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Bon Iver, Lana Del Rey Win At 2011 Q Awards

8:32 a.m. · October 25, 2011 · by Andrew Martin

The U.K. 's Q Magazine held its annual award show last night in London and two American critical darlings took home some choice honors. Justin Vernon's main gig, Bon Iver, won the best album award for this year's Bon Iver, Bon Iver, which I doubt many of us could really argue against. The same could be said for Lana Del Rey, who was awarded the Q Next Big Thing by Nivea Visage. OK, you can't make that one up and no, I'm not going to make the easy joke that I could. As for the rest of the winners, well, you can check them out below. Try not to chuckle too hard. [A Heart Is A Spade]

• Best Act In The World Today presented by First Drinks Brand: Coldplay 
• Greatest Act Of The Last 25 Years presented by BlackBerry: U2
• Best Album: Bon Iver - Bon Iver 
• Q Best Male Artist presented by Merc: Tinie Tempah 
• Q Best Female Artist presented by Nivea Visage: Adele 
• Q Icon: Noel Gallagher 
• Q Classic Songwriter: Gary Barlow 
• Breakthrough Artist: Ed Sheeran 
• Best New Act presented by Orange Amplification: WU LYF 
• Q Innovation In Sound: Kaiser Chief
• Q Inspiration presented by YouYou Mentoring: Fatboy Slim 
• Q Next Big Thing presented by Nivea Visage: Lana Del Ray 
• Best Track presented by Q Radio: Adele - Rolling In The Deep 
• Best Video presented by Q TV: Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude 
• Best Live Act: Biffy Clyro 
• Q Classic Song presented by Zippo: Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 
• Q Outstanding Contribution To Music: Siouxsie Sioux 
• Q Hall Of Fame: Queen