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The NME Awards are an annual music awards show, founded by the music magazine, NME (New Musical Express).The first awards show was held in 1953, shortly after the founding of the magazine.

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[edit] Awards by year

[edit] NME Premier Awards 2000

Host: Steve Lamacq and Mary Anne Hobbs.[1]

The award party took place at the Mermaid Theatre in London on February 1, 2000.

[edit] NME Awards 2001

Host: Peter Kay

[edit] NME Carling Awards 2002

Host: Zane Lowe

[edit] NME Carling Awards 2003

Host :Bill Bailey

[edit] NME Awards 2004

Host: Vernon Kay

[edit] Shockwaves NME Awards 2005

Host: Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

[edit] Shockwaves NME Awards 2006

Host: Russell Brand

[edit] Shockwaves NME Awards 2007

Host: Lauren Laverne[5]

[edit] Shockwaves NME Awards 2008

The award party took place in indigO2 next to the O2 Arena on 28 February, 2008.

Host: Matt Horne & James Cordon

Among rumours preceding the ceremony, Ray Davies of The Kinks was scheduled to appear alongside British band Babyshambles to perform "You Really Got Me", but this performance has since been cancelled. [7]

At the ceremony, Klaxons kicked off proceedings, with other performers including Dizzee Rascal, Gallows who teamed up with Lethal Bizzle, The Cribs along with Johnny Marr, and Kate Nash who performed a song with Billy Bragg, Lightspeed Champion also performed his single "Galaxy of the Lost".

The ceremony was followed by the NME Big Gig at the adjacent O2 Arena, where The Cribs performed with Johnny Marr, followed by Klaxons, Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, and Manic Street Preachers, who also performed with Tom Clarke of The Enemy and Cerys Matthews.

A 14-track CD album titled NME Awards 2008 was given away free with a special souvenir box set of the NME on February 27, 2008.

[edit] NME Awards USA

Host: Jim Jeffries & Har Mar Superstar

The award party took place at the El Rey Theatre on April 23, 2008.

[edit] Shockwaves NME Awards 2009

Host: Mark Watson

The awards took place at the Brixton Academy on February 25, 2009.

The 2009 winners are:[8]


[edit] Award facts/trivia

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1995

  • Oasis: Became the first band in the modern era to win three awards.

1996

2002

  • The Strokes: Became the second band in the modern era to win three awards (Best New Act, Best Album, and Band of the Year).

2004

  • Oasis: First band to win the newly introduced award for "Best DVD".

2006

  • Arctic Monkeys: First act to win both "Best New Band" and "Best British Band" in the same year. Became the third band in the modern era to win three awards (Best New Band, Best British Band, Best Track).
  • Kaiser Chiefs: Nominated for a record-breaking six categories (Best British Band, Best Live Band, Best Track, Best Video, Best Music DVD, and Best Album). Best Album was the only award won but lead singer Ricky Wilson won the "Best Dressed" award.

2007

  • Razorlight: Received a worst album nomination for their self-titled album, which NME themselves gave 8/10. This made it the highest rated album to receive a worst album nomination.

2009

  • Oasis nominated for a record 7 awards
  • Villain of the Year: (6th year in a row) went to George W. Bush.

[edit] Criticism

Whilst the awards were original intended to be an 'alternative' to the Brit awards, they have received criticism for becoming increasingly commercial. After the 2002 awards an article on telegraph.co.uk reported that the winners of the NME awards "were almost interchangeable" with the winners of the Brit awards and criticised then editor Ben Knowles for what they saw as a hypocritical attack on the commercial nature of the Brit Awards. [9]

The 2008 award nominations were criticised in The Guardian for a lack of diversity and not including any female artists.[10]

[edit] References

  • New Musical Express, 4 March 2006
  1. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/627190.stm
  2. ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/pop-awards-honour-the-clash-coldplay-and-oasis-597557.html
  3. ^ http://www.tourdates.co.uk/news/1961-NME-Awards-The-Winners
  4. ^ a b http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/music/2003/02/13/nme_awards.shtml
  5. ^ SHOCKWAVES NME AWARDS 2007: THE WINNERS - Press Releases - IPC Media - The UK's leading consumer magazine publisher
  6. ^ Manic Street Preachers named 2008 Godlike Geniuses | News | NME.COM
  7. ^ Breck Road Lovers: Peter + Ray? No way!
  8. ^ http://www.nme.com/awards/news
  9. ^ Where's the aggro?
  10. ^ Where are the women?

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