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

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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

BRIT Awards 2017

This is one of those all-too-common posts where you probably know more about the subject than I do, but I still feel as though we should pay some lip service to the fortieth anniversary BRIT Awards!

This year’s ceremony was the 37th altogether, and celebrated many late geniuses, with statuette designed by Zaha Hadid, a tribute to George Michael, and several wins for David Bowie. It took place at The O2 in London on 22nd February, and was hosted by Dermot O’Leary and Emma Willis, who stepped in for Michael Bublé at the last minute.

Performances at the show came from Little Mix, Bruno Mars, Emeli Sandé, The 1975, Chris Martin, Katy Perry and Skip Marley, The Chainsmokers and Coldplay, Ed Sheeran feat. Stormzy, and Robbie Williams.

British Artist Video

Presented by Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger. The nominees:

• Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
• James Arthur – Say You Won’t Let Go
• Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie – Rockabye
• Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend
• Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna – This Is What You Came For
• Jonas Blue feat. Dakota – Fast Car
• Little Mix feat. Sean Paul – Hair
• One Direction – History
• Tinie Tempah feat. Zara Larsson – Girls Like
• Zayn – Pillowtalk

Winner: One Direction

British Breakthrough Act

Presented by Nick Grimshaw and Rita Ora. The nominees:

• Anne-Marie
• Blossoms
• Rag ‘n’ Bone Man
• Skepta
• Stormzy

The winner: Rag ‘n’ Bone Man

Critics’ Choice Award

Presented by Emeli Sandé. The nominees:

• Anne-Marie
• Dua Lipa
• Rag ‘n’ Bone Man

The winner: Rag ‘n’ Bone Man, which surely must be cheating?

MasterCard British Album of the Year

Presented by Noel Gallagher. The nominees:

• Davie Bowie – Blackstar
• Kano – Made in the Manor
• Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
• The 1975 – i like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
• Skepta – Konnichiwa

The winner: David Bowie

British Female Solo Artist

Presented by David Tennant. The nominees:

• Anohni
• Ellie Goulding
• Lianne La Havas
• Nao
• Emeli Sandé

The winner: Emeli Sandé

British Male Solo Artist

Presented by Zane Lowe. The nominees:

• David Bowie
• Craig David
• Kano
• Michael Kiwanuka
• Skepta

The winner: David Bowie

British Group

Presented by Maisie Williams and Romesh Ranganathan. The nominees:

• Bastille
• Biffy Clyro
• Little Mix
• The 1975
• Radiohead

The winner: The 1975

British Single

Presented by Fearne Cotton and Holly Willoughby. The nominees:

• James Arthur – Say You Won’t Let Go
• Calum Scott – Dancing On My Own
• Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie – Rockabye
• Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend
• Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna – This Is What You Came For
• Jonas Blue feat. Dakota – Fast Car
• Little Mix – Shout Out To My Ex
• Tinie Tempah feat. Zara Larsson – Girls Like
• Alan Walker – Faded
• Zayn – Pillowtalk

Winner: Little Mix

International Female Solo Artist

Presented by Alice Levine, Clara Amfo, and Laura Jackson. The nominees:

• Beyoncé
• Christine and the Queens
• Rihanna
• Sia
• Solange

The winner: Beyoncé

International Male Solo Artist

Also, presented by Alice Levine, Clara Amfo, and Laura Jackson. The nominees:

• Bon Iver
• Leonard Cohen
• Drake
• Bruno Mars
• The Weeknd

The winner: Drake

International Group

Since they were still around, this was also presented by Alice Levine, Clara Amfo, and Laura Jackson. The nominees:

• Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
• Drake & Future
• Kings of Leon
• A Tribe Called Quest
• Twenty One Pilots

The winner: A Tribe Called Quest

BRITs Global Success

Presented by Naomi Campbell and Jonathan Ross

The winner: Adele

BRITs Icon Award

Because this is getting like the Q Awards with its multitude of identically-named awards. Presented by Take That.

Winner: Robbie Williams. Which I can’t help but feel reflects his success at the BRITs more than it does his performance generally, but well done to him anyway!

BRIT Awards 2017 – Nominations

The nominations for the BRIT Awards occasionally exhibit some interesting characteristics (only occasionally, though). Let’s take a quick skim through this year’s, to see if there’s anything worth talking about.

British Artist Video

• Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
• James Arthur – Say You Won’t Let Go
• Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie – Rockabye
• Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend
• Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna – This Is What You Came For
• Jonas Blue feat. Dakota – Fast Car
• Little Mix feat. Sean Paul – Hair
• One Direction – History
• Tinie Tempah feat. Zara Larsson – Girls Like
• Zayn – Pillowtalk

British Breakthrough Act

• Anne-Marie
• Blossoms
• Rag ‘n’ Bone Man
• Skepta
• Stormzy

MasterCard British Album of the Year

• Davie Bowie – Blackstar
• Kano – Made in the Manor
• Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
• The 1975 – i like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
• Skepta – Konnichiwa

British Female Solo Artist

• Anohni
• Ellie Goulding
• Lianne La Havas
• Nao
• Emeli Sandé

British Male Solo Artist

• David Bowie
• Craig David
• Kano
• Michael Kiwanuka
• Skepta

British Group

• Bastille
• Biffy Clyro
• Little Mix
• The 1975
• Radiohead

British Single

• James Arthur – Say You Won’t Let Go
• Calum Scott – Dancing On My Own
• Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie – Rockabye
• Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend
• Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna – This Is What You Came For
• Jonas Blue feat. Dakota – Fast Car
• Little Mix – Shout Out To My Ex
• Tinie Tempah feat. Zara Larsson – Girls Like
• Alan Walker – Faded
• Zayn – Pillowtalk

International Female Solo Artist

• Beyoncé
• Christine and the Queens
• Rihanna
• Sia
• Solange

International Male Solo Artist

• Bon Iver
• Leonard Cohen
• Drake
• Bruno Mars
• The Weeknd

International Group

• Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
• Drake & Future
• Kings of Leon
• A Tribe Called Quest
• Twenty One Pilots

It looks as though the main headlines this year are that we all miss David Bowie, Drake is so good that he’s both a male and a group, and somehow Craig David still has a career. The awards will be, err… awarded at The O2 in London on 22nd February, and you can read more and vote for some of the categories 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

The BRIT Awards 2011

For the first time, the BRIT Awards took place at The O2 Arena on 15th February 2011, now, according to the official website, with more live music than ever before. James Corden was the host, and the award was designed by Vivienne Westwood.

This post is part of a series about the history of the BRIT Awards. You can read about the 2010 ceremony here, and the 2012 ceremony next time.

MasterCard British Album of the Year

Presented by Roger Daltrey from The Who. Nominees:

• Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
• Plan B – The Defamation of Strickland Banks
• Take That – Progress
• Tinie Tempah – Disc-Overy
• The xx – xx

Winner: Mumford & Sons

British Single

Voted for by listeners of Capital Radio and users of iTunes, and presented by Alan Carr. Nominees:

• Alexandra Burke feat. Pitbull – All Night Long
• Matt Cardle – When We Collide
• Cheryl Cole – Parachute
• Taio Cruz – Dynamite
• Florence + The Machine – You Got the Love
• Olly Murs – Please Don’t Let Me Go
• Plan B – She Said
• Scouting for Girls – This Ain’t a Love Song
• Tinie Tempah – Pass Out
• The Wanted – All Time Low

Winner: Tinie Tempah

British Male Solo Artist

Presented by Dizzee Rascal. Nominees:

• Plan B
• Robert Plant
• Mark Ronson
• Tinie Tempah
• Paul Weller

Winner: Plan B

British Female Solo Artist

Presented by Boy George. Nominees:

• Cheryl Cole
• Paloma Faith
• Ellie Goulding
• Laura Marling
• Rumer

Winner: Laura Marling

British Group

Voted for by listeners of BBC Radio 2, and presented by Dermot O’Leary. Nominees:

• Biffy Clyro
• Gorillaz
• Mumford & Sons
• Take That
• The xx

Winner: Take That

British Breakthrough Act

Voted for by listeners of BBC Radio 1, and presented by Fearne Cotton. Nominees:

• Ellie Goulding
• Mumford & Sons
• Rumer
• Tinie Tempah
• The xx

Winner: Tinie Tempah

British Producer

Awarded alongside a couple of other producer awards at the Music Producers Guild Awards the week before the main ceremony. Nominees:

• Markus Dravs
• Ethan Johns
• John Leckie
• Mike Pela
• Stuart Price

Winner: Markus Dravs

International Album

Presented by Boris Becker. Nominees:

• Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
• Eminem – Recovery
• Cee Lo Green – The Lady Killer
• Kings of Leon – Come Around Sundown
• Katy Perry – Teenage Dream

Winner: Arcade Fire

International Male Solo Artist

Presented by Lewis Hamilton. Nominees:

• Eminem
• Cee Lo Green
• David Guetta
• Bruce Springsteen
• Kanye West

Winner: Cee Lo Green

International Female Solo Artist

Presented by Cheryl Cole. Nominees:

• Alicia Keys
• Kylie Minogue
• Katy Perry
• Rihanna
• Robyn

Winner: Rihanna

International Group

Presented by Simon Le Bon and John Taylor from Duran Duran. Nominees:

• Arcade Fire
• The Black Eyed Peas
• Kings of Leon
• The Script
• Vampire Weekend

Winner: Arcade Fire

International Breakthrough Act

Voted for by viewers of MTV, and presented by Avril Lavigne and Will Young. Nominees:

• Justin Bieber
• Glee Cast
• Bruno Mars
• The National
• The Temper Trap

Winner: Justin Bieber

Critics’ Choice

In association with War Child, and presented by Mark Ronson and Ellie Goulding. Nominees:

• James Blake
• Jessie J
• The Vaccines

Winner: Jessie J

Outstanding Contribution

The BBC’s coverage (linked below) of the previous week’s Music Producers Guild Awards is a little confusing, as the entire event must have been. Was the Outstanding Contribution award part of the BRITs or of the Music Producers Guild event? Wikipedia thinks it was part of the BRITs…

My own interpretation of the situation is that there was no outstanding contribution award at the BRITs this year, but either way, the entirely justified winner was the founder of Mute Records, Daniel Miller, presented by Alison Goldfrapp, while Tony Visconti won the Innovation in Production award.

Performances

• Take That – Kidz
• Adele – Someone Like You
• Rihanna – Only Girl (In the World) / S&M / What’s My Name
• Mumford & Sons – Timshel
• Plan B – She Said / Prayin’
• Arcade Fire – Ready to Start
• Tinie Tempah / Eric Turner / Labrinth – Written in the Stars / Miami 2 Ibiza / Pass Out
• Cee Lo Green / Paloma Faith – Forget You

Further Reading / Viewing

• 2011 on brits.co.uk
• 2011 BRIT Awards on Wikipedia
• BBC coverage of the Music Producers Guild Awards
• Official backstage footage
• James Cordon talks to Justin Bieber
• Highlights from the nominations launch
• The Guardian pre-event report on the changes in the ceremony
• BBC report on the winners and nominees
• The Telegraph report on the event

Various Artists – Electrospective (The Remix Album)

There are times when I really enjoy writing these reviews, and others when I wonder why I put myself through this. There’s really only one rule – I have to listen to the entire album in order while I write the review. Earlier this year I reviewed the original Electrospective compilation in its full glory, and now it’s the turn of its companion remix album.

Inevitably a remix album is always going to be a hit or miss affair, with occasional forgotten gems and occasional dross mixed in alongside one another. And so this is – but at worst, this is a journey through the story of the remix, from the early 80s extended versions to the modern reinventions, with everything in between.

Electrospective (The Remix Album) begins its first disc firmly in the 1980s, full of handclaps and drum solos, with the original 12″ versions of Heaven 17‘s Penthouse and Pavement, Talking Loud and Clear by OMD, and Talk Talk‘s original US mix of It’s My Life. Of these, it is the third which truly shines – perhaps because it’s the best song of this bunch anyway, or perhaps because there really is something special about this mix.

The next bunch are less exciting – Malcolm McLaren‘s Madam Butterfly drags rather over its ten minute duration, and Vicious Pink‘s Cccan’t You See and Grace Jones‘s I’m Not Perfect (But I’m Perfect for You) do little to pick things up – this is left instead to Buffalo Stance by Neneh Cherry, although Kevin Saunderson‘s techno take on this has nothing on the original.

By thus stage we’re firmly in the late eighties, an age of big shoulder pads, big string pads, and orchestral hits. Derrick May‘s club mix of Good Life by Inner City is every bit as good as the original, as is François Kevorkian‘s reworking of Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode.

But for something that’s supposed to be a chronicle of “the remix” there are some odd omissions – where’s Shep Pettibone hiding? Where are all the DMC remixes? There’s a lot missing, but in a way this feels more effective as a companion album to Electrospective than a guide to what it means to be a remix.

François Kevorkian turns up again for the next track, the totally brilliant 1990 remix of Yazoo‘s Situation, after which disc one closes with a couple of disappointments – a thoroughly unexciting version of Soul II Soul‘s Back to Life and The Orb‘s rather misguided take on Crystal Clear by The Grid. Although it is very nice to see The Grid on a compilation like this.

By disc two, we are firmly into the mid 1990s. The first track is a brilliant remix which I hadn’t heard before of William Orbit‘s incredible Water from a Vine Leaf, and another surprise follows – the amusingly energetic Cappella Club Mix of Always by Erasure.

The rest of the 1990s are less well represented, with a good but somewhat unexciting Brothers in Rhythm take of Reach by Judy Cheeks, Paul van Dyk‘s reworking of Passion by Amen! UK, which starts off promisingly but in the long run doesn’t really go anywhere. Then there’s Deep Dish with a pretty poor version of Wrong by Everything But the Girl.

Finally, we work our way towards the end of the decade with unremarkable versions of Around the World by Daft Punk (remixed by Masters at Work), Telex‘s Moskow Diskow remixed by Carl Craig, and the slightly better Simple Minds‘s Love Song.

Before this review turns any more into an extended track listing, we should reflect a little on what we’ve heard. Where the original collection brought together thirty years of electronic hits, this one consists of thirty years of remixed electronic hits. And if that’s the goal, it’s pretty successful. It’s not comprehensive, and neither is it particularly amazing, but it is fun to listen to, and many of the tracks which were chosen are rare and unusual, which is all very worthwhile.

The last few tracks take us firmly into the 21st century, and the inclusion of one of The Human League‘s 2003 remixes (The Sound of the Crowd) is a pleasant surprise, even if the version itself is nothing special. On the other hand, Ewan Pearson‘s Strippedmachine version of Goldfrapp‘s Strict Machine is something incredibly special, and is a very welcome inclusion.

The closing tracks come in the form of Tom Neville‘s rather dull version of Kelis‘s Milkshake and the rather more entertaining Pass Out by Tinie Tempah – apparently he’s never been to Scunthorpe.

Ultimately, Electrospective (The Remix Collection) does what it says on the tin – it’s a fun journey through some selected remixes from the last three decades. Which is more than enough to make it an entirely worthwhile listen.

You can find Electrospective (The Remix Album) at Amazon here.

Mercury Music Prize 2010-2012

With the Barclaycard Mercury Prize winner being announced this evening it’s high time that we caught up to the modern day and looked at the last three prize winners. This was a period in which many fans started to suggest the committee might have lost it, and PJ Harvey became the first artist ever to win the coveted award twice.

Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2010

The 2010 award took place on 7th September 2010, at the Grosvenor House hotel, in central London.

Nominees:

• Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions
• Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea
• Dizzee Rascal – Tongue ‘n’ Cheek
• Foals – Total Life Forever
• I Am Kloot – Sky at Night
• Kit Downes Trio – Golden
• Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
• Mumford and Sons – Sigh No More
• Villagers – Becoming a Jackal
• Paul Weller – Wake Up the Nation
• Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
• The XX – XX

Winner: The XX

Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2011

Presented by Jools Holland on the 6th September 2011, at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.

Nominees:

• Adele – 21
• Katy B – On a Mission
• James Blake – James Blake
• Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi
• Elbow – Build a Rocket Boys!
• Everything Everything – Man Alive
• Ghostpoet – Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam
• PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
• King Creosote and Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine
• Metronomy – The English Riviera
• Gwilym Simcock – Good Days at Schloss Elmau
• Tinie Tempah – Disc-Overy

Winner: PJ Harvey

Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2012

As part of the new format, the award shifted back a couple of months and took place on 1st November 2012, at The Roundhouse, Camden.

Nominees:

• Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
• Django Django – Django Django
• Field Music – Plumb
• Richard Hawley – Standing at the Sky’s Edge
• Ben Howard – Every Kingdom
• Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again
• Lianne La Havas – Is Your Love Big Enough?
• Sam Lee – Ground of Its Own
• The Maccabees – Given to the Wild
• Plan B – Ill Manors
• Roller Trio – Roller Trio
• Jessie Ware – Devotion

Winner: Alt-J

Further information

• Mercury Music Prize on Wikipedia
• The Independent interview the 2010 nominees about their thoughts on the awards
• The dullest newspaper in the world speculates on whether the 2010 nominations were the dullest yet
• Detailed piece on the 2010 award
• Paul Morley’s commentary on the 2010 award in The Guardian
• The Guardian Music Weekly podcast on the 2010 award
• BBC coverage of the 2010 award
• The Guardian coverage of the 2011 nominations
• BBC coverage of the 2011 award
• BBC news coverage of the 2011 award
• The Guardian Music Weekly podcast on the 2011 award
• BBC news coverage of the 2012 nominations
• The Guardian coverage of the 2012 award
• The Guardian Music Weekly podcast on the 2012 award
• The Independent’s coverage of the revamped 2012 award
• Some nonsense from 2012 about whether the award isn’t what it used to be

Q Awards Winners 1990-2012 (Part Two)

We’ll look at this year’s ceremony next week, but for now here’s a continuation of the list that we started last week, of all the winners to date, by award:

Songwriter and Producer

Although seemingly now discontinued, these were a couple of Q’s better awards, recognising the contributions of the people behind the music.

Best Songwriter / Q Classic Songwriter

• 1990 – Prince
• 1991 – Richard Thompson
• 1992 – Neil Finn
• 1993 – Neil Finn
• 1994 – Morrissey
• 1995 – Van Morrison
• 1996 – Rod Stewart
• 1997 – Paul McCartney
• 1998 – Paul Weller
• 1999 – Ian Dury / Chas Janke
• 2000 – Guy Chambers and Robbie Williams
• 2001 – Kate Bush
• 2002 – Jimmy Cliff
• 2003 – Dexys Midnight Runners
• 2004 – Elton John
• 2005 – Nick Cave
• 2006 – Noel Gallagher
• 2007 – Billy Bragg
• 2008 – John Mellencamp
• 2009 – Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)
• 2010 – Neil Finn
• 2011 – Gary Barlow

Best Producer

• 1990 – Paul Oakenfold / Steve Osborne
• 1991 – Trevor Horn
• 1992 – Daniel Lanois / Peter Gabriel / The Orb
• 1993 – Flood / Brian Eno / The Edge
• 1994 – Stephen Street
• 1995 – Tricky
• 1996 – John Leckie
• 1997 – Nellee Hooper
• 1998 – Norman Cook
• 1999 – William Orbit
• 2000 – Pete Devereux and Mark Hill (Artful Dodger)
• 2001 – Nigel Godrich
• 2002 – Moby
• 2003 – Nigel Godrich
• 2004 – Mick Jones
• 2005 – Gorillaz / Danger Mouse

Best Newcomer

One thing the Q Awards do pretty well is having lots of almost identically-named awards. They do show a pretty good track record with the newcomer and breakthrough artists though…

Best New Act

• 1990 – They Might Be Giants
• 1991 – Seal
• 1992 – Tori Amos
• 1993 – Suede
• 1994 – Oasis
• 1995 – Supergrass
• 1996 – Alanis Morissette
• 1997 – Fun Lovin’ Criminals
• 1998 – Gomez
• 1999 – Basement Jaxx
• 2000 – Badly Drawn Boy
• 2001 – Starsailor
• 2002 – Electric Soft Parade
• 2003 – The Thrills
• 2004 – Razorlight
• 2005 – James Blunt
• 2006 – Corinne Bailey-Rae
• 2007 – The Enemy
• 2008 – The Last Shadow Puppets
• 2009 – White Lies
• 2011 – WU LYF
• 2012 – Django Django

BEST BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST

• 2007 – Kate Nash
• 2008 – Duffy
• 2009 – Mr Hudson
• 2010 – Plan B
• 2011 – Ed Sheeran

Q’s Next Big Thing

• 2010 – Clare Maguire
• 2011 – Lana del Rey

Best Live Act

One of the jewels in the Q Awards’s crown:

• 1990 – Rolling Stones
• 1991 – Simple Minds
• 1992 – Crowded House
• 1993 – Neil Young
• 1994 – Pink Floyd
• 1995 – Oasis
• 1996 – Pulp
• 1997 – The Prodigy
• 1998 – Roni Size / Reprazent
• 1999 – Stereophonics
• 2000 – Oasis
• 2001 – Manic Street Preachers
• 2002 – The Hives
• 2003 – Robbie Williams
• 2004 – Muse
• 2005 – U2
• 2006 – Muse
• 2007 – Muse
• 2008 – Kaiser Chiefs
• 2009 – Arctic Monkeys
• 2010 – Biffy Clyro
• 2011 – Blur

Best Artist

The oddly named ‘Best Act in the World Today’ Award goes right back to the Q Awards’ beginnings in 1990, but was also recently joined by special solo awards too…

Best Act in the World Today

• 1990 – U2
• 1991 – R.E.M. / U2
• 1992 – U2
• 1993 – U2
• 1994 – R.E.M.
• 1995 – R.E.M.
• 1996 – Pulp
• 1997 – Oasis
• 1998 – Manic Street Preachers
• 1999 – Blur
• 2000 – Travis
• 2001 – Radiohead
• 2002 – Radiohead
• 2003 – Radiohead
• 2004 – Red Hot Chili Peppers
• 2005 – Coldplay
• 2006 – Oasis
• 2007 – Arctic Monkeys
• 2008 – Coldplay
• 2009 – Muse
• 2011 – Coldplay
• 2012 – Muse

Best Male

• 2010 – Paolo Nutini
• 2011 – Tinie Tempah

Best Female

• 2010 – Florence + The Machine
• 2011 – Adele

Best Solo Artist

• 2012 – Emeli Sandé

Q Innovation Award / Innovation in Sound

Perhaps the most fascinating of all the awards, except for the couple of years when it was given to really dull and non-innovative artists.

• 2002 – Depeche Mode
• 2003 – Muse
• 2004 – The Human League
• 2005 – The Prodigy
• 2006 – The Edge
• 2007 – Sigur Rós
• 2008 – Massive Attack
• 2009 – Sonic Youth
• 2010 – Mark Ronson
• 2011 – Kaiser Chiefs
• 2012 – Underworld

Outstanding Lifetime Icon / Idol Achievement Awards

I suspect that, like me, you’re totally taken aback by this slew of near-identical awards. But hats off to them for finding a hundred different ways to honour U2 and R.E.M.!

Special Merit Award

• 1990 – Paul McCartney
• 1991 – Lou Reed
• 1992 – Led Zeppelin
• 1993 – Elton John
• 1999 – Keith Richards
• 2000 – Jerry Dammers / The Specials
• 2001 – Elvis Costello
• 2002 – Tom Jones
• 2004 – Shane McGowan
• 2006 – Manic Street Preachers
• 2007 – Ryan Adams

Q Inspiration

• 1992 – B.B. King
• 1993 – Donald Fagen
• 1994 – The Kinks
• 1995 – David Bowie / Brian Eno
• 1996 – U2
• 1997 – Patti Smith
• 1998 – Blondie
• 1999 – New Order
• 2000 – Joe Strummer
• 2001 – John Lydon
• 2002 – Echo and the Bunnymen
• 2003 – The Cure
• 2004 – Pet Shop Boys
• 2005 – Björk
• 2006 – a-ha
• 2007 – Damon Albarn
• 2008 – Cocteau Twins
• 2009 – The Specials
• 2010 – Suede
• 2011 – Fatboy Slim
• 2012 – Pulp

Lifetime Achievement

• 1997 – The Who
• 1998 – R.E.M.
• 2003 – Duran Duran
• 2004 – Roxy Music
• 2005 – Bee Gees
• 2006 – Peter Gabriel
• 2007 – Johnny Marr

Q Icon

• 2003 – Jane’s Addiction
• 2004 – U2
• 2005 – Jimmy Page
• 2006 – Jeff Lynne
• 2007 – Sir Paul McCartney
• 2008 – Adam Ant
• 2009 – Marianne Faithfull
• 2010 – Bryan Ferry
• 2011 – Noel Gallagher
• 2012 – Dexys Midnight Runners

Q Outstanding Contribution to Music Award

• 2005 – Paul Weller
• 2006 – Smokey Robinson
• 2007 – Johnny Marr
• 2008 – David Gilmour
• 2009 – Robert Plant
• 2011 – Siouxsie Sioux

Q Legend

• 2005 – Joy Division
• 2006 – The Who
• 2007 – Ian Brown
• 2008 – Glen Campbell
• 2009 – Edwyn Collins

Q Idol

• 2006 – Take That
• 2007 – Kylie Minogue
• 2008 – Grace Jones
• 2009 – Spandau Ballet
• 2010 – Madness
• 2012 – Brandon Flowers

Hall of Fame Award

• 2010 – Take That
• 2011 – Queen