The NME awards 2010 nominations have been announced with as many surprises as you would get opening a birthday present that had been wrapped in clingfilm.

Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian lead the nominations with six apiece, with Muse deservedly coming up the rear (etc).

There's something distinctly unNME-like about having a "Hottest Male/Female" award isn't there, until you realise that people have to vote for them on the NME website and flick through about a billion pictures of men in skinny ties. Nice to know the NME are whores for page impressions as much as we are.

And, note to NME, it doesn't matter how often you type it, no-one will ever call it the Shockwave NME awards, (see also the Orange Baftas or the Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize).

NME AWARDS 2010 Nominations:

Best British Band (sponsored by Shockwaves!)
Arctic Monkeys
Biffy Clyro
Kasabian
Muse
Oasis

Best International Band (sponsored by 4music/T4)
Green Day
Kings Of Leon
Paramore
Vampire Weekend
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Best Solo Artist
Dizzee Rascal
Florence And The Machine
Jamie T
Julian Casablancas
Lady Gaga

Best New Band (sponsored by USC)
The Big Pink
Bombay Bicycle Club
Mumford & Sons
The xx
La Roux

Best Live Band (sponsored by Tuborg)
Arctic Monkeys
Kasabian
Muse
Radiohead
Them Crooked Vultures

Best Album (sponsored by HMV)
Arctic Monkeys – 'Humbug'
Kasabian – 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum'
Muse – 'The Resistance'
The Cribs – 'Ignore The Ignorant'
The Horrors – 'Primary Colours'

Best Track (sponsored by NME Radio (hang on..))
Animal Collective – 'My Girls'
Arctic Monkeys – 'Crying Lightning'
Florence And The Machine – 'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)'
Jamie T – 'Sticks N' Stones'
The Big Pink – 'Dominos'

Best Video (sponsored by NME TV (erm...))
Arctic Monkeys – 'Cornerstone '
Biffy Clyro – 'The Captain'
Kasabian – 'Fire'
The Maccabees – 'Can You Give It'
Oasis – 'Falling Down'

Best Live Event (Sponsored by Swarovski)
Blur at Hyde Park
Jay-Z at Alexandra Palace
Muse at Teignmouth
Oasis at Heaton Park
The Dead Weather at Shoreditch Church

Best Festival (Sponsored by Nescafe)
Download
Glastonbury
Reading And Leeds Festivals
T In The Park
V Festival

Best Dancefloor Filler (Sponsored by DFS)
Dizzee Rascal And Armand Van Helden – 'Bonkers'
Florence And The Machine – 'You've Got The Love'
La Roux – 'In For The Kill' (Skream Remix)
Lady Gaga – 'Poker Face'
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – 'Zero'

Best TV Show (Sponsored by Abrakebabra)
The Inbetweeners
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Peep Show
Skins
True Blood

Best Film (Sponsored by Wimpy)
(500) Days Of Summer
In The Loop
Inglourious Basterds
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Where The Wild Things Are

Best DVD (Sponsored by the Shannon Matthews Underbed Fund)
Kings Of Leon – Live At The The O2 Arena
Flight Of The Conchords – Complete HBO Second Season
The Killers – Live From The Royal Albert Hall
The Mighty Boosh – Future Sailors
Nirvana – Live At Reading

Giving It Back Fan Award (Sponsored by Graham Coxon)
Kasabian and Noel Fielding for free 'Vlad The Impaler' video
Danger Mouse for leaking 'Dark Night Of The Soul'
Lily Allen for her Twitter ticket treasure hunt
Arctic Monkeys for their Oxfam golden tickets
Vampire Weekend for giving away 'Horchata' from the album 'Contra'

Hero Of The Year (Sponsored by Paperchase)
Beyoncé Knowles
Noel Gallagher
Rage Against The Machine
Matt Bellamy
Alex Turner

Villain Of The Year (sponsored by the Metropolitan Police)
Noel Gallagher
Liam Gallagher
Simon Cowell
Kanye West
Lady Gaga

Best Dressed (Sponsored by Primark)
Lady Gaga
Liam Gallagher
Noel Fielding
Florence Welch
Karen O

Worst Dressed (sponsored by Topman)
Lady Gaga
Matt Bellamy
Katy Perry
Liam Gallagher
Elly Jackson, La Roux

Worst Album (Sponsored by Ke$ha)
Green Day – '21st Century Breakdown'
Lady Gaga – 'The Fame'
The Jonas Brothers – 'Lines Vines Trying Times'
U2 – 'No Line On The Horizon'
Arctic Monkeys – 'Humbug'

Worst Band (Sponsored by Greggs)
Green Day
Oasis
Jonas Brothers
Paramore
JLS

Hottest Man (Sponsored by Tom Cruise)
Alex Turner
Liam Gallagher
Peter Doherty
Matt Bellamy
Brandon Flowers
Julian Casablancas

Hottest Woman (Sponsored by Oprah Winfrey)
Lily Allen
Alison Mosshart
Rihanna
Lady Gaga
Florence Welch
Karen O

Best Website (sponsored by Wagamama)
Muse.mu
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Greenday.com

Best Album Artwork (Sponsored by Next Level Lights)
Muse – 'The Resistance'
Green Day – '21st Century Breakdown'
Kasabian – 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum'
The Cribs – 'Ignore The Ignorant'
Manic Street Preachers – 'Journal For Plague Lovers '

Best Band Blog (sponsored by the hat stall outside Bond Street tube)
Muse (Muse.mu and Twitter.com/muse)
Radiohead (Radiohead.com/deadairspace)
Noel Gallagher (Oasisinet.com)
Los Campesinos! (Loscampesinos.com)
Paramore (Paramore.net)

nb. This is the only decent thing Kasabian have ever done: