The nominees for this year's NME Awards have been announced today (29 January 2007) with Arctic Monkeys leading the way with seven nominations.
NME Editor Conor McNicholas feels the band highly deserved to dominate the nominations.
"It's a measure of just what a special band the Arctic Monkeys are that they have been able to come back and make such an impact album two and you've got to feel the way things are going that we might very well see the same thing happen on album three," he said.
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse didn't fare as well however after being nominated for Villain of the Year alongside Prime Minister Gordon Brown, US President George W. Bush and Tony Blair.
Winehouse, who is currently in rehab after a video was leaked to the press last week allegedly showing her smoking crack, will also battle Pete Doherty for the Worst Dressed title - she received no nominations for her music or live performances.
"I think it was a surprise that Amy Winehouse didn't really make any kind of move into the nominations," McNicholas noted.
"It's because she has partly had drug troubles and partly the fact that she has been so wholly embraced by the mainstream that I think a lot of NME readers that are always looking for the cutting edge despite the fact how much she dominated 2007," he added.
Arctic Monkeys, with their record seven nominations, are in the running for Best British Band, Best Album, Best Live Band, Best Album Artwork, Best Track (Fluorescent Adolescent,) and Best Video (Teddy Picker). Frontman Alex Turner also received a nod for Best Dressed.
The Sheffield band are NME magazine's most voted band of the decade after getting 15 NME Award nominations since hitting the music scene.
Pete Doherty's band Babyshambles are also in the running for Best Album and Best British Band, with Doherty receiving nominations in both the Best and Worst Dressed categories.
Worst album nominees include James Blunt, Britney Spears, Leona Lewis, The Hoosiers and Mika.
The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony which will take place in London's O2 Centre on February 28.
Full list of 2008 NME Awards nominees:
BEST BRITISH BAND
Arctic Monkeys
Babyshambles
The Cribs
Klaxons
Muse
BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND
Arcade Fire
Foo Fighters
The Killers
Kings Of Leon
My Chemical Romance
BEST NEW BAND
The Enemy
Foals
Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong
The Pigeon Detectives
The Wombats
BEST LIVE BAND
Arctic Monkeys
The Cribs
Kaiser Chiefs
Muse
My Chemical Romance
BEST SOLO ARTIST
Kate Nash
Jamie T
Jack Penate
Amy Winehouse
Patrick Wolf
BEST ALBUM
'Favourite Worst Nightmare' - Arctic Monkeys
'Shotters Nation' - Babyshambles
'We'll Live And Die In These Towns' =96 The Enemy
'Myths Of The Near Future' - Klaxons
'In Rainbows' =96 Radiohead
BEST TRACK
'Fluorescent Adolescent' =96 Arctic Monkeys
'Flux' =96 Bloc Party
'Men's Needs' =96 The Cribs
'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' - Oasis
'Let's Dance To Joy Division' =96 The Wombats
BEST VIDEO
'Teddy Picker' =96 Arctic Monkeys
'Flux' =96 Bloc Party
'D.A.N.C.E.' - Justice
'Golden Skans' - Klaxons
'Teenagers' =96 My Chemical Romance
BEST MUSIC DVD
'Up The Shambles' =96 Babyshambles
'The Song Remains The Same' =96 Led Zeppelin
'Unplugged In New York' - Nirvana
'Lord Don=92t Slow Me Down' - Oasis
'I Told You I Was Trouble' =96 Amy Winehouse
BEST LIVE EVENT
Carling Weekend: Reading And Leeds Festival
Glastonbury
Muse At Wembley Stadium
T In The Park
V Festival
HERO OF THE YEAR
Matt Bellamy
Pete Doherty
Noel Fielding
Ryan Jarman
Thom Yorke
VILLAIN OF THE YEAR
Tony Blair
Johnny Borrell
Gordon Brown
George W Bush
Amy Winehouse
BEST DRESSED
Pete Doherty
Noel Fielding
Kate Nash
Alex Turner
Gerard Way
WORST DRESSED
Johnny Borrell
Pete Doherty
Mika
Gerard Way
Amy Winehouse
BEST DANCEFLOOR FILLER
'Flux' =96 Bloc Party
'Hummer' - Foals
'D.A.N.C.E.' - Justice
'Atlantis To Interzone' - Klaxons
'Let's Dance To Joy Division' =96 The Wombats
BEST ALBUM ARTWORK
'Favourite Worst Nightmare' =Arctic Monkeys
'The Good, The Bad And The Queen' =The Good, The Bad And The Queen
'Sawdust' =The Killers
'Because Of The Times' =Kings Of Leon
'Send Away The Tigers' =Manic Street Preachers
BEST RADIO SHOW
Russell Brand (Radio 2)
Zane Lowe (Radio 1)
Chris Moyles (Radio 1)
Colin Murray (Radio 1)
Jo Whiley (Radio 1)
WORST ALBUM
1973 - James Blunt
The Trick To Life - The Hoosiers
Spirit - Leona Lewis
Life In Cartoon Motion - Mika
Blackout - Britney Spears
WORST BAND
30 Seconds To Mars
Fall Out Boy
The Hoosiers
My Chemical Romance
Panic At The Disco
BEST TV SHOW
Heroes
The IT Crowd
The Mighty Boosh
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Skins
BEST FILM
Control
Hot Fuzz
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
The Simpsons Movie
Superbad
SEXIEST MAN
Howlin' Pelle Almqvist
Julian Barratt
Noel Fielding
Nicky Wire
Patrick Wolf
SEXIEST WOMAN
Jenny Lewis
Kylie Minogue
Rihanna
Hayley Williams
Rachael Yamagata
BEST VENUE
Brixton Carling Academy
Glasgow Barrowlands
London Astoria
Manchester Apollo
Wembley Stadium
BEST WEBSITE
Bebo
Facebook
Last.fm
MySpace
YouTube
BEST BAND BLOG
Lily Allen (www.myspace.com/lilymusic)
Foals (www.wearefoals.com/blog)
Lightspeed Champion (www.lightspeedchampion.com)
Radiohead (www.radiohead.com/deadairspace)
The Streets (www.myspace.com/thestreets)
BEST MUSIC BLOG
The Hype Machine (hypem.com)
The Modern Age (www.themodernage.org)
Nothing But Green Lights (nothingbutgreenlights.net)
Spinner (spinner.com)
Stereogum (stereogum.com)
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