Rihanna and Taylor Swift lead nominations for the 2012 MTV EMA Awards
Rihanna and Taylor Swift will be going head to head at this year’s MTV EMA awards, after both receiving nods for the Best Female and Best Pop gongs.
The pair will battle it out at the 19th annual awards ceremony on Sunday 11th November in Frankfurt’s historic Festhalle arena.
As well as Best Female and Best Pop, Rihanna is also nominated for Best Look, Best Fans, Best Song and Best Video for hit track We Found Love, while Taylor is also up for Best Look, in addition to Best Live and Best World Stage.
In the Best Female category, the duo face strong competition from Katy Perry, Pink and new American Idol judge Nicki Minaj.
Two-time EMA host Katy also received nods for Biggest Fans and Best Video for her track Wide Awake, while Bieber got four nominations including Best Male and Best World Stage.
Other nominees include Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey and Cary Rae Jepsen, who received three nods each.
One Direction led the way for the UK acts nominated for the event, receiving nods for Biggest Fans, Best UK & Ireland Act and Best New.
One Direction are up for three awards at the ceremony
Jessie J, Conor Maynard, Rita Ora and Ed Sheeran also received nominations for Best UK & Ireland Act, while former X Factor contestant Rebecca Ferguson earned herself a nod for Best Push.Viewers can vote for EMA categories such as Best New, Best Live and more by visiting www.mtvema.com online or http://m.mtvema.com on their mobile phones. Voting for EMA categories is open from now until Friday, November 9th, 2012.
THE MTV EMA’S 2012, FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS:
BEST SONGCarly 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
fun.
Rita Ora
One DirectionLana Del Rey
Carly Rae Jepsen
BEST FEMALERihanna
Katy Perry
P!nk
Taylor Swift
Nicki Minaj
BEST MALEJustin Bieber
Kanye West
Flo Rida
Pitbull
Jay Z
BEST POPJustin Bieber
No Doubt
Katy Perry
Taylor Swift
Rihanna
BEST LIVETaylor Swift
Lady Gaga
Jay Z & Kanye West
Green Day
Muse
BEST HIP HOPJay Z & Kanye West
Nas
Rick Ross
Drake
Nicki Minaj
BEST ROCKLinkin Park
Green Day
Muse
The Killers
Coldplay
BEST ELECTRONICDavid Guetta
Swedish House Mafia
Avicii
Skrillex
Calvin Harris
BEST ALTERNATIVE
Jack White
The Black Keys
Arctic Monkeys
Florence + The Machine
Lana Del Rey
BEST VIDEOM.I.A. – Bad Girls
Lady Gaga – Marry The Night
Katy Perry – Wide Awake
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris – We Found Love
PSY – Gangnam Style
BEST LOOKNicki Minaj
Rihanna
Jack White
Taylor Swift
A$AP Rocky
BIGGEST FANSJustin Bieber
One Direction
Lady Gaga
Rihanna
Katy Perry
BEST WORLD STAGEArcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
B.o.B
Evanescence
Flo Rida
Jason Derulo
Joe Jonas
Justin Bieber
Kasabian
Ke$ha
LMFAO
Maroon 5
Nelly Furtado
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sean Paul
Snoop Dogg
Snow Patrol
Taylor Swift
BEST PUSHNov – 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 ACTConor Maynard
Rita Ora
One Direction
Jessie J
Ed Sheeran
