Όπως γίνεται κλασσικά τέτοια εποχή, ανακοινώθηκαν οι υποψηφιότητες για τα NME Awards του 2012 που θα πραγματοποιηθούν στις 29 Φεβρουαρίου στο Ο2 Brixton Academy. Ξεχωρίζουν λόγω των πολλών εμφανίσεων σε διάφορες κατηγορίες οι Arctic Monkeys, o Noel Gallagher και η Lana Del Rey(έλεος όχι άλλο Lana). Σίγουρα είναι πολύ πιο ενδιαφέροντα βραβεία σε σχέση με άλλα όπως τα Brits και εννοείται έχουν σχεδόν πάντα τους πιο cool παρουσιαστές(βλέπε Jarvis). Οι υποψηφιότητες για φέτος είναι:

Best British Band
Arctic Monkeys
Bombay Bicycle Club
The Horrors
Kasabian
Muse
(Last year's winner: Muse)

Best International Band
Arcade Fire
Foo Fighters
Justice
Odd Future
The Strokes
(Last year's winner: My Chemical Romance)

Best Solo Artist
Adele
Florence + The Machine
Frank Turner
Laura Marling
Miles Kane
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
(Last year's winner: Laura Marling)

Best New Band
Foster The People
Lana Del Rey
Tribes
The Vaccines
Wu Lyf
(Last year's winner: Hurts)

Best Live Band
Arctic Monkeys
Kasabian
Muse
Pulp
Two Door Cinema Club

Best Album
Arctic Monkeys - 'Suck It And See'
The Horrors - 'Skying'
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds'
PJ Harvey - 'Let England Shake'
The Vaccines - 'What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?'
(Last year's winner: Arcade Fire – 'The Suburbs')

Best Track
Arctic Monkeys - 'The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala'
Bombay Bicycle Club - 'Shuffle'
Florence + The Machine - 'Shake It Out'
Hurts – 'Sunday'
Lana Del Rey - 'Video Games'
(Last year's winner: Foals – 'Spanish Sahara')

Dancefloor Anthem
Azealia Banks - '212'
Foster The People - 'Pumped Up Kicks'
Justice - 'Civilization'
Katy B - 'Broken Record'
Metronomy - 'The Bay'
(Last year's winner: Professor Green – 'Jungle')

Best Video
Arctic Monkeys - 'Suck It And See'
Beyonce - 'Countdown'
Hurts - 'Sunday'
Lana Del Rey - 'Video Games'
Tyler, The Creator - 'Yonkers'
(Last year's winner: My Chemical Romance – 'Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)'.

Best TV Show
'Dr Who'
'Fresh Meat'
'Misfits'
'Never Mind The Buzzcocks'
'This Is England '88'
(Last year's winner: Skins)

Best Festival
Bestival
Glastonbury
Reading & Leeds
T In The Park
V Festival
(Last year's winner: Glastonbury)

Best Film
'Black Swan'
'Drive'
'Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2'
'The Inbetweeners Movie'
'Submarine'
(Last year's winner: Inception)

Best Music Film
'Back And Forth' - Foo Fighters
'Living In The Material World' - George Harrison
'Talihina Sky' - Kings Of Leon
'There Are No Innocent Bystanders' - The Libertines
'Upside Down - The Creation Records Story'
(New award)

Greatest Music Moment Of The Year
Brian May joins My Chemical Romance onstage at Reading Festival
Kasabian see in 2012 with their epic London O2 Arena show
Noel Gallagher launches his solo career with press conference
Pulp steal the show at Glastonbury with secret set
The Stone Roses reunite
(New award)

Best Re-issue
Manic Street Preachers - 'National Treasures'
Nirvana - 'Nevermind'
Primal Scream - 'Screamadelica'
The Rolling Stones - 'Some Girls'
The Smiths - 'Complete Re-issues'
(New award)

Best Book
Jared Leto - 'Notes From The Outernet'
Jarvis Cocker - 'Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics'
Malcolm X - 'A Life Of Reinvention'
Noel Fielding - 'The Scribblings Of A Madcap Shambleton'
Shaun Ryder - 'Twisting My Melon'
(Last year's winner: John Lydon – Mr Rotten's Scrapbook)

Hero Of The Year
Alex Turner
Dave Grohl
Matt Bellamy
Noel Fielding
Noel Gallagher
(Last year's winner: Lady Gaga)

Villain Of The Year
David Cameron
Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga
Liam Gallagher
Nick Clegg
(Last year's winner: David Cameron)

Worst Album
Coldplay - 'Mylo Xyloto'
Justin Bieber - 'Under The Mistletoe'
Lady Gaga - 'Born This Way'
One Direction - 'Up All Night'
Viva Brother - 'Famous First Words'
(Last year's winner: Justin Bieber – 'My World')

Worst Band
Beady Eye
Coldplay
Muse
One Direction
Viva Brother
(Last year's winner: Jonas Brothers)

Best Album Artwork
Arctic Monkeys - 'Suck It And See'
Bombay Bicycle Club - 'A Different Kind Of Fix'
Bjork - 'Biophilia'
Friendly Fires - 'Pala'
Jay-Z and Kanye West - 'Watch The Throne'
(Last year's winner: Klaxons – 'Surfing The Void')

Best Band Blog Or Twitter
@Example
Frank-Turner.com/blog
@KanyeWest
@LadyGaga
@Theohurts
(New award)

Best Small Festival
Field Day
Hop Farm
Kendal Calling
Latitude
RockNess
(Last year's winner: RockNess)

Most Dedicated Fans
30 Seconds To Mars
Arctic Monkeys
Hurts
Muse
My Chemical Romance
(New award)

Hottest Male
Andy Biersack, Black Veil Brides
Dominic Howard, Muse
Gerard Way, My Chemical Romance
Jared Leto, 30 Seconds To Mars
Matt Bellamy, Muse
(Last year's winner: Matt Bellamy)

Hottest Female
Amy Lee, Evanescence
Florence Welch, Florence + The Machine
Hayley Williams, Paramore
Katy Perry
Marina Diamandis, Marina And The Diamonds
(Last year's winner: Alison Mosshart)