Ivor Novello Awards Winners 1956-2018 (Part One)

Let’s take a final look at the history of the Ivor Novello Awards, by trying to summarise the winners by award category. As they should, these have evolved somewhat over the years, and many have changed their name, so I’ve tried to reconcile them into a single category if they’re roughly the same. I’ve generally tried to use the most recent name in each instance.

Best Song or Album

PRS for Music Most Performed Work

• 1956 – Ev’rywhere – Tolchard Evans and Jack Fishman
• 1957 – My September Love – Tolchard Evans and Richard Mullen *
• 1958 – We Will Make Love – Russ Hamilton *
• 1959 – Trudie – Joe Henderson *
• 1960 – Side Saddle – Russ Conway *
• 1961 – As Long As He Needs Me – Lionel Bart *
• 1962 – My Kind of Girl – Leslie Bricusse
• 1963 – Stranger on the Shore – Acker Bilk
• 1964 – She Loves You – John Lennon and Paul McCartney
• 1965 – Can’t Buy Me Love – John Lennon and Paul McCartney
• 1966 – I’ll Never Find Another You – Tom Springfield
• 1967 – Michelle – John Lennon and Paul McCartney
• 1968 – Puppet on a String – Phil Coulter and Bill Martin
• 1969 – Congratulations – Phil Coulter and Bill Martin
• 1970 – Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da – John Lennon and Paul McCartney
• 1971 – Yellow River – Jeff Christie
• 1972 – My Sweet Lord – George Harrison
• 1973 – Beg Steal or Borrow – Tony Cole, Graeme Hall and Steve Wolfe
• 1974 – Get Down – Gilbert O’Sullivan
• 1975 – Wombling Song – Mike Batt
• 1976 – I’m Not In Love – Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart
• 1977 – Save Your Kisses For Me – Tony Hiller, Martin Lee and Lee Sheriden *
• 1978 – Don’t Cry for Me Argentina – Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
• 1979 – Night Fever – Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb
• 1980 – Bright Eyes – Mike Batt
• 1981 – Together We Are Beautiful – Ken Leray
• 1982 – You Drive Me Crazy – Ronnie Harwood
• 1983 – Golden Brown – Jean J. Burnell, Hugh Cornwell, Jet Black and David Greenfield
• 1984 – Every Breath You Take – Sting
• 1985 – Careless Whisper – George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley
• 1986 – Easy Lover – Phillip Bailey, Phil Collins and Nathan East
• 1987 – Chain Reaction – Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb
• 1988 – Never Gonna Give You Up – Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
• 1989 – I Should Be So Lucky – Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
• 1990 – This Time I Know It’s For Real – Mike Stock, Matt Aiken, Pete Waterman and Donna Summer
• 1991 – Blue Savannah – Andy Bell and Vince Clarke
• 1992 – I’m Too Sexy – Fred Fairbrass, Rob Manzoli and Richard Fairbrass
• 1993 – Deeply Dippy – Fred Fairbrass, Rob Manzoli and Richard Fairbrass
• 1994 – Ordinary World – Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Warren Cuccurullo
• 1995 – Love is All Around – Reg Presley
• 1996 – Back For Good – Gary Barlow
• 1997 – Fast Love – George Michael
• 1998 – I’ll Be Missing You (Every Breath You Take) – Sting
• 1999 – Angels – Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers
• 2000 – Beautiful Stranger – William Orbit and Madonna
• 2001 – Pure Shores – Shaznay Lewis and William Orbit
• 2002 – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head – Cathy Dennis and Rob Davis
• 2003 – Just A Little – Michelle Escoffery, John Hammond Hagan, George Hammond Hagan
• 2004 – Superstar – Mich Hansen, Joseph Belmaati and Mikkel Sigvardt
• 2005 – Toxic – Cathy Dennis, Bloodshy, Henrik Jonback and Avant
• 2006 – You’re Beautiful – James Blunt, Amanda Ghost and Sacha Skarbek
• 2007 – I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ – Elton John, Scott Hoffman and Jason Sellards
• 2008 – Shine – Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Stephen Robson
• 2009 – Mercy – Steve Booker and Duffy
• 2010 – The Fear – Lily Allen and Greg Kurstin
• 2011 – She Said – Eric Appapoulay, Richard Cassell, Ben Drew and Tom Wright-Goss
• 2012 – Rolling In The Deep – Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
• 2013 – Next to Me – Hugo Chegwin, Harry Craze, Anup Paul and Emeli Sandé
• 2014 – Let Her Go – Mike Rosenberg
• 2015 – Rather Be – James Napier and Jack Patterson
• 2016 – Hold Back The River – Iain Archer and James Bay
• 2017 – Hymn for the Weekend – Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin
• 2018 – Shape of You – Steve Mac, Johnny McDaid and Ed Sheeran

Those with an asterisk (*) were awarded jointly as Most Performed Work and Best Selling British Song, as a single award.

Best Selling British Song

• 1957 – My September Love – Tolchard Evans and Richard Mullen *
• 1958 – We Will Make Love – Russ Hamilton *
• 1959 – Trudie – Joe Henderson *
• 1960 – Side Saddle – Russ Conway *
• 1961 – As Long As He Needs Me – Lionel Bart *
• 1962 – Walkin’ Back To Happiness – Michael Hawker and John Schroeder
• 1963 – Telstar – Joe Meek
• 1964 – She Loves You – John Lennon and Paul McCartney
• 1965 – Can’t Buy Me Love – John Lennon and Paul McCartney
• 1966 – We Can Work It Out – John Lennon and Paul McCartney
• 1967 – Yellow Submarine – John Lennon and Paul McCartney
• 1968 – The Last Waltz – Barry Mason and Les Reed
• 1969 – Hey Jude – John Lennon and Paul McCartney
• 1970 – Get Back – John Lennon and Paul McCartney
• 1971 – In the Summertime – Ray Dorset
• 1972 – My Sweet Lord – George Harrison
• 1973 – Mouldy Old Dough – Nigel Fletcher and Rob Woodward
• 1974 – I Love You Love Me Love – Mike Leander
• 1975 – Tiger Feet – Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn
• 1976 – Bohemian Rhapsody – Freddie Mercury
• 1977 – Save Your Kisses For Me – Tony Hiller, Martin Lee and Lee Sheriden *
• 1978 – Mull of Kintyre – Paul McCartney and Denny Laine
• 1979 – Night Fever – Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb
• 1980 – Bright Eyes – Mike Batt
• 1981 – There’s No One Quite Like Grandma – Gordon Lorenz
• 1982 – Stand and Deliver – Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni
• 1983 – Come On Eileen – Kevin Rowland, Kevin Adams and James Paterson
• 1984 – Karma Chameleon – Boy George, John Moss, Michael Craig, Roy Hay and Phil Pickett
• 1985 – Do They Know It’s Christmas? – Bob Geldof and Midge Ure
• 1986 – I Know Him So Well – Tim Rice, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
• 1987 – Every Loser Wins – Simon May, Stewart James and Bradley James
• 1988 – Never Gonna Give You Up – Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
• 1989 – Mistletoe & Wine – Leslie Stewart, Jeremy Paul and Keith Strachan
• 1990 – Too Many Broken Hearts – Mike Stock, Matt Aiken and Pete Waterman
• 1991 – Sacrifice/Healing Hands – Elton John and Bernie Taupin
• 1992 – Bohemian Rhapsody / These are the Days of Our Lives – Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon
• 1993 – Would I Lie To You – Mick Leeson and Peter Vale
• 1994 – Mr Blobby – David Rogers and Paul Shaw
• 1995 – Love is All Around – Reg Presley
• 1996 – Back For Good – Gary Barlow
• 1997 – Wannabe – Victoria Adams, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell, Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard
• 1998 – Candle In The Wind 1997 – Elton John and Bernie Taupin
• 1999 – Believe – Brian Higgins, Steve Torch, Paul Barry, Stuart McLennan, Tim Powell and Matt Gray
• 2000 – The Millennium Prayer – Paul Field and Stephen Deal
• 2001 – Can We Fix It – Paul Joyce
• 2002 – Pure and Simple – Pete Kirtley, Tim Hawes and Alison Clarkson
• 2003 – Anything Is Possible – Cathy Dennis and Chris Braide
• 2004 – Mad World – Roland Orzabal
• 2005 – Do They Know It’s Christmas? – Bob Geldof and Midge Ure
• 2006 – That’s My Goal – Jorgan Elofsson, Jeremy Godfrey and Bill Padley
• 2007 – A Moment Like This – Jorgen Elofsson and John Reid
• 2008 – Beautiful Liar – Ian Dench, Mikkel Eriksen, Amanda Ghost, Tor Erik Hermansen and Beyonce Knowles
• 2009 – Viva La Vida – Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin

Those with an asterisk (*) were awarded jointly as Most Performed Work and Best Selling British Song, as a single award.

Best Song Musically and Lyrically

• 1956 – In Love for the Very First Time – Paddy Roberts and Jack Woodman
• 1957 – By the Fountains of Rome – Norman Newell and Mátyás Seiber
• 1958 – A Handful of Songs – Lionel Bart, Michael Pratt and Tommy Steele
• 1959 – The Wind Cannot Read – Peter Hart
• 1960 – The Village of St. Bernadette – Eula Parker
• 1961 – Portrait of My Love – Norman Newell and Cyril Ornadel
• 1962 – What Kind of Fool Am I? – Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
• 1963 – My Love and Devotion – Howard Barnes, Harold Fields and Joe Roncoroni
• 1964 – If I Ruled The World – Leslie Bricusse and Cyril Ornadel
• 1965 – Downtown – Tony Hatch
• 1966 – Yesterday – John Lennon and Paul McCartney
• 1968 – She’s Leaving Home – John Lennon and Paul McCartney
• 1970 – Where Do You Go To My Lovely – Peter Sarstedt
• 1971 – Something – George Harrison
• 1972 – Don’t Let It Die – Hurricane Smith
• 1973 – Without You – Tom Evans and Peter Ham
• 1974 – Daniel – Elton John and Bernie Taupin
• 1975 – Streets of London – Ralph McTell
• 1978 – Don’t Cry for Me Argentina – Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
• 1979 – Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty
• 1980 – The Logical Song – Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson
• 1981 – Woman in Love – Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb
• 1982 – Memory – Andrew Lloyd Webber, T.S. Eliot and Trevor Nunn
• 1983 – Have You Ever Been in Love – Andy Hill, Pete Sinfield and John Danter
• 1984 – Every Breath You Take – Sting
• 1985 – Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) – Phil Collins
• 1986 – Nikita – Elton John and Bernie Taupin
• 1987 – Don’t Give Up – Peter Gabriel
• 1988 – Something Inside So Strong – Labi Siffre
• 1989 – They Dance Alone – Sting
• 1990 – The Living Years – BA Robertson and Mike Rutherford
• 1991 – Sacrifice – Elton John and Bernie Taupin
• 1992 – The Whole of the Moon – Mike Scott
• 1993 – Why – Annie Lennox
• 1994 – If I Ever Lose My Faith in You – Sting
• 1995 – Think Twice – Andy Hill andPeter Sinfield
• 1996 – Common People – Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey and Russell Senior
• 1997 – Too Much Love Will Kill You – Brian May, Frank Musker and Elizabeth Lamers
• 1998 – Paranoid Android – Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Phil Selway, Colin Greenwood and Ed O’Brien
• 1999 – Believe – Brian Higgins, Stuart McLennan, Paul Barry, Steve Torch, Matt Gray and Tim Powell
• 2000 – Strong – Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers
• 2001 – Babylon – David Gray
• 2002 – Walk On – Adam Clayton, The Edge, Bono and Larry Mullen Jnr
• 2003 – The Other Side – David Gray
• 2004 – Leave Right Now – Francis Eg White
• 2005 – Dry Your Eyes – Mike Skinner
• 2006 – Suddenly I See – KT Tunstall
• 2007 – Elusive – Scott Matthews
• 2008 – Love Is A Losing Game – Amy Winehouse
• 2009 – One Day Like This – Guy Garvey, Richard Jupp, Craig Potter, Mark Potter and Peter Turner
• 2010 – The Fear – Lily Allen and Greg Kurstin
• 2011 – Becoming a Jackal – Conor O’Brien
• 2012 – The A Team – Ed Sheeran
• 2013 – Next to Me – Hugo Chegwin, Harry Craze, Anup Paul and Emeli Sandé
• 2014 – Strong – Dominic Major, Hannah Reid and Daniel Rothman
• 2015 – Take Me To Church – Andrew Hozier-Byrne
• 2016 – Wasn’t Expecting That – Jamie Lawson
• 2017 – Black Man in a White World – Dean ‘Inflo’ Josiah Cover and Michael Kiwanuka
• 2018 – Magnificent (She Says) – Guy Garvey, Craig Potter, Mark Potter and Pete Turner

International Hit of the Year

• 1967 – Winchester Cathedral – Geoff Stephens
• 1968 – A Whiter Shade of Pale – Gary Brooker and Keith Reid
• 1969 – Delilah – Barry Mason and Les Reed
• 1970 – Love Is All – Barry Mason and Les Reed
• 1971 – In the Summertime – Ray Dorset
• 1972 – Jesus Christ Superstar – Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
• 1973 – Without You – Tom Evans and Pete Ham
• 1974 – Power To All Our Friends – Guy Fletcher and Doug Flett
• 1975 – The Night Chicago Died – Peter Callander and Mitch Murray
• 1976 – I’m Not In Love – Graham Gouldman – Eric Stewart
• 1977 – Save Your Kisses For Me – Tony Hiller, Martin Lee and Lee Sheriden
• 1978 – Don’t Cry for Me Argentina – Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
• 1979 – Stayin’ Alive – Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb
• 1980 – We Don’t Talk Anymore – Alan Tarney
• 1981 – Another Brick in the Wall – Roger Waters
• 1982 – In the Air Tonight – Phil Collins
• 1983 – Ebony and Ivory – Paul McCartney
• 1984 – Let’s Dance – David Bowie
• 1985 – The Reflex – Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor and Nick Rhodes
• 1986 – 19 – Paul Hardcastle, Mike Oldfield, Bill Couturie and Jonas McCord
• 1987 – West End Girls – Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe
• 1988 – Never Gonna Give You Up – Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
• 1989 – Faith – George Michael
• 1990 – She Drives Me Crazy – David Steele and Roland Gift
• 1991 – All Around the World – Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andrew Morris
• 1992 – Crazy – Seal
• 1993 – Would I Lie To You – Mick Leeson and Peter Vale
• 1994 – Living on My Own – Freddie Mercury
• 1995 – Love is All Around – Reg Presley
• 1996 – Kiss From A Rose – Seal
• 1997 – Wannabe – Victoria Adams, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell, Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard
• 1998 – Candle In The Wind 1997 – Elton John and Bernie Taupin
• 1999 – Believe – Brian Higgins, Stuart McLennan, Paul Barry, Steve Torch, Matt Gray and Tim Powell
• 2000 – Genie In A Bottle – Pam Sheyne, David Frank and Steve Kipner
• 2001 – It Feels So Good – Sonique, Linus Burdick, Simon Belofsky and Graeme Pleeth
• 2002 – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head – Cathy Dennis and Rob Davis
• 2003 – Complicated – Lauren Christy, David Alspach, Graham Edwards and Avril Lavigne
• 2004 – White Flag – Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong and Richard Nowels
• 2005 – Vertigo – Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr
• 2006 – You’re Beautiful – James Blunt, Amanda Ghost and Sacha Skarbek
• 2007 – Sorry – Madonna and Stuart Price

Best Lyric

• 1978 – Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs – Michael Coleman and Brian Burke
• 1979 – The Man with the Child in His Eyes – Kate Bush
• 1980 – I Don’t Like Mondays – Bob Geldof
• 1981 – Take That Look Off Your Face – Don Black
• 1982 – Woman – John Lennon
• 1983 – Private Investigations – Mark Knopfler

Best Contemporary Song

• 1985 – Two Tribes – Holly Johnson, Peter Gill and Mark O’Toole
• 1986 – We Don’t Need Another Hero – Graham Lyle and Terry Britten
• 1987 – It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back) – Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart
• 1988 – You Win Again – Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb
• 1989 – Love Changes (Everything) – Simon Climie, Dennis Morgan and Rob Fisher
• 1990 – All Around the World – Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andrew Morris
• 1991 – Killer – Adam ‘Adamski’ Tinley and Seal
• 1992 – Crazy – Seal
• 1993 – Would I Lie To You – Peter Vale and Mick Leeson
• 1994 – Pray – Gary Barlow
• 1995 – You Gotta Be – Des’ree Weekes and Ashley Ingram
• 1996 – Alright – Danny Goffrey, Gaz Coombes and Michael Quinn
• 1997 – A Design for Life – James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire
• 1998 – Karma Police – Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Phil Selway, Colin Greenwood and Ed O’Brien
• 1999 – Here’s Where The Story Ends – Harriet Wheeler and David Gavurin
• 2000 – Why Does It Always Rain On Me – Fran Healy
• 2001 – Seven Days – Craig David, Mark Hill and Darren Hill
• 2002 – Shining Light – Tim Wheeler
• 2003 – Weak Become Heroes – Mike Skinner
• 2004 – Stronger Than Me – Amy Winehouse and Salaam Remi
• 2005 – Take Me Out – Robert Hardy, Alex Kapranos, Nick McCarthy and Paul Thomson
• 2006 – Wires – Joel Pott, Steven Roberts, Timothy Wanstall and Carey Willetts
• 2007 – Rehab – Amy Winehouse
• 2008 – People Help The People – Simon Aldred
• 2009 – Grounds For Divorce – Guy Garvey, Richard Jupp, Craig Potter, Mark Potter and Peter Turner
• 2010 – Daniel – Natasha Khan
• 2011 – Pass Out – Timothy McKenzie, Patrick Okogwu and Marc Williams
• 2012 – Video Games – Lana Del Rey and Justin Parker
• 2013 – Pelican – Sam Doyle, Rupert Jarvis, Orlando Weeks, Felix White and Hugo White
• 2014 – Retrograde – James Blake
• 2015 – Rather Be – James Napier and Jack Patterson
• 2016 – All My Friends – James Carter, Oliver Lee, Cass Lowe and Chance The Rapper
• 2017 – Man – Skepta and Josh Homme
• 2018 – Question Time – Dave and Fraser T Smith

Album Award

• 2005 – Final Straw – Iain Archer, Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland and Jonny Quinn
• 2006 – Employment – Nick Baines, Nick Hodgson, Simon Rix, Andrew White and Ricky Wilson
• 2007 – Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not – Alex Turner
• 2008 – In Rainbows – Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Edward O’Brien, Philip Selway and Thom Yorke
• 2009 – We Started Nothing – Julian De Martino and Katie White
• 2010 – Sunny Side Up – Paolo Nutini
• 2011 – The Defamation of Strickland Banks – Ben Drew
• 2012 – Let England Shake – PJ Harvey
• 2013 – An Awesome Wave – Thomas Green, Joe Newman, Gwilym Sainsbury and Augustus Unger-Hamilton
• 2014 – Push the Sky Away – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
• 2015 – So Long, See You Tomorrow – Jack Steadman
• 2016 – Darling Arithmetic – Conor O’Brien
• 2017 – The Dreaming Room – Laura Mvula
• 2018 – Gang Signs & Prayer – Michael ‘Stormzy’ Omari

One-Off and Special Awards

One-Off Awards

• 1966 – The Year’s Outstanding Contemporary Folk Song – Catch the Wind – Donovan
• 1970 – The Year’s Outstanding Light Orchestral Arranger / Composer – Ernest Tomlinson
• 1972 – Entertainment Music – Ron Goodwin
• 1976 – Best British Work for Children – Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo – Michael Flanders and Joseph Horovitz
• 1976 – Music Publisher of the Year – Geoffrey Heath
• 1984 – The Best Rock Song – Let’s Dance – David Bowie
• 1992 – Award in Recognition of the Exceptional Success of a Single Song – Everything I Do (I Do It For You) – Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen and Robert John ‘Mutt’ Lange
• 1995 – The Radio 1 Award for Continuing Innovation in Music – Brian Eno
• 2000 – International Achievement in Musical Theatre – Robert Elhai, Elton John, Lebo M, Tsidii Le Loka, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Tim Rice, Julie Taymor and Hans Zimmer

Special Awards

• 1956 – A Personal Special Award – Haydn Wood
• 1961 – Any work which in the opinion of the Judges, is worthy of an Award, but which may not necessarily be governed by Existing Categories – Goodness Gracious Me – Herbert Kretzmer and David Lee
• 1961 – Special Award – What Do You Want If You Don’t Want Money? – Johnny Worth
• 1964 – Special Award in Recognition of Fifty Years’ Service to the Music Industry – The Performing Rights Society
• 1970 – Special Award for Originality – Space Oddity – David Bowie
• 1970 – Special Award for The Most Contemporary Song – Melting Pot – Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway
• 1977 – Special Award for the James Bond Theme – Monty Norman
• 1978 – Special Award – Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb
• 1979 – Special Award for Services to British Songwriters – Victor Knight
• 1983 – Special Award for 25 Years In The Music Business – Brian Bennett, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch
• 2005 – The Ivors Special Award for Songwriting – Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
• 2015 – The Ivors Special Anniversary Award – Bob Geldof and Midge Ure

In the second and final part next week, we’ll look at the Artist, Genre or Style-Specific Awards, and awards for Musicals, Films, Television, Radio, and Video Games.

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Ivor Novello Awards – 2010-2012

Ivor Novello Awards 2010

For the final post in this series, we reach the 2010s, and 55 years of the Ivor Novello Awards. The 2010 ceremony took place on 20th May 2010 at the Grosvenor House, London.

• PRS for Music Most Performed Work: The Fear, performed by Lily Allen. Also nominated: Broken Strings, by James Morrison, and The Promise, by Girls Aloud, written by Xenomania
• Best Television Soundtrack: Desperate Romantics, composed by Daniel Pemberton. Also nominated: Life, by George Fenton, and Red Riding 1974, by Adrian Johnston
• Best Contemporary Song: Daniel, written by Natasha Khan. Also nominated: Bonkers, by Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden, and In for the Kill, by La Roux
• The Ivors Inspiration Award: Johnny Marr
• Best Original Video Game Score: Killzone 2, composed by Joris de Man. Also nominated: Empire: Total War, by Richard Beddow, Richard Birdsall, Walter Mair, Lorenzo Piggici and Simon Ravn, and Savage Moon: Waldgeist, by Armin Elsaesser
• The Ivors Classical Music Award: Peter Maxwell Davies
• Best Song Musically & Lyrically: The Fear, written by Lily Allen. Also nominated: Save It for Someone Who Cares, by The Leisure Society, and The Last Bus, by Patch William
• Album Award: Sunny Side Up, by Paolo Nutini. Also nominated: The Duckworth Lewis Method, by The Duckworth Lewis Method, and Tongue N’ Cheek, by Dizzee Rascal
• International Achievement: Imogen Heap
• Best Original Film Score: Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, composed by John Powell. Also nominated: Skin, by Hélène Muddiman, and The Young Victoria, by Ilan Eshkeri
• PRS for Music Outstanding Contribution to British Music: Trevor Horn
• The Special International Award: Neil Sedaka
• Songwriters of the Year: Lily Allen and Greg Kurstin
• Lifetime Achievement: Paul Weller
• BASCA Fellowship: Tim Rice

Ivor Novello Awards 2011

Grosvenor House in London hosted the 2011 Ivor Novello Awards, on 19th May.

• PRS for Music Most Performed Work: She Said, performed by Plan B. Also nominated: All the Lovers, written by Kish Mauve and performed by Kylie Minogue, and This Ain’t A Love Song, by Scouting for Girls
• Best Original Video Game Score: Napoleon: Total War, composed by Richard Beddow, Richard Birdsall and Ian Livingstone. Also nominated: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, by Nitin Sawhney, and James Bond 007: Blood Stone, by Richard Jacques
• Best Contemporary Song: Pass Out, performed by Tinie Tempah. Also nominated: Islands, by The xx, and Katy on a Mission by Katy B
• Best Television Soundtrack: Any Human Heart, by Dan Jones. Also performed: Agatha Christie’s Marple, Series V, by Dominik Scherrer, and Going Postal, by John Lunn
• The Ivors Inspiration Award: Dizzee Rascal
• The Ivors Classical Music Award: Michael Nyman
• Album Award: The Defamation of Strickland Banks, by Plan B. Also nominated: Flaws, by Bombay Bicycle Club, and Man Alive, by Everything Everything
• Best Original Film Score: How To Train Your Dragon, composed by John Powell. Also nominated: Monsters, by Jon Hopkins, and Unstoppable, by Harry Gregson-Williams
• PRS for Music Outstanding Contribution to British Music: Paul Rodgers
• Best Song Musically and Lyrically: Becoming a Jackal, performed by Villagers. Also nominated: MY KZ, UR BF, by Everything Everything, and Spanish Sahara, by Foals
• International Achievement: Muse
• Outstanding Song Collection: Steve Winwood
• Songwriter of the Year: Ben Drew
• PRS for Music Special International Award: Stephen Sondheim

Ivor Novello Awards 2012

The 2012 ceremony took place at Grosvenor House on 17th May.

• Best Contemporary Song: Video Games, performed by Lana Del Rey. Also nominated: Promises, by Nero, and The Wilhelm Scream, by James Blake
• PRS for Music Most Performed Work: Rolling In The Deep, performed by Adele. Also nominated: Someone Like You, by Adele, and The Flood, by Take That
• Best Television Soundtrack: The Shadow Line, composed by Martin Phipps. Also nominated: Leonardo, by Mark Russell, and Page Eight, by Paul Englishby
• The Ivors Jazz Award: Stan Tracey
• Album Award: Let England Shake, by PJ Harvey. Also nominated: 21, performed by Adele, and 50 Words For Snow, by Kate Bush
• Outstanding Song Collection: Gary Kemp
• The Ivors Inspiration Award: Siouxsie Sioux
• Best Original Film Score: The First Grader, composed by Alex Heffes. Also nominated: Life in a Day, by Harry Gregson-Williams and Matthew Herbert, and We Need To Talk About Kevin, by Jonny Greenwood
• PRS for Music Outstanding Contribution to British Music: Take That
• Best Song Musically and Lyrically: The A Team, by Ed Sheeran. Also nominated: Rolling in the Deep, by Adele, and Shake It Out, by Florence + The Machine
• Lifetime Achievement: Mark Knopfler
• Songwriter of the Year: Adele
• PRS for Music Special International Award: Jimmy Webb
• BASCA Fellowship: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Further Reading

• 2010 on theivors.com
• 2011 on theivors.com
• 2012 on theivors.com

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 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 – 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

Q Awards 2016

It may be a little late for this round-up, but I’m afraid that’s the way things go round here these days. The StubHub StubHub Q Awards took place in London on 2nd November, and these were the results. As always, the award names are ridiculously long and corporate and almost all of them were identical, but let’s go with it…

Q Best Act In The World Today, presented by The Cavern Club

• Biffy Clyro
• Coldplay
• Muse
• The 1975
• U2

Winner: Muse

Q Best Solo Artist presented by Help Musicians UK

• James Bay
• Noel Gallagher
• PJ Harvey
• Michael Kiwanuka
• Skepta

Winner: James Bay

Q Best Breakthrough Act, presented by Red Stripe

• The Amazons
• Blossoms
• Christine and the Queens
• Gallant
• Jack Garratt
• Lady Leshurr
• Let’s Eat Grandma
• Nothing But Thieves
• Rat Boy
• Spring King

Winner: Jack Garratt

Q Best Track, presented by Jack Daniel’s

• Bastille – Good Grief
• Catfish and the Bottlemen – Twice
• Biffy Clyro – Howl
• The 1975 – Somebody Else
• Skepta – Man

Winner: Bastille

Q Best Album, presented by Absolute Radio

• Bastille – Wild World
• David Bowie – Blackstar
• Christine and the Queens – Chaleur Humaine
• Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams
• The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It

Winner: The 1975

Q Best Video, presented by Boxplus

• Beyoncé – Formation
• Coldplay – Up & Up
• PJ Harvey – The Community of Hope
• The 1975 – A Change of Heart
• Wolf Alice – Lisbon

Winner: PJ Harvey

Q Best Live Act presented by StubHub

• Coldplay
• Muse
• Savages
• U2
• Wolf Alice

Winner: U2

Q Hero, presented by Conker Spirit

Winner: Meat Loaf

Q Classic Songwriter, presented by Pretty Green

Winner: Ray Davies

Q Classic Album

Winner: The Charlatans, for Tellin’ Stories

Q Innovation In Sound

Winner: M.I.A.

Q Gibson Les Paul Award

Winner: The Edge

Q Outstanding Contribution To Music, presented by Buster & Punch

Winner: Blondie

Q Hall Of Fame, presented by StubHub

Winner: Madness

Which just about ends our awards coverage for another couple of months. You can read Q Magazine’s own coverage here.

Q Awards 2016 – Nominations

Every Autumn, the Q Awards turn up with a whole pile of prizes for people in almost identically-named categories. Last year’s winners were documented here, and the nominees for this year’s event are now in!

This year, they have renamed it the Corporate Sponsorship StubHub Q Awards Sponsored by StubHub, but that’s a stupid name, so that’s the only time we’ll mention StubHub on this blog. Here are the nominations:

Q Best Breakthrough Act presented by Red Stripe

• The Amazons
• Blossoms
• Christine and the Queens
• Gallant
• Jack Garratt
• Lady Leshurr
• Let’s Eat Grandma
• Nothing But Thieves
• Rat Boy
• Spring King

Q Best Track

• Bastille – Good Grief
• Catfish and the Bottlemen – Twice
• Biffy Clyro – Howl
• The 1975 – Somebody Else
• Skepta – Man

Q Best Video presented by Boxplus

• Beyoncé – Formation
• Coldplay – Up & Up
• PJ Harvey – The Community of Hope
• The 1975 – A Change of Heart
• Wolf Alice – Lisbon

Q Best Album presented by Absolute Radio

• Bastille – Wild World
• David Bowie – Blackstar
• Christine and the Queens – Chaleur Humaine
• Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams
• The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It

Q Best Live Act presented by StubHub

• Coldplay
• Muse
• Savages
• U2
• Wolf Alice

The winner will probably be StubHub…

Q Best Solo Artist presented by Help Musicians UK

• James Bay
• Noel Gallagher
• PJ Harvey
• Michael Kiwanuka
• Skepta

Q Best Act In The World Today presented by The Cavern Club

• Biffy Clyro
• Coldplay
• Muse
• The 1975
• U2

If you care who wins in any of those categories, you can vote for the StubHub winners in all the categories listed above here.

The BRIT Awards 2012

Tuesday 21st February 2012 saw James Corden hosting the BRIT Awards, for the second time at The O2 Arena in London.

This post is part of a series about the history of the BRIT Awards. You can read about the 2011 ceremony here, and the 2013 ceremony here.

British Male Solo Artist

Presented by Plan B. Nominees:

• James Blake
• Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
• James Morrison
• Professor Green
• Ed Sheeran

Winner: Ed Sheeran

British Female Solo Artist

Presented by Kylie Minogue. Nominees:

• Adele
• Kate Bush
• Florence and the Machine
• Jessie J
• Laura Marling

Winner: Adele

British Breakthrough Act

Presented by Cesc Fàbregas and Nicole Scherzinger. Nominees:

• Anna Calvi
• Jessie J
• Emeli Sandé
• Ed Sheeran
• The Vaccines

Winner: Ed Sheeran

British Group

Presented by Jo Whiley and Huey Morgan. Nominees:

• Arctic Monkeys
• Chase & Status
• Coldplay
• Elbow
• Kasabian

Winner: Coldplay

British Single

Presented by Tinie Tempah. Nominees:

• Adele – Someone Like You
• Ed Sheeran – The A Team
• Example – Changed the Way You Kiss Me
• Jessie J feat. B.o.B – Price Tag
• JLS featuring Dev – She Makes Me Wanna
• Pixie Lott – All About Tonight
• Military Wives / Gareth Malone – Wherever You Are
• Olly Murs feat. Rizzle Kicks – Heart Skips a Beat
• One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
• The Wanted – Glad You Came

Winner: One Direction

MasterCard British Album of the Year

Presented by George Michael. Nominees:

• Adele – 21
• Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
• Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials
• PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
• Ed Sheeran – +

Winner: Adele. Famously she banged on for a bit too long without really saying anything and got cut off without warning.

International Male Solo Artist

Presented by Jessie J and Jack Whitehall. Nominees:

• Ryan Adams
• Aloe Blacc
• David Guetta
• Bon Iver
• Bruno Mars

Winner: Bruno Mars

International Female Solo Artist

Presented by Jenson Button. Nominees:

• Beyoncé
• Björk
• Feist
• Lady Gaga
• Rihanna

Winner: Rihanna

International Group

Presented by Brian May and Roger Taylor from Queen. Nominees:

• Fleet Foxes
• Foo Fighters
• Jay Z and Kanye West
• Lady Antebellum
• Maroon 5

Winner: Foo Fighters

International Breakthrough Act

Presented by will.i.am and Rob Brydon. Nominees:

• Aloe Blacc
• Bon Iver
• Lana del Rey
• Foster The People
• Nicki Minaj

Winner: Lana del Rey

Critics’ Choice

Presented by James Corden and Jessie J. Nominees:

• Michael Kiwanuka
• Maverick Sabre
• Emeli Sandé

Maverick Sabre came in second place. Winner: Emeli Sandé

British Producer

Presented by Laura Marling. Nominees:

• Paul Epworth
• Flood
• Ethan Johns

Winner: Ethan Johns

Outstanding Contribution to Music

Presented by Ray Winstone.

Winner: Blur

You should be able to watch the entire show here.

Performances

• Coldplay – Charlie Brown
• Florence + The Machine – No Light, No Light
• Olly Murs / Rizzle Kicks – Heart Skips a Beat
• Ed Sheeran – Lego House
• Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds / Chris Martin (from Coldplay) – AKA… What a Life!
• Adele – Rolling in the Deep
• Bruno Mars – Just the Way You Are
• Rihanna – We Found Love
• Blur – Girls & Boys / Song 2 / Parklife / Tender / This Is a Low

Further Reading / Viewing

• 2012 on brits.co.uk
• 2012 BRIT Awards on Wikipedia
• Official nominees playlist
• Official interviews from the red carpet
• Emeli Sandé performing at the nominations launch
• The Guardian’s listing of the nominees
• BBC report on winners and nominees
• The Daily Mail, getting upset about nothing in particular again