Foals lead the way in the nominations for this year's NME Awards with five nods, including Best British Band.

The Oxford group are also in the running for Best Album for their 2010 effort, 'Total Life Forever'.

Arcade Fire have four nominations including Best International Band and Best Live Band, a category that also includes Biffy Clyro, Foals, Kasabian and Muse.

Other nominees include Arctic Monkeys, Guns N' Roses Axl Rose, Brandon Flowers and My Chemical Romance.

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl will collect the Godlike Genius award. The ceremony takes place at the Brixton Academy in London on February 23.

The 2011 NME Awards nominations are:

Best British Band:

• Arctic Monkeys
• Biffy Clyro
• Foals
• Kasabian
• Muse

Best International Band:

• Arcade Fire
• Kings Of Leon
• My Chemical Romance
• The Drums
• Vampire Weekend

Best Solo Artist:

• Florence Welch
• Frank Turner
• Kanye West
• Laura Marling
• Paul Weller

Best New Band:

• Beady Eye
• Everything Everything
• Hurts
• The Drums
• Two Door Cinema Club

Best Live Band:

• Arcade Fire
• Biffy Clyro
• Foals
• Kasabian
• Muse

Best Album:

• Arcade Fire – 'The Suburbs'
• Crystal Castles – 'Crystal Castles II'
• Foals – 'Total Life Forever'
• My Chemical Romance – 'Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys'
• Two Door Cinema Club – 'Tourist History'

Best Track:

• Cee Lo Green – '**** You'
• Foals – 'Spanish Sahara'
• Gorillaz – 'Stylo'
• Janelle Monae (feat. Big Boi) – 'Tightrope'
• Mark Ronson & The Business Intl – 'Bang Bang Bang'

Best Video:

• Arcade Fire – 'We Used To Wait'
• Brandon Flowers – ‘Crossfire'
• Chase & Status – 'Let You Go'
• Gorillaz – 'Stylo'
• My Chemical Romance – 'Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)'

Best Festival:

• Download
• Glastonbury
• Reading And Leeds Festivals
• T In The Park
• V Festival

Best Dancefloor Filler:

• Crystal Castles – 'Baptism'
• Kele – 'Tenderoni'
• Plan B – 'Stayed Too Long'
• Professor Green – 'Jungle'
• Tinie Tempah – 'Pass Out'

Best TV Show:

• Misfits
• Never Mind The Buzzcocks
• Peep Show
• Skins
• The Inbetweeners

Best Film:

• Get Him To The Greek
• Inception
• Kick-Ass
• Scott Pilgrim vs The World
• The Social Network

Hero Of The Year:

• Gerard Way
• Julian Assange
• Lady Gaga
• Kanye West

Villain Of The Year:

• Axl Rose
• David Cameron
• Justin Bieber
• Nick Clegg
• Simon Cowell

Most Stylish:

• Brandon Flowers
• Hayley Williams
• Lady Gaga
• Liam Gallagher
• Noel Fielding

Least Stylish:

• Cheryl Cole
• Justin Bieber
• Ke$ha
• Lady Gaga
• Liam Gallagher

Worst Album:

• Cheryl Cole – 'Messy Little Raindrops'
• Justin Bieber – 'My World'
• Katy Perry – 'Teenage Dream'
• Kings Of Leon – 'Come Around Sundown'
• My Chemical Romance – 'Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys'

Worst Band:

• 30 Seconds To Mars
• JLS
• Jonas Brothers
• Kings Of Leon
• Tokio Hotel

Best Band Blog or Twitter:

• Frank Turner
• Hayley Williams
• Kanye West
• Lily Allen
• Theo Hutchcraft

Best Book:

• Carl Barât – 'Threepenny Memoir'
• Jay-Z – 'Decoded'
• John Lydon – 'Mr Rotten’s Scrapbook'
• Keith Richards – 'Life'
• Russell Brand – 'My Booky Wook 2'

Best Small Festival (50,000 capacity or lower):

• Bestival
• Kendal Calling
• Latitude
• RockNess
• Underage Festival

Best Album Artwork:

• Foals – 'Total Life Forever'
• Gorillaz – 'Plastic Beach'
• Klaxons – 'Surfing The Void'
• MGMT – 'Congratulations'
• My Chemical Romance – 'Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys'

Hottest Woman:

• Alison Mosshart
• Emily Haines
• Hayley Williams
• Lady Gaga
• Shakira

Hottest Man:

• Alex Turner
• Billie Joe Armstrong
• Dominic Howard
• Jared Leto
• Matt Bellamy

(Gigwise)