One Direction Fans Who Don't Think Harry Styles Should Be NME's Villain Of The Year

22 January 2013, 16:27 | Updated: 22 January 2013, 17:29

The 'Live While We're Young' singer's fans have reacted angrily after he was shortlisted alongside David Cameron.

Fans of One Direction have been left upset after Harry Styles was nominated for Villain Of The Year at the NME Awards.

One Direction have also been shortlisted in the Worst Band category at the event, which takes place in London next month.

In The Villain Of The Year category, Harry is nominated against David Cameron, Skrillex, PSY, Spector's Fred Macpherson and Azealia Banks.

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber are also nominated in the Worst Band category.

Understandably, fans of One Direction have hit out at the nominations on Twitter – and you can see a round-up of some of the best reactions below.

This year's NME Awards will take place at The Troxy in London on 27th February.

NME Awards 2013 nominations are:

Best British Band supported by SONOS

Arctic Monkeys
Kasabian
The Vaccines
Biffy Clyro
The Maccabees
The Cribs

Best Album

Frank Ocean, 'Channel Orange'
Jake Bugg, 'Jake Bugg'
The Maccabees, 'Given To The Wild'
Alt-J, 'An Awesome Wave'
The Vaccines, 'Come Of Age'
Tame Impala, 'Lonerism'

Best International Band supported by Rekorderlig Cider

The Killers
Tame Impala
The Black Keys
Odd Future
Crystal Castles
Foo Fighters

Best Track supported by Blackstar Amps

Arctic Monkeys, 'R U Mine?'
Haim, 'Don’t Save Me'
MIA, 'Bad Girls'
Foals, 'Inhaler'
Palma Violets, 'Best Of Friends'
Tame Impala, 'Elephant'

Best TV Show

Breaking Bad
Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy
Fresh Meat
Sherlock
The Thick Of It
Doctor Who

Best Music Film

Searching For Sugar Man
LCD Soundsystem: 'Shut Up And Play The Hits'
Hit So Hard : The Life & Near Death Story of Patty Schemel
Marley
The Rolling Stones: 'Crossfire Hurricane'
Led Zeppelin: 'Celebration Day'

Best Re-Issue

Manic Street Preachers, 'Generation Terrorists'
Blur, '21'
Prodigy, 'The Fat Of The Land'
Interpol, 'Turn On The Bright Lights'
Smashing Pumpkins, 'Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness'
Ian Brown, 'Collected'

Best Solo Artist

Jake Bugg
Noel Gallagher
Florence Welch
Miles Kane
Grimes
Paul Weller

Best New Band supported by Spotify

Alt-J
Peace
Palma Violets
Django Django
Alabama Shakes
Haim

Best Music Video

Grimes, 'Oblivion'
MIA, 'Bad Girls'
David Bowie, 'Where Are We Now?'
Arctic Monkeys, 'R U Mine?'
Haim, 'Don't Save Me'
Tame Impala, 'Feels Like We Only Go Backwards'

Best Festival supported by Farah Vintage

Reading & Leeds Festivals
T In The Park
Bestival
Primavera
Latitude
Isle Of Wight

Best Live Band

The Maccabees
The Cribs
Blur
Biffy Clyro
Foals
The Rolling Stones

Best Dancefloor Anthem

Mosca feating Katy B, 'What You Came For'
Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch, 'Sweet Nothing'
Psy, 'Gangnam Style'
MIA, 'Bad Girls'
Kanye West/Jay-Z, 'In Paris'
Solange, 'Losing You'

Best Twitter

Muse (@muse)
Fred Macpherson, Spector (@fredmacpherson)
Theo Hutchcraft, Hurts (@theohurts)
Alana Haim, Haim (@babyhaim)
Wiley (@EskiDance)
MIA (@MIAuniverse)

Best Book

David Byrne, How Music Works
Neil Young, Waging Heavy Peace
Mike Skinner, The Story Of The Streets
Tim Burgess, Telling Stories
The Rolling Stones, 50
Peter Hook, Unknown Pleasures : Inside Joy Division

Music Moment Of The Year

David Bowie returns
The Stone Roses play Heaton Park
Olympics opening ceremony
The Rolling Stones play London's O2 Arena
Green Day's secret set at Reading Festival
Pussy Riot's punk prayer

Hero Of The Year

David Bowie
Bradley Wiggins
Pussy Riot
Barack Obama
Frank Ocean
Dave Grohl

Villain Of The Year

David Cameron
Harry Styles
Skrillex
Psy
Fred Macpherson
Azealia Banks

Best Small Festival

Swn
The Great Escape
Field Day
Festival No.6
End Of The Road
Constellations

Worst Band

One Direction
Muse
Mumford & Sons
Alt-J
Justin Bieber
Ed Sheeran

Best Fan Community

Muse
Hurts
30 Seconds To Mars
Manic Street Preachers
The Killers
Enter Shikari

Best Film

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Ted
iLL Manors
The Dark Knight Rises
Skyfall
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower