NME Awards 2011
The 2011 Shockwaves NME Award
winners have been announced, with My Chemical Romance, Biffy Clyro and Arcade Fire all picking up gongs at the star-studded ceremony at O2 Academy Brixton, hosted by comedian Angelos Epithemiou. Foo Fighters frontman and all-round nice man of rock Dave Grohl picked up the Godlike Genius award - well deserved, we think!
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Winners and nominees list 2011
Philip Hall Radar Award
WINNER: The Naked & Famous
Teenage Cancer Trust Outstanding Contribution To Music
WINNER: PJ Harvey
John Peel Award For Innovation
WINNER: Crystal Castles
Godlike Genius
WINNER: Dave Grohl
BEST BRITISH BAND
WINNER: Muse
Arctic Monkeys
Biffy Clyro
Foals
Kasabian
BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND
WINNER: My Chemical Romance
Arcade Fire
Kings Of Leon
The Drums
Vampire Weekend
BEST SOLO ARTIST
WINNER: Laura Marling
Florence + The Machine
Frank Turner
Kanye West
Paul Weller
BEST NEW BAND
WINNER: Hurts
Beady Eye
Everything Everything
The Drums
Two Door Cinema Club
BEST LIVE BAND
WINNER: Biffy Clyro
Arcade Fire
Foals
Kasabian
Muse
BEST ALBUM
WINNER: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles II
Foals – Total Life Forever
My Chemical Romance – Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History
BEST TRACK
WINNER: Foals – 'Spanish Sahara'
Cee Lo Green – 'F*** You'
Gorillaz – 'Stylo'
Janelle Monae (feat Big Boi) – 'Tightrope'
Mark Ronson & The Business Intl –'Bang Bang Bang'
BEST VIDEO
WINNER: My Chemical Romance – 'Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)'
Arcade Fire – 'We Used To Wait'
Brandon Flowers – 'Crossfire'
Chase & Status – 'Let You Go'
Gorillaz – 'Stylo'
BEST FESTIVAL
WINNER: Glastonbury
Download
Reading & Leeds Festivals
T In The Park
V Festival
BEST DANCEFLOOR FILLER
WINNER: Professor Green – 'Jungle'
Crystal Castles – 'Baptism'
Kele – 'Tenderoni'
Plan B – 'Stay Too Long'
Tinie Tempah – 'Pass Out'
BEST TV SHOW
WINNER: Skins
Misfits
Nevermind The Buzzcocks
Peep Show
The Inbetweeners
BEST FILM
WINNER: Inception
Get Him To The Greek
Kick-Ass
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World
The Social Network
HERO OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Lady Gaga
Gerard Way
Julian Assange
Kanye West
Matt Bellamy
VILLAIN OF THE YEAR
WINNER: David Cameron
Axl Rose
Justin Bieber
Nick Clegg
Simon Cowell
MOST STYLISH
WINNER: Brandon Flowers
Hayley Williams
Lady Gaga
Liam Gallagher
Noel Fielding
LEAST STYLISH
WINNER: Justin Bieber
Cheryl Cole
Ke$ha
Lady Gaga
Liam Gallagher
WORST ALBUM
WINNER: Justin Bieber – My World
Cheryl Cole – Messy Little Raindrops
Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
Kings Of Leon – Come Around Sundown
My Chemical Romance – Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
WORST BAND
WINNER: Jonas Brothers
30 Seconds To Mars
JLS
Kings Of Leon
Tokio Hotel
BEST BAND BLOG OR TWITTER
WINNER: Hayley Williams
Frank Turner
Kanye West
Lily Allen
Theo Hutchcraft
BEST BOOK
WINNER: John Lydon – Mr Rotten's Scrapbook
Carl Barat – Threepenny Memoir
Jay-Z – Decode
Keith Richards – Life
Russell Brand – My Booky Wook 2
BEST SMALL FESTIVAL
WINNER: RockNess
Bestival
Kendal Calling
Latitude
Underage Festival
BEST ALBUM ARTWORK
WINNER: Klaxons – Surfing The Void
Foals – Total Life Forever
Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
MGMT – Congratulations
My Chemical Romance – Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
HOTTEST WOMAN
WINNER: Alison Mosshart (The Kills)
Emily Haines (Metric)
Hayley Williams (Paramore)
Lady Gaga
Shakira
HOTTEST MAN
WINNER: Matt Bellamy (Muse)
Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)
Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
Dominic Howard (Muse)
Jared Leto (30 Seconds To Mars)