Q Awards

Q Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in music
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	Q
First awarded	1990
Last awarded	2012
Official website	http://www.qawards.co.uk/qawards/

The Q Awards are the UK's annual music awards run by the music magazine Q. Since they began in 1990, the Q Awards have become one of Britain's biggest and best publicised music awards. Locations for the awards ceremony include Abbey Road Studios and, more recently, The Park Lane Ballroom.

One of the more notable events of the awards was the ceremony of 2004, at which Elton John accused Madonna of cheating fans by miming on stage, after she had been nominated for a Best Live Act award.

The Q Awards are notable for including numerous awards recognising a lifetime of achievement, rather than achievements over the year in question. In recent years, the 'lifetime' awards have usually outnumbered the 'current' awards.

Results

2012

The winners of 2012's Q Awards are:

• Best Track
  • "Ill Manors" — Plan B

• Best New Act
  • Django Django

• Best Live Act
  • Blur

• Best Video
  • "Disconnected" — Keane

• Best Album
  • The Bravest Man In The Universe — Bobby Womack

• Best Solo Artist
  • Emeli Sandé

• Best Act In The World Today
  • Muse

• Q Classic Song
  • "Walk On By" — Dionne Warwick

• Q Classic Album
  • Generation Terrorists — Manic Street Preachers

• Q Spirit of Independence
  • The Cribs

• Q Innovation in Sound
  • Underworld

• Q Inspiration Award
  • Pulp

• Q Icon Award
  • Dexys Midnight Runners

• Q Hero
  • Johnny Marr

• Q Idol
  • Brandon Flowers

2011

The winners of 2011's Q Awards are:

• Best Track
  • "Rolling in the Deep" — Adele

• Breakthrough Artist
  • Ed Sheeran

• New Artist
  • WU LYF

• Live Act
  • Biffy Clyro

• Best Video
  • "Do It Like a Dude" — Jessie J

• Hall of Fame Award
  • Queen

• Q Classic Songwriter
  • Gary Barlow

• Q's Next Big Thing
  • Lana Del Rey

• Q Inspiration
  • Fat Boy Slim

• Best Male
  • Tinie Tempah

• Best Female
  • Adele

• Innovation in Sound
  • Kaiser Chiefs

• Best Album
  • Bon Iver — Bon Iver

• Classic Song
  • "Chasing Cars" — Snow Patrol

• Best Act In The World Today
  • Coldplay

• Q Outstanding Contribution To Music
  • Siouxsie Sioux

• Q Icon
  • Noel Gallagher

• Q's Greatest Act Of The Last 25 Years
  • U2

2010

The winners of 2010's Q Awards are:

• Best Track
  • "You've Got The Love" — Florence and the Machine

• Breakthrough Artist
  • Plan B

• Best Video
  • "End Credits" — Chase & Status

• Hall of Fame Award
  • Take That

• Q Classic Songwriter
  • Neil Finn

• Q's Next Big Thing
  • Clare Maguire

• Q Idol
  • Madness

• Q Hero
  • The Chemical Brothers

• Q Inspiration
  • Suede

• Best Male
  • Paolo Nutini

• Best Female
  • Florence and the Machine

• Innovation in Sound
  • Mark Ronson

• Best Album
  • High Violet — The National

• Classic Album
  • Band on the Run — Wings

• Q Icon
  • Bryan Ferry

2009

The winners of 2009's Q Awards are:

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Muse
  • Kings Of Leon
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Oasis
  • Coldplay

• Best Album:
  • Kasabian — West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
  • Arctic Monkeys — Humbug
  • U2 — No Line On The Horizon
  • Florence and the Machine — Lungs
  • The Prodigy — Invaders Must Die

• Best Track:
  • Lily Allen - "The Fear"
  • Kasabian — "Fire"
  • Muse — "Uprising"
  • Arctic Monkeys — "Crying Lightning"
  • Dizzee Rascal — "Bonkers"
  • Noisettes — "Never Forget You"

• Best Video:
  • Lady Gaga — "Just Dance"
  • The Dead Weather — "Treat Me Like Your Mother"
  • Dizzee Rascal — "Holiday"
  • Florence and the Machine — "Drumming Song"
  • Mika — "We Are Golden"

• Best New Act:
  • White Lies
  • Friendly Fires
  • Empire of the Sun
  • Passion Pit
  • The Dead Weather

• Breakthrough Artist:
  • Mr Hudson
  • Florence and the Machine
  • Lady Gaga
  • La Roux
  • Pixie Lott

• Best Live Act:
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • The Prodigy
  • U2
  • Oasis
  • Kasabian
  • Blur
  • Take That

• The Q Idol: Spandau Ballet
• The Q Inspiration Award: The Specials
• Innovation in Sound: Sonic Youth
• Q Classic Album: The Unforgettable Fire — U2
• The Q Icon: Marianne Faithfull
• Classic Song: "Relax" — Frankie Goes To Hollywood
• Q Legend: Edwyn Collins
• Classic Songwriter: Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens)
• Outstanding Contribution to Music: Robert Plant

2008

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Coldplay
  • Kings Of Leon
  • Metallica
  • Muse
  • Oasis

• Best Album:
  • Coldplay — Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
  • Fleet Foxes — Fleet Foxes
  • The Last Shadow Puppets — The Age of the Understatement
  • Vampire Weekend — Vampire Weekend
  • Nick Cave — Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

• Best Track:
  • Keane — "Spiralling"
  • Duffy — "Mercy"
  • Coldplay — "Violet Hill"
  • Katy Perry — "I Kissed A Girl"
  • The Ting Tings — "That's Not My Name"

• Best Video:
  • Hot Chip — "Ready For The Floor"
  • Coldplay — "Violet Hill"
  • The Ting Tings — "That's Not My Name"
  • Vampire Weekend — "A-Punk"
  • Goldfrapp — "Happiness"

• Best New Act:
  • Fleet Foxes
  • Glasvegas
  • The Ting Tings
  • The Last Shadow Puppets
  • Vampire Weekend

• Best Breakthrough Artist:
  • Duffy
  • Adele
  • Santogold
  • Bon Iver
  • Gabriella Cilmi

• Best Live Act:
  • Kaiser Chiefs
  • Kings Of Leon
  • Nick Cave
  • The Verve
  • Rage Against The Machine

• Classic Song Award: Meat Loaf — "Bat out of Hell"
• Classic Songwriter Award: John Mellencamp
• Innovation in Sound Award: Massive Attack
• Outstanding Contribution Award: David Gilmour
• Q Legend: Glen Campbell
• Q Inspiration: Cocteau Twins
• Q Idol: Grace Jones
• Q Icon: Adam Ant

2007

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • The Killers
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Foo Fighters
  • Muse
  • U2

• Best Album:
  • Arctic Monkeys — Favourite Worst Nightmare
  • Amy Winehouse — Back To Black
  • Kaiser Chiefs — Yours Truly, Angry Mob
  • Arcade Fire — Neon Bible
  • Manic Street Preachers — Send Away the Tigers

• Best Track:
  • Manic Street Preachers — "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough"
  • Kaiser Chiefs — "Ruby"
  • Hard-Fi — "Suburban Knights"
  • Athlete — "Hurricane"
  • Muse — "Knights of Cydonia"

• Best Video:
  • Lily Allen — "Alfie"
  • The White Stripes — "Icky Thump"
  • Kaiser Chiefs — "Ruby"
  • Björk — "Earth Intruders"
  • The Killers — "Bones"

• Best New Act:
  • The Enemy
  • Klaxons
  • Cherry Ghost
  • The Pigeon Detectives
  • The View

• Best Breakthrough Artist:
  • Kate Nash
  • Mika
  • Jack Peñate
  • Jamie T
  • Calvin Harris

• Best Live Act:
  • Arcade Fire
  • Muse
  • The Killers
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Kasabian

• Classic Song Award: Stereophonics — "Local Boy in the Photograph"
• Classic Album Award: The Verve — Urban Hymns
• Classic Songwriter Award: Billy Bragg
• Innovation in Sound Award: Sigur Rós
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Johnny Marr
• Q Merit Award: Ryan Adams
• Q Hero: Anthony H Wilson
• Q Legend: Ian Brown
• Q Inspiration: Damon Albarn
• Q Idol: Kylie Minogue
• Q Icon: Sir Paul McCartney

2006

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Oasis
  • Muse
  • Coldplay
  • U2
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers

• Best Album:
  • Arctic Monkeys — Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
  • Muse — Black Holes and Revelations
  • Kasabian — Empire
  • Keane — Under the Iron Sea
  • Razorlight — Razorlight
  • Snow Patrol — Eyes Open

• Best Track:
  • Gnarls Barkley — "Crazy"
  • Snow Patrol — "Chasing Cars"
  • Scissor Sisters — "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"
  • The Feeling — "Never Be Lonely"
  • Arctic Monkeys — "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"

• Best Video:
  • The Killers — "When You Were Young"
  • Scissor Sisters — "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"
  • Kasabian — "Empire"
  • Gnarls Barkley — "Smiley Faces"
  • The Zutons — "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?"

• Best New Act:
  • Corinne Bailey-Rae
  • Lily Allen
  • The Kooks
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Orson

• Best Live Act:
  • Muse
  • Oasis
  • Razorlight
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Arctic Monkeys

• Q Inspiration Award: a-ha
• Q Outstanding Contribution to Music Award: Smokey Robinson
• Q Groundbreaker Award: Primal Scream
• Q Icon Award: Jeff Lynne
• Q Idol Award: Take That
• Q Outstanding Performance Award: Faithless
• Q Classic Songwriter Award: Noel Gallagher
• Q Lifetime Achievement Award: Peter Gabriel
• Q Merit Award: Manic Street Preachers
• Q Innovation in Sound Award: The Edge
• Q Classic Song Award: Culture Club — "Karma Chameleon"
• Q Legend Award: The Who
• Q Award of Awards: U2
• People's Choice Award: Arctic Monkeys
• Q Charity of the Year: War on Want

2005

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Coldplay
  • Green Day
  • U2
  • Oasis
  • Muse

• Best Album:
  • Oasis — Don't Believe The Truth
  • Coldplay — X&Y
  • James Blunt — Back to Bedlam
  • Kaiser Chiefs — Employment
  • Goldfrapp — Supernature

• Best Track:
  • KT Tunstall — "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"
  • James Blunt — "You're Beautiful"
  • U2 — "Vertigo"
  • Oasis — "The Importance of Being Idle"
  • Coldplay — "Fix You"

• Best Video:
  • Gorillaz — "Feel Good Inc."
  • Oasis — "The Importance of Being Idle"
  • The White Stripes — "Blue Orchid"
  • Gwen Stefani — "What You Waiting For?"
  • Green Day — "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"

• Best New Act:
  • James Blunt
  • Hard-Fi
  • Kaiser Chiefs
  • Jem
  • The Magic Numbers
  • M.I.A.

• Best Live Act:
  • U2
  • Coldplay
  • Green Day
  • Oasis
  • Muse

• Q Inspiration Award: Björk
• Q Outstanding Contribution to Music Award: Paul Weller
• Q Icon Award: Jimmy Page
• Q Classic Songwriter: Nick Cave
• Q Lifetime Achievement Award: Bee Gees
• Q Innovation in Sound: The Prodigy
• Q Classic Song: Ray Davies — "Waterloo Sunset"
• Q Legend: Joy Division
• People's Choice Award: Oasis
• Best Producer: Gorillaz/Danger Mouse — Demon Days
• Q Birthday Honour: Michael Eavis
• Q Special Award: John Lennon

2004

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Muse
  • Radiohead
  • U2
  • Coldplay
  • OutKast

• Best Album:
  • Keane — Hopes And Fears
  • Dizzee Rascal — Showtime
  • The Libertines — The Libertines
  • The Streets — A Grand Don't Come For Free
  • Franz Ferdinand — Franz Ferdinand
  • Scissor Sisters — Scissor Sisters

• Best Track:
  • Jamelia — "See It In A Boy's Eyes"
  • Franz Ferdinand — "Take Me Out"
  • Morrissey — "Irish Blood, English Heart"
  • The Streets — "Dry Your Eyes"
  • Goldie Lookin Chain — "Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do"
  • Maroon 5 — "This Love"

• Best Video:
  • Franz Ferdinand — "Take Me Out"
  • Scissor Sisters — "Laura"
  • OutKast — "Roses"
  • Kelis — "Milkshake"
  • The Streets — "Fit But You Know It"

• Best New Act:
  • Razorlight
  • Keane
  • Franz Ferdinand
  • Maroon 5
  • The Killers
  • The Zutons
  • Kasabian
  • Snow Patrol

• Best Live Act:
  • Muse
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • David Bowie
  • The Darkness
  • The Pixies
  • Madonna

• Best Producer:
  • Mick Jones (The Libertines — The Libertines)
  • The Neptunes (Kelis — Tasty)
  • Rich Costey, John Cornfield, Muse and Paul Reeve (Muse — Absolution)
  • Scissor Sisters (Scissor Sisters — Scissor Sisters)
  • Jerry Finn (Morrissey — You Are the Quarry)
  • Various (Usher — Confessions)

• Q Merit Award: Shane McGowan
• Q Innovation in Sound Award: The Human League
• Q Inspiration Award: The Pet Shop Boys
• Q Classic Songwriter Award: Elton John
• Q Icon Award: U2
• Q Lifetime Achievement Award: Roxy Music

2003

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Radiohead
  • Blur
  • Coldplay
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Foo Fighters

• Best Album:
  • Blur — Think Tank
  • Radiohead — Hail to the Thief
  • Feeder — Comfort in Sound
  • The White Stripes — Elephant
  • 50 Cent — Get Rich or Die Tryin'

• Best Track:
  • Christina Aguilera — "Dirrty"
  • The White Stripes — "Seven Nation Army"
  • Muse — "Time Is Running Out"
  • Coldplay — "Clocks"
  • Electric Six — "Danger! High Voltage"

• Best Video:
  • Electric Six — "Gay Bar"
  • Christina Aguilera — "Dirrty"
  • Junior Senior — "Move Your Feet"
  • Coldplay — "The Scientist"
  • Muse — "Time Is Running Out"

• Best New Act:
  • The Thrills
  • The Darkness
  • Athlete
  • Kings of Leon
  • The Rapture

• Best Live Act:
  • Robbie Williams
  • Coldplay
  • The Darkness
  • Eminem
  • Queens of the Stone Age

• Best Producer:
  • Nigel Godrich (Radiohead — Hail to the Thief)
  • Ethan Johns (Kings of Leon — Youth and Young Manhood)
  • Dr. Dre (50 Cent — Get Rich or Die Tryin')
  • Blur / Ben Hillier (Blur — Think Tank)
  • Pharrel Williams (The Neptunes — The Neptunes Present... Clones)

• Q Innovation in Sound:
  • Muse
  • Richard X
  • Super Furry Animals
  • Goldfrapp
  • David Gray

• Q Inspiration Award: The Cure
• Q Icon Award: Jane's Addiction
• Q Classic Songwriter: Dexys Midnight Runners
• Q Lifetime Achievement Award: Duran Duran
• Q Special Award: Scott Walker

2002

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Radiohead
  • Coldplay
  • Oasis
  • Stereophonics
  • U2

• Best Album:
  • Coldplay — A Rush of Blood to the Head
  • Doves — The Last Broadcast
  • Beth Orton — Daybreaker
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers — By the Way
  • The Vines — Highly Evolved

• Best Single:
  • Sugababes — "Freak Like Me"
  • The Hives — "Hate to Say I Told You So"
  • Nickelback — "How You Remind Me"
  • Oasis — "The Hindu Times"
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers — "By the Way"

• Best Video:
  • Pink — "Get the Party Started"
  • Eminem — "Without Me"
  • The Hives — "Hate to Say I Told You So"
  • Kylie Minogue — "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
  • Marilyn Manson — "Tainted Love"

• Best New Act:
  • Electric Soft Parade
  • The Bees
  • The Cooper Temple Clause
  • The Coral
  • The Vines

• Best Live Act:
  • The Hives
  • Muse
  • Oasis
  • The Strokes
  • The White Stripes

• Best Producer:
  • Moby (Moby — 18)
  • Rick Rubin (Red Hot Chili Peppers — By the Way)
  • Tony Visconti (David Bowie — Heathen)
  • Ken Nelson and Mark Pythian (Coldplay — A Rush of Blood to the Head)
  • Weezer and Tom Lord-Alge (Weezer — Maladroit)

• Classic Songwriter: Jimmy Cliff
• Q Special Award: Depeche Mode
• Q Merit Award: Elvis Costello
• Q Inspiration Award: Echo and the Bunnymen

2001

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Radiohead
  • U2
  • R.E.M.
  • Stereophonics
  • Travis
  • Manic Street Preachers

• Best Album:
  • Travis — The Invisible Band
  • PJ Harvey — Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
  • Radiohead — Amnesiac
  • U2 — All That You Can't Leave Behind
  • Muse — Origin of Symmetry
  • Stereophonics — Just Enough Education to Perform

• Best Single:
  • Ash — "Burn Baby Burn"
  • Stereophonics — "Have a Nice Day"
  • Feeder — "Buck Rogers"
  • New Order — "Crystal"
  • Weezer — "Hash Pipe"
  • The Charlatans — "Love Is the Key"

• Best Video:
  • Gorillaz — "Clint Eastwood"
  • Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice"
  • The Avalanches — "Frontier Psychiatrist"
  • Basement Jaxx — "Romeo"
  • Nelly Furtado — "I'm like a Bird"
  • I Monster — "Daydream in blue"

• Best New Act:
  • Starsailor
  • Turin Brakes
  • The Strokes
  • Goldfrapp
  • Tom McRae
  • Dido

• Best Live Act:
  • Manic Street Preachers
  • Madonna
  • Coldplay
  • Stereophonics
  • U2
  • Muse

• Best Producer:
  • Nigel Godrich (Radiohead — Amnesiac)
  • Chris Shaw (Super Furry Animals — Rings Around the World)
  • Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois (U2 — All That You Can't Leave Behind)
  • John Leckie (Muse — Origin of Symmetry)
  • Pat McCarthy (R.E.M. — Reveal)
  • Dan the Automator (Gorillaz — Gorillaz)

• Classic Songwriter: Kate Bush
• Q Special Award: Brian Eno
• Q Merit Award: Elvis Costello
• Q Inspiration Award: John Lydon
• Q People's Choice Award: U2

2000

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Travis
  • Manic Street Preachers
  • Stereophonics
  • Blur
  • Radiohead

• Best Album:
  • Coldplay — Parachutes
  • Doves — Lost Souls
  • Primal Scream — XTRMNTR
  • Muse — Showbiz
  • Badly Drawn Boy — The Hour of Bewilderbeast

• Best Single:
  • David Gray — "Babylon"
  • Coldplay — "Yellow"
  • Moloko — "The Time Is Now"
  • Eminem — "The Real Slim Shady"
  • Limp Bizkit — "Take a Look Around"

• Best Video:
  • Kelis — "Caught out There"
  • Travis — "Coming Around"
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Californication"
  • Bloodhound Gang — "The Bad Touch"
  • Eminem — "The Real Slim Shady"

• Best New Act:
  • Badly Drawn Boy
  • Coldplay
  • JJ72
  • Muse
  • Doves

• Best Live Act:
  • Oasis
  • Primal Scream
  • Travis
  • The Chemical Brothers
  • Moby

• Best Producer:
  • Artful Dodger for their work with such acts as Craig David, Robbie Craig and Romina Johnson
  • Dr. Dre (Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP)
  • Guy Chambers and Steve Power (Robbie Williams — Sing When You're Winning)
  • Dave Eringa and George Brakoulias (Toploader — Onka's Big Moka)
  • Ross Robinson (Slipknot — Slipknot)

• Q Merit Award: Jerry Dammers
• Songwriter Award: Guy Chambers and Robbie Williams
• Q Inspiration Award: Joe Strummer

1999

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Blur
  • Radiohead
  • Stereophonics
  • U2
  • R.E.M.
  • Manic Street Preachers
  • Oasis

• Best Album:
  • The Chemical Brothers — Surrender
  • Travis — The Man Who
  • Blur — 13
  • Mercury Rev — Deserter's Songs
  • Texas — The Hush
  • Stereophonics — Performance and Cocktails

• Best Single:
  • Travis — "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?"
  • The New Radicals — "You Get What You Give"
  • Lauryn Hill — "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
  • Supergrass — "Moving"
  • TLC — "No Scrubs"
  • Blur — "Tender"

• Best New Act:
  • Basement Jaxx
  • Macy Gray
  • Gay Dad
  • Travis
  • Shack
  • The Beta Band

• Best Live Act:
  • Stereophonics
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
  • The Rolling Stones
  • Suede
  • Gomez

• Q Classic Songwriter: Ian Dury and Chaz Jankel
• Best Producer: William Orbit
• Q Inspiration Award: New Order
• Q Special Merit Award: Keith Richards

External links

• The Q Awards 2007 official site
• The Q Awards 1990-2004 Results
• The Q Awards 1990-2005 Results