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NME Awards 2010 shortlist announced
JoeDiddly by Luke Slater January 26th, 2010

The shortlist of nominations this for this year's version of the hair-styling company sponsored NME Awards have been announced and, well, if awards were given out to awards shows, there'd be no prizes for originality or innovation in this case.

Let's not beat down on it too much, though, there's some great categories...Below is the, rather exhaustive, list of them and their nominees:

Best British Band:
Arctic Monkeys
Biffy Clyro
Kasabian
Muse
Oasis

Best International Band:
Green Day
Kings Of Leon
Paramore
Vampire Weekend
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Best Solo Artist:
Dizzee Rascal
Florence And The Machine
Jamie T
Julian Casablancas
Lady Gaga

Best New Band:
The Big Pink
Bombay Bicycle Club
Mumford & Sons
The xx
La Roux

Best Live Band:
Arctic Monkeys
Kasabian
Muse
Radiohead
Them Crooked Vultures

Best Album:
Arctic Monkeys – Humbug
Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Muse – The Resistance
The Cribs – Ignore The Ignorant
The Horrors – Primary Colours

Best Track:
Animal Collective – 'My Girls'
Arctic Monkeys – 'Crying Lightning'
Florence And The Machine – 'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)'
Jamie T – 'Sticks N' Stones'
The Big Pink – 'Dominos'

Best Video:
Arctic Monkeys – 'Cornerstone'
Biffy Clyro – 'The Captain'
Kasabian – 'Fire'
The Maccabees – 'Can You Give It'
Oasis – 'Falling Down'

Best Live Event:
Blur at Hyde Park
Jay-Z at Alexandra Palace
Muse at Teignmouth
Oasis at Heaton Park
The Dead Weather at Shoreditch Church

Best Festival:
Download
Glastonbury
Reading And Leeds Festivals
T In The Park
V Festival

Best Dancefloor Filler:
Dizzee Rascal And Armand Van Helden – 'Bonkers'
Florence And The Machine – 'You've Got The Love'
La Roux – 'In For The Kill' (Skream Remix)
Lady Gaga – 'Poker Face'
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – 'Zero'

Best TV Show:
The Inbetweeners
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Peep Show
Skins
True Blood

Best Film:
(500) Days Of Summer
In The Loop
Inglourious Basterds
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Where The Wild Things Are

Best DVD:
Kings Of Leon – Live At The The O2 Arena
Flight Of The Conchords – Complete HBO Second Season
The Killers – Live From The Royal Albert Hall
The Mighty Boosh – Future Sailors
Nirvana – Live At Reading

Giving It Back Fan Award:
Kasabian and Noel Fielding for free 'Vlad The Impaler' video
Danger Mouse for leaking 'Dark Night Of The Soul'
Lily Allen for her Twitter ticket treasure hunt
Arctic Monkeys for their Oxfam golden tickets
Vampire Weekend for giving away 'Horchata' from the album 'Contra'

Hero Of The Year:
Beyoncé Knowles
Noel Gallagher
Rage Against The Machine
Matt Bellamy
Alex Turner

Villain Of The Year:
Noel Gallagher
Liam Gallagher
Simon Cowell
Kanye West
Lady Gaga

Best Dressed:
Lady Gaga
Liam Gallagher
Noel Fielding
Florence Welch
Karen O

Worst Dressed:
Lady Gaga
Matt Bellamy
Katy Perry
Liam Gallagher
Elly Jackson, La Roux

Worst Album:
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
Lady Gaga – The Fame
The Jonas Brothers – Lines Vines Trying Times
U2 – No Line On The Horizon
Arctic Monkeys – Humbug

Worst Band:
Green Day
Oasis
Jonas Brothers
Paramore
JLS

Hottest Man:
Head to NME.COM now to rate possibles including Alex Turner, Liam Gallagher, Peter Doherty, Matt Bellamy, Brandon Flowers and Julian Casablancas

EURGH.

Hottest Woman:
Head to NME.COM now to rate possibles including Lily Allen, Alison Mosshart, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Florence Welch and Karen O

EURGH.

Best Website:
Muse.mu
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Greenday.com

Best Album Artwork:
Muse – The Resistance
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
The Cribs – Ignore The Ignorant
Manic Street Preachers – Journal For Plague Lovers

Best Band Blog:
Muse (Muse.mu and Twitter.com/muse)
Radiohead (Radiohead.com/deadairspace)
Noel Gallagher (Oasisinet.com)
Los Campesinos! (Loscampesinos.com)
Paramore (Paramore.net)

You still here? If you are...firstly, why? Secondly, what do you think to the list above? Bored of how many times you've read Muse, Green Day, Kasabian, The Cribs or something to do with the Gallagher brothers? Astounded by the 'Giving It Back, Fan Award'. Yeah, me too.

Of the list, Arctic Monkey Alex Turner, whose band have six nominations, said:

"It's a good thing knowing we're still up for these awards."

"Kasabian have said that there aren't any other proper rock bands apart from us and them. I don't necessarily agree completely but I know what they're saying. I think we're just co-existing nicely."

You can go to their website to vote for a load of stuff, should you so want to. The Award Ceremony takes place on February 24.



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