WENN/Avalon‘Joker’, ‘Hustlers’ and ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’, in the meantime, gets outshone by ‘Blue Story’ for Best Film, whereas ‘Peaky Blinders’ lands Best TV Series kudo.
- Feb 13, 2020
AceShowbiz – Billie Eilish, Lana Del Rey and YUNGBLUD were among the early winners at the NME Awards in London on Wednesday night, February 12.
Grammys queen Eilish added another award to her haul, claiming the Best Song in the World trophy for “Bad Guy”, while Del Rey’s “Norman F**king Rockwell” was named Best Album in the World, and YUNGBLUD picked up Best Music Video for “Original Me”.
There were also wins for Liam Gallagher (Best Music Film for “As It Was”), slowthai + Mura Masa (Best Collaboration), Easy Life (Best New British Act), The Cure (Best Festival Headliner), and Foals (Best Live Act), while Courtney Love was handed the Icon Award and rockers The 1975 scored the Innovation Award.
And there was a big upset in the Best Film category, with “Blue Story” beating out “Hustlers“, “Joker“, “Midsommar“, and “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood“, while “Peaky Blinders” triumphed over “End of the F**king World”, “Fleabag“, “Stranger Things“, and “Top Boy” to land the Best TV Series prize.
NME Awards 2020 winners is:
- Best Live Act supported by Copper Dog Whiskey: Foals
- Best Festival Headliner supported by CanO Water: The Cure
- Best New Act In The World: Clairo
- Best Festival In The World: Glastonbury
- NME Radar Award: beabadoobee
- Innovation Award: The 1975
- Best Music Video: YUNGBLUD – “Original Me”
- Best New British Act supported by Nordoff Robbins: Easy Life
- Best Collaboration supported by Brixton Brewery: slowthai + Mura Masa
- Icon Award: Courtney Love
- Best Film: “Blue Story”
- Best Podcast supported by Dax: “Have You Heard George’s Podcast?”
- Best TV Series supported by 19 Crimes: “Peaky Blinders“
- Best Music Film supported by Didsbury Gin: Liam Gallagher: “As It Was”
- Best British Song supported by Piper-Heidseick: AJ Tracey – “Ladbroke Grove”
- Best Song In The World: Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy”
- Best British Album: Lana Del Rey – “Norman Fucking Rockwell”
- Songwriter Of The Decade: Robyn
- Best British Solo Act: FKA twigs
- Best Solo Act In The World: Taylor Swift
- Best British Band supported by Pizza Express: The 1975
- Best Band In The World: Slipknot
- Godlike Genius Award: Emily Eavis
Source: Music - aceshowbiz.com
