Band Aid (band) organisations of live Benefit Concerts run by Celebrity Charity. The concerts were USA for Africa and Live Aid and were broadcast in over 160 countries across the globe. Band Aid and Live Aid combined raised about $150 million (USD) for the famine relief effort in Ethiopia. The first hit was so popular that several of the artists got together again to do a cover version of the original song "Do They Know It's Christmas?". These artists include Dido, Robbie Williams and Chris Martin. The group has come together on a total of four occasions composed of popular British and Irish
NME Single of the Year of the Year in the same year: Joy Division in 1980, Klaxons in 2007 and MGMT in 2008. Cecil Womack and Bobby Womack also won Single & Album of the Year respectively in 1984. NME End of year critic lists NME Single of the Year Every December, British music magazine "NME" compiles a list of what it considers the best single or track of the year. It was started in 1975. The list is usually published in one of the issues sold before Christmas – in 2006 it was published in the issue for December 9. The companion list is