NME Awards 2022

2022 NME Awards
2022 NME Awards
Date	2 March 2022
Location	O2 Academy Brixton, London
Hosted by	Daisy May Cooper and Lady Leshurr
Website	www.nme.com

The 2022 NME Awards, also named as BandLab NME Awards 2022, will be weld on 2 March 2022 at the O2 Academy Brixton in London and will be hosted by actress Daisy May Cooper and rapper Lady Leshurr.^[1] The nominations were announced on 27 January 2022.^[2] Sam Fender, Rina Sawayama, Griff, Halsey, Berwyn and Chvrches with Robert Smith are set to perform.^[1]

American singer Halsey will receive the Innovation Award, while American songwriter and producer Jack Antonoff will receive the Songwriter Award.

Winners and nominees

Best Album in the World	Best Album by a UK Artist
Smiling with No Teeth – Genesis Owusu Conflict of Interest – Ghetts If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power – Halsey Blue Banisters – Lana Del Rey Sometimes I Might Be Introvert – Little Simz Seventeen Going Under – Sam Fender Prioritise Pleasure – Self Esteem Nature of Things – Subsonic Eye Call Me If You Get Lost – Tyler, the Creator Blue Weekend – Wolf Alice	Conflict of Interest – Ghetts Sometimes I Might Be Introvert – Little Simz Seventeen Going Under – Sam Fender Prioritise Pleasure – Self Esteem Blue Weekend – Wolf Alice
Best Song in the World	Best Song by a UK Artist
"Butter" – BTS "Good Ones" – Charli XCX "How Not to Drown" – Chvrches & Robert Smith "Solar Power" – Lorde "Good 4 U" – Olivia Rodrigo "Just for Me" – PinkPantheress "Seventeen Going Under" – Sam Fender "Stay" – The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber "Omomo Punk" – Warren Hue "Chaise Longue" – Wet Leg	"Good Ones" – Charli XCX "How Not to Drown" – Chvrches & Robert Smith "Just for Me" – PinkPantheress "Seventeen Going Under" – Sam Fender "Chaise Longue" – Wet Leg
Best Solo Act in the World	Best Solo Act from the UK
Arlo Parks Billie Eilish Burna Boy Dave Little Simz Pyra Rina Sawayama Sam Fender Tkay Maidza The Weeknd	Arlo Parks Dave Little Simz Rina Sawayama Sam Fender
Best Band in the World	Best Band from the UK
Amyl and the Sniffers Ben&Ben Bring Me the Horizon Chvrches Fontaines D.C. Glass Animals Haim Måneskin Nova Twins Wolf Alice	Bring Me the Horizon Chvrches Glass Animals Nova Twins Wolf Alice
Best New Act in the World	Best New Act from the UK
Bad Boy Chiller Crew Berwyn Bree Runway Inhaler King Stingray Olivia Rodrigo Shye Tems Wet Leg Yard Act	Bad Boy Chiller Crew Berwyn Bree Runway Wet Leg Yard Act
Best Mixtape	Best Collaboration
Tape 2/Fomalhaut – Berwyn Wild West – Central Cee Caprisongs – FKA Twigs The Walls Are Way Too Thin – Holly Humberstone To Hell with It – PinkPantheress	"Family Ties" – Baby Keem x Kendrick Lamar "My Universe" – Coldplay x BTS "Tears in the Club" – FKA Twigs x The Weeknd "Head on Fire" – Griff x Sigrid "Chosen Family" – Rina Sawayama x Elton John
Best Live Act	Best Producer
Bleachers Bring Me the Horizon Idles Little Simz Megan Thee Stallion Rina Sawayama Self Esteem Tomorrow X Together Wizkid Yungblud	Arca Fred Again India Jordan Nia Archives Travis Barker
Best Festival in the World	Best Festival in the UK
All Points East Austin City Limits Fuji Rock Exit Festival Green Man Life Is Beautiful Reading & Leeds Riot Fest TRNSMT Wireless	All Points East Green Man Reading & Leeds TRNSMT Wireless
Best Small Festival	Best Festival Headliner
End of the Road Live at Leeds Lost Village Mighty Hoopla Wide Awake	Billie Eilish Liam Gallagher Megan Thee Stallion Wolf Alice Tyler, the Creator
Best Film	Best TV Series
Last Night in Soho Licorice Pizza Promising Young Woman Sound of Metal The Harder They Fall	It's a Sin Feel Good Sex Education Stath Lets Flats We Are Lady Parts
Best Film Actor	Best TV Actor
Alana Haim Benedict Cumberbatch Jonathan Majors Riz Ahmed Thomasin McKenzie	Aisling Bea Mae Martin Ncuti Gatwa Olly Alexander Zendaya
Best Reissue	Best Music Film
Nevermind – Nirvana ATLiens – Outkast Kid A Mnesia – Radiohead Red (Taylor's Version) – Taylor Swift Let It Be – The Beatles	Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power Knebworth 1996 Summer of Soul The Sparks Brothers
Best Music Video	Best Music Book
"Happier Than Ever" – Billie Eilish "Wake Me Up" – Foals "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" – Lil Nas X All Too Well: The Short Film – Taylor Swift "Chaise Longue" – Wet Leg	Tenement Kid – Bobby Gillespie The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music – Dave Grohl Crying in H Mart – Michelle Zauner The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present – Paul McCartney Music Is History – Questlove
Best Podcast	Game of the Year
Disgraceland Grounded with Louis Theroux Songs to Live By Table Manners Wheel of Misfortune	Deathloop Halo Infinite Hitman 3 Metroid Dread Unpacking
Indie Game of the Year	Best Game Development Studio
Cruelty Squad Overboard! The Artful Escape The Forgotten City Unpacking	Arkane Studios Black Matter Double Fine IO Interactive Xbox Game Studios
Best Ongoing Game	Best Audio in a Game
Apex Legends Escape from Tarkov Final Fantasy XIV Fortnite Genshin Impact	Deathloop Forza Horizon 5 Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy The Artful Escape Psychonauts 2

Special Awards

Innovation Award

Halsey

Songwriter Award

Jack Antonoff

References

^ ^a ^b Trendell, Andrew (13 January 2022). "BandLab NME Awards 2022: Chvrches, Robert Smith and BERWYN to perform, Daisy May Cooper and Lady Leshurr to host". Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ Trendell, Andrew (27 January 2022). "BandLab NME Awards 2022: Full list of nominations revealed". Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

External links

Official website

[NME1-1] Trendell, Andrew (13 January 2022). "BandLab NME Awards 2022: Chvrches, Robert Smith and BERWYN to perform, Daisy May Cooper and Lady Leshurr to host". Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[2] Trendell, Andrew (27 January 2022). "BandLab NME Awards 2022: Full list of nominations revealed". Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

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