Q Awards

Q Awards
Description	Excellence in music
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	Q
First awarded	1990
Last awarded	2015
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 2001 event, was somewhat notoriously notable for Phil Jupitus stretching out the time it took to announce the "Best Producer" award, with him exclaiming "Best Producer?.... 'Would you like a cowbell in that?'", before being told off camera to get on with announcing the winner.

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

2015

The winners of 2015's Q Awards are:

Best Act in the World Today: Foals Blur Ed Sheeran Muse Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Best Live Act: Royal Blood Catfish and the Bottlemen Ed Sheeran The Libertines Mumford & Sons Best New Act: James Bay The Bohicas Circa Waves Courtney Barnett Jess Glynne Slaves SOAK Songhoy Blues Wolf Alice Years & Years Best Solo Artist: Ed Sheeran Kanye West Noel Gallagher Sam Smith Taylor Swift Q Awards Honoree: Q Hero: Mark Ronson Q Classic Song: Queen — "Bohemian Rhapsody" Q Classic Album: Soul II Soul — Club Classics Vol. One Q Innovation in Sound: Gary Numan Q Gibson Les Paul Award: Tony Iommi Q Outstanding Contribution To Music: New Order Q Icon: Duran Duran Best Track: The Libertines — "Gunga Din" Florence and the Machine — "What Kind of Man" Foals — "What Went Down" Mark Ronson — "Uptown Funk" New Order — "Restless" Best Video: Florence and the Machine — "Ship to Wreck" Foals — "What Went Down" Miguel — "Coffee" Muse — "Psycho" The Weeknd — "Can't Feel My Face" Best Album: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds — Chasing Yesterday Blur — The Magic Whip Everything Everything — Get to Heaven Florence + the Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Jamie xx – In Colour

2014

The winners of 2014's Q Awards are:

Best Act in the World Today: Kasabian Arcade Fire Arctic Monkeys Kate Bush Pharrell Williams Best Live Act: Kasabian Arcade Fire Arctic Monkeys Jack White Kate Bush Best New Act: Sam Smith Ella Eyre Fat White Family FKA twigs George Ezra Hozier London Grammar Royal Blood Temples The 1975 Best Solo Artist: Ed Sheeran Damon Albarn Jake Bugg Paolo Nutini St. Vincent Q Awards Honoree: Q Classic Album: Pink Floyd — The Dark Side of the Moon Q Maverick: St. Vincent Q Classic Songwriter: Andy Partridge Q Gibson Les Paul Award: Johnny Marr Q Innovation In Sound: Jean Michel Jarre Q Inspiration: Simple Minds Q Hero: The Charlatans Q Icon: Wilko Johnson Q Idol: Culture Club Q Outstanding Contribution To Music: Richard Russell Best Track: Paolo Nutini — "Iron Sky" Kaiser Chiefs — "Coming Home" Kasabian — "Eez-eh" Lorde — "Royals" Sam Smith — "Stay with Me" Best Video: Jamie xx — "Sleep Sound" Arctic Monkeys — "Arabella" Coldplay — "Magic" Elbow — "New York Morning" Paloma Faith — "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" Best Album: Elbow — The Take Off and Landing of Everything The Black Keys — Turn Blue Damon Albarn — Everyday Robots Kasabian — 48:13 Manic Street Preachers — Futurology

2013

The winners of 2013's Q Awards are:

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Vampire Weekend
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Biffy Clyro
  • David Bowie
  • Foals
• Best Live Act:
  • Foals
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Mumford & Sons
  • Muse
  • The Stone Roses
• Best New Act:
  • Jake Bugg
  • Disclosure
  • Jagwar Ma
  • Laura Mvula
  • Palma Violets
  • Toy
  • Tom Odell
  • Valerie June
• Best Solo Artist:
  • Ellie Goulding
  • David Bowie
  • Jake Bugg
  • John Grant
  • Laura Marling
• Q Awards Honoree:
  • Q Classic Album: Happy Mondays — Bummed
  • Q Classic Songwriter: Chrissie Hynde
  • Q Spirit of Independence: Belle and Sebastian
  • Q Poet Laureate: John Cooper Clarke
  • Q Icon: Suede
  • Q Idol: Robbie Williams
  • Q Outstanding Contribution To Music: Pet Shop Boys
• Q Best Event:
  • Glastonbury Festival
  • Latitude Festival
  • David Bowie at the Victoria and Albert Museum
  • The Killers at the Battle Born World Tour (Live in Wembley Stadium & The Garage, London)
  • Kraftwerk at the Tate Modern
  • The Rolling Stones at the 50 & Counting (Live in Hyde Park, London)
• Best Track:
  • Arctic Monkeys — "Do I Wanna Know?"
  • Daft Punk — "Get Lucky"
  • David Bowie — "Where Are We Now?"
  • Ellie Goulding — "Burn"
  • Robin Thicke — "Blurred Lines"
• Best Video:
  • Manic Street Preachers — "Show Me the Wonder"
  • Beady Eye — "Shine a Light"
  • Daft Punk — "Get Lucky"
  • David Bowie — "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)"
  • Vampire Weekend — "Diane Young"
• Best Album:
  • Biffy Clyro — Opposites
  • Daft Punk — Random Access Memories
  • David Bowie — The Next Day
  • Foals — Holy Fire
  • Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City

2012

The winners of 2012's Q Awards are:

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Muse
  • Blur
  • Coldplay
  • Lady Gaga
  • The Stone Roses
• Best Live Act:
  • Blur
  • Bruce Springsteen
  • The Cribs
  • Radiohead
  • The Stone Roses
• Best New Act:
  • Django Django
  • Alabama Shakes
  • alt-J
  • Frank Ocean
  • Lianne La Havas
• Best Solo Artist:
  • Emeli Sandé
  • Adele
  • Dizzee Rascal
  • Florence Welch
  • Noel Gallagher
• Q Awards Honoree:
  • Q Classic Song: Dionne Warwick — "Walk On By"
  • Q Classic Album: Manic Street Preachers — Generation Terrorists
  • 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
• Best Track:
  • Plan B — "Ill Manors"
  • Florence and the Machine — "Shake It Out"
  • Fun — "We Are Young"
  • Gotye — "Somebody That I Used to Know"
  • Rizzle Kicks — "Mama Do the Hump"
• Best Video:
  • Keane — "Disconnected"
  • Arctic Monkeys — "R U Mine?"
  • The Killers — "Runaways"
  • Nicki Minaj — "Starships"
  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds — "Everybody's on the Run"
• Best Album:
  • Bobby Womack — The Bravest Man in the Universe
  • The Black Keys — El Camino
  • The Maccabees — Given to the Wild
  • Paul Weller — Sonik Kicks
  • Richard Hawley — Standing at the Sky's Edge

2011

The winners of 2011's Q Awards are:

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Coldplay
  • Arcade Fire
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Muse
  • Kasabian
  • U2
• Best Live Act:
  • Biffy Clyro
  • Beyoncé
  • Biffy Clyro
  • Elbow
  • Chase & Status
• Best New Act:
  • WU LYF
  • Everything Everything
  • Foster the People
  • Nero
  • The Vaccines
• Breakthrough Artist:
  • Ed Sheeran
  • James Blake
  • Jessie J
  • Katy B
  • Miles Kane
• Best Male:
  • Tinie Tempah
  • Ed Sheeran
  • Example
  • CeeLo Green
  • Wretch 32
• Best Female:
  • Adele
  • Beyoncé
  • Jessie J
  • Laura Marling
  • PJ Harvey
• Q Awards Honoree:
  • Q's Next Big Thing: Lana Del Rey
  • Q Classic Song: "Chasing Cars" — Snow Patrol
  • Q Outstanding Contribution To Music: Siouxsie Sioux
  • Q Icon: Noel Gallagher
  • Q Innovation in Sound: Kaiser Chiefs
  • Q Inspiration: Fat Boy Slim
  • Q Hall of Fame Award: Queen
  • Q Classic Songwriter: Gary Barlow
• Q's Greatest Act Of The Last 25 Years:
  • U2
  • Arcade Fire
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Beastie Boys
  • Björk
  • Coldplay
  • The Cure
  • Damon Albarn
  • Eminem
  • Green Day
  • Jack White
  • Jay Z
  • Madonna
  • Manic Street Preachers
  • Metallica
  • Muse
  • Nirvana
  • Oasis
  • Paul Weller
  • The Prodigy
  • Radiohead
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • R.E.M.
  • The Strokes
  • The Stone Roses
• Best Track:
  • Adele — "Rolling in the Deep"
  • Adele — "Someone like You"
  • Aloe Blacc — "I Need a Dollar"
  • Arctic Monkeys — "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair"
  • Foster the People — "Pumped Up Kicks"
• Best Video:
  • Jessie J — "Do It like a Dude"
  • Ed Sheeran — "You Need Me, I Don't Need You"
  • Foo Fighters — "Walk"
  • Hurts — "Wonderful Life"
  • Katy Perry — "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"
  • Lady Gaga — "Judas"
• Best Album:
  • Bon Iver — Bon Iver, Bon Iver
  • Arctic Monkeys — Suck It and See
  • Elbow — Build a Rocket Boys!
  • The Horrors — Skying
  • PJ Harvey — Let England Shake

2010

The winners of 2010's Q Awards are:

Best Act in the World Today	Best Live Act
Kasabian Muse Green Day Arcade Fire Kings of Leon	Green Day Muse Kasabian Pendulum Lady Gaga
Best New Act	Breakthrough Artist
Mumford & Sons The xx Two Door Cinema Club Wild Beasts The Drums	Plan B Ellie Goulding Villagers Laura Marling Lissie
Best Male	Best Female
Paolo Nutini Brandon Flowers Dizzee Rascal Paul Weller Plan B	Florence and the Machine Ellie Goulding Laura Marling Lady Gaga Corinne Bailey Rae
Best Track	Best Video
Florence and the Machine — "You've Got The Love" Biffy Clyro "The Captain" Mumford & Sons — The Cave Owl City — "Fireflies" The xx — "VCR"	Chase & Status — "End Credits" Biffy Clyro — "The Captain" Arcade Fire — "We Used to Wait" Vampire Weekend — "Giving Up the Gun" Gorillaz — "Stylo"
Best Album	Q Awards Honoree
The National — High Violet Arcade Fire — The Suburbs Gorillaz — Plastic Beach Paul Weller — Wake Up the Nation Plan B — The Defamation of Strickland Banks	Q 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 Q Innovation in Sound: Mark Ronson Q 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	Best Live Act
Muse Arctic Monkeys Coldplay Kings of Leon Oasis	Arctic Monkeys Blur Kasabian Oasis The Prodigy Take That U2
Best New Act	Breakthrough Artist
White Lies The Dead Weather Empire of the Sun Friendly Fires Passion Pit	Mr Hudson Florence and the Machine La Roux Lady Gaga Pixie Lott
Best Track	Best Video
Lily Allen — "The Fear" Arctic Monkeys — "Crying Lightning" Dizzee Rascal — "Bonkers" Kasabian — "Fire" Muse — "Uprising" Noisettes — "Never Forget You"	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 Album	Q Awards Honoree
Kasabian — West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum Arctic Monkeys — Humbug Florence and the Machine — Lungs The Prodigy — Invaders Must Die U2 — No Line on the Horizon	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

The winners of 2008's Q Awards are:

Best Act in the World Today	Best Live Act
Coldplay Kings of Leon Metallica Muse Oasis	Kaiser Chiefs Kings of Leon Nick Cave Rage Against the Machine The Verve
Best New Act	Breakthrough Artist
The Last Shadow Puppets Fleet Foxes Glasvegas The Ting Tings Vampire Weekend	Duffy Adele Bon Iver Gabriella Cilmi Santogold
Best Track	Best Video
Keane — "Spiralling" Coldplay — "Violet Hill" Duffy — "Mercy" Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl" The Ting Tings — "That's Not My Name"	Vampire Weekend — "A-Punk" Coldplay — "Violet Hill" Goldfrapp — "Happiness" Hot Chip — "Ready for the Floor" The Ting Tings — "That's Not My Name"
Best Album	Q Awards Honoree
Coldplay — Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Fleet Foxes — Fleet Foxes The Last Shadow Puppets — The Age of the Understatement Nick Cave — Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Vampire Weekend — Vampire Weekend	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

The winners of 2007's Q Awards are:

Best Act in the World Today	Best Live Act
Arctic Monkeys Foo Fighters The Killers Muse U2	Muse Arcade Fire Arctic Monkeys Kasabian The Killers
Best New Act	Breakthrough Artist
The Enemy Cherry Ghost Klaxons The Pigeon Detectives The View	Kate Nash Calvin Harris Jack Peñate Jamie T Mika
Best Track	Best Video
Manic Street Preachers — "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" Athlete — "Hurricane" Hard-Fi — "Suburban Knights" Kaiser Chiefs — "Ruby" Muse — "Knights of Cydonia"	Kaiser Chiefs — "Ruby" Björk — "Earth Intruders" The Killers — "Bones" Lily Allen — "Alfie" The White Stripes — "Icky Thump"
Best Album	Q Awards Honoree
Amy Winehouse — Back to Black Arcade Fire — Neon Bible Arctic Monkeys — Favourite Worst Nightmare Kaiser Chiefs — Yours Truly, Angry Mob Manic Street Preachers — Send Away the Tigers	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

The winners of 2006's Q Awards are:

Best Act in the World Today	Best Live Act
Oasis Coldplay Muse Red Hot Chili Peppers U2	Muse Arctic Monkeys Oasis Razorlight Red Hot Chili Peppers
Best New Act
Corinne Bailey-Rae Arctic Monkeys The Kooks Lily Allen Orson
Best Track	Best Video
Gnarls Barkley — "Crazy" Arctic Monkeys — "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" The Feeling — "Never Be Lonely" Scissor Sisters — "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" Snow Patrol — "Chasing Cars"	The Killers — "When You Were Young" Gnarls Barkley — "Smiley Faces" Kasabian — "Empire" Scissor Sisters — "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" The Zutons — "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?"
Best Album	Q Awards Honoree
Arctic Monkeys — Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Kasabian — Empire Keane — Under the Iron Sea Muse — Black Holes and Revelations Razorlight — Razorlight Snow Patrol — Eyes Open	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

The winners of 2005's Q Awards are:

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Coldplay
  • Green Day
  • Muse
  • Oasis
  • U2
• Best Live Act:
  • U2
  • Coldplay
  • Green Day
  • Muse
  • Oasis
• Best New Act:
  • James Blunt
  • Hard-Fi
  • Jem
  • Kaiser Chiefs
  • The Magic Numbers
  • M.I.A.
• Q Awards Honoree:
  • 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
• Best Track:
  • KT Tunstall — "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"
  • Coldplay — "Fix You"
  • James Blunt — "You're Beautiful"
  • Oasis — "The Importance of Being Idle"
  • U2 — "Vertigo"
• Best Video:
  • Gorillaz — "Feel Good Inc."
  • Green Day — "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
  • Gwen Stefani — "What You Waiting For?"
  • Oasis — "The Importance of Being Idle"
  • The White Stripes — "Blue Orchid"
• Best Album:
  • Oasis — Don't Believe the Truth
  • Coldplay — X&Y
  • Goldfrapp — Supernature
  • James Blunt — Back to Bedlam
  • Kaiser Chiefs — Employment

2004

The winners of 2004's Q Awards are:

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Coldplay
  • Muse
  • OutKast
  • Radiohead
  • U2
• Best Live Act:
  • Muse
  • The Darkness
  • David Bowie
  • Madonna
  • Pixies
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Best New Act:
  • Razorlight
  • Franz Ferdinand
  • Kasabian
  • Keane
  • The Killers
  • Maroon 5
  • Snow Patrol
  • The Zutons
• Best Producer:
  • Mick Jones (The Libertines — The Libertines)
  • Jerry Finn (Morrissey — You Are the Quarry)
  • The Neptunes (Kelis — Tasty)
  • Rich Costey, John Cornfield, Muse and Paul Reeve (Muse — Absolution)
  • Scissor Sisters (Scissor Sisters — Scissor Sisters)
  • Various (Usher — Confessions)
    Bobby Ross Avila, Bryan-Michael Cox, Destro Music, Dre & Vidal, James "Big Jim" Wright, Jermaine Dupri, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Just Blaze, Lil Jon, L.A. Reid, Rich Harrison, Robin Thicke, Usher
• Q Awards Honoree:
  • 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
• Best Track:
  • Jamelia — "See It in a Boy's Eyes"
  • Franz Ferdinand — "Take Me Out"
  • Goldie Lookin Chain — "Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do"
  • Maroon 5 — "This Love"
  • Morrissey — "Irish Blood, English Heart"
  • The Streets — "Dry Your Eyes"
• Best Video:
  • Franz Ferdinand — "Take Me Out"
  • Kelis — "Milkshake"
  • OutKast — "Roses"
  • Scissor Sisters — "Laura"
  • The Streets — "Fit But You Know It"
• Best Album:
  • Keane — Hopes and Fears
  • Dizzee Rascal — Showtime
  • Franz Ferdinand — Franz Ferdinand
  • The Libertines — The Libertines
  • Scissor Sisters — Scissor Sisters
  • The Streets — A Grand Don't Come for Free

2003

The winners of 2003's Q Awards are:

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Radiohead
  • Blur
  • Coldplay
  • Foo Fighters
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Best Live Act:
  • Robbie Williams
  • Coldplay
  • The Darkness
  • Eminem
  • Queens of the Stone Age
• Best New Act:
  • The Thrills
  • Athlete
  • The Darkness
  • Kings of Leon
  • The Rapture
• Best Producer:
  • Nigel Godrich (Radiohead — Hail to the Thief)
  • Blur / Ben Hillier (Blur — Think Tank)
  • Dr. Dre (50 Cent — Get Rich or Die Tryin')
  • Ethan Johns (Kings of Leon — Youth & Young Manhood)
  • Pharrell Williams (The Neptunes — Clones)
• Q Innovation in Sound:
  • Muse
  • David Gray
  • Goldfrapp
  • Richard X
  • Super Furry Animals
• Q Awards Honoree:
  • 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
• Best Track:
  • Christina Aguilera — "Dirrty"
  • Coldplay — "Clocks"
  • Electric Six — "Danger! High Voltage"
  • Muse — "Time Is Running Out"
  • The White Stripes — "Seven Nation Army"
• Best Video:
  • Electric Six — "Gay Bar"
  • Christina Aguilera — "Dirrty"
  • Coldplay — "The Scientist"
  • Junior Senior — "Move Your Feet"
  • Muse — "Time Is Running Out"
• Best Album:
  • Blur — Think Tank
  • Feeder — Comfort in Sound
  • Radiohead — Hail to the Thief
  • The White Stripes — Elephant
  • 50 Cent — Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2002

The winners of 2002's Q Awards are:

• Best Act in the World Today
  • Radiohead
  • Coldplay
  • Oasis
  • Stereophonics
  • U2
• Best Live Act:
  • The Hives
  • Muse
  • Oasis
  • The Strokes
  • The White Stripes
• Best New Act:
  • The Electric Soft Parade
  • The Bees
  • The Cooper Temple Clause
  • The Coral
  • The Vines
• 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)
• Q Awards Honoree
  • Classic Songwriter: Jimmy Cliff
  • Q Special Award: Depeche Mode
  • Q Merit Award: Elvis Costello
  • Q Inspiration Award: Echo & the Bunnymen
• 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 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

2001

The winners of 2001's Q Awards are:

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Radiohead
  • Manic Street Preachers
  • R.E.M.
  • Stereophonics
  • Travis
  • U2
• Best Live Act:
  • Manic Street Preachers
  • Coldplay
  • Madonna
  • Muse
  • Stereophonics
  • U2
• Best New Act:
  • Starsailor
  • Dido
  • Goldfrapp
  • The Strokes
  • Tom McRae
  • Turin Brakes
• Best Producer:
  • Nigel Godrich (Radiohead — Amnesiac)
  • Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois (U2 — All That You Can't Leave Behind)
  • Chris Shaw (Super Furry Animals — Rings Around the World)
  • Dan the Automator (Gorillaz — Gorillaz)
  • John Leckie (Muse — Origin of Symmetry)
  • Pat McCarthy (R.E.M. — Reveal)
• Q Awards Honoree:
  • 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
• Best Single:
  • Ash — "Burn Baby Burn"
  • The Charlatans — "Love Is the Key"
  • Feeder — "Buck Rogers"
  • New Order — "Crystal"
  • Stereophonics — "Have a Nice Day"
  • Weezer — "Hash Pipe"
• Best Video:
  • Gorillaz — "Clint Eastwood"
  • The Avalanches — "Frontier Psychiatrist"
  • Basement Jaxx — "Romeo (Basement Jaxx song)"
  • Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice"
  • I Monster — "Daydream in blue"
  • Nelly Furtado — "I'm Like a Bird"
• Best Album:
  • Travis — The Invisible Band
  • Muse — Origin of Symmetry
  • PJ Harvey — Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
  • Radiohead — Amnesiac
  • Stereophonics — Just Enough Education to Perform
  • U2 — All That You Can't Leave Behind

2000

The winners of 2000's Q Awards are:

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Travis
  • Blur
  • Manic Street Preachers
  • Radiohead
  • Stereophonics
• Best Live Act:
  • Oasis
  • The Chemical Brothers
  • Moby
  • Primal Scream
  • Travis
• Best New Act:
  • Badly Drawn Boy
  • Coldplay
  • Doves
  • JJ72
  • Muse
• Best Producer:
  • Artful Dodger (Artful Dodger — It's All About the Stragglers)
  • Dave Eringa and George Brakoulias (Toploader — Onka's Big Moka)
  • Dr. Dre (Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP)
  • Guy Chambers and Steve Power (Robbie Williams — Sing When You're Winning)
  • Ross Robinson (Slipknot — Slipknot)
• Q Awards Honoree:
  • Q Merit Award: Jerry Dammers
  • Songwriter Award: Guy Chambers and Robbie Williams
  • Q Inspiration Award: Joe Strummer
• Best Single:
  • David Gray — "Babylon"
  • Coldplay — "Yellow"
  • Eminem — "The Real Slim Shady"
  • Limp Bizkit — "Take a Look Around"
  • Moloko — "The Time Is Now"
• Best Video:
  • Kelis — "Caught Out There"
  • Bloodhound Gang — "The Bad Touch"
  • Eminem — "The Real Slim Shady"
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Californication"
  • Travis — "Coming Around"
• Best Album:
  • Coldplay — Parachutes
  • Badly Drawn Boy — The Hour of Bewilderbeast
  • Doves — Lost Souls
  • Muse — Showbiz
  • Primal Scream — XTRMNTR

1999

The winners of 1999's Q Awards are:

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Blur
  • Manic Street Preachers
  • Oasis
  • Radiohead
  • R.E.M.
  • Stereophonics
  • U2
• Best Live Act:
  • Stereophonics
  • Gomez
  • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  • The Rolling Stones
  • Suede
• Best New Act:
  • Basement Jaxx
  • The Beta Band
  • Gay Dad
  • Macy Gray
  • Shack
  • Travis
• Q Awards Honoree:
  • Q Classic Songwriter: Ian Dury and Chaz Jankel
  • Best Producer: William Orbit
  • Q Inspiration Award: New Order
  • Q Special Merit Award: Keith Richards
• Best Single:
  • Travis — "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?"
  • Blur — "Tender"
  • Lauryn Hill — "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
  • New Radicals — "You Get What You Give"
  • Supergrass — "Moving"
  • TLC — "No Scrubs"
• Best Album:
  • The Chemical Brothers — Surrender
  • Blur — 13
  • Mercury Rev — Deserter's Songs
  • Stereophonics — Performance and Cocktails
  • Texas — The Hush
  • Travis — The Man Who

1998

The winners of 1998's Q Awards are:
Best Act in the World Today: Manic Street Preachers Best Live Act: Roni Size/Reprazent Best New Act: Gomez Best Producer: Norman Cook Best Album: Massive Attack — Mezzanine Best Single: Catatonia — Road Rage Songwriter Award: Paul Weller Q Inspiration Award: Blondie Q Lifetime Achievement Award: R.E.M.

1997

The winners of 1997's Q Awards are:
Best Act in the World Today: Oasis Best Live Act: The Prodigy Best New Act: Fun Lovin' Criminals Best Producer: Nellee Hooper Best Album: Radiohead — OK Computer Best Reissue/Compilation: Various Artist — The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers Songwriter Award: Paul McCartney Q Inspiration Award: Patti Smith Q Lifetime Achievement Award: The Who Q Special Award: Phil Spector

1996

The winners of 1996's Q Awards are:
Best Act in the World Today: Oasis Best Live Act: Pulp Best New Act: Alanis Morissette Best Producer: John Leckie Best Album: Manic Street Preachers — Everything Must Go Best Reissue/Compilation: The Beatles — The Beatles Anthology Q Inspiration Award: U2 Q Lifetime Achievement Award: Rod Stewart Merit Award: Elvis Costello

1995

The winners of 1995's Q Awards are:
Best Act in the World Today: R.E.M. Best Live Act: Oasis Best New Act: Supergrass Best Producer: Tricky Best Album: Blur — The Great Escape Best Reissue/Compilation: Various Artist — The Help Album Q Inspiration Award: David Bowie/Brian Eno Merit Award: Eric Clapton Songwriter Award: Van Morrison

1994

The winners of 1994's Q Awards are:
Best Act in the World Today: R.E.M. Best Live Act: Pink Floyd Best New Act: Oasis Best Producer: Stephen Street Best Album: Blur — Parklife Best Reissue/Compilation: Various Artist — The Tougher than Tough Q Inspiration Award: The Kinks Merit Award: U2 Songwriter Award: Morrissey

External links

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