NME are proudly announcing that the Arctic Monkeys have seven nominations between them in the Shockwaves NME Awards 2008. They’ve also scooped an award for Best Pop at the South Bank Show Awards and are nominated for this year’s Brits.

It seems like if there’s an awards ceremony, the Arctic Monkeys will be invited along to it. ‘Serious’ music publications are falling over themselves to declare their genius and they’ve definitely spawned an industry of copycat acts.

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Just when you think the Arctic Monkeys have finally outstayed their welcome, they come along with a tune like Teddy Picker.

I caught this on the radio during the week and loved it just for that brilliant riff that runs through the song. The Arctic Monkeys do stripped-down like it’s an art form.

The accents are slightly like listening to the cast of Emmerdale, but that’s understandable, right?

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The massively successful second album from the Arctic Monkeys has entered the US charts at number 7.

The group have been working hard to crack the States and have most recently performed at California’s Coachella Festival.

Favourite Worst Nightmare sold sold 44,000 copies - outselling the 34,000 first-week sales of their first record, which peaked at number 24 last year.

The Arctic Monkeys have managed to sell 60,000 copies of their new album Favourite Worst Nightmare, in one day alone.

HMV’s Gennaro Castaldo told The Mirror: “They look set to sell around 250,000 in a week - making it a surefire No.1 album come Sunday.”