Q Awards
Q Awards | |
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Description | Excellence in music |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | Q |
First awarded | 1990 |
Last awarded | 2018 |
Website | Qthemusic.com |
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.[1] 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 have included many 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
2018
The winners of 2018's Q Awards are:
Award | Winner(s) | Nominee(s) |
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Best Act in the World Today | ||
Best Breakthrough Act | Nominees
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Best Live Act | ||
Best Solo Artist | ||
Best Track | Nominees
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Best Album | ||
Best Festival | Nominees
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2017
The winners of 2017's Q Awards are:[2][3]
Awards | Winner(s) | Nominee(s) |
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Best Act in the World Today | Ed Sheeran | Nominees |
Best Breakthrough Act | Rag'n'Bone Man | |
Best Live Act | Liam Gallagher | Nominees |
Best Solo Artist | Stormzy | Nominees |
List of 2017 Q Awards Honoree
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Best Track | Kasabian — "You're in Love with a Psycho" | Nominees
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Best Video | Sleaford Mods — "Bunch of Kunst" | Nominees |
Best Album | Gorillaz — Humanz | Nominees |
2016
The winners of 2016's Q Awards are:[4]
Awards | Winner(s) | Nominee(s) |
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Best Act in the World Today | Muse | Nominees |
Best Live Act | U2 | Nominees |
Best Breakthrough Act | Jack Garratt | |
Best Solo Artist | James Bay | Nominees |
List of 2016 Q Awards Honoree
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Best Track | Bastille — "Good Grief" | Nominees
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Best Video | PJ Harvey — "The Community of Hope" | |
Best Album | The 1975 — I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It |
2015
The winners of 2015's Q Awards are:[5]
Awards | Winner(s) | Nominee(s) |
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Best Act in the World Today | Foals | |
Best Live Act | Royal Blood | |
Best New Act | James Bay | |
Best Solo Artist | Ed Sheeran | Nominees |
List of 2015 Q Awards Honoree
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Best Track | The Libertines — "Gunga Din" | Nominees
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Best Video | Florence and the Machine — "Ship to Wreck" | Nominees
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Best Album | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds — Chasing Yesterday |
2014
The winners of 2014's Q Awards are:[6]
Awards | Winner(s) | Nominee(s) |
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Best Act in the World Today | Kasabian | |
Best Live Act | Kasabian | Nominees |
Best New Act | Sam Smith | |
Best Solo Artist | Ed Sheeran | Nominees |
List of 2014 Q Awards Honoree
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Best Track | Paolo Nutini — "Iron Sky" | Nominees
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Best Video | Jamie xx — "Sleep Sound" | Nominees
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Best Album | Elbow — The Take Off and Landing of Everything | Nominees |
2013
The winners of 2013's Q Awards are:[7]
Awards | Winner(s) | Nominee(s) |
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Best Act in the World Today | Vampire Weekend | Nominees |
Best Live Act | Foals | Nominees |
Best New Act | Jake Bugg | |
Best Solo Artist | Ellie Goulding | Nominees |
Best Event | Glastonbury Festival | Nominees |
List of 2013 Q Awards Honoree
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Best Track | Arctic Monkeys — "Do I Wanna Know?" | Nominees
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Best Video | Manic Street Preachers — "Show Me the Wonder" | Nominees
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Best Album | Biffy Clyro — Opposites |
2012
The winners of 2012's Q Awards are:[8]
Awards | Winner(s) | Nominee(s) |
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Best Act in the World Today | Muse | Nominees |
Best Live Act | Blur | |
Best New Act | Django Django | Nominees |
Best Solo Artist | Emeli Sandé | Nominees |
List of 2012 Q Awards Honoree
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Best Track | Plan B — "Ill Manors" | Nominees |
Best Video | Keane — "Disconnected" | Nominees |
Best Album | Bobby Womack — The Bravest Man in the Universe |
2011
The winners of 2011's Q Awards are:[9]
Awards | Winner(s) | Nominee(s) |
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Best Act in the World Today | Coldplay | Nominees |
Best Live Act | Biffy Clyro | Nominees |
Best New Act | WU LYF | |
Best Breakthrough Artist | Ed Sheeran | Nominees |
Best Male Artist | Tinie Tempah | Nominees |
Best Female Artist | Adele | Nominees |
Greatest Act of the Last 25 Years | U2 | |
List of 2011 Q Awards Honoree
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Best Track | Adele — "Rolling in the Deep" | |
Best Video | Jessie J — "Do It like a Dude" | Nominees |
Best Album | Bon Iver — Bon Iver, Bon Iver |
2010
The winners of 2010's Q Awards are:
Awards | Winner(s) | Nominee(s) |
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Best Act in the World Today | Kasabian | Nominees |
Best Live Act | Green Day | |
Best New Act | Mumford & Sons | Nominees |
Best Breakthrough Artist | Plan B | Nominees |
Best Male Artist | Paolo Nutini | Nominees |
Best Female Artist | Florence and the Machine | |
List of 2010 Q Awards Honoree
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Best Track | Florence and the Machine — "You've Got The Love" | Nominees
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Best Video | Chase & Status — "End Credits" | Nominees |
Best Album | The National — High Violet |
2009
The winners of 2009's Q Awards are:[10][11]
Awards | Winner(s) | Nominee(s) |
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Best Act in the World Today | Muse | Nominees |
Best Live Act | Arctic Monkeys | |
Best New Act | White Lies | |
Best Breakthrough Artist | Mr Hudson | |
List of 2009 Q Awards Honoree
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Best Track | Lily Allen — "The Fear" | Nominees
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Best Video | Lady Gaga — "Just Dance" | Nominees |
Best Album | Kasabian — West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum |
2008
The winners of 2008's Q Awards are:
Awards | Winner(s) | Nominee(s) |
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Best Act in the World Today | Coldplay | Nominees |
Best Live Act | Kaiser Chiefs | |
Best New Act | The Last Shadow Puppets | |
Best Breakthrough Artist | Duffy | Nominees |
List of 2008 Q Awards Honoree
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Best Track | Keane — "Spiralling" | Nominees
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Best Video | Vampire Weekend — "A-Punk" | Nominees |
Best Album | Coldplay — "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends" |
2007
The winners of 2007's Q Awards are:
Awards | Winner(s) | Nominee(s) |
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Best Act in the World Today | Arctic Monkeys | Nominees |
Best Live Act | Muse | Nominees |
Best New Act | The Enemy | Nominees |
Best Breakthrough Artist | Kate Nash | Nominees |
List of 2007 Q Awards Honoree
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Best Track | Manic Street Preachers — "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" | Nominees
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Best Video | Kaiser Chiefs — "Ruby" | Nominees
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Best Album | Amy Winehouse — Back to Black |
2006
The winners of 2006's Q Awards are:
Awards | Winner(s) | Nominee(s) |
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Best Act in the World Today | Oasis | Nominees |
Best Live Act | Muse | |
Best New Act | Corinne Bailey Rae | Nominees |
List of 2006 Q Awards Honoree
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Best Track | Gnarls Barkley — "Crazy" | |
Best Video | The Killers — "When You Were Young" | Nominees |
Best Album | Arctic Monkeys — Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not | Nominees |
2005
The winners of 2005's Q Awards are:
Awards | Winner(s) | Nominee(s) |
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Best Act in the World Today | Coldplay | |
Best Live Act | U2 | |
Best New Act | James Blunt | Nominees |
List of 2005 Q Awards Honoree
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Best Track | KT Tunstall — "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" | Nominees
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Best Video | Gorillaz — "Feel Good Inc." | |
Best Album | Oasis — Don't Believe the Truth | Nominees |
2004
The winners of 2004's Q Awards are:
2003
The winners of 2003's Q Awards are:
Awards | Winner(s) | Nominee(s) |
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Best Act in the World Today | Radiohead | Nominees |
Best Live Act | Robbie Williams | |
Best New Act | The Thrills | Nominees |
Best Producer | Nigel Godrich (Radiohead — Hail to the Thief) | Nominees |
Innovation in Sound | Muse | Nominees |
List of 2003 Q Awards Honoree
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Best Track | Christina Aguilera — "Dirrty" | Nominees |
Best Video | Electric Six — "Gay Bar" | Nominees |
Best Album | Blur — Think Tank |
2002
The winners of 2002's Q Awards are:
- Best Act in the World Today
- Best Live Act:
- Best New Act:
- 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
- Best Video
- Best Album
2001
The winners of 2001's Q Awards are:
- Best Act in the World Today:
- Best Live Act:
- Best New Act:
- Best Producer:
- 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:
- Best Album:
2000
The winners of 2000's Q Awards are:
- Best Act in the World Today:
- Best Live Act:
- Best New Act:
- 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:
- Best Album:
1999
The winners of 1999's Q Awards are:
- Best Act in the World Today:
- Best Live Act:
- Best New Act:
- 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:
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
1993
- The winners of 1993's Q Awards are
- Best Act in the World Today: U2
- Best Live Act: Neil Young
- Best New Act: Suede
- Best Producer: Flood Brian Eno The Edge/Zooropa
- Best Album: Sting — Ten Summoner's Tales
- Best Reissue/Compilation: The Beach Boys — Good Vibrations
- Q Inspiration Award: Donald Fagen
- Merit Award: Elton John
- Songwriter Award: Neil Finn
1992
- The winners of 1992's Q Awards are
- Best Act in the World Today: U2
- Best Live Act: Crowded House
- Best New Act: Tori Amos
- Best Producer: Daniel Lanois Peter Gabriel The Orb
- Best Album: R.E.M. — Automatic for the People
- Best Reissue/Compilation: Bob Marley — Songs of Freedom
- Q Inspiration Award: B.B. King
- Merit Award: Led Zeppelin
- Songwriter Award: Neil Finn
1991
- The winners of 1991's Q Awards are
- Best Act in the World Today: R.E.M. / U2
- Best Live Act: Simple Minds
- Best New Act: Seal
- Best Producer: Trevor Horn
- Best Album: R.E.M. — Out of Time
- Merit Award: Lou Reed
- Songwriter Award: Richard Thompson
1990
- The winners of 1990's Q Awards are
- Best Act in the World Today: U2
- Best Live Act: The Rolling Stones
- Best New Act: They Might Be Giants
- Best Producer: Paul Oakenfold Steve Osborne/Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
- Best Album: World Party — Goodbye Jumbo
- Best Reissue/Compilation: The Beach Boys — Pet Sounds
- Merit Award: Paul McCartney
- Songwriter Award: Prince
Criticism
At the 2006 Q Awards, Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner criticised the choice of Take That for the "Idol" award. Commenting on the winners of the night, he said:
A lot of people make jokes about having awards for no reason just for the sake of having awards, and pretending they were good when they weren't. I'm not old enough to know a lot of them, but even I know Take That were bollocks.[12]
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