Best New Act: The Bees, Cooper Temple Cause, The Coral, Electric Soft Parade, The Vines
Best Single: The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So, Nickelback - How You Remind Me, Oasis - Hindu Times, Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way, Sugababes - Freak Like Me
Best Video: Eminem - Without Me, The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So, Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head, Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love, Pink - Get The Party Started
Best Producer: Rik Rubin for Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way, Tony Viscoti for David Bowie – Heathen, Ken Nelson and Mark Pythian for Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head, Moby for Moby – 18, Weezer and Tom Lord-Alge for Weezer - Maladroit
Best Live Act: The Hives, Muse, Oasis, The Strokes, White Stripes
Best album : Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head, Doves - The Last Broadcast, Beth Orton – Daybreaker, Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way, The Vines - Highly Evolved
Best act in the world today: Coldplay, Oasis, Radiohead, Stereophonics, U2
Q Unwanted: Geri Haliwell, Simon Cowell, Pete Waterman
Q re-enforces itself as primarily an indie rock magazine with the short list of its reader voted awards – Oasis and Coldplay fairing well in nominee stakes, Pop Star/Pop Idol the hate figure of the year. The awards take place 21 Oct.