NME Awards 2012: Lana Del Rey, Adele, Florence Nab Nominations
For better or for worse, UK-based music magazine NME has rolled out its shortlist of nominees for its 2012 NME Awards. Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Adele each earned noms across the various irreverent categories — some more forgiving than others. (Born This Way and Under the Mistletoe both came in under Worst Album, oof!) Also scoring nods were newcomers Lana Del Rey and Azealia Banks and awards veterans Coldplay, The Throne and Katy Perry. See the full list of 2012 NME Award nominees below.
The winners will be announced on February 29 at the O2 Academy, Brixton in London. You can vote for your faves now at NME.com.
BEST BRITISH BAND Arctic Monkeys Bombay Bicycle Club The Horrors Kasabian Muse
BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND Arcade Fire Foo Fighters Justice Odd Future The Strokes
BEST SOLO ARTIST Adele Florence + The Machine Frank Turner Laura Marling Miles Kane Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
BEST NEW BAND Foster The People Lana Del Rey Tribes The Vaccines Wu Lyf
BEST LIVE BAND Arctic Monkeys Kasabian Muse Pulp Two Door Cinema Club
BEST ALBUM Arctic Monkeys – ‘Suck It And See’ The Horrors – ‘Skying’ Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – ‘Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ PJ Harvey – ‘Let England Shake’ The Vaccines – ‘What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?’
BEST TRACK Arctic Monkeys – ‘The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala’ Bombay Bicycle Club – ‘Shuffle’ Florence + The Machine – ‘Shake It Out’ Hurts – ‘Sunday’ Lana Del Rey – ‘Video Games’
DANCEFLOOR ANTHEM Azealia Banks – ‘212’ Foster The People – ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ Justice – ‘Civilization’ Katy B – ‘Broken Record’ Metronomy – ‘The Bay’
BEST VIDEO Arctic Monkeys – ‘Suck It And See’ Beyoncé – ‘Countdown’ Hurts – ‘Sunday’ Lana Del Rey – ‘Video Games’ Tyler, The Creator – ‘Yonkers’
BEST TV SHOW ‘Dr Who’ ‘Fresh Meat’ ‘Misfits’ ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’ ‘This Is England ’88′
BEST FESTIVAL Bestival Glastonbury Reading & Leeds T In The Park V Festival
BEST FILM ‘Black Swan’ ‘Drive’ ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2′ ‘The Inbetweeners Movie’ ‘Submarine’
BEST MUSIC FILM ‘Back And Forth’ – Foo Fighters ‘Living In The Material World’ – George Harrison ‘Talihina Sky’ – Kings Of Leon ‘There Are No Innocent Bystanders’ – The Libertines ‘Upside Down – The Creation Records Story’
GREATEST MUSIC MOMENT OF THE YEAR 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 The Stone Roses reunite
BEST RE-ISSUE Manic Street Preachers – ‘National Treasures’ Nirvana – ‘Nevermind’ Primal Scream – ‘Screamadelica’ The Rolling Stones – ‘Some Girls’ The Smiths – ‘Complete Re-issues’
BEST BOOK Jared Leto – ‘Notes From The Outernet’ Jarvis Cocker – ‘Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics’ Malcolm X – ‘A Life Of Reinvention’ Noel Fielding – ‘The Scribblings Of A Madcap Shambleton’ Shaun Ryder – ‘Twisting My Melon’
HERO OF THE YEAR Alex Turner Dave Grohl Matt Bellamy Noel Fielding Noel Gallagher
VILLAIN OF THE YEAR David Cameron Justin Bieber Lady Gaga Liam Gallagher Nick Clegg
WORST ALBUM Coldplay – ‘Mylo Xyloto’ Justin Bieber – ‘Under The Mistletoe’ Lady Gaga – ‘Born This Way’ One Direction – ‘Up All Night’ Viva Brother – ‘Famous First Words’
WORST BAND Beady Eye Coldplay Muse One Direction Viva Brother
BEST ALBUM ARTWORK Arctic Monkeys – ‘Suck It And See’ Bombay Bicycle Club – ‘A Different Kind Of Fix’ Bjork – ‘Biophilia’ Friendly Fires – ‘Pala’ Jay-Z and Kanye West – ‘Watch The Throne’
BEST BAND BLOG OR TWITTER @Example Frank-Turner.com/blog @KanyeWest @LadyGaga @Theohurts (New award)
BEST SMALL FESTIVAL Field Day Hop Farm Kendal Calling Latitude RockNess
MOST DEDICATED FANS 30 Seconds To Mars Arctic Monkeys Hurts Muse My Chemical Romance
HOTTEST MALE Andy Biersack, Black Veil Brides Dominic Howard, Muse Gerard Way, My Chemical Romance Jared Leto, 30 Seconds To Mars Matt Bellamy, Muse
HOTTEST FEMALE Amy Lee, Evanescence Florence Welch, Florence + The Machine Hayley Williams, Paramore Katy Perry Marina Diamandis, Marina And The Diamonds
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