Q Awards

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 Q Awards are notable for including numerous 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

2015

2014

2013

The winners of 2013's Q Awards are:^[4]

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Vampire Weekend
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Biffy Clyro
  • David Bowie
  • Foals
• Best Live Act:
  • Foals
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Mumford & Sons
  • Muse
  • The Stone Roses
• Best New Act:
  • Jake Bugg
  • Disclosure
  • Jagwar Ma
  • Laura Mvula
  • Palma Violets
  • Toy
  • Tom Odell
  • Valerie June
• Best Solo Artist:
  • Ellie Goulding
  • David Bowie
  • Jake Bugg
  • John Grant
  • Laura Marling
• Q Awards Honoree:
  • Q Classic Album: Happy Mondays — Bummed
  • Q Classic Songwriter: Chrissie Hynde
  • Q Spirit of Independence: Belle and Sebastian
  • Q Poet Laureate: John Cooper Clarke
  • Q Icon: Suede
  • Q Idol: Robbie Williams
  • Q Outstanding Contribution To Music: Pet Shop Boys
• Q Best Event:
  • Glastonbury Festival
  • Latitude Festival
  • David Bowie at the Victoria and Albert Museum
  • The Killers at the Battle Born World Tour (Live in Wembley Stadium & The Garage, London)
  • Kraftwerk at the Tate Modern
  • The Rolling Stones at the 50 & Counting (Live in Hyde Park, London)
• Best Track:
  • Arctic Monkeys — "Do I Wanna Know?"
  • Daft Punk — "Get Lucky"
  • David Bowie — "Where Are We Now?"
  • Ellie Goulding — "Burn"
  • Robin Thicke — "Blurred Lines"
• Best Video:
  • Manic Street Preachers — "Show Me the Wonder"
  • Beady Eye — "Shine a Light"
  • Daft Punk — "Get Lucky"
  • David Bowie — "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)"
  • Vampire Weekend — "Diane Young"
• Best Album:
  • Biffy Clyro — Opposites
  • Daft Punk — Random Access Memories
  • David Bowie — The Next Day
  • Foals — Holy Fire
  • Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City

2012

The winners of 2012's Q Awards are:^[5]

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Muse
  • Blur
  • Coldplay
  • Lady Gaga
  • The Stone Roses
• Best Live Act:
  • Blur
  • Bruce Springsteen
  • The Cribs
  • Radiohead
  • The Stone Roses
• Best New Act:
  • Django Django
  • Alabama Shakes
  • alt-J
  • Frank Ocean
  • Lianne La Havas
• Best Solo Artist:
  • Emeli Sandé
  • Adele
  • Dizzee Rascal
  • Florence Welch
  • Noel Gallagher
• Q Awards Honoree:
  • Q Classic Song: Dionne Warwick — "Walk On By"
  • Q Classic Album: Manic Street Preachers — Generation Terrorists
  • Q Spirit of Independence: The Cribs
  • Q Innovation in Sound: Underworld
  • Q Inspiration Award: Pulp
  • Q Icon Award: Dexys Midnight Runners
  • Q Hero: Johnny Marr
  • Q Idol: Brandon Flowers
• Best Track:
  • Plan B — "Ill Manors"
  • Florence and the Machine — "Shake It Out"
  • Fun — "We Are Young"
  • Gotye — "Somebody That I Used to Know"
  • Rizzle Kicks — "Mama Do the Hump"
• Best Video:
  • Keane — "Disconnected"
  • Arctic Monkeys — "R U Mine?"
  • The Killers — "Runaways"
  • Nicki Minaj — "Starships"
  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds — "Everybody's on the Run"
• Best Album:
  • Bobby Womack — The Bravest Man in the Universe
  • The Black Keys — El Camino
  • The Maccabees — Given to the Wild
  • Paul Weller — Sonik Kicks
  • Richard Hawley — Standing at the Sky's Edge

2011

The winners of 2011's Q Awards are:^[6]

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Coldplay
  • Arcade Fire
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Muse
  • Kasabian
  • U2
• Best Live Act:
  • Biffy Clyro
  • Beyoncé
  • Biffy Clyro
  • Elbow
  • Chase & Status
• Best New Act:
  • WU LYF
  • Everything Everything
  • Foster the People
  • Nero
  • The Vaccines
• Breakthrough Artist:
  • Ed Sheeran
  • James Blake
  • Jessie J
  • Katy B
  • Miles Kane
• Best Male:
  • Tinie Tempah
  • Ed Sheeran
  • Example
  • CeeLo Green
  • Wretch 32
• Best Female:
  • Adele
  • Beyoncé
  • Jessie J
  • Laura Marling
  • PJ Harvey
• Q Awards Honoree:
  • Q's Next Big Thing: Lana Del Rey
  • Q Classic Song: "Chasing Cars" — Snow Patrol
  • Q Outstanding Contribution To Music: Siouxsie Sioux
  • Q Icon: Noel Gallagher
  • Q Innovation in Sound: Kaiser Chiefs
  • Q Inspiration: Fat Boy Slim
  • Q Hall of Fame Award: Queen
  • Q Classic Songwriter: Gary Barlow
• Q's Greatest Act Of The Last 25 Years:
  • U2
  • Arcade Fire
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Beastie Boys
  • Björk
  • Coldplay
  • The Cure
  • Damon Albarn
  • Eminem
  • Green Day
  • Jack White
  • Jay Z
  • Madonna
  • Manic Street Preachers
  • Metallica
  • Muse
  • Nirvana
  • Oasis
  • Paul Weller
  • The Prodigy
  • Radiohead
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • R.E.M.
  • The Strokes
  • The Stone Roses
• Best Track:
  • Adele — "Rolling in the Deep"
  • Adele — "Someone like You"
  • Aloe Blacc — "I Need a Dollar"
  • Arctic Monkeys — "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair"
  • Foster the People — "Pumped Up Kicks"
• Best Video:
  • Jessie J — "Do It like a Dude"
  • Ed Sheeran — "You Need Me, I Don't Need You"
  • Foo Fighters — "Walk"
  • Hurts — "Wonderful Life"
  • Katy Perry — "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"
  • Lady Gaga — "Judas"
• Best Album:
  • Bon Iver — Bon Iver, Bon Iver
  • Arctic Monkeys — Suck It and See
  • Elbow — Build a Rocket Boys!
  • The Horrors — Skying
  • PJ Harvey — Let England Shake

2010

The winners of 2010's Q Awards are:

2009

The winners of 2009's Q Awards are:^[7][8]

2008

The winners of 2008's Q Awards are:

2007

The winners of 2007's Q Awards are:

2006

The winners of 2006's Q Awards are:

2005

The winners of 2005's Q Awards are:

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Coldplay
  • Green Day
  • Muse
  • Oasis
  • U2
• Best Live Act:
  • U2
  • Coldplay
  • Green Day
  • Muse
  • Oasis
• Best New Act:
  • James Blunt
  • Hard-Fi
  • Jem
  • Kaiser Chiefs
  • The Magic Numbers
  • M.I.A.
• Q Awards Honoree:
  • Q Inspiration Award: Björk
  • Q Outstanding Contribution to Music Award: Paul Weller
  • Q Icon Award: Jimmy Page
  • Q Classic Songwriter: Nick Cave
  • Q Lifetime Achievement Award: Bee Gees
  • Q Innovation in Sound: The Prodigy
  • Q Classic Song: Ray Davies — "Waterloo Sunset"
  • Q Legend: Joy Division
  • People's Choice Award: Oasis
  • Best Producer: Gorillaz/Danger Mouse — Demon Days
  • Q Birthday Honour: Michael Eavis
  • Q Special Award: John Lennon
• Best Track:
  • KT Tunstall — "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"
  • Coldplay — "Fix You"
  • James Blunt — "You're Beautiful"
  • Oasis — "The Importance of Being Idle"
  • U2 — "Vertigo"
• Best Video:
  • Gorillaz — "Feel Good Inc."
  • Green Day — "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
  • Gwen Stefani — "What You Waiting For?"
  • Oasis — "The Importance of Being Idle"
  • The White Stripes — "Blue Orchid"
• Best Album:
  • Oasis — Don't Believe the Truth
  • Coldplay — X&Y
  • Goldfrapp — Supernature
  • James Blunt — Back to Bedlam
  • Kaiser Chiefs — Employment

2004

The winners of 2004's Q Awards are:

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Coldplay
  • Muse
  • OutKast
  • Radiohead
  • U2
• Best Live Act:
  • Muse
  • The Darkness
  • David Bowie
  • Madonna
  • Pixies
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Best New Act:
  • Razorlight
  • Franz Ferdinand
  • Kasabian
  • Keane
  • The Killers
  • Maroon 5
  • Snow Patrol
  • The Zutons
• Best Producer:
  • Mick Jones (The Libertines — The Libertines)
  • Jerry Finn (Morrissey — You Are the Quarry)
  • The Neptunes (Kelis — Tasty)
  • Rich Costey, John Cornfield, Muse and Paul Reeve (Muse — Absolution)
  • Scissor Sisters (Scissor Sisters — Scissor Sisters)
  • Various (Usher — Confessions)
    Bobby Ross Avila, Bryan-Michael Cox, Destro Music, Dre & Vidal, James "Big Jim" Wright, Jermaine Dupri, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Just Blaze, Lil Jon, L.A. Reid, Rich Harrison, Robin Thicke, Usher
• Q Awards Honoree:
  • Q Merit Award: Shane McGowan
  • Q Innovation in Sound Award: The Human League
  • Q Inspiration Award: The Pet Shop Boys
  • Q Classic Songwriter Award: Elton John
  • Q Icon Award: U2
  • Q Lifetime Achievement Award: Roxy Music
• Best Track:
  • Jamelia — "See It in a Boy's Eyes"
  • Franz Ferdinand — "Take Me Out"
  • Goldie Lookin Chain — "Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do"
  • Maroon 5 — "This Love"
  • Morrissey — "Irish Blood, English Heart"
  • The Streets — "Dry Your Eyes"
• Best Video:
  • Franz Ferdinand — "Take Me Out"
  • Kelis — "Milkshake"
  • OutKast — "Roses"
  • Scissor Sisters — "Laura"
  • The Streets — "Fit But You Know It"
• Best Album:
  • Keane — Hopes and Fears
  • Dizzee Rascal — Showtime
  • Franz Ferdinand — Franz Ferdinand
  • The Libertines — The Libertines
  • Scissor Sisters — Scissor Sisters
  • The Streets — A Grand Don't Come for Free

2003

The winners of 2003's Q Awards are:

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Radiohead
  • Blur
  • Coldplay
  • Foo Fighters
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Best Live Act:
  • Robbie Williams
  • Coldplay
  • The Darkness
  • Eminem
  • Queens of the Stone Age
• Best New Act:
  • The Thrills
  • Athlete
  • The Darkness
  • Kings of Leon
  • The Rapture
• Best Producer:
  • Nigel Godrich (Radiohead — Hail to the Thief)
  • Blur / Ben Hillier (Blur — Think Tank)
  • Dr. Dre (50 Cent — Get Rich or Die Tryin')
  • Ethan Johns (Kings of Leon — Youth & Young Manhood)
  • Pharrell Williams (The Neptunes — Clones)
• Q Innovation in Sound:
  • Muse
  • David Gray
  • Goldfrapp
  • Richard X
  • Super Furry Animals
• Q Awards Honoree:
  • Q Inspiration Award: The Cure
  • Q Icon Award: Jane's Addiction
  • Q Classic Songwriter: Dexys Midnight Runners
  • Q Lifetime Achievement Award: Duran Duran
  • Q Special Award: Scott Walker
• Best Track:
  • Christina Aguilera — "Dirrty"
  • Coldplay — "Clocks"
  • Electric Six — "Danger! High Voltage"
  • Muse — "Time Is Running Out"
  • The White Stripes — "Seven Nation Army"
• Best Video:
  • Electric Six — "Gay Bar"
  • Christina Aguilera — "Dirrty"
  • Coldplay — "The Scientist"
  • Junior Senior — "Move Your Feet"
  • Muse — "Time Is Running Out"
• Best Album:
  • Blur — Think Tank
  • Feeder — Comfort in Sound
  • Radiohead — Hail to the Thief
  • The White Stripes — Elephant
  • 50 Cent — Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2002

The winners of 2002's Q Awards are:

• Best Act in the World Today
  • Radiohead
  • Coldplay
  • Oasis
  • Stereophonics
  • U2
• Best Live Act:
  • The Hives
  • Muse
  • Oasis
  • The Strokes
  • The White Stripes
• Best New Act:
  • The Electric Soft Parade
  • The Bees
  • The Cooper Temple Clause
  • The Coral
  • The Vines
• 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
  • Sugababes — "Freak like Me"
  • The Hives — "Hate to Say I Told You So"
  • Nickelback — "How You Remind Me"
  • Oasis — "The Hindu Times"
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers — "By the Way"
• Best Video
  • Pink — "Get the Party Started"
  • Eminem — "Without Me"
  • The Hives — "Hate to Say I Told You So"
  • Kylie Minogue — "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
  • Marilyn Manson — "Tainted Love"
• Best Album
  • Coldplay — A Rush of Blood to the Head
  • Doves — The Last Broadcast
  • Beth Orton — Daybreaker
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers — By the Way
  • The Vines — Highly Evolved

2001

The winners of 2001's Q Awards are:

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Radiohead
  • Manic Street Preachers
  • R.E.M.
  • Stereophonics
  • Travis
  • U2
• Best Live Act:
  • Manic Street Preachers
  • Coldplay
  • Madonna
  • Muse
  • Stereophonics
  • U2
• Best New Act:
  • Starsailor
  • Dido
  • Goldfrapp
  • The Strokes
  • Tom McRae
  • Turin Brakes
• Best Producer:
  • Nigel Godrich (Radiohead — Amnesiac)
  • Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois (U2 — All That You Can't Leave Behind)
  • Chris Shaw (Super Furry Animals — Rings Around the World)
  • Dan the Automator (Gorillaz — Gorillaz)
  • John Leckie (Muse — Origin of Symmetry)
  • Pat McCarthy (R.E.M. — Reveal)
• 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:
  • Gorillaz — "Clint Eastwood"
  • The Avalanches — "Frontier Psychiatrist"
  • Basement Jaxx — "Romeo (Basement Jaxx song)"
  • Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice"
  • I Monster — "Daydream in blue"
  • Nelly Furtado — "I'm Like a Bird"
• Best Album:
  • Travis — The Invisible Band
  • Muse — Origin of Symmetry
  • PJ Harvey — Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
  • Radiohead — Amnesiac
  • Stereophonics — Just Enough Education to Perform
  • U2 — All That You Can't Leave Behind

2000

The winners of 2000's Q Awards are:

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Travis
  • Blur
  • Manic Street Preachers
  • Radiohead
  • Stereophonics
• Best Live Act:
  • Oasis
  • The Chemical Brothers
  • Moby
  • Primal Scream
  • Travis
• Best New Act:
  • Badly Drawn Boy
  • Coldplay
  • Doves
  • JJ72
  • Muse
• 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:
  • Kelis — "Caught Out There"
  • Bloodhound Gang — "The Bad Touch"
  • Eminem — "The Real Slim Shady"
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Californication"
  • Travis — "Coming Around"
• Best Album:
  • Coldplay — Parachutes
  • Badly Drawn Boy — The Hour of Bewilderbeast
  • Doves — Lost Souls
  • Muse — Showbiz
  • Primal Scream — XTRMNTR

1999

The winners of 1999's Q Awards are:

• Best Act in the World Today:
  • Blur
  • Manic Street Preachers
  • Oasis
  • Radiohead
  • R.E.M.
  • Stereophonics
  • U2
• Best Live Act:
  • Stereophonics
  • Gomez
  • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  • The Rolling Stones
  • Suede
• Best New Act:
  • Basement Jaxx
  • The Beta Band
  • Gay Dad
  • Macy Gray
  • Shack
  • Travis
• 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:
  • The Chemical Brothers — Surrender
  • Blur — 13
  • Mercury Rev — Deserter's Songs
  • Stereophonics — Performance and Cocktails
  • Texas — The Hush
  • Travis — The Man Who

1998

1997

1996

1995

1994

References

External links

• The Q Awards 2007 official site
• The Q Awards 1990-2004 Results
• The Q Awards 1990-2005 Results