Arctic Monkeys lead the field for this year’s NME Awards with eight nominations.
The annual music bash sees the Sheffield quartet competing for a haul of top awards, with nearest rivals Haim - the Californian all-sister trio - up for six prizes.
Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke are among the figures nominated for the "villain of the year" title, alongside David Cameron, Vladimir Putin, Harry Styles and Russell Brand.
The event is being staged at the O2 Academy in Brixton, south London, on February 26 and sees Arctic Monkeys up for best British band, best live band, best album for fifth release AM and best track for single Do I Wanna Know?.
In addition, Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? is up for best video, their Glastonbury Festival headline slot is up for music moment of the year, singer Alex Turner is shortlisted for hero of the year and they are nominated for best fan community.
Other multiple nominees include Queens Of The Stone Age, Lily Allen and Arcade Fire, who are each in the running for three prizes.
Challenging Arctic Monkeys for best British band are Foals, Palma Violets, Biffy Clyro, Disclosure and Two Door Cinema Club, and lining up against them for best album are Queens Of The Stone Age with ... Like Clockwork, In Love by Peace, Kanye West's Yeezus, Silence Yourself by Savages and and Drenge with their self-titled debut.
The awards - sponsored not by a brand but by the city of Austin in Texas, which has strong rock and roll links as the base for the annual South By South West festival - are largely chosen by readers of the music weekly.
David Bowie, who made his comeback a year ago following a decade-long silence, is among the nominees for hero of the year, along with his old collaborator Lou Reed, who died last year.
NME editor Mike Williams says: "The past 12 months of music have had everything — returning legends, era-defining singles, more albums with a claim to be modern classics than any year in recent memory and tons of massive live moments to celebrate."
The main nominees include:
Best British band:
Arctic Monkeys
Foals
Palma Violets
Biffy Clyro
Disclosure
Two Door Cinema Club
Best international band:
Haim
Arcade Fire
Queens Of The Stone Age
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Phoenix
Vampire Weekend
Best solo artist:
Lorde
Lily Allen
Jake Bugg
Sir Paul McCartney
Kanye West
David Bowie
Best new band:
Drenge
Swim Deep
Chvrches
Jagwar Ma
Wolf Alice
Courtney Barnett
Best live band:
Arctic Monkeys
Palma Violets
Biffy Clyro
Haim
Queens Of The Stone Age
Savages
Best album:
Arctic Monkeys — AM
Queens Of The Stone Age — ...Like Clockwork
Peace — In Love
Kanye West — Yeezus
Savages — Silence Yourself
Drenge — Drenge
Best track:
Arctic Monkeys — Do I Wanna Know?
Lily Allen — Hard Out Here
Disclosure — White Noise
Arcade Fire — Reflektor
Primal Scream — 2013
Daft Punk — Get Lucky
Best music video:
Arctic Monkeys — Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
Pharell — Happy
Arcade Fire — Reflektor
Lily Allen — Hard Out Here
Eagulls — Nerve Endings
Haim — Falling
Best festival:
Glastonbury
Reading & Leeds
T In The Park
Latitude
Bestival
V
Best fan community:
Hurts
Haim
Arctic Monkeys
Muse
Peace
Morrissey
Music moment of the year:
Pussy Riot are freed
Arctic Monkeys headline Glastonbury
Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn come together for Teenage Cancer Trust concert
Rolling Stones headline Glastonbury
Morrissey’s autobiography is released
Kanye West brings Jesus on stage
Worst band:
One Direction
The Wanted
The 1975
Imagine Dragons
30 Seconds To Mars
Muse
Hero of the year:
Alex Turner
David Bowie
Este Haim
Russell Brand
Pussy Riot
Lou Reed
Villain of the year:
Miley Cyrus
Robin Thicke
Harry Styles
David Cameron
Vladimir Putin
Russell Brand
