Billie Eilish, Sam Fender and Wolf Alice among BandLab NME Awards nominees

Billie Eilish, Sam Fender and Wolf Alice are among the most-nominated artists at the upcoming BandLab NME Awards 2022.
The ‘Bad Guy’ hitmaker will contest for Best Solo Act In The World, Best Music Film for ‘Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry’ and Best Music Video for ‘Happier Than Ever’ at the upcoming ceremony at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on March 2. Indie star Sam will compete for the Best Album In The World and Best Album By A UK Artist prizes for ‘Seventeen Going Under’, while the album’s title track received nods for Best Song In The World and Best Song By A UK Artist.
The ‘Hypersonic Missiles’ hitmaker and Grammy-winner Billie will go head-to-head with The Weeknd, Grime star Dave, Arlo Parks, Rina Sawayama, and more, to be crowned Best Solo Act In The World.
Sam also received a nod for Best Solo Artist In The UK, along with Arlo, Dave, Simz and Rina. As for Wolf Alice, the Ellie Rowsell-fronted group’s Mercury Prize-nominated album, ‘Blue Weekend’, is up for Best Album In The World and Best Album By A UK Artist, and the ‘Smile’ rockers are also shortlisted for Best Band In The World and Best Band From The UK.
Elsewhere, International stars, including Lana Del Rey, BTS, Olivia Rodrigo, Lorde, and Megan The Stallion have been nominated for some of the major prizes. Lana’s latest LP, ‘Blue Banisters’, will compete for Best Album In The World, along with the likes of Tyler, The Creator’s ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’, and this year’s Innovation Award winner, Halsey, and their LP ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’.
BTS and Coldplay’s ‘My Universe’ secured a Best Collaboration nod and the K-Pop septet are also up for Best Song In The World for ‘Butter’.
Olivia is also up Best Song In The World for ‘Good 4 U’ and Best New Act In The World.
Lorde’s ‘Solar Power’ also has a chance of winning the coveted Best Song In The World prize.
And rap megastar Megan will contest with Bleachers, Bring Me The Horizon, IDLES, Little Simz, Rina Sawayama, Self Esteem, Tomorrow x Together, Wizkid, and Yungblud for Best Live Act.