In the awards Amy Winehouse could end up being the biggest loser, as she has been nominated for Villain of the Year alongside Prime Minister Gordon Brown, his predecessor Tony Blair and US President George Bush.

Thousands of genuine music fans have voted for the decade's biggest British band in the categories of Best British Band, Best Live Band, Best Album, Best Track, Best Video and Best Album Artwork, with Alex
picking up a nomination in the Best Dressed category.

They'll find out if they've won at the ceremony, which will take place on February 28.

Arctic Monkeys have a record seven nominations in the awards, which are voted by NME readers - they're up for Best British Band, Best Live Band, Best Album and Album Artwork for Favourite Worst Nightmare, Best Track for Fluorescent Adolescent and Best Video for Teddy Picker, while frontman Alex Turner is a Best Dressed contender.

Since bursting on to the music scene, the Sheffield band have notched up 15 NME Award nominations - making them the magazine's most voted band of the decade.

Arctic Monkeys' Jamie Cook said: "It's sound the readers keep voting for
us. We're chuffed.

"Best band and best album are always a good one. Live would be good.

"It's good to have been picked up in that because we put a lot of effort into our live work last year, I thought we got a lot better - so that would be a good'en to win."

Fighting it out for the Best Live Band gong along with Arctic Monkeys, are Muse, The Cribs, Kaiser Chiefs, and My Chemical Romance. These bands have thrilled live audiences up and down the country over the last 12 months and now the fans will decide who deserves to take away this highly prized title.

Amy Winehouse has also notched up four nominations but thanks to her
recent troubles she finds herself nominated for Villain of the Year and
Worst Dressed! But it's not all bad news, whilst her style may get a
thumbs down from the fans, her music is still appreciated with nominations in the Best Music DVD and Best Solo Artist category.

The winners will be announced at a London ceremony on February 28, to
be broadcast on E4.

The Nominations in full:
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

Jack Penate

Jamie T

Amy Winehouse

Patrick Wolf


Best Album
'Favourite Worst Nightmare' - Arctic Monkeys

'Shotters Nation' - Babyshambles

'We'll Live And Die In These Towns' - The Enemy

'Myths Of The Near Future' - Klaxons

'In Rainbows' - Radiohead


Best Track
"Fluorescent Adolescent" Arctic Monkeys

"Flux" Bloc Party

"Men's Needs" The Cribs

"Lord Don't Slow Me Down" - Oasis

"Let's Dance To Joy Division" The Wombats


Best Video

"Teddy Picker" Arctic Monkeys

"Flux" Bloc Party

"D.A.N.C.E." - Justice

"Golden Skans" - Klaxons

"Teenagers" My Chemical Romance


Best Dancefloor Filler

"Flux" Bloc Party

"Hummer" - Foals

"D.A.N.C.E." - Justice

"Atlantis To Interzone" - Klaxons

"Let's Dance To Joy Division" The Wombats


Best Music DVD
"Up The Shambles" Babyshambles

"The Song Remains The Same" Led Zeppelin

"Unplugged In New York" - Nirvana

"Lord Don't Slow Me Down" - Oasis

"I Told You I Was Trouble‚Ä' ‚Äì Amy Winehouse


Best Live Event

Glastonbury

Muse At Wembley Stadium

Reading And Leeds Festival

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 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 Time" 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 Barrett

Noel Fielding

Nicky Wire

Patrick Wolf


Sexiest Woman
Jenny Lewis

Kylie Minogue

Rhianna

Hayley Williams

Rachael Yamagata


Best Venue
Carling Academy Brixton

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)