The Arctic Monkeys swaggered into poll position for the NME music awards today after receiving a record seven nominations.

The Sheffield band, who came to prominence with the fastest selling debut album in history, are nominated for Best British Band, Best Live Band, Best Album and Album Artwork, Best Track for Fluorescent Adolescent and Best Video for Teddy Picker, while Alex Turner, the lead singer, is a Best Dressed contender.

Last year, the group were lauded for a string of searing live performances promoting their second album Favourite Worst Nightmare, and have now been nominated 15 times by the NME, making them the magazine’s most favoured band of the decade.

Amy Winehouse, who entered rehab last week, will be less pleased with her four nominations. She is on the shortlist for the Worst Dressed performer and will also compete with President Bush, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown for the title of Villain of the Year.

The Arctic Monkey’s main challenge, when the awards are announced on February 28, will come from the Klaxons, who received four nominations including Best Band, Best Album, Best Video and Best Dancefloor Filler.

Their debut album, Myths of the Near Future, has already beaten the Arctic Monkey’s album to the prestigious and lucrative Mercury Music Prize.

Faded Britpop heroes Oasis made a return to the nominations list getting the nod for Lord Don’t Slow Me Down in the Best Track and Best Music DVD categories.

My Chemical Romance were nominated for four awards but failed to make the shortlist for Best Album. Radiohead were nominated for In Rainbows, which they allowed fans to download from their website for whatever price they saw fit.

Radiohead were joined by the Enemy, Babyshambles and Klaxons in the battle to prevent the Arctic Monkeys from seizing the Best Album gong.

The 2008 nominees in full

Best British Band

Arctic Monkeys

Babyshambles

The Cribs

Klaxons

Muse

Best International Band

Arcade Fire

Foo Fighters

The Killers

Kings Of Leon

My Chemical Romance

Best New Band

The Enemy

Foals

Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong

The Pigeon Detectives

The Wombats

Best Live Band

Arctic Monkeys

The Cribs

Kaiser Chiefs

Muse

My Chemical Romance

Best Solo Artist

Kate Nash

Jamie T

Jack Penate

Amy Winehouse

Patrick Wolf

Best Album

'Favourite Worst Nightmare' - Arctic Monkeys

'Shotters Nation' - Babyshambles

'We'll Live And Die In These Towns' – The Enemy

'Myths Of The Near Future' - Klaxons

'In Rainbows' – Radiohead

Best Track

'Fluorescent Adolescent' – Arctic Monkeys

'Flux' – Bloc Party

'Men's Needs' – The Cribs

'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' - Oasis

'Let's Dance To Joy Division' – The Wombats

Best Video

'Teddy Picker' – Arctic Monkeys

'Flux' – Bloc Party

'D.A.N.C.E.' - Justice

'Golden Skans' - Klaxons

'Teenagers' – My Chemical Romance

Best Music DVD

'Up The Shambles' – Babyshambles

'The Song Remains The Same' – Led Zeppelin

'Unplugged In New York' - Nirvana

'Lord Don’t Slow Me Down' - Oasis

'I Told You I Was Trouble' – Amy Winehouse

Best Live Event

Carling Weekend: Reading And Leeds Festival

Glastonbury

Muse At Wembley Stadium

T In The Park

V Festival

Hero of the Year

Matt Bellamy

Pete Doherty

Noel Fielding

Ryan Jarman

Thom Yorke

Villain of the Year

Tony Blair

Johnny Borrell

Gordon Brown

George W Bush

Amy Winehouse

Best Dressed

Pete Doherty

Noel Fielding

Kate Nash

Alex Turner

Gerard Way

Worst Dressed

Johnny Borrell

Pete Doherty

Mika

Gerard Way

Amy Winehouse

Best Dancefloor Filler

'Flux' – Bloc Party

'Hummer' - Foals

'D.A.N.C.E.' - Justice

'Atlantis To Interzone' - Klaxons

'Let's Dance To Joy Division' – The Wombats

Best Album Artwork

'Favourite Worst Nightmare' – Arctic Monkeys

'The Good, The Bad And The Queen' – The Good, The Bad And The Queen

'Sawdust' – The Killers

'Because Of The Times' – Kings Of Leon

'Send Away The Tigers' – Manic Street Preachers

Best Radio Show

Russell Brand (Radio 2)

Zane Lowe (Radio 1)

Chris Moyles (Radio 1)

Colin Murray (Radio 1)

Jo Whiley (Radio 1)

Worst Album

'1973' - James Blunt

'The Trick To Life' – The Hoosiers

'Spirit' - Leona Lewis

'Life In Cartoon Motion' - Mika

'Blackout' - Britney Spears

Worst Band

30 Seconds To Mars

Fall Out Boy

The Hoosiers

My Chemical Romance

Panic At The Disco

Best TV Show

'Heroes'

'The Mighty Boosh'

'Never Mind The Buzzcocks'

'The IT Crowd'

'Skins'

Best Film

'Control'

'Hot Fuzz'

'Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End'

'The Simpsons Movie'

'Superbad'

Sexiest Man

Howlin' Pelle Almqvist

Julian Barrett

Noel Fielding

Nicky Wire

Patrick Wolf

Sexiest Woman

Jenny Lewis

Kylie Minogue

Rhianna

Hayley Williams

Rachael Yamagata

Best Venue

Brixton Academy

Manchester Apollo

Glasgow Barrowlands

London Astoria

Wembley Stadium

Best Website

Bebo

Facebook

Last.fm

Myspace

YouTube

Best Band Blog

Foals (www.wearefoals.com/blog)

Lilly Allen (www.myspace.com/lilymusic)

Lightspeed Champion (www.lightspeedchampion.com)

Radiohead (www.radiohead.com/deadairspace)

The Streets (www.myspace.com/thestreets)

Best Music Blog

The Hype Machine (www.hypem.com)

The Modern Age (www.themodernage.org)

Nothing But Green Lights (nothingbutgreenlights.net)

Spinner (spinner.com)

Stereogum (stereogum.com)

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