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''NME'' Cool List is an annual listing of popular musicians compiled by the weekly British music magazine ''NME''. The list is created each November by the magazine's writers and journalists, and is based on the 50 musicians that they consider to be the "coolest". Each year's list is first announced by ''NME'' through both a dedicated issue of their magazine and their official website, NME.com – the Cool List issue often attracts high sales.〔 The list was first published in 2002, to highlight the people who were "at the forefront of the music scene"〔 – Jack White, the lead singer of American rock band The White Stripes, topped the first poll. Since then, it has been published a further eight times: it ran every year from 2003 to 2011, with the exception of 2009. Musicians such as Justin Timberlake, Pete Doherty and Laura Marling topped these subsequent listings. , the most recent artist to top ''NME'' Cool List is the American rapper Azealia Banks. Alongside the Cool List, ''NME'' also often concurrently publishes alternative lists, such as the Fool List, the Had It, Lost It list, the If Only They Rocked list, and the Cool Places list. Fool Lists have included individuals such as George W. Bush and Mark Ronson; Had It, Lost It lists have featured Bobby Gillespie and Richard Archer; If Only They Rocked lists have included the likes of Ferenc Gyurcsány and Charlie Brooker. As well as high sales, the Cool List also generates a large critical response for ''NME'', from both journalists and members of the public: the magazine has received criticism of its lists from various sources, including music journalists, pop stars, and drugs charities. ==History== ''NME'' first Cool List was compiled in 2002, with its inaugural winner being Jack White, the lead singer of The White Stripes. White topped the list for "turning down Gap, his rediscovery of rock's debt to the blues, and for being the fire that torched the whole new rock revolution". The American pop star Justin Timberlake topped the second Cool List in 2003, with the magazine praising his "killer career moves, genuine talent, charm and good looks". Deputy editor Alex Needham remarked: "In a world of moaning micro-celebs, Justin makes being a superstar look the most fun you could have with your clothes half off." Carl Barât of The Libertines was placed at number five on the 2003 Cool List. The following year he rose to number one alongside his bandmate Pete Doherty, the first and () only time the list has been topped by more than one person. To commemorate the 2004 list, the cover of the ''NME'' issue promoting it was a 3D lenticular image of Doherty, which the magazine claimed was a "world first". The year after, Alex Turner, the lead singer of British indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, was named the coolest person of the year, with ''NME'' citing his "authenticity" as the reason for his placing. Turner would go on to feature in a further four Cool Lists, including at number six in 2007 and number four in 2008.〔〔 The first woman to top the Cool List was Beth Ditto, the lead singer of American band The Gossip, in 2006. The 2006 list was noted as the most female-oriented to date, with five women in the top ten.〔 ''NME'' described Ditto as "a true product of the underground", with Needham hailing her "voice like Tina Turner gargling ball bearings" and her "megawatt stage presence". Writing for ''The Observer'', music journalist Kitty Empire remarked that "placing Beth Ditto at the top of the Cool List is an audacious move that shows NME is finally questioning its institutional chap-ism". Recounting The Gossip's rise to success in her memoir ''Coal to Diamonds'', Ditto cited topping the Cool List as the moment "when things got weird". Ditto was placed at number nine in the 2007 Cool List, which was celebrated as the "oldest ever" – its entries had a combined age of 1,389 (approximately 28 years each). The list was topped by 23-year-old Gallows frontman Frank Carter, who celebrated by planning a tattoo on his leg that proclaimed "Fuck the NME". The following year's Top 50 was published exclusively on NME.com, with only the Top 10 featuring in the magazine. Like its previous year, the 2008 list was praised for its inclusion of "old rockers", such as Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant and Johnny Marr. It was topped by 20-year-old Crystal Castles singer Alice Glass, who stated that she was "flattered" by the win.〔 〕 No Cool List was published in 2009 – it returned the following year as an expanded Top 75, with the British folk singer Laura Marling reaching number one. the most recent artist to top the Cool List is Azealia Banks, who was named the coolest person of the year in 2011. ''NME'' hailed Banks for her "youthful rebellion" and her "can-do, fuck-you attitude". Accepting the honour, Banks remarked: "I'm fucking talented." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「NME's Cool List」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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