The Q Awards 2018: The winners have been revealed!

The results are in!

Author: Emma DoddsPublished 17th Oct 2018
Last updated 30th Oct 2018

Q Magazine have just announced their award winners for this year's Q Awards. The annual ceremony is now in its 28th year and is one of the most prestigious and anticipated nights on the music calendar.

This year's awards once again took place at Camden's Roundhouse, featuring special performances from Wolf Alice and IDLES at the event tonight (Wednesday 17th October.)

The main show was hosted by British comedian Mo Gilligan, as a total of 17 awards were handed out throughout the night. Below is the full list of winners and nominees from this year - as voted for by the British public.

The Q Awards 2018: Full list of winners

Q Breakthrough Act presented by Red Stripe

  • IDLES (Joint winner)
  • Goat Girl (Joint winner)
  • Amyl & The Sniffers
  • Tom Grennan
  • The Magic Gang
  • Bugzy Malone
  • Nakhane
  • Novelist
  • Nadine Shah
  • Jorja Smith
  • Rejjie Snow

Q Best Track presented by Firestone

  • 'Bells & Circles' - Underworld & Iggy Pop (Winner)
  • 'Love It If We Made It' – The 1975
  • 'This Is America' – Childish Gambino
  • 'Girlfriend' – Christine & The Queens
  • 'The Man' – Goat Girl
  • 'Make Me Feel' – Janelle Monae

Q Best Album

  • 'I’m All Ears' – Let’s Eat Grandma (Winner)
  • 'Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino' – Arctic Monkeys
  • 'Hunter' - Anna Calvi
  • 'Who Built The Moon?' – Noel Gallagher
  • 'Joy As An Act Of Resistance' - IDLES
  • 'Marauder' - Interpol

Q Best Live Act presented by The Cavern Club

  • Wolf Alice (Winner)
  • David Byrne
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
  • Liam Gallagher
  • Stefflon Don
  • Taylor Swift

Q Best Solo Artist presented by Absolute Radio

  • Noel Gallagher (Winner)
  • Christine & The Queens
  • Drake
  • Janelle Monae
  • Ed Sheeran
  • Sophie

Q Best Act In The World Today presented by Rocksteady Music School

  • Paul Weller (Winner)
  • The 1975
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Florence & The Machine
  • Kendrick Lamar
  • St Vincent

Q Best Festival/Event presented by Pretty Green Clothing

  • Spotify Presents: Who We Be (Winner)
  • All Points East
  • British Summertime
  • Isle Of Wight Festival
  • Latitude Festival
  • RIZE Festival

There were plenty more winners, as The Streets took home the Q Innovation In Sound award and The Kinks won the Q Classic Album award for '...Are The Village Green Preservation Society'.

This year's Q Maverick Presented by the Roundhouse was Lawrence, as the Fender Play Award went to Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil. Q's Outstanding Contribution To Music went to Noel Gallagher, giving him his second award of the night, as Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers won the Q Legend award.

The Q Inspiration award went to Trojan Records as Echo & the Bunnymen's Ian McCulloch took home the Q Icon and the Q Lifetime Achievement Award Presented by Honda Motorcycles was won by Brett Anderson.

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Editor of Q magazine, Ted Kessler, said, "Every year of the Q Awards is a vintage year, but this year somehow felt even more special. Was it that so many inter-linking icons from across the generations were present? Possibly.

"There’s a thread that runs directly from Ray and Dave Davies of The Kinks, and Roger Daltrey of The Who too, straight through Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher – you just don’t expect to see them all in the same room at once."