After years of self-imposed silence, David Bowie has capped a successful return to the music scene by claiming six nominations in the prestigious 2013 Q Awards.
After making a surprise comeback in January with his single Where Are We Now followed by his first album in ten years The Next Day in March, Bowie is in the running for the Best Track, Best Video, Best Album, Best Solo Artist, Best Act in the World Today and Best Event categories.
Other notable nominees include Arctic Monkeys, Foals, Daft Punk, Muse and The Stone Roses for their live act at Hyde Park.
However, the most hotly contested category is the Best New Act, which has Jake Bugg, Disclosure, Palma Violets, Laura Mvula, TOY and Tom Odell pitted against each other.
With two nominations for the Best Solo Artist and Best Track for her UK number one single Burn, Ellie Goulding said: "It means so much to be nominated for a Q award, I have read and loved Q Magazine for as long as I can remember. It's an honour to be nominated in these categories with these nominees."
The Q Magazine’s annual awards ceremony will be hosted by Al Murray - aka The Pub Landlord - in London on 21 October.
Q magazine Senior Editor Matt Mason said: "It's been another unforgettable year for music, and the nominations reflect the breadth and brilliance of artists from the UK and beyond.
“The return of David Bowie proved that, even in the digital age, pop stars retain the ability to completely amaze and surprise us, while the phenomenal success of Daft Punk showed that you can still reach right across the globe with one great song."
Q Best New Act
Disclosure
Palma Violets
Laura Mvula
Jagwar Ma
TOY
Valerie June
Tom Odell
Jake Bugg
Q Best Track
Daft Punk ft Pharrell Williams 'Get Lucky'
Arctic Monkeys 'Do I Wanna Know?'
David Bowie 'Where Are We Now?'
Ellie Goulding 'Burn'
Robin Thicke ft TI and Pharrell 'Blurred Lines'
Q Best Video
Daft Punk ft Pharrell Williams 'Get Lucky'
David Bowie 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)'
Manic Street Preachers 'Show Me the Wonder'
Vampire Weekend 'Diane Young'
Beady Eye 'Shine a Light'
Q Best Album
David Bowie 'The Next Day'
Vampire Weekend 'Modern Vampires Of The City'
Foals 'Holy Fire'
Daft Punk 'Random Access Memories'
Biffy Clyro 'Opposites'
Q Best Live Act
Arctic Monkeys
Mumford & Sons
Muse
The Stone Roses
Foals
Q Best Solo Artist
David Bowie
Jake Bugg
Laura Marling
Ellie Goulding
John Grant
Q Best Act in the World Today
David Bowie
Vampire Weekend
Arctic Monkeys
Biffy Clyro
Foals
Q Best Event
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Glastonbury
David Bowie at the V&A
Kraftwerk at Tate Modern
The Rolling Stones in Hyde Park
Latitude
The Killers at Wembley Stadium and The Garage
