Women ruled the roost at the first NME Awards in two years, with Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, FKA Twigs, Robyn, Billie Eilish, Little Simz and Emily Eavis all winning top awards.

Swift attended the ceremony in person, presenting Glastonbury co-organiser Eavis with the Godlike Genius honour alongside Billy Bragg and accepting the gong for Best Solo Act In The World. Double award winners (Innovation/Best British Band) The 1975 closed tonight's (February 12) show at O2 Academy Brixton.

In a week where Reading & Leeds organisers have been criticised for the lack of gender diversity in the festival's line-up, the awards were rich on female winners. Robyn was named Songwriter Of The Decade, Courtney Love took the Icon Award, Little Simz claimed Best British Album for Grey Area, Lana Del Rey's Norman Fucking Rockwell won Best Album In The World and FKA Twigs was crowned Best British Solo Act.

In addition, Billie Eilish's Bad Guy won Best Song In The World and Clairo took Best New Act In The World, while Beabadoobee was the NME Radar Award Winner. 

The event was marred, however, by an incident involving Slowthai, who left after being involved in an altercation with the crowd when receiving the Hero Of The Year award.

Elsewhere, there were awards for Slipknot (Best Band In The World), AJ Tracey (Best British Song for Ladbroke Grove), Easy Life (Best New British Act), Foals (Best Live Act), Glastonbury (Best British Festival/Best Festival In The World) and End Of The Road (Best Small Festival).

The night also saw performances from FKA Twigs, Yungblud, AJ Tracey and Beabadoobee.

The full list of winners was as follows: 

GODLIKE GENIUS: Emily Eavis

SONGWRITER OF THE DECADE: Robyn

ICON AWARD: Courtney Love

INNOVATION AWARD: The 1975

BEST BRITISH ALBUM: Little Simz – Grey Area

BEST ALBUM IN THE WORLD: Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell

BEST BRITISH SONG: SUPPORTED BY PIPER-HEIDSIECK: AJ Tracey – Ladbroke Grove

BEST SONG IN THE WORLD: Billie Eilish – Bad Guy

BEST BRITISH SOLO ACT: FKA Twigs 

BEST SOLO ACT IN THE WORLD: Taylor Swift 

BEST BRITISH BAND: SUPPORTED BY PIZZA EXPRESS: The 1975 

BEST BAND IN THE WORLD: Slipknot 

BEST NEW BRITISH ACT: SUPPORTED BY NORDOFF ROBBINS: Easy Life 

BEST NEW ACT IN THE WORLD: Clairo 

BEST LIVE ACT: SUPPORTED BY COPPER DOG: Foals 

NME RADAR AWARD WINNER: Beabadoobee

BEST COLLABORATION: SUPPORTED BY BRIXTON BREWERY: Mura Masa + Slowthai

BEST MUSIC VIDEO: Yungblud – Original Me

BEST BRITISH FESTIVAL: Glastonbury

BEST SMALL FESTIVAL: SUPPORTED BY CANO WATER: End Of The Road

BEST FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD: Glastonbury

BEST FESTIVAL HEADLINER: The Cure

BEST FILM: Blue Story 

BEST FILM ACTOR: Micheal Ward 

BEST TV SERIES: SUPPORTED BY 19 CRIMES WINNER: Peaky Blinders

BEST TV ACTOR WINNER: Jessica Barden 

BEST MUSIC FILM: SUPPORTED BY DIDSBURY GIN WINNER: Liam Gallagher: As It Was

BEST MUSIC BOOK: Debbie Harry – Face It: A Memoir

BEST REISSUE: Muse – Origin Of Muse

BEST PODCAST: SUPPORTED BY DAX: Have You Heard George's Podcast? 

BEST GAME: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 

HERO OF THE YEAR (VOTED BY THE PUBLIC) WINNER: Slowthai

VILLAIN OF THE YEAR (VOTED BY THE PUBLIC) WINNER: Piers Morgan

MUSIC MOMENT OF THE YEAR (VOTED BY THE PUBLIC) WINNER: BTS – Wembley Stadium

BEST AUSTRALIAN ALBUM: Stella Donnelly – Beware Of The Dogs

BEST AUSTRALIAN BAND: Tame Impala

BEST AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL: St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival

BEST AUSTRALIAN SOLO ACT WINNER: Mallrat

BEST AUSTRALIAN SONG: Tame Impala – Borderline

BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN ACT: Tones & I