The MTV European Music Awards was broadcast live on Sunday night from Dusseldorf, Germany.
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American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift bagged a total of six nominations and took big awards including Best Artist, Best Video, Best Pop, and Best Longform Video for All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version).
The #MTVEMA for Best Artist goes to @taylorswift13! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/hIAE1h86ij — MTV EMA (@mtvema) November 13, 2022
Rita Ora and Taika Waititi were the event hosts which included performances by David Guetta and Bebe Rexha, Muse, Ava Max, Stormzy, One Republic, Gayle, Lewis Capaldi, and Tate McRae among others. The Ukrainian Band Kalush Orchestra also showed their support for Ukraine with a powerful performance.
Honored to have Kalush Orchestra bring Ukrainian culture to the #MTVEMA stage. 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/rQkGJIXpGd — MTV EMA (@mtvema) November 14, 2022
Meanwhile, Super Bass singer Nicki Minaj won Best Song for Super Freaky Girl, and Best Hip Hop. The English singer-songwriter, Harry Styles who lead the nominations field with a total of seven was awarded Best Live.
David Guetta and Bebe Rexha won Best Collaboration for I’m Good (Blue). Rita Ora won Best Look ‘Personal Style’, and Sam Smith took Video for Good for Unholy feat. Kim Petras.
BLACKPINK’s Lisa took Best K-Pop this year which saw nominations from her group, as well as BTS, Itzy, Seventeen, and Twice. Whereas K-Pop boy band BTS took the award for Biggest Fans for the fifth consecutive year.
The #MTVEMA for Biggest Fans goes to @bts_bighit!🎉🎉 pic.twitter.com/5y3G5Jm8Nl — MTV EMA (@mtvema) November 13, 2022
The South Korean boy band Seventeen won Best New as well as Best Push. The K-Pop girl group BLACKPINK took the EMA’s newest category, Best Metaverse Performance, for their virtual PUBG Mobile concert.
Other winners include:
Best Latin: Anitta
Best Electronic: David Guetta
Best Rock: Muse
Best Alternative: Gorillaz
Best R&B: Chlӧe
Generation Change: Lina Deshvar, Anna Kutova, and Anfisa Yakovina
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