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MTV Europe Music Awards nominations announced

By | Published on Tuesday 20 September 2011

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I lose track of all these MTV awards ceremonies, it really doesn’t seem like a whole year since we last celebrated the best European music, like, erm, Lady Gaga, Foo Fighters and Snoop Dogg. Presumably the MTV Europe Music Awards are about the music people in Europe like rather than the music people in Europe make. That would certainly explain why they’ve added a Latin American section to the regional awards. Though why they are celebrating artists whose fans just happen to be big I don’t know, perhaps obesity is in vogue in Europe just now. Anyway, whatever, there’ll be a bash in Belfast on 6 Nov and awards will be handed out to people, for whatever reason, and everyone will be happy.

Here are the non-region specific nominations:

Best Song: Adele – Rolling In The Deep, Bruno Mars – Grenade, Jennifer Lopez feat Pitbull – On The Floor, Katy Perry – Firework, Lady Gaga – Born This Way

Best Live: Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best Pop: Britney Spears, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Rihanna

Best New: Bruno Mars, Far East Movement, Jessie J, LMFAO, Wiz Khalifa

Best Female: Adele, Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga

Best Male: Bruno Mars, David Guetta, Eminem, Justin Bieber, Kanye West

Best Hip Hop: Eminem, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z & Kanye West, Pitbull, Snoop Dogg

Best Rock: Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, Kings Of Leon, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best Video: Adele – Rolling In The Deep, Beastie Boys – Make Some Noise, Beyoncé – Run The World (Girls), Justice – Civilization, Lady Gaga – Born This Way

Best Alternative: Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, My Chemical Romance, The Strokes, 30 Seconds To Mars

Best World Stage: Arcade Fire, The Black Eyed Peas, Diddy Dirty Money, Enrique Iglesias, Kings Of Leon, Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Ozzy Osborne, Snoop Dogg, 30 Seconds To Mars

Best Push: Alexis Jordan, Big Time Rush, Bruno Mars, Far East Movement, Jessie J, Katy B, LMFAO, Neon Trees, Theophilus London, Wiz Khalifa

Biggest Fans: Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Paramore, Selena Gomez, 30 Seconds To Mars

And not that we are horribly insular or anything, but of the 27 region-specific awards, here’s the ones we suspect you’re all actually interesting in:

Best UK & Ireland Act: Adele, Coldplay, Florence And The Machine, Jessie J, Kasabian

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