The NME Awards 2012 were held in London, England, on 29 February 2012, at the Brixton Academy and was hosted by English comedian Jack Whitehall. The nominations were announced exclusively on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on 30 January 2012. Arctic Monkeys had seven nominations, followed by Kasabian, who went on to win best British Band, Lana Del Rey and Muse with three apiece.
Nominations Winners are in bold text.
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 and 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 and 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 Doctor Who Fresh Meat Misfits Never Mind the Buzzcocks This Is England '88
Best Festival Bestival Download Festival Glastonbury Festival Reading and Leeds Festivals 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 George Harrison: Living in the Material World Talihina Sky There Are No Innocent Bystanders 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 – The Complete Singles 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 Manning Marable – 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 Björk – Biophilia Friendly Fires – Pala Jay-Z and Kanye West – Watch the Throne
Best Band Blog or Twitter @Example (Example) Frank-Turner.com/blog (Frank Turner) @KanyeWest (Kanye West) @LadyGaga (Lady Gaga) @Theohurts (Theo Hutchcraft)
Best Small Festival Field Day Hop Farm Festival Kendal Calling Latitude Festival RockNess
Most Dedicated Fans Thirty Seconds to Mars Arctic Monkeys Hurts Muse My Chemical Romance
Hottest Male Andy Biersack Dominic Howard Gerard Way Jared Leto Matt Bellamy
Hottest Female Amy Lee Florence Welch Hayley Williams Katy Perry Marina Diamandis
Godlike Genius Noel Gallagher
Outstanding Contribution to Music Pulp
Performances
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – "Everybody's on the Run", "Dream On", "Don't Look Back in Anger" The Horrors – "Still Life" (with Florence Welch) Florence and the Machine – "Shake It Out" The Vaccines – "If You Wanna" Kasabian – "Switchblade Smiles", "Days Are Forgotten" The Maccabees – "Pelican" Pulp – "Mis-Shapes"
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