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Your support makes all the difference.Duffy and Adele will go head to head after both being nominated for best Breakthrough Artist at the Q Awards.
Coldplay are up for four awards, securing the largest number of nominations and sealing their status at the top of the music scene following the release of their new, fourth album this year.
Newcomers The Ting Tings follow with three nods, including one for Best Track for their Number One hit That's Not My Name.
Welsh chanteuse Duffy, 24, who was kicked out of her school choir at the age of seven but is now compared to Sixties legend Dusty Springfield, is in the running for two gongs.
As well as a nomination for Breakthrough Artist, she is also up for Best Track with her Number One hit, Mercy.
Singing sensation Adele, 20, a Brit School graduate, is up for Breakthrough Artist after bursting on to the music scene with the song Chasing Pavements and Number One album, 19.
Other nominees announced today for the annual music bash include US star Katy Perry, in the running for Best Track for her Number One hit I Kissed a Girl. The Number One song, which has been criticised for its lyrics, was penned by Nineties popstar Cathy Dennis.
Perry will do battle in the Best Track category with Keane (Spiralling), Duffy (Mercy), Coldplay (Violet Hill), and The Ting Tings (That's Not My Name).
The Last Shadow Puppets - a side project of Arctic Monkey Alex Turner, Coldplay, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are among the bands nominated for Best Album.
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Coldplay, Oasis, Muse, Metallica and Kings of Leon are in the running for best Act in the World Today. Others up for best Breakthrough are US stars Santogold and Bon Iver and Australian Gabriella Cilmi.
The Q Awards take place on October 6 at the Grosvenor House hotel in London.
The nominations
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
Duffy
Adele
Santogold
Bon Iver
Gabriella Cilmi
BEST NEW ACT
Fleet Foxes
Glasvegas
The Ting Tings
The Last Shadow Puppets
Vampire Weekend
BEST TRACK
Keane - Spiralling
Duffy - Mercy
Coldplay - Violet Hill
Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl
The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
BEST VIDEO
Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor
Coldplay - Violet Hill
The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
Goldfrapp - Happiness
BEST LIVE ACT
Kaiser Chiefs
Kings Of Leon
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
The Verve
Rage Against The Machine
BEST ALBUM
Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!
BEST ACT IN THE WORLD TODAY
Coldplay
Oasis
Muse
Metallica
Kings Of Leon
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