For the third year running, a record number of votes have been cast for the NME Readers Poll.
The winners will be announced on February 1 at the NME Premier Awards, hosted by Radio 1’s Steve Lamacq and Mary Anne Hobbs at the London EC4 Mermaid Theatre. The nominees are:
BEST NEW ARTIST
Basement Jaxx
Macy Gray
Muse
Eminem
Ooberman
BEST LIVE ACT
Manic Street Preachers
Super Furry Animals
The Flaming Lips
Blur
REM
BEST SINGLE
‘Tender’ – Blur
‘Northern Lites’ – Super Furry Animals
‘Why Does It Always Rain On Me?’ – Travis
‘Swastika Eyes’ – Primal Scream
‘Hey Boy Hey Girl’ – The Chemical Brothers
BEST SOLO ARTIST
Ian Brown
Beck
Robbie Williams
Beth Orton
Macy Gray
BEST DANCE ACT
Fatboy Slim
The Chemical Brothers
Basement Jaxx
Underworld
Death In Vegas
BEST TV SHOW
The Sopranos
The Royle Family
The Simpsons
South Park
Later With Jools Holland
BEST FILM
American Pie
The Blair Witch Project
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Matrix
Fight Club
BEST RADIO SHOW
Radio 1 Evening Session
Mark & Lard
John Peel
Chris Moyles
Jo Whiley
BEST MUSICAL EVENT
Glastonbury Festival
Reading Festival
Stereophonics at Morfa Stadium
The return of Morrissey
Bonehead and Guigsy leaving Oasis
BEST DJ
Laurent Garnier
The Chemical Brothers
David Holmes
Fatboy Slim
Judge Jules
BEST LP
‘The Soft Bulletin’ – The Flaming Lips
’13’ – Blur
‘Guerrilla’ – Super Furry Animals
‘The Man Who’ – Travis
‘Performance And Cocktails’ – Stereophonics
BEST BAND
Super Furry Animals
Blur
Manic Street Preachers
Travis
Stereophonics
BEST SINGLE
EVER
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ – Queen
‘Imagine’ – John Lennon
‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ – Nirvana
‘Wonderwall’ – Oasis
‘Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever’ – The Beatles
BEST LP EVER
‘Revolver’ – The Beatles,
‘The Stone Roses’ –
The Stone Roses
‘The Bends’ – Radiohead
‘Nevermind’ – Nirvana
‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts
Club Band’ – The Beatles
BEST BAND EVER
Radiohead
Nirvana
The Beatles
The Smiths
The Stone Roses
Other gongs at the NME Premier Awards, which take place at London EC4 Mermaid Theatre, include the RADIO 1 EVENING SESSION SESSION OF THE YEAR voted by Radio 1 listeners (nominees: Supergrass, 5-Ziq, Gomez, Super Furry Animals and The Charlatans) and the BREEZEBLOCK MIX OF 1999 voted by Radio 1 listeners (nominees: Leftfield, Junior Cartier, Basement Jaxx, Stienski vs Coldcut vs Scratch Perverts, Death In Vegas).
In addition, NME will host the following awards: BRIGHTEST HOPE (nominees: Coldplay, Terris, Sigur Rss, Doves, Slipknot); BEST DANCE ACT (nominees: Basement Jaxx, The Chemical Brothers, Les Rythmes Digitales, Death In Vegas, Underworld); and ARTIST OF THE YEAR (nominees: Travis, Mogwai, Eminem, Shack, Death In Vegas).
The ceremony will be webcast on nme.com and Radio 1’s Evening Session will broadcast from the event.