Rihanna Leads MTV Europe Music Awards with Six Nominations
After leading the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards alongside Drake just a few weeks ago, it has been announced that Rihanna also leads the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards with a total of six nominations, including Best Video for “We Found Love.”
Following Rihanna in second place with five nominations is Taylor Swift, while Katy Perry (I’m listening to her right now actually) and Justin Bieber tie in third place with four nominations each. Lana Del Rey, Carly Rae Jepsen, Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga, and fun. all finish with three nominations.
The 2012 MTV EMAs will air live from Festhalle in Frankfurt, Germany, on November 11th. Take a look at the full list of nominations which includes Jay-Z, Kanye West, Skrillex, Linkin Park and Green Day below:
2012 MTV EMA Nominees
BEST SONG
Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris – “We Found Love”
Gotye – “Somebody That I Used To Know”
Pitbull feat. Chris Brown – “International Love”
fun. feat. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
BEST NEW
Rita Ora
fun.
One Direction
Lana Del Rey
Carly Rae Jepsen
BEST FEMALE
Rihanna
Katy Perry
P!nk
Taylor Swift
Nicki Minaj
BEST MALE
Justin Bieber
Kanye West
Flo Rida
Pitbull
Jay-Z
BEST POP
Justin Bieber
No Doubt
Katy Perry
Taylor Swift
Rihanna
BEST LIVE
Taylor Swift
Lady Gaga
Jay-Z & Kanye West
Green Day
Muse
BEST HIP-HOP
Jay-Z & Kanye West
Nas
Rick Ross
Drake
Nicki Minaj
BEST ROCK
Linkin Park
Green Day
Muse
The Killers
Coldplay
BEST ELECTRONIC
David Guetta
Swedish House Mafia
Avicii
Skrillex
Calvin Harris
BEST ALTERNATIVE
Jack White
The Black Keys
Arctic Monkeys
Florence + The Machine
Lana Del Rey
BEST VIDEO
M.I.A. – “Bad Girls”
Lady Gaga – “Marry the Night”
Katy Perry – “Wide Awake”
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris – “We Found Love”
PSY – “Gangnam Style”
BEST LOOK
Nicki Minaj
Rihanna
Jack White
Taylor Swift
A$AP Rocky
BIGGEST FANS
Justin Bieber
One Direction
Lady Gaga
Rihanna
Katy Perry
BEST WORLD STAGE
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
B.o.B
Evanescence
Flo Rida
Jason Derulo
Joe Jonas
Justin Bieber
Kasabian
Ke$ha
LMFAO
Maroon 5
Nelly Furtado
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sean Paul
Snoop Dogg
Snow Patrol
Taylor Swift
BEST PUSH
Nov – Foster The People
Dec – Lana Del Rey
Jan – Mac Miller
Feb – Michael Kiwanuka
March – Gotye
April – Rebecca Ferguson
May – fun.
June – Rita Ora
July – Conor Maynard
August – Of Monsters And Men
September – Carly Rae Jepsen
