History of the NME
New Musical Express (NME) was launched in 1952
It is now the longest standing, most famous and biggest selling weekly music publication in the world.
NME has chronicled and helped to shape the history of music over the last 50 years.
Today NME remains at the cutting edge of new music.
NME supports breaking talents as they emerge into the mainstream and gains unique access to the world's superstars
NME was the first to:
Put Coldplay, Oasis, The Strokes, The White Stripes, The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers and Bloc Party on the cover, plus countless other bands which have gone on to great international success
In 1952 NME was the first publication to invent and run a weekly music chart based on record sales
Nine years ago, NME was music publication in Europe to launch a website, which now has 15 million page impressions a month
NME Brats were the first awards to recognise the talents of Radiohead, Suede, Blur, Oasis and The Libertines
The first publication in the world to cover punk extensively, with the first reviews ever of the Sex Pistols, The Clash, and The Stranglers
The first ever Oasis release was on a cover-mounted NME cassette.
NME was the first to: