Coldplay and The 1975 lead Q Award nominations

Coldplay and The 1975 lead the nominations for Britain’s Q Awards, with four each.

Both are included in the Best Album category, alongside David Bowie, Bastille and Christine and the Queens.

It’s the third time that Beyonce has been nominated; this time for her Formation video, after she blitzed this year’s MTV Video Music Awards with eight wins from 11 nominations.

The awards are held in London in November. This year marks the first time the public can vote in, and attend, the ceremony.

Q Magazine will also present “merit awards” designed to recognise career-spanning achievements. These will include classic songwriter, classic album, outstanding contribution to music and the hall of fame

BEST ACT IN THE WORLD TODAY

Coldplay

Muse

U2

The 1975

Biffy Clyro

BREAKTHROUGH ACT

Blossoms

Let’s Eat Grandma

Jack Garratt

The Amazons

Nothing But Thieves

Spring King

Lady Leshurr

Christine and the Queens

Rat Boy

Gallant

BEST TRACK

Catfish and the Bottlemen – Twice

Biffy Clyro – Howl

Skepta – Man

Bastille – Good Grief

The 1975 – Somebody Else

BEST VIDEO

Coldplay – Up and Up

The 1975 – A Change Of Heart

Beyonce – Formation

Wolf Alice – Lisbon

PJ Harvey – Community Of Hope

BEST ALBUM

Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams

Bastille – Wild World

The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware Of It…

Christine and the Queens – Chaleur Humaine

David Bowie – Blackstar

BEST LIVE ACT

Savages

Muse

Coldplay

Wolf Alice

U2

BEST SOLO ARTIST

Skepta

PJ Harvey

Michael Kiwanuka

Noel Gallagher

James Bay

This year’s awards are also sponsored for the first time by secondary ticketing platform StubHub – which has drawn criticism from consumer groups including FanFair Alliance. They say that the issue of tickets going to scalpers than fans and being resold at inflated prices is a contentious issue – and that StarHub allying itself with a well-regarded event like the Q Awards allows it to “buy legitimacy”.