Roses’ first new music in 20 years
• Worst Band: 5 Seconds of Summer. Also nominated: The Chainsmokers, Clean Bandit, Honey G, Nickelback, Twenty One Pilots
• Villain of the Year: Nigel Farage. Also nominated: Donald Trump, David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Martin Shkreli, Katie Hopkins
• Hero of the Year: Beyoncé. Also nominated: David Bowie, Adele, Millie Bobby Brown, Gary Lineker, Liam Gallagher
• Outstanding Contribution to Music: Wiley

See also

• NME Awards on Wikipedia
• NME Awards 2015 – Winners
• NME Awards 2015 – Nominations
• NME Awards 2016 – Winners and Nominations
• NME Awards 2017 – Winners and Nominations

NME Awards – 2012-2014

By 2012, the NME Awards were positively contemporary. Let’s take a look at the awards through to 2014.

NME Awards 2012

Below is the full list of nominations for the event, which will be held at the O2 Academy Brixton on February 29.

• Godlike Genius Award: Noel Gallagher
• Outstanding Contribution to Music: Pulp
• Best British Band: Kasabian. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Horrors, Muse
• Best International Band: Foo Fighters. Also nominated: Arcade Fire, Justice, Odd Future, The Strokes
• Best Solo Artist: Florence + the Machine. Also nominated: Adele, Frank Turner, Laura Marling, Miles Kane, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
• Best New Band: The Vaccines. Also nominated: Foster The People, Lana Del Rey, Tribes, Wu Lyf
• Best Live Band: Arctic Monkeys. Also nominated: Kasabian, Muse, Pulp, Two Door Cinema Club
• Best Album: The Horrors, for Skying. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, for Suck It And See, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, for Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, PJ Harvey, for Let England Shake, The Vaccines, for What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
• Best Track: Florence + the Machine, for Shake It Out. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, for The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala, Bombay Bicycle Club, for Shuffle, Hurts, for Sunday, Lana Del Rey, for Video Games
• Best Video: Hurts, for Sunday. Also nominated Arctic Monkeys, for Suck It And See, Beyoncé, for Countdown, Lana Del Rey, for Video Games, Tyler, The Creator, for Yonkers
• Best Festival: Glastonbury. Also nominated: Bestival, Reading & Leeds, T In The Park, V Festival
• Best TV Show: Fresh Meat. Also nominated: Doctor Who, Misfits, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, This Is England ’88
• Best Film: Submarine. Also nominated: Black Swan, Drive, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2, The Inbetweeners Movie
• Best Music Film: Foo Fighters, for Back and Forth. Also nominated: George Harrison, for Living In The Material World, Kings Of Leon, for Talihina Sky, The Libertines, for There Are No Innocent Bystanders, Upside Down – The Creation Records Story
• Best Dancefloor Anthem: Katy B, for Broken Record. Also nominated: Azealia Banks, for 212, Foster The People, for Pumped Up Kicks, Justice, for Civilization, Metronomy, for The Bay
• Hero of the Year: Matt Bellamy. Also nominated: Alex Turner, Dave Grohl, Noel Fielding, Noel Gallagher
• Villain of the Year: Justin Bieber. Also nominated: David Cameron, Lady Gaga, Liam Gallagher, Nick Clegg
• Worst Album: Justin Bieber, for Under the Mistletoe. Also nominated: Coldplay, for Mylo Xyloto, Lady Gaga, for Born This Way, One Direction, for Up All Night, Viva Brother, for Famous First Words
• Worst Band: One Direction. Also nominated: Beady Eye, Coldplay, Muse, Viva Brother
• Hottest Male: Jared Leto (30 Seconds To Mars). Also nominated: Andy Biersack (Black Veil Brides), Dominic Howard (Muse), Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance), Matt Bellamy (Muse)
• Hottest Female: Hayley Williams (Paramore). Also nominated: Amy Lee (Evanescence), Florence Welch (Florence + the Machine), Katy Perry, Marina Diamandis (Marina And The Diamonds)
• Best Album Artwork: Friendly Fires, for Pala. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, for Suck It And See, Bombay Bicycle Club, for A Different Kind Of Fix, Björk, for Biophilia, Jay-Z and Kanye West, for Watch The Throne
• Best Band Blog or Twitter: Lady Gaga, for @LadyGaga. Also nominated: Example, for @Example, Frank Turner, for Frank-Turner.com/blog, Kanye West, for @KanyeWest, Hurts, for @Theohurts
• Most Dedicated Fans: Muse. Also nominated: 30 Seconds To Mars, Arctic Monkeys, Hurts, My Chemical Romance
• Best Book: Noel Fielding, for The Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton, Jared Leto, for Notes From The Outernet, Jarvis Cocker, for Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics, Malcolm X, for A Life Of Reinvention, Shaun Ryder, for Twisting My Melon
• Best Small Festival: RockNess. Also nominated: Field Day, Hop Farm, Kendal Calling, Latitude
• Best Reissue: The Smiths, for Complete Re-issues. Also nominated: Manic Street Preachers, for National Treasures, Nirvana, for Nevermind, Primal Scream, for Screamadelica, The Rolling Stones, for Some Girls
• Greatest Music Moment of the Year: The Stone Roses reunite. Also nominated: Brian May joins My Chemical Romance onstage at Reading Festival, Kasabian see in 2012 with their epic London O2 Arena show, Noel Gallagher launches his solo career with press conference, Pulp steal the show at Glastonbury with secret set

NME Awards 2013

London’s Troxy on Wednesday, February 27, 2013:Host: Russell Kane

• Godlike Genius Award: Johnny Marr
• Philip Hall Radar Award: The Child of Lov
• Teenage Cancer Trust Outstanding Contribution to Music: The Cribs
• Best British Band: Biffy Clyro. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, The Vaccines, The Maccabees, The Cribs
• Best International Band: The Killers. Also nominated: Tame Impala, The Black Keys, Odd Future, Crystal Castles, Foo Fighters
• Best Solo Artist: Florence + the Machine. Also nominated: Jake Bugg, Noel Gallagher, Miles Kane, Grimes, Paul Weller
• Best New Band: Palma Violets. Also nominated: Alt-J, Peace, Django Django, Alabama Shakes, Haim
• Best Live Band: The Rolling Stones. Also nominated: The Maccabees, The Cribs, Blur, Biffy Clyro, Foals
• Best Album: The Maccabees, for Given to the Wild. Also nominated: Frank Ocean, for Channel Orange, Jake Bugg, for Jake Bugg, Alt-J, for An Awesome Wave, The Vaccines, for Come Of Age, Tame Impala, for Lonerism
• Best Track: Foals, for Inhaler. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, for R U Mine?, Haim, for Don’t Save Me, MIA, for Bad Girls, Palma Violets, for Best Of Friends, Tame Impala, for Elephant
• Best Music Video: Arctic Monkeys, for R U Mine?. Also nominated: Grimes, for Oblivion, MIA, for Bad Girls, David Bowie, for Where Are We Now?, Haim, for Don’t Save Me, Tame Impala, for Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
• Best Festival: Reading & Leeds. Also nominated: T In The Park, Bestival, Primavera, Latitude, Isle of Wight
• Best TV Show: Fresh Meat. Also nominated: Breaking Bad, Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, Sherlock, The Thick Of It, Doctor Who
• Best Film: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Also nominated: Ted, iLL Manors, The Dark Knight Rises, Skyfall, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
• Best Music Film: The Rolling Stones, for Crossfire Hurricane. Also nominated: Searching For Sugar Man, LCD Soundsystem, for Shut Up And Play The Hits, Hit So Hard: The Life & Near Death Story of Patty Schemel Marley, Led Zeppelin, for Celebration Day
• Dancefloor Anthem: Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch, for Sweet Nothing. Also nominated: Mosca featuring Katy B, for What You Came For, Psy, for Gangnam Style, MIA, for Bad Girls, Kanye West and Jay-Z, for Paris, Solange, for Losing You
• Hero of the Year: Barack Obama. Also nominated: David Bowie, Bradley Wiggins, Pussy Riot, Frank Ocean, Dave Grohl
• Villain of the Year: Harry Styles. Also nominated: David Cameron, Skrillex, Psy, Fred Macpherson, Azealia Banks
• Worst Band: One Direction. Also nominated: Muse, Mumford & Sons, Alt-J, Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran
• Hottest Man: Matthew Bellamy
• Hottest Woman: Amy Lee
• Best Band Blog or Twitter: Alana Haim (Haim), for @babyhaim. Also nominated: Muse, for @muse, Fred Macpherson (Spector), for @fredmacpherson, Theo Hutchcraft (Hurts), for @theohurts, Wiley, for @EskiDance, MIA, for @MIAuniverse
• Best Fan Community: Muse. Also nominated: Hurts, 30 Seconds To Mars, Manic Street Preachers, The Killers, Enter Shikari
• Best Book: Mike Skinner (The Streets), for The Story of the Streets. Also nominated: David Byrne, for How Music Works, Neil Young, for Waging Heavy Peace, Tim Burgess, for Telling Stories, The Rolling Stones, for 50, Peter Hook, for Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
• Best Small Festival: Festival No. 6. Also nominated: Sŵn, The Great Escape, Field Day, End Of The Road, Constellations
• Best Reissue: Blur, for 21. Also nominated: Manic Street Preachers, for Generation Terrorists, The Prodigy, for The Fat Of The Land, Interpol, for Turn On The Bright Lights, Smashing Pumpkins, for Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, Ian Brown, for Collected
• Music Moment of the Year: 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Also nominated: David Bowie‘s comeback, The Stone Roses comeback shows at Heaton Park, The Rolling Stones 50th anniversary show at London’s O2 Arena, Green Day‘s secret set at Reading Festival, Pussy Riot‘s punk prayer

NME Awards 2014

February 26 at London’s O2 Academy in Brixton. Host: Huw Stephens

• Godlike Genius Award: Blondie
• Songwriters’ Songwriter: Paul McCartney
• Award For Innovation: Damon Albarn
• Teenage Cancer Trust Outstanding Contribution to Music Award: Belle and Sebastian
• Best British Band: Arctic Monkeys. Also nominated: Foals, Palma Violets, Biffy Clyro, Disclosure, Two Door Cinema Club
• Best International Band: Haim. Also nominated: Arcade Fire, Queens Of The Stone Age, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend
• Best Solo Artist: Lily Allen. Also nominated: Lorde, Jake Bugg, Paul McCartney, Kanye West, David Bowie
• Best New Band: Drenge. Also nominated: Swim Deep, Chvrches, Jagwar Ma, Wolf Alice, Courtney Barnett
• Best Live Band: Arctic Monkeys. Also nominated: Palma Violets, Biffy Clyro, Haim, Queens of the Stone Age, Savages
• Best Album: Arctic Monkeys, for AM. Also nominated: Queens Of The Stone Age, for Like Clockwork, Peace, for In Love, Kanye West, for Yeezus, Savages, for Silence Yourself, Drenge, for Drenge
• Best Track: Disclosure, for White Noise. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, for Do I Wanna Know?, Lily Allen, for Hard Out Here, Arcade Fire, for Reflektor, Primal Scream, for 2013, Daft Punk, for Get Lucky
• Best Music Video: Eagulls, for Nerve Endings. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, for Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?, Pharrell, for Happy, Arcade Fire, for Reflektor, Lily Allen, for Hard Out Here, Haim, for Falling
• Best Festival: Glastonbury. Also nominated: Reading & Leeds, T In The Park, Latitude, Bestival, V
• Best TV Show: Breaking Bad. Also nominated: Fresh Meat, Sherlock, Game Of Thrones, Misfits, Doctor Who
• Best Music Film – The Stone Roses, for Made of Stone. Also nominated: Muscle Shoals, Sound City, The National, for Mistaken For Strangers, Good Vibrations, Muse
• Philip Hall Radar Award: Fat White Family
• Best Reissue – The Clash, for Sound System. Also nominated: Nirvana, for In Utero: 20th Anniversary Edition, The Beta Band, for The Regal Years: 1997-2004, The Breeders, for LSXX (Last Splash 20th Anniversary Edition), Bob Dylan, for Bootleg Series, Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969-1971), The Velvet Underground, for White Light/White Heat 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition
• Best Band Blog Or Twitter – Alana Haim (Haim). Also nominated: Jehnny Beth (Savages), Albert Hammond Jr, James Blunt, Theo Hutchcraft (Hurts), Grimes
• Best Book: Morrissey, for Autobiography. Also nominated: Alan McGee, for Creation Stories, Bob Stanley, for Yeah Yeah Yeah, Mark Lewisohn, for The Beatles – All These Years: Volume One: Tune In, Beck, for Song Reader, Richard Hell, for I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp
• Best Small Festival: Sŵn. Also nominated: RockNess, Y Not, Kendall Calling, Green Man, Festival Number 6
• Best Fan Community: Arctic Monkeys. Also nominated: Hurts, Haim, Muse, Peace, Morrissey
• Music Moment of the Year: Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn come together for Teenage Cancer Trust. Also nominated: Pussy Riot are freed, Arctic Monkeys headline Glastonbury, Rolling Stones headline Glastonbury, Morrissey‘s autobiography is released, Kanye West brings Jesus impersonator on stage
• Worst Band: The 1975. Also nominated: One Direction, The Wanted, Imagine Dragons, 30 Seconds To Mars, Muse
• Hero of the Year: Alex Turner. Also nominated: David Bowie, Este Haim, Russell Brand, Pussy Riot, Lou Reed
• Villain of the Year: Harry Styles. Also nominated: Miley Cyrus, Robin Thicke, David Cameron, Vladimir Putin, Russell Brand

See also

• NME Awards on Wikipedia
• NME Awards History – 2012
• NME Awards 2012 – Nominations (Digital Spy)
• NME Awards History – 2013
• NME Awards 2013 – Nominations (Digital Spy)
• NME Awards 2014 – Winners (The Independent)
• NME Awards 2014 – Nominations (Digital Spy)

NME Awards – 2009-2011

Between 2009 and 2011, the NME Awards were still clinging onto their rock obsession, but started to have a few interesting nominees.

Shockwaves NME Awards 2009

Hosted at the Brixton Academy on 25 February 2009, by Mark Watson.

• Godlike Genius Award: The Cure
• Outstanding Contribution to Music: Elbow
• Best British Band supported by Shockwaves: Oasis. Also nominated: Bloc Party, The Last Shadow Puppets, Muse, Radiohead
• Best International Band supported by 4music: The Killers. Also nominated: Crystal Castles, Kings of Leon, MGMT, Vampire Weekend
• Best Solo Artist: Pete Doherty. Also nominated: Ladyhawke, Laura Marling, Lightspeed Champion, Jay-Z
• Best Live Band supported by Red Stripe: Muse. Also nominated: The Killers, Kings of Leon, Oasis, Radiohead
• Best New Band supported by Bench: MGMT. Also nominated: Glasvegas, Late of the Pier, Vampire Weekend, White Lies
• Best Album supported by HMV: Kings of Leon, for Only by the Night. Also nominated: Bloc Party, for Intimacy, Glasvegas, for Glasvegas, The Killers, for Day & Age, Oasis, for Dig Out Your Soul
• Best Track supported by NME Radio: MGMT, for Time to Pretend. Also nominated: Kings of Leon, for Sex on Fire, The Last Shadow Puppets, for The Age of the Understatement, The Ting Tings, for That’s Not My Name, Vampire Weekend, for A-Punk
• Best Dancefloor Filler: Dizzee Rascal and Calvin Harris, for Dance Wiv Me. Also nominated: Bloc Party, for Mercury, Crystal Castles, for Courtship Dating, Friendly Fires, for Paris, Late of the Pier, for Bathroom Gurgle
• Best Video supported by NME TV: The Last Shadow Puppets, for My Mistakes Were Made For You. Also nominated: Late of the Pier, for Heartbreak, Oasis, for The Shock of the Lightning, Radiohead, for House of Cards, Vampire Weekend, for A-Punk
• Best DVD: Arctic Monkeys, for Live at the Apollo. Also nominated: Foo Fighters, for Live at Wembley Stadium, Kaiser Chiefs, for Live at Elland Road, Muse, for HAARP, The Rolling Stones, for Shine a Light
• Best Live Event: Glastonbury Festival. Also nominated: Isle of Wight, Reading and Leeds, T in the Park, V Festival
• Best TV Show: The Mighty Boosh. Also nominated: Gavin and Stacey, The IT Crowd, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Skins
• Worst TV Show: Big Brother
• Best Film: [not stated]. Nominated: The Dark Knight, Juno, Quantum of Solace, Twilight, Wall-E
• Hero of the Year: Barack Obama. Also nominated: Alex Turner, Brandon Flowers, Noel Fielding, Noel Gallagher
• Villain of the Year: George W. Bush. Also nominated: Amy Winehouse, Gordon Brown, John McCain, Pete Doherty
• Best Dressed: Alexa Chung. Also nominated: Alex Turner, Brandon Flowers, Noel Fielding, Noel Gallagher
• Worst Dressed: Amy Winehouse. Also nominated: Brandon Flowers, Johnny Borrell, Katy Perry, Pete Doherty
• Best Website: YouTube. Also nominated: Bebo, Facebook, Last FM, MySpace
• Best Venue: London Astoria. Also nominated: Brixton Academy, Manchester Apollo, Glasgow Barrowlands, London O2 Arena
• Worst Album: Jonas Brothers, for A Little Bit Longer. Also nominated: Britney Spears, for Circus, Coldplay, for Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, Razorlight, for Slipway Fires, Scouting for Girls, for Scouting for Girls
• Worst Band: Jonas Brothers. Also nominated: Fall Out Boy, Oasis, Scouting for Girls, Tokio Hotel
• Sexiest Man: Matt Bellamy. Also nominated: Carl Barat, Keith Murray, Miles Kane, Pete Doherty
• Sexiest Woman: Hayley Williams. Also nominated: Alison Mosshart, Kate Jackson, Lykke Li, Stephanie Dosen
• Best Album Artwork: Muse, for HAARP. Also nominated: The Cure, for 4:13 Dream, Guillemots, for Red, The Killers, for Day and Age, We Are Scientists, for Brain Thrust Mastery
• Best Band Blog: Noel Gallagher / Oasis. Also nominated: Foals, Lightspeed Champion, Little Boots, Radiohead
• Philip Hall Radar Award: The Big Pink

Shockwaves NME Awards 2010

The awards took place at the Brixton Academy on 24 February 2010, and were hosted by Jarvis Cocker, with performances by Kasabian with Noel Fielding, The Specials, Biffy Clyro featuring Marina Diamandis, The Big Pink with Lily Allen.

• Godlike Genius Award: Paul Weller
• Outstanding Contribution to Music: The Specials
• Best British Band: Muse. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, Biffy Clyro, Kasabian, Oasis
• Best International Band: Paramore. Also nominated: Green Day, Kings Of Leon, Vampire Weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Best Solo Artist: Jamie T. Also nominated: Dizzee Rascal, Florence And The Machine, Julian Casablancas, Lady Gaga
• Best New Band: Bombay Bicycle Club. Also nominated: The Big Pink, Mumford & Sons, The xx, La Roux
• Best Live Band: Arctic Monkeys. Also nominated: Kasabian, Muse, Radiohead, Them Crooked Vultures
• Best Album: Kasabian, for West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, for Humbug, Muse, for The Resistance, The Cribs, for Ignore The Ignorant, The Horrors, for Primary Colours
• Best Track: The Big Pink, for Dominos. Also nominated: Animal Collective, for My Girls, Arctic Monkeys, for Crying Lightning, Florence + The Machine, for Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up), Jamie T, for Sticks N’ Stones
• Best Video: Biffy Clyro, for The Captain. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, for Cornerstone, Kasabian, for Fire, The Maccabees, for Can You Give It, Oasis, for Falling Down
• Best Live Event: Blur at Hyde Park. Also nominated: Jay-Z at Alexandra Palace, Muse at Teignmouth, Oasis at Heaton Park, The Dead Weather at Shoreditch Church
• Best Festival: Glastonbury Festival. Also nominated: Download, Reading and Leeds Festivals, T In The Park, V Festival
• Best TV Show: The Inbetweeners. Also nominated: Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Peep Show, Skins, True Blood
• Best Film: Inglourious Basterds. Also nominated: (500) Days Of Summer, In The Loop, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Where The Wild Things Are
• Best Dancefloor Filler: La Roux, for In for the Kill (Skream Remix). Also nominated: Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden, for Bonkers, Florence + The Machine, for You’ve Got The Love, Lady Gaga, for Poker Face, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, for Zero
• Best DVD: The Mighty Boosh Live – Future Sailors Tour. Also nominated: Kings Of Leon, for Live At The The O2 Arena, Flight Of The Conchords, for Complete HBO Second Season, The Killers, for Live From The Royal Albert Hall, Nirvana, for Live At Reading
• Hero of the Year: Rage Against The Machine. Also nominated: Beyoncé, Noel Gallagher, Matt Bellamy, Alex Turner
• Villain of the Year: Kanye West. Also nominated: Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Simon Cowell, Lady Gaga
• Best Dressed: Lady Gaga. Also nominated: Liam Gallagher, Noel Fielding, Florence Welch, Karen O
• Worst Dressed: Lady Gaga. Also nominated: Matt Bellamy, Katy Perry, Liam Gallagher, Elly Jackson (La Roux)
• Worst Album: Jonas Brothers, for Lines, Vines and Trying Times. Also nominated: Green Day, for 21st Century Breakdown, Lady Gaga, for The Fame, U2, for No Line On The Horizon, Arctic Monkeys, for Humbug
• Worst Band: Jonas Brothers. Also nominated: Green Day, Oasis, Paramore
• Hottest Man: Matt Bellamy (Muse)
• Hottest Woman: Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
• Best Website: Muse.mu. Also nominated: YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, GreenDay.com
• Best Album Artwork: Kasabian, for West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Also nominated: Muse, for The Resistance, Green Day, for 21st Century Breakdown, The Cribs, for Ignore The Ignorant, Manic Street Preachers, for Journal For Plague Lovers
• Best Band Blog: Radiohead (Radiohead.com/deadairspace). Also nominated: Muse (Muse.mu and Twitter.com/muse), Noel Gallagher (Oasisinet.com), Los Campesinos! (Loscampesinos.com), Paramore (Paramore.net)
• Giving It Back Fan Award: Lily Allen, for her Twitter ticket treasure hunt. Also nominated: Kasabian and Noel Fielding for free Vlad The Impaler video, Danger Mouse for leaking Dark Night Of The Soul, Arctic Monkeys for their Oxfam golden tickets, Vampire Weekend for giving away Horchata from the album Contra
• Phillip Hall Radar Award: The Drums

Shockwaves NME Awards 2011

Hosted by Angelos Epithemiou at the Brixton Academy on 23 February 2011. Performances by My Chemical Romance, Hurts, PJ Harvey, Crystal Castles, and Foo Fighters.

• Godlike Genius Award: Dave Grohl
• John Peel Award for Innovation: Crystal Castles
• Philip Hall Radar Award: The Naked and Famous
• Outstanding Contribution to Music: PJ Harvey
• Best British Band: Muse. Nominated: Arctic Monkeys, Biffy Clyro, Foals, Kasabian
• Best International Band: My Chemical Romance. Nominated: Arcade Fire, Kings Of Leon, The Drums, Vampire Weekend
• Best Solo Artist: Laura Marling. Nominated: Florence Welch, Frank Turner, Kanye West, Paul Weller
• Best New Band: Hurts. Nominated: Beady Eye, Everything Everything, The Drums, Two Door Cinema Club
• Best Live Band: Biffy Clyro. Nominated: Arcade Fire, Foals, Kasabian, Muse
• Best Album: Arcade Fire, for The Suburbs. Nominated: Crystal Castles, for Crystal Castles II, Foals, for Total Life Forever, My Chemical Romance, for Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, Two Door Cinema Club, for Tourist History
• Best Track: Foals, for Spanish Sahara. Nominated: Cee Lo Green, for Fuck You, Gorillaz, for Stylo, Janelle Monae feat. Big Boi, for Tightrope, Mark Ronson & The Business Intl., for Bang Bang Bang
• Best Video: My Chemical Romance, for Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na). Nominated: Arcade Fire, for We Used To Wait, Brandon Flowers, for Crossfire, Chase & Status, for Let You Go, Gorillaz, for Stylo
• Best Festival: Glastonbury. Nominated: Download, Reading And Leeds Festivals, T In The Park, V Festival
• Best TV Show: Skins. Nominated: Misfits, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Peep Show, The Inbetweeners
• Best Film: Inception. Nominated: Get Him To The Greek, Kick-Ass, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, The Social Network
• Best Dancefloor Filler: Professor Green, for Jungle. Nominated: Crystal Castles, for Baptism, Kele, for Tenderoni, Plan B, for Stay Too Long, Tinie Tempah, for Pass Out
• Hero of the Year: Lady Gaga. Nominated: Gerard Way, Julian Assange, Kanye West
• Villain of the Year: David Cameron. Nominated: Axl Rose, Justin Bieber, Nick Clegg, Simon Cowell
• Most Stylish: Brandon Flowers. Nominated: Hayley Williams, Lady Gaga, Liam Gallagher, Noel Fielding
• Least Stylish: Justin Bieber. Nominated: Cheryl Cole, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, Liam Gallagher
• Worst Album: Justin Bieber, for My World. Nominated: Cheryl Cole, for Messy Little Raindrops, Katy Perry, for Teenage Dream, Kings Of Leon, for Come Around Sundown, My Chemical Romance, for Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys
• Worst Band: Jonas Brothers. Nominated: 30 Seconds To Mars, JLS, Kings Of Leon, Tokio Hotel
• Hottest Man: Matt Bellamy. Nominated: Alex Turner, Billie Joe Armstrong, Dominic Howard, Jared Leto
• Hottest Woman: Alison Mosshart. Nominated: Emily Haines, Hayley Williams, Lady Gaga, Shakira
• Best Album Artwork: Klaxons, for Surfing The Void. Nominated: Foals, for Total Life Forever, Gorillaz, for Plastic Beach, MGMT, for Congratulations, My Chemical Romance, for Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys
• Best Band Blog or Twitter: Hayley Williams. Nominated: Frank Turner, Kanye West, Lily Allen, Theo Hutchcraft
• Best Book: John Lydon, for Mr Rotten’s Scrapbook. Nominated: Carl Barât, for Threepenny Memoir, Jay-Z, for Decoded, Keith Richards, for Life, Russell Brand, My Booky Wook 2
• Best Small Festival (50,000 capacity or lower): RockNess. Nominated: Bestival, Kendal Calling, Latitude, Underage Festival

See also

• NME Awards on Wikipedia
• A History of the NME Awards 1953-2010
• Shockwaves NME Awards 2009 – Nominations
• Shockwaves NME Awards 2009 – Winners
• NME Awards 2010 – Nominations and Winners
• NME Awards 2011 – Nominations and Winners

NME Awards – 2007-2008

Just two years this time: 2007 and 2008, including the one-off US version of the awards from 2008.

Shockwaves NME Awards 2007

Host: Lauren Laverne

• Godlike Genius Award: Primal Scream
• Best British Band: Muse. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, Babyshambles, Kasabian, Oasis
• Best International Band: My Chemical Romance. Also nominated: CSS, The Killers, The Strokes, We Are Scientists
• Best Solo Artist: Jamie T. Also nominated: Lily Allen, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Jarvis Cocker, Thom Yorke
• Best Live Band: Kasabian. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, Babyshambles, Muse, My Chemical Romance
• Best New Band: Klaxons. Also nominated: The Fratellis, The Horrors, The Kooks, The View
• Best Album: Arctic Monkeys, for Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. Also nominated: Kasabian, for Empire, The Killers, for Sam’s Town, Muse, for Black Holes And Revelations, My Chemical Romance, for The Black Parade
• Best Track: The View, for Wasted Little DJs. Also nominated: Dirty Pretty Things, for Bang Bang You’re Dead, The Killers, for When You Were Young, Klaxons, for Atlantis to Interzone, Muse, for Supermassive Black Hole
• Best Video: The Killers, for Bones. Best Video: The Horrors, for Sheena Is A Parasite, Kasabian, for Empire, OK Go, for Here It Goes Again, Panic! At The Disco, for I Write Sins Not Tragedies
• Best Music DVD: Arctic Monkeys, for Scummy Man. Also nominated: Dirty Pretty Things, for Puffing On A Coffin Nail, Foo Fighters, for Skin And Bones, Maximo Park, for Found On Film, My Chemical Romance, for Life On The Murder Scene
• Best Live Event: Carling Weekend : Reading and Leeds Festivals. Also nominated: Download 2006, Oxegen, T In The Park, V2006
• Best TV Show: The Mighty Boosh. Also nominated: Extras, Gonzo, Lost, Never Mind The Buzzcocks
• Best Radio Show: Zane Lowe (BBC Radio 1). Also nominated: Lauren Laverne (Xfm), Chris Moyles (Radio 1), Colin Murray (Radio 1), Jo Whiley (Radio 1)
• Best Film: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. Also nominated: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Casino Royale, The Departed, Little Miss Sunshine
• Sexiest Woman: Kate Moss. Also nominated: Lily Allen, Beth Ditto, Kate Jackson, Karen O
• Sexiest Man: Matt Bellamy (Muse). Also nominated: Carl Barât, Pete Doherty, Brandon Flowers, Gerard Way
• Worst Album: Robbie Williams, for Rudebox. Also nominated: Lily Allen, for Alright, Still, The Feeling, for Twelve Stops And Home, My Chemical Romance, for The Black Parade, Razorlight, for Razorlight
• Worst Band: Panic! At The Disco. Also nominated: The Feeling, The Horrors, The Kooks, Razorlight
• Best Dressed: Faris Rotter (The Horrors). Also nominated: Carl Barât, Russell Brand, Pete Doherty, Brandon Flowers
• Worst Dressed: Jonathan Ross. Also nominated: Lily Allen, Johnny Borrell, Russell Brand, Pete Doherty, Faris Rotter
• Hero of the Year: Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance). Also nominated: Carl Barât, Pete Doherty, Faris Rotter, Alex Turner
• Villain of the Year: George W. Bush. Also nominated: Tony Blair, Johnny Borrell, Pete Doherty, Gerard Way
• Best Live Venue: Carling Brixton Academy.Best Venue. Also nominated: Glasgow Barrowlands, London KOKO, London Astoria, Manchester Apollo
• Best Website (excluding NME.com): YouTube. Also nominated: DrownedinSound, Last.FM, MySpace, Pitchfork, YouTube
• John Peel Award for Musical Innovation: Enter Shikari
• Philip Hall Radar Award: The Twang

Shockwaves NME Awards 2008

The award party took place in indigO2 next to The O2 Arena on 28 February 2008.

Host: Matt Horne and James Corden

• Godlike Genius Award: Manic Street Preachers
• Best British Band: Arctic Monkeys. Also nominated: Babyshambles, The Cribs, Klaxons, Muse
• Best International Band: The Killers. Also nominated: Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters, Kings of Leon, My Chemical Romance
• Best Solo Artist: Kate Nash. Nominees: Jack Penate, Amy Winehouse, Jamie T, Patrick Wolf
• Best Live Band: Muse. Nominees: The Cribs, Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, My Chemical Romance
• Best New Band: The Enemy. Nominees: Foals, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, The Pigeon Detectives, The Wombats
• Best Album: Klaxons, for Myths of the Near Future. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, for Favourite Worst Nightmare, Babyshambles, for Shotter’s Nation, The Enemy, for We’ll Live And Die In These Towns, Radiohead, for In Rainbows
• Best Track: Arctic Monkeys, for Fluorescent Adolescent.Also nominated: Bloc Party, for Flux, The Cribs, for Men’s Needs, Oasis, for Lord Don’t Slow Me Down, The Wombats, for Let’s Dance To Joy Division
• Best Dancefloor Filler: The Wombats, for Let’s Dance to Joy Division.Also nominated: Bloc Party, for Flux, Foals, for Hummer, Klaxons, for Atlantis To Interzone, Justice, for D.A.N.C.E.
• Best Video: Arctic Monkeys, for Teddy Picker.Also nominated: Bloc Party, for Flux, Justice, for D.A.N.C.E., Klaxons, for Golden Skans, My Chemical Romance, for Teenagers
• Best Music DVD: Nirvana, for MTV Unplugged in New York.Also nominated: Babyshambles, for Up The Shambles, Led Zeppelin, for The Song Remains The Same, Oasis, for Lord Don’t Slow Me Down, Amy Winehouse, for You Know I’m Trouble
• Best Live Event: Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals.Also nominated: Glastonbury, Muse at Wembley Stadium, T In The Park, V Festival
• Philip Hall Radar Award: Glasvegas
• Best TV Show: The Mighty Boosh. Also nominated: Heroes, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, The IT Crowd, Skins
• Best Radio Show: Zane Lowe (BBC Radio 1). Also nominated: Russell Brand (Radio 2), Chris Moyles (Radio 1), Colin Murray (Radio 1), Jo Whiley (Radio 1).
• Best Film: Control. Also nominated: Hot Fuzz, Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End, The Simpsons Movie, Superbad
• Best Music Blog: The Modern Age. Also nominated: The Hype Machine, Nothing But Green Lights, Spinner, Stereogum
• Best Band Blog: Radiohead. Also nominated: Foals, Lily Allen, Lightspeed Champion, The Streets
• Best Album Artwork: The Good, The Bad & The Queen, for The Good, The Bad & The Queen. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, for Favourite Worst Nightmare, The Killers, for Sawdust, Kings of Leon, Because Of The Times, Manic Street Preachers, for Send Away The Tigers
• Sexiest Woman: Kylie Minogue. Also nominated: Jenny Lewis, Rihanna, Hayley Williams, Rachael Yamagata
• Sexiest Man: Noel Fielding. Also nominated: Julian Barrett, Nicky Wire, Holwin’ Pelle Almqvist, Patrick Wolf
• Worst Album: Britney Spears, for Blackout. Also nominated: James Blunt, for 1973, The Hoosiers, for The Trick To Life, Mika, for Life In Cartoon Motion, Leona Lewis, for Spirit
• Worst Band: The Hoosiers. Also nominated: Panic! At The Disco, 30 Seconds To Mars, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy
• Best Dressed: Noel Fielding. Also nominated: Pete Doherty, Kate Nash, Gerard Way, Alex Turner
• Worst Dressed: Amy Winehouse. Also nominated: Johnny Borrell, Pete Doherty, Mika, Gerard Way
• Hero of the Year: Pete Doherty. Also nominated: Noel Fielding, Thom Yorke, Ryan Jarman, Matt Bellamy
• Villain of the Year: George W. Bush. Also nominated: Johnny Borrell, Tony Blair, Amy Winehouse, Gordon Brown
• Best Live Venue: Wembley Stadium
• Best Website (excluding NME.com): Facebook. Also nominated: Myspace. Bebo, Last.fm, YouTube
• John Peel Award for Musical Innovation: Radiohead
• Philip Hall Radar Award: Glasvegas

NME Awards USA

NME took just one foray into the US, at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, on 23 April 2008. Hosts were Jim Jeffries and Har Mar Superstar. The winners were:

• Best American Alternative/Indie Band: The Killers. Also nominated: Foo Fighters, Kings of Leon, My Chemical Romance, The White Stripes
• Best American Alternative/Indie Live Act: My Chemical Romance. Also nominated: Foo Fighters, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Queens of the Stone Age
• Best American Alternative/Indie Solo Artist: Albert Hammond Jr. Also nominated: Andrew Bird, Beck, Cat Power, Ryan Adams
• Best American Alternative/Indie New Band: Vampire Weekend. Also nominated: Band of Horses, Black Kids, MGMT, Paramore
• Best American Alternative/Indie New Live Act: Vampire Weekend. Also nominated: Band of Horses, Black Kids, MGMT, Santigold
• Best American Alternative/Indie New Solo Artist: Mark Ronson. Also nominated: Cass McCombs, Sam Sparro, Santigold, Seasick Steve
• Best American Alternative/Indie Album: Foo Fighters, for Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. Also nominated: The Hold Steady, for Boys and Girls in America, The Killers, for Sawdust, Kings of Leon, for Because of the Times, The White Stripes, for Icky Thump
• Best American Alternative/Indie Track: The Killers, for Tranquilize. Also nominated: Foo Fighters, for The Pretender, LCD Soundsystem, for All My Friends, My Chemical Romance, for Teenagers, The White Stripes, for Icky Thump
• Best International Alternative/Indie Band: Arcade Fire. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Oasis, Radiohead
• Best International Alternative/Indie Live Act: Arcade Fire. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, The Cribs, Kaiser Chiefs, Muse
• Best International Alternative/Indie Solo Artist: Kate Nash. Also nominated: Amy Winehouse, Feist, Jamie T, M.I.A.
• Best International Alternative/Indie New Band: Klaxons. Also nominated: The Enemy, Foals, The Last Shadow Puppets, The Wombats
• Best International Alternative/Indie New Live Act: Klaxons. Also nominated: CSS, Foals, The Pigeon Detectives, The Wombats
• Best International Alternative/Indie New Solo Artist: Kate Nash. Also nominated: Dev Hynes, Duffy, Jack Peñate, Lily Allen
• Best International Alternative/Indie Album: Arctic Monkeys, for Favourite Worst Nightmare. Also nominated: Arcade Fire, for Neon Bible, Babyshambles, for Shotter’s Nation, Klaxons, for Myths of the Near Future, Radiohead, for In Rainbows
• Best International Alternative/Indie Track: Klaxons, for Golden Skans. Also nominated: Arcade Fire, for Intervention, Arctic Monkeys, for Teddy Picker, Bloc Party, for Flux, Kate Nash, for Foundations
• Best Alternative/Indie Music Video: Justice, for D.A.N.C.E.. Also nominated: Arctic Monkeys, for Fluorescent Adolescent, Foo Fighters, for Long Road to Ruin, The Killers, for Tranquilize, Oasis, for Lord Don’t Slow Me Down
• Best Film: Juno. Also nominated: Control, No Country for Old Men, The Simpsons Movie, There Will Be Blood
• Best Television: Heroes. Also nominated: Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, The Mighty Boosh, The Office
• Best Alternative/Indie Breakthrough Artist: Santigold
• Best Alternative/Indie Breakthrough Track: MGMT, for Time to Pretend
• Classic Album: The Lemonheads, for It’s a Shame About Ray
• Godlike Genius Award: Jane’s Addiction
• Inspiration Award: Mick Jones

See also

• NME Awards on Wikipedia
• A History of the NME Awards 1953-2010
• NME Awards History – 2007
• NME Awards 2007 – Nominations
• Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 – Nominations
• Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 – Winners
• NME Awards USA – Nominations
• NME Awards USA – Winners

NME Awards – 2000-2003

The 2000s was, of course, the decade when nothing could be achieved without a heavy dose of corporate sponsorship, so the NME Awards flitted from Carling to Shockwave and the awards all gained individual sponsors. Let’s take a look at the first half of that decade.

NME Premier Awards 2000

Hosted at the Mermaid Theatre in London on 1 February 2000, by Steve Lamacq and Mary Anne Hobbs.

• Philip Hall On Award: Terris
• Live Act of the Year: Mogwai
• Best Live Act: Super Furry Animals
• On the Decks Award for Dance Act of the Year: Death in Vegas
• Carling Premier Best New Artist: Muse
• Breezeblack Mix of 1999: Junior Carter
• Best Solo Artist: Beck
• Best Album Ever: The Stone Roses, for The Stone Roses
• Best Single Ever: Nirvana, for Smells Like Teen Spirit
• Total Genius Of The Year: Ali G
• Greatest Musical Event Ever: Woodstock
• Best Radio Show: Radio 1 Evening Session
• Carling Premier Best LP: The Flaming Lips, for The Soft Bulletin
• NME Album of the Year: The Flaming Lips, for The Soft Bulletin
• NME Single of the Year: Aphex Twin, for Windowlicker
• Best TV Show: The Royle Family
• Musical Event of the Year: Glastonbury
• Best Venue: Brixton Academy
• Dickhead of the Year: Robbie Williams
• Best Website: NME
• Worst Record Of The Year: The Vengaboys, for We’re Going to Ibiza
• Best Film: The Blair Witch Project
• Best DJ: Fatboy Slim
• NME.COM Award for Best NME Premier Show Performance: Ooberman
• Best Dance Act: The Chemical Brothers
• Best Music Video: Blur, for Coffee and TV
• Best Band: Blur
• Best Single: Blur, for Tender
• Best Band Ever: The Beatles
• Godlike Genius Award for Services to Music: Shaun Ryder
• Radio 1 Evening Session Session of the Year: Supergrass
• Artist of the Year: Travis

NME Awards 2001

Hosted at Planit Arches, London, on 6 February 2001, by Peter Kay.

• Best Band: Radiohead. Also nominated: Coldplay, Oasis, Primal Scream, U2
• Best Dance Act: Fatboy Slim. Also nominated: Artful Dodger, Moby, Sonique, Underworld
• Best Radio Show: Steve Lamacq – The Evening Session. Also nominated: Mark Radcliffe and Lard (Mark Riley), Chris Moyles, John Peel, Dreem Team
• Best Metal Act: Marilyn Manson. Also nominated: At the Drive-In, Limp Bizkit, Queens of the Stone Age, Slipknot
• Best Club DJ: Carl Cox. Also nominated: Fatboy Slim, David Holmes, Judge Jules, Paul Oakenfold
• Radio 1 Evening Session of the Year: Coldplay
• Best New Artist: Coldplay. Also nominated: At the Drive-In, Badly Drawn Boy, Doves, JJ72
• Best Single: Coldplay, for Yellow. Also nominated: Blur, for Music is My Radar, Eminem, for Stan, Limp Bizkit, for Take a Look Around, Oasis, for Go Let it Out
• NME Carling Awards Tour Award: Amen / JJ72 / Alfie
• Best Rock Act: U2. Also nominated: Oasis, Manic Street Preachers, AC/DC, The Beatles
• Hero of the Year: Liam Gallagher
• Godlike Genius: U2
• Best Hip Hop/Rap Act (presented by Run DMC): Eminem. Also nominated: Cypress Hill, Dr. Dre, Outkast, Wu-Tang Clan
• Villain of the Year: Robbie Williams
• Philip Hall Award – Brightest Hope for 2001: Starsailor
• Best Pop Act: All Saints. Also nominated: Five, Madonna, S Club 7, Britney Spears
• Best Club: Cream. Also nominated: Fabric, Gatecrasher, Home, Rock City
• Best Album: Primal Scream, for XTRMNTR. Also nominated: Badly Drawn Boy, for The Hour of Bewilderbeast, Coldplay, for Parachutes, Eminem, for The Marshall Mathers LP, Radiohead, for Kid A
• Best R&B/Soul Act: Kelis. Also nominated: Craig David, Destiny’s Child, Macy Gray, Sugababes
• Best Solo Artist: Badly Drawn Boy
• Best Film: Gladiator
• Musical Event of the Year: Carling Weekend Reading and Leeds. Also nominated: Glastonbury, Oasis, Radiohead, T in the Park
• NME.com Fans Award for Best Live Act: Moby
• Best TV Programme: The League of Gentlemen. Also nominated: The Royle Family, The Simpsons, Trigger Happy TV, The Sopranos

NME Carling Awards 2002

Hosted at Planit Arches, London, on 25 February 2002, by Zane Lowe.

• Best New Act: The Strokes. Also nominated: Gorillaz, Linkin Park, Starsailor, The White Stripes
• Band of the Year: The Strokes. Also nominated: The Charlatans, Radiohead, U2, The White Stripes
• Album of the Year: The Strokes, for Is This It. Also nominated: The Charlatans, for Wonderland, Muse, for Origins of Symmetry, Radiohead, for Amnesiac, Slipknot, for Iowa
• Best Pop Act: Kylie Minogue. Also nominated: Britney Spears, Madonna, S Club 7, Robbie Williams
• Best Solo Artist: Ian Brown. Also nominated: Ryan Adams, PJ Harvey, Kylie Minogue, Andrew WK
• Best Music Video: Radiohead, for Pyramid Song. Also nominated: Basement Jaxx, for Where’s Your Head At, Fatboy Slim, for Weapon of Choice, Gorillaz, for Clint Eastwood, U2, for Elevation
• Best Live Act: U2. Also nominated: Ash, Linkin Park, Muse, Radiohead
• Outstanding Contribution to NME: The Charlatans
• Best Radio 1 Session: The Charlatans
• Best Heavy Metal Group: Lostprophets. Also nominated: Andrew WK, Linkin Park, Slipknot, System of a Down
• Honorary NME Carling Tour Award: Lostprophets
• Honorary NME Carling Tour Award: Andrew WK
• Honorary NME Carling Tour Award: The Coral
• Philip Hall On Award: The Coral
• Best Radio Show: The Evening Session
• Best Hip-Hop/Rap Act: Missy Elliott. Also nominated: Bubba Sparxx, Eminem / D12, Outkast, Roots Manuva
• Best R&B/Soul Act: Aaliyah. Also nominated: Alicia Keys, Craig David, Destiny’s Child, So Solid Crew
• Best Dance Act: Basement Jaxx. Also nominated: The Avalanches, Aphex Twin, Daft Punk, Fatboy Slim
• Best TV Show: The Office. Also nominated: Jackass, Later with Jools Holland, The Simpsons, The Sopranos
• Best Film: Moulin Rouge. Also nominated: American Pie 2, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Shrek
• Godlike Genius Award: Nick Kent and Pennie Smith
• Best Single: Ash, for Burn Baby Burn. Also nominated: Ian Brown, for Fear, Dandy Warhols, for Bohemian Like You, Gorillaz, for Clint Eastwood, Kylie Minogue, for Can’t Get You Out of My Head, and The Strokes, for Hard to Explain

NME Carling Awards 2003

Hosted at Hammersmith Palais, London, 13 February 2003, by Bill Bailey.

• Best Album: Coldplay, for A Rush of Blood to the Head
• Album of the Year: Coldplay, for A Rush of Blood to the Head
• NME Artist of the Year: Oasis. Also nominated: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Coldplay, Eminem, Pink, The Vines
• Best UK Band: Oasis
• Best New Band: The Libertines
• Best Live Band: The Datsuns. Also nominated: The Hives, Muse, Oasis, The Polyphonic Spree, The Vines
• Best Radio Show: Steve Lamacq (The Evening Session / Lamacq Live). Also nominated: Chris Moyles, Mary Anne Hobbs (The Breezeblock), Gary Crowley, Mark Radcliffe and Lard (Mark Riley), John Peel
• Greatest Music Moment of the Year: Ozzfest. Also nominated: Oasis at Finsbury Park, Glastonbury Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals, T in the Park, V2002
• Best Single: The Vines, for Get Free. Also nominated: Foo Fighters, for All My Life, Queens of the Stone Age, for No One Knows, Doves, for There Goes the Fear, Coldplay, for The Scientist, Ash, for Envy
• Single of the Year: Doves, for There Goes the Fear
• Best International Band: The Hives
• The Fuck Me! Award For Innovation: The Polyphonic Spree
• Philip Hall Radar Award: Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Also nominated: Jet, The Kills, Kings of Leon, The Thrills, The Warlocks
• Best International Band: The Hives. Also nominated: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Foo Fighters, The Vines, The White Stripes
• Best Video: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, for Whatever Happened To My Rock And Roll (Punk Song)
• Best Solo Artist: Ryan Adams. Also nominated: Eminem, Avril Lavigne, Ms. Dynamite, Pink, The Streets
• Hero of the Year: Ozzy Osbourne. Also nominated: Graham Coxon, Liam Gallagher, Dave Grohl, Chris Martin, Craig Nicholls
• Hottest Woman: Avril Lavigne. Also nominated: Karen O, Charlotte Hatherley, Christina Aguilera, Megan Martha White, Kylie Minogue
• Hottest Man: Chris Martin. Also nominated: Liam Gallagher, Fabrizio Moretti, Craig Nicholls, Dave Grohl, Julian Casablancas
• Best TV Show: The Osbournes. Also nominated: The Office, Jackass, Gonzo, I’m Alan Partridge, Phoenix Nights
• Best Live Venue: London Astoria. Also nominated: Brixton Academy, Barrowland Ballroom, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Rock City, O2 Academy Birmingham
• Best Haircut: Liam Gallagher. Also nominated: Didz Hammond, Craig Nicholls, Dave Grohl, Fabrizio Moretti, Jack White
• Best Dressed: The Hives
• Best Website: NME. Oasis, Foo Fighters, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Popbitch
• Event of the Year: Reading and Leeds Festivals
• Villain of the Year: Robbie Williams
• Worst Album: Robbie Williams, for Escapology, Gareth Gates, for What My Heart Wants to Say, The Streets, for Original Pirate Material, The Vines, for Highly Evolved, Westlife, for Unbreakable, Coldplay, for A Rush of Blood to the Head
• Worst Single: Robbie Williams – ‘Feel’
• Worst Band: Nickelback. Also nominated: S Club Juniors, Westlife, Stereophonics, Atomic Kitten, Blue
• Worst Haircut: Jack Osbourne. Also nominated: Gareth Gates, Kelly Osbourne, Kelly Jones, Pink, Chad Kroeger
• Worst Dressed: Christina Aguilera

See also

• NME Awards on Wikipedia
• A History of the NME Awards 1953-2010
• NME Awards History – 2000
• NME Awards 2001 – Winners and Nominations
• NME Awards History – 2002
• NME Awards 2002 – Nominations
• NME Awards History – 2003
• Awards and Winners – 2003 NME Awards

NME Awards – The 1990s

In 1994, the NME Awards suddenly went public, relaunching for the first time in twenty years as an annual awards ceremony, The NME Brat Awards. I’d always thought as the NME of the 1990s as being rather closed-minded, but they do seem to have been remarkably aware of non-indie forms of music, presenting awards to the likes of Tricky and Goldie towards the end of the decade.

NME Brat Awards 1994

After taking a break in 1993, the NME Poll finally reinvented itself as an actual awards ceremony in early 1994. Presenters: Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.

• Best New Band: Elastica
• Best Single: Radiohead, for Creep
• Best Band: Suede
• Best Album: The Boo Radleys, for Giant Steps
• Best Dance Act: Orbital
• Godlike Genius Award: John Peel
• Live Event: Megadog
• Rap Act: Cypress Hill
• Best Film: Reservoir Dogs
• Worst Record: Meat Loaf, for I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)
• Best Venue: The Forum
• Event of 1993: Unity March
• Best Radio Show: John Peel
• Hype: Jurassic Park
• Best Solo Artist: Björk
• Best New Act: Credit to the Nation
• Bastard: John Major
• Object of Desire: Björk

NME Awards 1995

Presenters: Tip Top TV

• Best LP: Blur, for Parklife
• Best Single: Oasis, for Live Forever
• Best New Band: Oasis
• Best Solo Artist: Paul Weller
• Worst Record: Whigfield, for Saturday Night
• Film of the Year: Pulp Fiction
• Best TV Show: Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge
• Best Comedian: Steve Coogan
• Most Desirable Human Being: Kylie Minogue
• Best Club/Venue: Brixton Academy
• NME Album of the Year: Oasis, for Definitely Maybe
• NME Singles of the Year: Blur, for Girls and Boys
• Philip Hall/On Award for Best New Act: Gene
• Godlike Genius Award for Services to Music: Alan McGee, Creation Records
• Live Act of the Year: Blur
• Best Rap Artist: Warren G
• Event of the Year: Glastonbury Festival
• Bummer of the Year: Kurt Cobain‘s Suicide
• Best Video: Blur, for Parklife
• Best Band: Blur
• Best Live Event: Orbital at Glastonbury

NME Awards 1996

Presenters: Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer

• Best Live Act: Oasis
• Best Band: Oasis
• Best LP: Oasis, for (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
• Best Single: Oasis, for Wonderwall
• Vibes Award for Best Dance Act: Goldie
• Best Dance Act: The Prodigy
• Best Solo Artist: Paul Weller
• The Special Award for Services Beyond the Call of Duty: Tony Crean for organising the War Child LP
• Album of the Year: Tricky, for Maxinquaye
• Single of the Year: Black Grape, for Reverend Black Grape
• Worst Record: Robson Green and Jerome Flynn, for I Believe
• Godlike Genius Award: Michael Eavis
• Best Musical Event: Glastonbury Festival
• Non-Musical Event: French Nuclear Testing
• Best Dressed Person: Jarvis Cocker
• Worst Dressed Person: Jarvis Cocker
• Best Video: Pulp, for Common People
• Live Act of the Year: Pulp
• Best TV Programme: Shooting Stars
• Best New Band: Supergrass
• The Philip Hall Radar Award: Rocket from the Crypt
• Best Radio Show: Radio 1’s Evening Session
• Best Film: The Usual Suspects
• Best Comedian: Steve Coogan
• Most Desirable Human Being: Liam Gallagher
• Git of the Year: Damon Albarn
• Best Venue: Brixton Academy

NME Awards 1997

Took place on 28 January 1997.

• Best LP: Manic Street Preachers, for Everything Must Go
• Best Single: Manic Street Preachers, for A Design for Life
• Best Live Act: Manic Street Preachers
• Musical Moment of the Year: Skinner, Baddiel and The Lightning Seeds , for Three Lions
• Best LP: Beck, for Odelay
• Best Single: Underworld, for Born Slippy
• Worst Single: Spice Girls, for Wannabe
• Best Solo Artist: Beck
• Best Radio Show: Radio 1 Evening Session
• Most Desirable Person: Louise Wener
• Best Video: The Prodigy, for Firestarter
• Biggest Disappointment: The Stone Roses breaking up
• Best Club/Venue: Brixton Academy
• Best Band: Oasis
• Worst Dressed Person: Liam Gallagher
• Worst Band: Oasis
• Arse of the Year: Liam Gallagher
• Musical Event of the Year: Oasis at Knebworth
• Radio 1 Evening Session Of The Year: Suede
• Best New Band/Artist: Kula Shaker
• Philip Hall/On Award for Best New Act: Super Furry Animals
• Best Dance Act: The Prodigy
• Vibes Award for Best Dance Act: Orbital
• Best Film: Trainspotting
• Best TV Show: Shooting Stars

NME Awards 1998

Took place on 27 January 1998. Presenter: Eddie Vedder

• Best Band: The Verve
• Best LP: Radiohead, for OK Computer
• God Like Genius: Mark E. Smith of The Fall
• Best Single: The Verve, for Bitter Sweet Symphony
• Best Solo Artist: Beck
• Worst Single: Aqua, for Barbie Girl
• Best Film: The Full Monty
• Musical Event Of 1997: Glastonbury Festival
• Radio 1 Evening Session of the Year: Radiohead
• Best TV Show: Shooting Stars
• Best Dance Act: The Prodigy
• Best Radio Show: Mark Radcliffe and Lard (Mark Riley)
• Best New Band: Embrace
• Best Club/Venue: Brixton Academy
• Best Music Video: The Verve, for Bittersweet Symphony
• Best Dance Single: The Prodigy, for Smack My Bitch Up
• Dickhead Of The Year: Liam Gallagher
• Most Desirable Person: Louise Nurding (Louise)

NME Premier Awards 1999

• Best Single: Manic Street Preachers, for If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next
• Best Band: Manic Street Preachers
• Best Music Video: Manic Street Preachers, for If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next
• Best Album: Manic Street Preachers, for This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
• Best New Band: Gomez
• Best Radio Show: Mark Radcliffe
• Best Dance Act: Fatboy Slim
• Best Dance Record: Fatboy Slim, for The Rockafeller Skank
• Godlike Genius: Massive Attack
• Best TV Show: South Park
• Best Film: Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels
• Musical Event of the Year: Glastonbury Festival
• Best Solo Artist: Robbie Williams
• Most Desirable Person: Natalie Imbruglia
• Worst Record: Billie Piper, for Because We Want to
• Dickhead of the Year: Liam Gallagher
• Best Venue: Brixton Academy
• The Pop Personality’s Brain That Should Be Kept Alive for Posterity: Nicky Wire
• The Pop Personality Who Would Make the Best Drugs Czar: Shaun Ryder
• The Pop Personality You Would To See On A Blind Date: Marilyn Manson and Billie Piper
• The Pop Personality You Would Most Like as Your Doctor: Natalie Imbruglia
• The Pop Personality You Would Most Like to Go Shopping with: Brian Molko
• The Pop Personality You Would Most Like to Cook You a Meal: Tiny Woods
• The Pop Personality You Would Most Like to Be Marooned on a Desert Island with: Louise
• The Pop Personality You Would Most Like as Prime Minister: Nicky Wire
• The Pop Personality That You’d Most Like as Your Driving Instructor: Jay Kay
• The Pop Personality You Would Most Like to See in a Ring with Mike Tyson: Billie Piper

See also

• NME Awards on Wikipedia
• A History of the NME Awards 1953-2010
• NME Awards History – 1990
• NME Awards History – 1991
• NME Awards History – 1992
• NME Awards History – 1993
• NME Awards History – 1994
• NME Awards History – 1995
• NME Awards History – 1996
• NME Awards History – 1997
• NME Awards History – 1998
• NME Awards History – 1999

Edited 12 Jun 2018 – clarified some formatting.

Ivor Novello Awards 2015

The 2015 Ivor Novello Awards represented, rather impressively, the sixtieth anniversary of the ceremony. They took place on Thursday 21st May 2015 at Grosvenor House in London.

 

PRS for Music Most Performed Work

Nominees:

• George Ezra – Budapest
• Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne – Rather Be
• Sam Smith – Stay With Me

 

Winner: Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne

Best Television Soundtrack

Nominees:

• Natalie Holt and Martin Phipps – The Honourable Woman
• Samuel Sim – The Mill – Series 2
• Edmund Butt – The Suspicions of Mr Whicher – Beyond the Pale

Winner: The Honourable Woman

Outstanding Song Collection

Winner: Albert Hammond

The Ivors Classical Music Award

Winner: Judith Weir

Album Award

Nominees:

• Wild Beasts – Present Tense
• Royal Blood – Royal Blood
• Bombay Bicycle Club – So Long, See You Tomorrow

Winner: Bombay Bicycle Club

Best Song Musically and Lyrically

• Bear’s Den – Above The Clouds Of Pompeii
• Ben Howard – I Forget Where We Were
• Hozier – Take Me To Church

Winner: Hozier

PRS for Music Outstanding Contribution to British Music

Winner: Boy George

Best Original Film Score

Nominees:

• David Holmes – ‘71
• Gary Yershon – Mr. Turner
• Dario Marianelli – The Boxtrolls

 

Winner: ’71

Songwriter of the Year

Winner: Ed Sheeran

The Ivors Inspiration Award

Winner: Manic Street Preachers

Best Contemporary Song

Nominees:

• Alt-J – Every Other Freckle
• Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne – Rather Be
• FKA Twigs – Two Weeks

Winner: Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne

The Ivors Special Anniversary Award

Winner: Bob Geldof and Midge Ure

Lifetime Achievement

Winner: Black Sabbath

PRS for Music Special International Award

Winner: Paul Williams

BASCA Fellowship

Winner: Annie Lennox

More here and here. You can also read about the 2014 ceremony here.