What is NME Awards?
The '''NME Awards''' is a yearly [[Popular music|music]] awards show in the [[United Kingdom]]. It was started by the music magazine, ''[[NME]]'' (''New Musical Express''). The first awards show was held in 1953. At first it was called the '''NME Poll Winners Concerts'''. These continued through until 1972. [[The Beatles]] and [[The Rolling Stones]] were most commonly featured. The awards began again in 1994 as the '''NME Brat Awards'''. This was a [[pun]] on the [[BRIT Awards]]. ==Major winners== Note: This list only includes winners of major awards (e.g. Best Album, Best British Band, Best Track, etc.) *1995 – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] (3 awards) *1996 – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] (4 awards) *1999 – [[Manic Street Preachers]] (4 awards) *2000 – [[Blur (band)|Blur]] (3 awards) *2001 – [[Coldplay]] (2 awards) *2002 – [[The Strokes]] (3 awards) *2003 – [[Coldplay]] (2 awards) *2005 – [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]] (2 awards) *2006 – [[Arctic Monkeys]] (3 awards) *2007 – [[Arctic Monkeys]] (2 awards) *2008 – [[Arctic Monkeys]] (3 awards) *2009 – [[MGMT]] (2 awards) *2010 – [[Muse (band)|Muse]] and [[Kasabian]] (2 awards) *2011 – [[My Chemical Romance]] (2 awards) *2012 – [[Florence and the Machine]] (2 awards) {{music-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nme Awards}} [[Category:Music awards]] [[Category:British music]]