With five nominations, Beyoncé is leading this year's VO5 NME Awards with five nods. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump also snagged a nomination—for Villain of the Year.
Queen Bey is up for Best Album for Lemonade, Hero of the Year, Best International Female, Best Music Video for "Formation" and Moment of the Year for the surprise release of her sixth studio album last April.
French singer Christine and the Queens, The 1975, Bastille and Mercury Music Prize-winning grime artist Skepta all received four nominations.
The NME Awards, which span politics and culture, are voted for by the readers of NME magazine.
After a year of political turbulence—the U.S. presidential election and the U.K.'s Brexit vote— Donald Trump, former U.K. prime minister David Cameron and Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage are all shortlisted for the Villain of the Year prize. Trump won the award last year.
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Other categories include Best TV Show, Best Festival Headliner and the Worst Band Award—a category "won" last year by Australian pop-punk band 5 Seconds of Summer.
The VO5 NME Awards take place on February 15 at the O2 Academy Brixton in London. Fans can vote for the awards by visiting nme.com/awards. Here's a rundown of selected nominations:
Best Album
Kanye West, The Life of Pablo
Skepta, Konnichiwa
The 1975, I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool
Beyoncé, Lemonade
Bastille, Wild World
Hero of the Year
David Bowie
Adele
Millie Bobby Brown
Gary Lineker
Beyoncé
Liam Gallagher
Villain of the Year
Donald Trump
David Cameron
Boris Johnson
Nigel Farage
Martin Shkreli
Katie Hopkins
Best International Band
Tame Impala
Kings of Leon
Green Day
Metallica
A Tribe Called Quest
Tegan & Sara
Best International Male
Kanye West
Drake
The Weeknd
Frank Ocean
Kendrick Lamar
Chance the Rapper
Best International Female
Sia
Lady Gaga
Beyoncé
Solange
Christine and the Queens
Tove Lo
Best British Band
Wolf Alice The 1975
Bastille
Years & Years
Biffy Clyro
The Last Shadow Puppets
Best British Male
Skepta
Zayn Malik
Kano
Jamie T
Michael Kiwanuka
Richard Ashcroft
Best British Female
Dua Lipa
Adele
Charli XCX
M.I.A.
Kate Tempest
PJ Harvey
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