The 2011 MTV European Music Awards will return to the UK once again when the event is televised from Belfast, Ireland’s Odyssey Arena on November 6. Unlike with the recent MTV Video Music Awards (where she was virtually overlooked, nominations-wise — though still very visible throughout the night), Lady Gaga leads the nominees this year, with recognition in six categories (including Best Song, Best Female, Best Video and Biggest Fans).
Katy Perry’s “Firework,” the Video Of The Year winner at the VMAs, is up for Best Song, while the singer herself is also nominated in the Best Live, Best Female and Best Pop categories. Like Katy, Bruno Mars is up for four awards at the EMAs.
And once again, actual European artists are few and far between with this year’s MTV European Music Awards nominees, save for Adele (UK), Coldplay (UK), Justice (France), David Guetta (France) and a few others.
Those wishing to vote for their faves can do so here.
2011 MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES:
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
Beyonce
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 and Kanye West (The Throne)
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”
Beyonce, “Run The World (Girls)”
Justice, “Civilization”
Lady Gaga, “Born This Way”
BEST ALTERNATIVE
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
My Chemical Romance
The Strokes
Thirty 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
Thirty 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
Thirty Seconds To Mars
Lame. Barely anything European about it.
I’m real glad they included On the Floor. That was totally snubbed at the VMAs.
And once again, the MTV European Music Awards prove why they’re largely irrelevant. Why call it a European show when you lavish nominations upon American artists?