NME Awards 2012
Date	29 February 2012
City	London, England, United Kingdom
Venue	Brixton Academy
Host	Jack Whitehall

The NME Awards 2012 were held in London, England, on 29 February 2012, at the Brixton Academy and was hosted by English comedian Jack Whitehall.^[1] The nominations were announced exclusively on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on 30 January 2012.^[2] Arctic Monkeys had seven nominations, followed by Kasabian, who went on to win best British Band, Lana Del Rey and Muse with three apiece.

Winners are in bold text.

• Arctic Monkeys
• Bombay Bicycle Club
• The Horrors
• Kasabian
• Muse

• Arcade Fire
• Foo Fighters
• Justice
• Odd Future
• The Strokes

• Adele
• Florence and the Machine
• Frank Turner
• Laura Marling
• Miles Kane
• Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

• Foster the People
• Lana Del Rey
• Tribes
• The Vaccines
• Wu Lyf

• Arctic Monkeys
• Kasabian
• Muse
• Pulp
• Two Door Cinema Club

• 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?

• Arctic Monkeys – "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala"
• Bombay Bicycle Club – "Shuffle"
• Florence and the Machine – "Shake It Out"
• Hurts – "Sunday"
• Lana Del Rey – "Video Games"

• Azealia Banks – "212"
• Foster the People – "Pumped Up Kicks"
• Justice – "Civilization"
• Katy B – "Broken Record"
• Metronomy – "The Bay"

• Arctic Monkeys – "Suck It and See"
• Beyoncé – "Countdown"
• Hurts – "Sunday"
• Lana Del Rey – "Video Games"
• Tyler, The Creator – "Yonkers"

• Doctor Who
• Fresh Meat
• Misfits
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks
• This Is England '88

• Bestival
• Download Festival
• Glastonbury Festival
• Reading and Leeds Festivals
• T in the Park
• V Festival

• Black Swan
• Drive
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
• The Inbetweeners Movie
• Submarine

• Back and Forth
• George Harrison: Living in the Material World
• Talihina Sky
• There Are No Innocent Bystanders
• Upside Down: The Creation Records Story

• 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

• Manic Street Preachers – National Treasures – The Complete Singles
• Nirvana – Nevermind
• Primal Scream – Screamadelica
• The Rolling Stones – Some Girls
• The Smiths – Complete Re-issues

• Jared Leto – Notes from the Outernet
• Jarvis Cocker – Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics
• Manning Marable – Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
• Noel Fielding – The Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton
• Shaun Ryder – Twisting My Melon

• Alex Turner
• Dave Grohl
• Matt Bellamy
• Noel Fielding
• Noel Gallagher

• David Cameron
• Justin Bieber
• Lady Gaga
• Liam Gallagher
• Nick Clegg

• Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
• Justin Bieber – Under the Mistletoe
• Lady Gaga – Born This Way
• One Direction – Up All Night
• Viva Brother – Famous First Words

• Beady Eye
• Coldplay
• Muse
• One Direction
• Viva Brother

• Arctic Monkeys – Suck It and See
• Bombay Bicycle Club – A Different Kind of Fix
• Björk – Biophilia
• Friendly Fires – Pala
• Jay-Z and Kanye West – Watch the Throne

• @Example (Example)
• Frank-Turner.com/blog (Frank Turner)
• @KanyeWest (Kanye West)
• @LadyGaga (Lady Gaga)
• @Theohurts (Theo Hutchcraft)

• Field Day
• Hop Farm Festival
• Kendal Calling
• Latitude Festival
• RockNess

• Thirty Seconds to Mars
• Arctic Monkeys
• Hurts
• Muse
• My Chemical Romance

• Andy Biersack
• Dominic Howard
• Gerard Way
• Jared Leto
• Matt Bellamy

• Amy Lee
• Florence Welch
• Hayley Williams
• Katy Perry
• Marina Diamandis

• Noel Gallagher

• Pulp

• Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – "Everybody's on the Run", "Dream On", "Don't Look Back in Anger"
• The Horrors – "Still Life" (with Florence Welch)
• Florence and the Machine – "Shake It Out"
• The Vaccines – "If You Wanna"
• Kasabian – "Switchblade Smiles", "Days Are Forgotten"
• The Maccabees – "Pelican"
• Pulp – "Mis-Shapes"