Sheffield’s Arctic Monkeys lead the nominations for this year’s NME Awards having been shortlisted in eight categories.
The band have been nominated for best British band, best live band, best album, best track, best music video, music moment of the year, hero of the year for Alex Turner and best fan community.
LA rockers Haim are hot on their heels with six nominations while the likes of Queens of the Stone Age, Lily Allen and Arcade Fire have three each.
Mike Williams, editor of the NME, said: ‘The past 12 months of music have had everything - returning legends, era-defining singles, more albums with a claim to be modern classics than any year in recent memory and tons of massive live moments to celebrate.
‘None of this has gone unnoticed by NME’s huge audience, with more people than ever voting to compile these incredibly exciting shortlists. I can’t wait for the ceremony at the O2 Academy Brixton on February 26 to find out who the big winners will be.’
The NME Awards will take place on Wednesday 26 February at London’s O2 Academy, Brixton.
Music fans can vote for their favourite artists by visiting www.nme.com/awardsvote. Voting closes on 21 February.
The full list of nominations is below:
Best British band
Arctic Monkeys
Foals
Palma Violets
Biffy Clyro
Disclosure
Two Door Cinema Club
Best international band supported by Austin, Texas
Haim
Arcade Fire
Queens Of The Stone Age
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Phoenix
Vampire Weekend
Best solo artist
Lorde
Lily Allen
Jake Bugg
Paul McCartney
Kanye West
David Bowie
Best new band supported by Mossimo
Drenge
Swim Deep
Chvrches
Jagwar Ma
Wolf Alice
Courtney Barnett
Best live band
Arctic Monkeys
Palma Violets
Biffy Clyro
Haim
Queens Of The Stone Age
Savages
Best album
Arctic Monkeys - AM
QOTSA - …Like Clockwork
Peace - In Love
Kanye West - Yeezus
Savages - Silence Yourself
Drenge - Drenge
Best track supported by Blackstar Amplification
Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?
Lily Allen - Hard Out Here
Disclosure - White Noise
Arcade Fire - Reflektor
Primal Scream - 2013
Daft Punk - Get Lucky
Best music video
Arctic Monkeys - Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?
Pharrell - Happy
Arcade Fire - Reflektor
Lily Allen - Hard Out Here
Eagulls - Nerve Endings
Haim - Falling
Best festival
Glastonbury
Reading and Leeds
T In The Park
Latitude
Bestival
V
Best TV show
Breaking Bad
Fresh Meat
Sherlock
Game Of Thrones
Misfits
Doctor Who
Best music film
Muscle Shoals
Made Of Stone
Sound City
The National: Mistaken For Strangers
Good Vibrations
Muse
Best reissue
Nirvana - In Utero: 20th Anniversary Edition
The Clash - Sound System
The Beta Band - The Regal Years: 1997–2004
The Breeders - LSXX (Last Splash 20th Anniversary Edition)
Bob Dylan - Bootleg Series, Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition
Best band blog or twitter
Jehnny Beth, Savages
Albert Hammond Jr
Alana Haim, Haim
James Blunt
Theo Hutchcraft, Hurts
Grimes
Best book
Morrissey - Autobiography
Alan McGee - Creation Stories
Bob Stanley - Yeah Yeah Yeah
Mark Lewisohn - The Beatles - All These Years: Volume One: Tune In
Beck - Song Reader
Richard Hell - I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp
Best small festival
Rockness
Y Not
Kendall Calling
Swn
Green Man
Festival Number 6
Best fan community
Hurts
Haim
Arctic Monkeys
Muse
Peace
Morrissey
Music moment of the year
Pussy Riot are freed
Arctic Monkeys headline Glastonbury
Noel and Damon come together for Teenage Cancer Trust
Rolling Stones headline Glastonbury
Morrissey's autobiography is released
Kanye West brings Jesus on stage
Worst band
One Direction
The Wanted
The 1975
Imagine Dragons
30 Seconds To Mars
Muse
Hero of the year
Alex Turner
David Bowie
Este Haim
Russell Brand
Pussy Riot
Lou Reed
Villain of the year
Miley Cyrus
Robin Thicke
Harry Styles
David Cameron
Vladimir Putin
Russell Brand
The band have been nominated for best British band, best live band, best album, best track, best music video, music moment of the year, hero of the year for Alex Turner and best fan community.
LA rockers Haim are hot on their heels with six nominations while the likes of Queens of the Stone Age, Lily Allen and Arcade Fire have three each.
Mike Williams, editor of the NME, said: ‘The past 12 months of music have had everything - returning legends, era-defining singles, more albums with a claim to be modern classics than any year in recent memory and tons of massive live moments to celebrate.
‘None of this has gone unnoticed by NME’s huge audience, with more people than ever voting to compile these incredibly exciting shortlists. I can’t wait for the ceremony at the O2 Academy Brixton on February 26 to find out who the big winners will be.’
The NME Awards will take place on Wednesday 26 February at London’s O2 Academy, Brixton.
Music fans can vote for their favourite artists by visiting www.nme.com/awardsvote. Voting closes on 21 February.
The full list of nominations is below:
Best British band
Arctic Monkeys
Foals
Palma Violets
Biffy Clyro
Disclosure
Two Door Cinema Club
Best international band supported by Austin, Texas
Haim
Arcade Fire
Queens Of The Stone Age
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Phoenix
Vampire Weekend
Best solo artist
Lorde
Lily Allen
Jake Bugg
Paul McCartney
Kanye West
David Bowie
Best new band supported by Mossimo
Drenge
Swim Deep
Chvrches
Jagwar Ma
Wolf Alice
Courtney Barnett
Best live band
Arctic Monkeys
Palma Violets
Biffy Clyro
Haim
Queens Of The Stone Age
Savages
Best album
Arctic Monkeys - AM
QOTSA - …Like Clockwork
Peace - In Love
Kanye West - Yeezus
Savages - Silence Yourself
Drenge - Drenge
Best track supported by Blackstar Amplification
Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?
Lily Allen - Hard Out Here
Disclosure - White Noise
Arcade Fire - Reflektor
Primal Scream - 2013
Daft Punk - Get Lucky
Best music video
Arctic Monkeys - Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?
Pharrell - Happy
Arcade Fire - Reflektor
Lily Allen - Hard Out Here
Eagulls - Nerve Endings
Haim - Falling
Best festival
Glastonbury
Reading and Leeds
T In The Park
Latitude
Bestival
V
Best TV show
Breaking Bad
Fresh Meat
Sherlock
Game Of Thrones
Misfits
Doctor Who
Best music film
Muscle Shoals
Made Of Stone
Sound City
The National: Mistaken For Strangers
Good Vibrations
Muse
Best reissue
Nirvana - In Utero: 20th Anniversary Edition
The Clash - Sound System
The Beta Band - The Regal Years: 1997–2004
The Breeders - LSXX (Last Splash 20th Anniversary Edition)
Bob Dylan - Bootleg Series, Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition
Best band blog or twitter
Jehnny Beth, Savages
Albert Hammond Jr
Alana Haim, Haim
James Blunt
Theo Hutchcraft, Hurts
Grimes
Best book
Morrissey - Autobiography
Alan McGee - Creation Stories
Bob Stanley - Yeah Yeah Yeah
Mark Lewisohn - The Beatles - All These Years: Volume One: Tune In
Beck - Song Reader
Richard Hell - I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp
Best small festival
Rockness
Y Not
Kendall Calling
Swn
Green Man
Festival Number 6
Best fan community
Hurts
Haim
Arctic Monkeys
Muse
Peace
Morrissey
Music moment of the year
Pussy Riot are freed
Arctic Monkeys headline Glastonbury
Noel and Damon come together for Teenage Cancer Trust
Rolling Stones headline Glastonbury
Morrissey's autobiography is released
Kanye West brings Jesus on stage
Worst band
One Direction
The Wanted
The 1975
Imagine Dragons
30 Seconds To Mars
Muse
Hero of the year
Alex Turner
David Bowie
Este Haim
Russell Brand
Pussy Riot
Lou Reed
Villain of the year
Miley Cyrus
Robin Thicke
Harry Styles
David Cameron
Vladimir Putin
Russell Brand
