Awards

Q Awards nominations announced

By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 7 September 2012

The nominations shortlist for the 2012 Q Awards has been made public; and oh, what a list it is. Blur, The Stone Roses, Florence And The Machine and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds each have two nominations, while Lana Del Rey – despite being voted Q’s ‘Next Big Thing’ last year – is overlooked entirely. Still, at least she has the honour of appearing naked on the cover of GQ’s September issue. Because that’s what GQ’s ‘Woman Of The Year’ is meant to do, apparently. Though strangely GQ ‘Editor’s Prize’ winner James Corden was asked to keep his clothes on for his cover.

Anyway, now to the customary quote from Q Editor Andrew Harrison (about his awards, not the naked Rey and clothed Corden): “It’s been the most incredible year for British music. Our bands and our anthems transformed the Olympics into the greatest music event on Earth. And amazing comeback shows from Blur and the Stone Roses showed the enduring appeal of our greatest musicians. All the nominees for this year’s Q Awards helped make 2012 an absolutely unforgettable year”.

And here are those nominees:

Best New Act: Alabama Shakes, Alt J, Django Django, Lianne La Havas, Frank Ocean

Best Track: Florence + The Machine – Shake It Out, Fun – We Are Young, Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know, Plan B – Ill Manors, Rizzle Kicks – Mama Do The Hump

Best Album: The Black Keys – El Camino, Richard Hawley – Standing At The Sky’s Edge, The Maccabees – Given To The Wild, Paul Weller – Sonik Kicks, Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man In The Universe

Best Live Act: Blur, The Cribs, Radiohead, Bruce Springsteen, The Stone Roses

Best Video: Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine?, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Everybody’s On The Run, Keane – Disconnected, The Killers – Runaways, Nicki Minaj – Starships

Best Solo Artist: Adele, Dizzee Rascal, Noel Gallagher, Emeli Sande, Florence Welch

Best Act In The World Today: Blur, Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Muse, The Stone Roses