NME Awards 2020

The 2020 NME Awards were held on 12 February 2020 at the O2 Academy Brixton in London and were hosted by comedian Katherine Ryan and radio host Julie Adenuga.^[1][2] The nominations were announced on 20 January 2020.^[3]

2020 NME Awards
Date	12 February 2020
Location	O2 Academy Brixton, London
Hosted by	Katherine Ryan and Julie Adenuga
Website	www.nme.com
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Among the special awards given, the Glastonbury Festival organizer Emily Eavis received the Godlike Genius Award, Swedish singer and songwriter Robyn received the Songwriter of the Decade Award, British band Arctic Monkeys won Album of the Decade for their 2013 album AM, The 1975 won Band of the Decade and American singer Courtney Love received the Icon Award.^[4][5][6][7]

Winners and nominees

Best British Album	Best Album in the World
Little Simz – GREY Area FKA twigs – Magdalene Foals – Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Part 2 Michael Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka Slowthai – Nothing Great About Britain	Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell! Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? FKA twigs – Magdalene Foals – Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Part 2 Little Simz – GREY Area Michael Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka Slipknot – We Are Not Your Kind Slowthai – Nothing Great About Britain Stella Donnelly – Beware of the Dogs Tyler, the Creator – IGOR
Best British Song	Best Song in the World
AJ Tracey – "Ladbroke Grove" Dua Lipa – "Don't Start Now" Georgia – "About Work the Dancefloor" Mura Masa ft. Slowthai – "Deal Wiv It" The 1975 – "People"	Billie Eilish – "Bad Guy" AJ Tracey – "Ladbroke Grove" Clairo – "Bags" Dua Lipa – "Don't Start Now" Georgia – "About Work the Dancefloor" Lil Nas X – "Old Town Road (remix)" Lizzo – "Juice" Mura Masa ft. Slowthai – "Deal Wiv It" Post Malone – "Circles" The 1975 – "People"
Best British Solo Act	Best Solo Act in the World
FKA twigs AJ Tracey Charli XCX Slowthai Yungblud	Taylor Swift AJ Tracey Beck Billie Eilish Charli XCX FKA twigs Lana Del Rey Lizzo Slowthai Yungblud
Best British Band	Best Band in the World
The 1975 Bring Me the Horizon IDLES Krept & Konan The Big Moon	Slipknot Bring Me the Horizon Brockhampton BTS HAIM IDLES Krept & Konan Tame Impala The 1975 The Big Moon
Best New British Act	Best New Act in the World
Easy Life Celeste D-Block Europe Jade Bird Sam Fender	Clairo Celeste D-Block Europe DaBaby Dominic Fike Easy Life Fontaines D.C. Girl in Red Jade Bird Sam Fender
Best Live Act	Best Collaboration
Foals Amyl + The Sniffers Iggy Pop Lizzo Slowthai	Slowthai + Mura Masa BTS + Halsey Charli XCX + Christine and the Queens Megan Thee Stallion + DaBaby Yungblud + Dan Reynolds
Best Music Video	Best Reissue
Yungblud – "Original Me" Brockhampton – "I Been Born Again" Easy Life – "Nice Guys" Normani – "Motivation" Stormzy – "Vossi Bop"	Muse – Origin of Muse Aretha Franklin – Amazing Grace Prince – 1999 R.E.M. – Monster 25 The Beatles – Abbey Road
Best British Festival	Best Small Festival
Glastonbury All Points East Parklife Reading & Leeds Wireless	End of the Road Bluedot Iceland Airwaves Kendal Calling Øya
Best Festival in the World	Best Festival Headliner
Glastonbury All Points East Coachella Fuji Rock Mad Cool Parklife Reading & Leeds Rock in Rio Sziget Wireless	The Cure Cardi B Lana Del Rey Stormzy The 1975
Best Film	Best Film Actor
Blue Story Hustlers Joker Midsommar Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Micheal Ward Florence Pugh Joaquin Phoenix Lupita Nyong'o Taron Egerton
Best TV Series	Best TV Actor
Peaky Blinders The End of the F***ing World Fleabag Stranger Things Top Boy	Jessica Barden Asa Butterfield Jodie Comer Kano Zendaya
Best Music Film	Best Music Book
Liam Gallagher: As It Was Beyoncé: Homecoming BTS: Bring the Soul Michael Hutchence: Mystify Rocketman	Elton John – Me Brett Anderson – Afternoons with the Blinds Drawn Debbie Harry – Face It: A Memoir Prince – The Beautiful Ones Tegan & Sara – High School
Best Podcast	Best Game
Have You Heard George's Podcast? My Dad Wrote a Porno Sex Power Money Stay Free: The Story of The Clash The Missing Cryptoqueen	Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Death Stranding Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Super Smash Bros. Ultimate The Outer Worlds

Special Awards

NME Radar Award

• Beabadoobee

Innovation Award

• The 1975

Icon Award

• Courtney Love

Songwriter of the Decade

• Robyn

Godlike Genius Award

• Emily Eavis

Album of the Decade

• AM – Arctic Monkeys

Band of the Decade

• The 1975

Villain of the Year

• Piers Morgan

Music Moment of the Year

• BTS – Wembley Stadium

References

1. "NME Awards 2020 Winners". NME. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
2. Rowley, Glenn (13 February 2020). "2020 NME Awards Winners: The Complete List". Billboard. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
3. Trendell, Andrew (20 January 2020). "NME Awards 2020: Full list of nominations revealed". NME. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
4. "As Nordoff Robbins is named official charity partner for NME Awards 2020, we can reveal today, this year's award nominees". Nordoff Robbins. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
5. Trendell, Andrew (29 January 2020). "Courtney Love to receive Icon Award at the NME Awards 2020". NME. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
6. Jones, Damian (12 February 2020). "Robyn wins Songwriter Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020: 'This a lifelong prize and I appreciate it so much'". NME. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
7. "The 1975 win Band Of The Decade at NME Awards 2020". NME. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

External links

• Official website