he Verve and Oasis are leading the nominations for the NME Awards With Miller Genuine Draft -- previously known as the The Brats -- with six noms each
The awards announcement, made on Tuesday (Jan. 6), also reveals that Radiohead follows closely with five noms, while Prodigy, Blur, and the Charlatans have four nominations each. All six bands heading up the pack have been nominated for Best Band and Best Album. Winners will be announced on Jan. 27 at a ceremony to be held at London Brixton Academy, which will also be televised on Channel 4 in the U.K. and broadcast live on Radio 1.
In related news, Stereophonics, Asian Dub Foundation, Warm Jets and Theaudience are confirmed for the NME Miller Genuine Draft Awards Tour. This annual showcase of new British bands, also known as the Brat Bus Tour, will hit 10 venues in the U.K. in January.

Here is the list of NME Award nominees:

Best Band (voted by NME readers): The Charlatans, Prodigy, Radiohead, Blur, the Verve, Spiritualized, Super Furry Animals, Primal Scream, Manic Street Preachers, and Oasis.

Best Album (voted by NME readers): Oasis, Be Here Now, Radiohead, OK Computer, Prodigy, The Fat of the Land, The Verve, Urban Hymns, Charlatans, Tellin' Stories, Spiritualized, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, Blur, Blur, Mansun, Attack of the Grey Lantern, Primal Scream, Vanishing Point, and Super Furry Animals, Radiator.

Best Single (voted by NME readers): Radiohead, "Paranoid Android" and "Karma Police"; the Verve, "The Drugs Don't Work," "Bitter Sweet Symphony," and "Lucky Man"; Blur, "Song 2"; Embrace, "All You Good Good People"; Oasis, "D'You Know What I Mean?" and "Stand By Me"; and the Charlatans, "How High".

Best Solo Artist (voted by NME readers): Bjork, Paul Weller, Beck, Natalie Imbruglia, Morrissey, Louise, Finley Quaye, Sheryl Crow, Beth Orton, and Robbie Williams.

Miller Genuine Draft Best New Band/Artist (voted by NME readers): Travis, The Seahorses, Stereophonics, Embrace, Hurricane #1, Symposium, Finley Quaye, Roni Size & Reprazent, Mogwai, and Bentley Rhythm Ace.

Philip Hall On Award For Most Promising Act (voted by NME): Six By Seven, Lo-Fidelity Allstars, The Beta Band, Ultrasound, Campag Velocet, and Dawn of the Replicants.

Best Dance Act (voted by NME readers): Bentley Rhythm Ace, Roni Size & Reprazent, Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Propellerheads, Lo-Fidelity Allstars, Sash!, DJ Shadow, and Primal Scream.

Vibes Award For Dance Act Of The Year (voted by NME): Daft Punk, Photek, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Fatboy Slim, Death In Vegas, Squarepusher.

Best Musical Event (voted by NME readers): Reading Festival, V97, Glastonbury Festival, T in the Park, the return of the Verve, Phoenix Festival, the Oasis shows at Earl's Court, the Spice Girls being booed in Spain, Tribal Gathering, and Manic Street Preachers at NYNEX.

Best Music Video (voted by NME readers): Prodigy, "Smack My Bitch Up"; Oasis, "D'You Know What I Mean?" and "Stand By Me"; Blur, "Song 2"; The Verve, "Bitter Sweet Symphony"; Radiohead, "Karma Police" and "Paranoid Android"; Primal Scream, "Kowalski"; Super Furry Animals, "Play It Cool"; and Pulp, "Help The Aged."

Best Radio Show (voted by NME readers): The Evening Session, Radcliffe & Lard, Chris Evans, John Peel, Jo Whiley, and Zoe Ball & Kevin Greening.

Best TV Show (voted by NME readers): The Fast Show, I'm Alan Partridge, Shooting Stars, Friends, The Simpsons, Men Behaving Badly, TFI Friday, This Life, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, and Later... With Jools Holland.

Best Film (voted by NME readers): Face/Off, A Life Less Ordinary, Scream, Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery, The Full Monty, Men In Black, Star Wars (Special Edition), Shooting Fish, LA Confidential, and William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.

Radio 1 Evening Session Session Of The Year (voted by Radio 1 listeners): Foo Fighters, Belle & Sebastian, Asian Dub Foundation, The Charlatans, Embrace, Mansun, The Verve, Supergrass, Pavement, and Radiohead.

Worst Single Of The Year (voted by NME readers): Spice Girls, "Spice Up Your Life" and "Mama"; Elton John, "Candle In The Wind '97"; Chumbawamba, "Tubthumping"; Aqua, "Barbie Girl"; Hanson, "MmmBop"; Puff Daddy, "I'll Be Missing You"; Oasis, "D'You Know What I Mean?" and "Stand By Me"; Celine Dion & Barbara Streisand, "Tell Him."