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 NEWCOMER: 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
BEST UK & IRELAND ACT: Conor Maynard Rita Ora One Direction Jessie J Ed Sheeran
2012 is definitely shaping up to be Rihanna’s best year yet! After taking home a moon man at the MTV Video Music Awards earlier this month, the pop star scooped up six nominations for the network’s European Music Awards. The “We Found Love” songstress will take on fellow nominees Katy Perry and Taylor Swift at the big show in Frankfurt, Germany on Nov. 11!
Check out the full list of nominees below!
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 NEWCOMER:
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
BEST UK & IRELAND ACT:
Conor Maynard
Rita Ora
One Direction
Jessie J
Ed Sheeran
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