The Q Awards are the biggest annual music award in the UK. The Awards started back in 1990 and with many awards focusing on a lifetime of achievement rather than on achievements over the year in question, there are always some big stars there.
The post-awards gig is always pretty spectacular and this year will be no exception with the Manic Street Preachers and Sleaford Mods set to play. What’s great about the Q Awards is that you get to have a say by voting in the seven public categories. Have you voted?
This year, for the fourth year running, the Awards will be hosted by Christian O’Connell of Absolute Radio. With this partnership with Absolute Radio you can be sure that if you tune into Absolute on October 18th you’ll be able to hear the whole show.
Interested in seeing who might be taking home a coveted award? Here’s the longlists and categories…
Q Breakthrough Act Presented by Red Stripe
Rag’n’Bone Man
HMLTD
Shame
Stefflon Don
The Big moon
Pumarosa
Girl Ray
Formation
The Moonlandingz
Sampha
Q Best Track Presented by Flare Audio
Royal Blood – Lights Out
Kendrick Lamar – Humble
Lorde – Green Light
The Killers – The Man
Gorillaz – We Got The Power
Kasabian – You’re In Love With A Psycho
The xx – On Hold
Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You
Stormzy – Big For Your Boots
Liam Gallagher – Wall of Glass
Q Best Album Presented by Absolute Radio
The xx – I See You
Kendrick Lamar – DAMN
Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer
Sleaford Mods – English Tapas
Paul Weller – A Kind Revolution
Gorillaz – Humanz
A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
Laura Marling – Semper Femina
Sampha – Process
Jay-Z – 4:44
Q Best Live Act Presented by The Cavern Club
Ed Sheeran
Liam Gallagher
Depeche Mode
Lorde
Father John Misty
The xx
Radiohead
The Killers
PJ Harvey
Stormzy
Q Best Solo Artist Presented by Help Musicians UK
Lana Del Rey
Ed Sheeran
Lorde
Liam Gallagher
Paul Weller
Jay-Z
Wiley
Stormzy
Kendrick Lamar
St. Vincent
Q Best Act in the World Today Presented by Buster + Punch
Lorde
The 1975
Ed Sheeran
Adele
Radiohead
Queens Of The Stone Age
The Killers
Stormzy
Depeche Mode
Kendrick Lamar
Q Best Film Presented by Pretty Green
Bunch of Kunst (Sleaford Mods)
The Inertia Variations (The The)
Eagles Of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends)
The Rolling Stones – Havana Moon
American Valhalla (Iggy Pop & Josh Homme)
Are any of your favourite artists in the line up?
We’ve picked out a few of our private plates for fans of some of the longlisted artists.
Fans of Depeche Mode could have DM 44, 47 DM or 98 DM. IF you’re into The XX then how about 4 XX or 1000 XX? If you’re voting for Adele then you might like ADE 1F. Perhaps you love PJ Harvey? Then you could have 710 PJH or 655 PJH.
We’ve got plates for fans of any band, just type the name of your fave singer or band into our search box and see what comes up!