Biography

The following is a list of English artists nominated for MTV Europe Music Awards. List does not include MTV Europe Music Award for Best UK & Ireland Act, New Sounds of Europe or MTV Europe Music Award for Best European Act. Winners are in bold text.

Year	Nomination	Artist
1994	Best Song	Blur
	Best Group	Take That
	Best Dance	The Prodigy
	Best Cover	Pet Shop Boys
	Best Male	Seal
1995	Best Song	Seal
	Best Group	Blur
	Best Dance	East 17
	Best Director	Massive Attack
	Best Female	PJ Harvey
	Best Live Act	Take That
	Best Live Act	The Prodigy
	Best Live Act	The Rolling Stones
	Best Breakthrough Act	Portishead
	Best Rock	Oasis
1996	Best Song
	Best Rock
	Best Group
	Best Group	Pulp
	Best Breakthrough Act
	Best Song
	Best Dance	The Prodigy
	Best Dance	Everything but the Girl
	Best Dance	Mark Morrison
	Select	Jamiroquai
	Select	Oasis
	Select	Spice Girls
	Amour	Massive Attack
	Amour	George Michael
	Best Male	George Michael
	Best Breakthrough Act	Skunk Anansie
1997	Best Group	Spice Girls
	Best Group	The Prodigy
	Best Alternative
	Best Dance
	Best Video
	Best Group	Oasis
	Best Rock	Oasis
	Best Group	Radiohead
	Best Alternative
	Best Live Act
	Best Video
	Best Dance	The Chemical Brothers
	Select	Spice Girls
	Best Breakthrough Act
	Best Dance
	Best Video	Blur
	Best Alternative	Blur
	Best Video	The Chemical Brothers
	Best Male	George Michael
	Best Rock	Skunk Anansie
	Best Live Act	Skunk Anansie
	Best Rock	Bush
	Best Alternative	The Verve
1998	Best Song	All Saints
	Best Breakthrough Act
	Best Album
	Best Group
	Best Song	Cornershop
	Best Song	Robbie Williams
	Best Video	Massive Attack
	Best Group	Spice Girls
	Best Pop	Spice Girls
	Best Dance	The Prodigy
	Best Dance	Dario G
	Best Dance	Faithless
	Best Dance	Fatboy Slim
	Best Album	Massive Attack
	Best Album	Robbie Williams
	Best Male	Robbie Williams
	Best Breakthrough Act	Five
	Best Pop	Five
1999	Best Song	George Michael
	Best Group	Jamiroquai
	Best Dance	Fatboy Slim
	Best Dance	Basement Jaxx
	Best Dance	The Chemical Brothers
	Best Dance	Jamiroquai
	Best Pop	Five
	Best Video	Blur
	Best Video	George Michael
	Best Male	George Michael
	Best Video	Fatboy Slim
	Best Female	Geri Halliwell
	Best Male	Robbie Williams
2000	Best Song
	Best Video
	Best Male
	Best Song	Melanie C
	Best New Act	Melanie C
	Best Song	Sonique
	Best Dance
	Best New Act
	Best Dance	Artful Dodger
	Best Dance	Moloko
	Best Female	Melanie C
	Best Pop	All Saints
2001	Best Song	Gorillaz
	Best Group
	Best Dance
	Web Award
	Best Video
	Best New Act
	Best Pop	Atomic Kitten
	Best Song	Dido
	Best Female
	Best Album
	Best New Act
	Best Dance	Basement Jaxx
	Best Dance	Faithless
	Best R&B	Craig David
	Best Male
	Best New Act
	Web Award	Depeche Mode
	Best Video	Fatboy Slim
	Best Video	Robbie Williams
	Best Male	Robbie Williams
2002	Best Group	Coldplay
	Best Album
	Best Rock
	Best Live Act	Depeche Mode
	Best Dance	Sophie Ellis-Bextor
	Web Award	David Bowie
	Best Video	Basement Jaxx
	Best Male	Robbie Williams
2003	Best Group	Coldplay
	Best Group	Radiohead
	Best Dance	Panjabi MC
	Best Dance	The Chemical Brothers
	Best Dance	Paul Oakenfold
	Best R&B	Craig David
	Best Male	Craig David
	Best Album	Robbie Williams
	Best Male
	Best Pop
	Web Award	Goldfrapp
	Best Video	U.N.K.L.E.
2004	Best Album	Dido
	Best Video	The Cure
	Best Video	The Streets
	Best Male	Robbie Williams
	Best Pop	Robbie Williams
	Best New Act	Jamelia
	Best New Act	Keane
	Best Alternative	The Prodigy
	Best Alternative	Muse
	Best Rock	The Darkness
2005	Best Song	Coldplay
	Best Group
	Best Album
	Best Rock
	Best Song	James Blunt
	Best Song	The Chemical Brothers
	Best Video	The Chemical Brothers
	Best Song	Gorillaz
	Best Group
	Best Video
	Best Male	Robbie Williams
	Best Pop	Robbie Williams
	Best Alternative	Bloc Party
	Best Alternative	Goldfrapp
	Best New Act	James Blunt
	Best New Act	Kaiser Chiefs
2006	Best Group	Depeche Mode
	Best Group	Keane
	Best Rock	Keane
	Best Alternative	Muse
	Best Album	Muse
	Best Video	Simian
	Best Male	Robbie Williams
	Best Pop	Robbie Williams
	Best Alternative	Arctic Monkeys
2007	Most Addictive Track	Mika
	Best Solo	Mika
	Best Album	Amy Winehouse
	Artist's Choice
	Best Song
	Headliner	Arctic Monkeys
	Headliner	Muse
	Web Award	Depeche Mode
	Best Video	Bat for Lashes
	Best Video	The Chemical Brothers
2008	Most Addictive Track	Coldplay
	Best Album	Coldplay
	Best Album	Leona Lewis
	Headliner	The Cure
	Best Act	Coldplay
	Best Act	Leona Lewis
	Best Act	Amy Winehouse
	Best Act Ever	Rick Astley
	Ultimate Legend Award	Paul McCartney
2009	Best Female	Leona Lewis
	Best Male	Robbie Williams
	Best World Stage Performance	Coldplay
	Best Male	Mika
	Best New Act	La Roux
	Best Push Act	La Roux
	Best New Act	Pixie Lott
	Best Push Act	Pixie Lott
	Best Alternative	Muse
	Best Alternative	Placebo
	Best Alternative	The Prodigy
	Best Push Act	White Lies
	Best Push Act	Little Boots
2010	Best Video	Plan B
	Best New Act	Plan B
	Best Rock	Muse
	Live Act
	Best World Stage Performance
	Best Rock	Ozzy Osbourne
	Best Alternative	Gorillaz
	Best Push Act	Alexandra Burke
	Best Push Act	Hurts
	Best Push Act	Professor Green
	Best World Stage Performance	Gorillaz
2011	Best Song	Adele
	Best Video
	Best Female
	Global Icon	Queen
	Best New Act	Jessie J
	Best Push Act	Jessie J
	Best Push Act	Katy B
	Best Rock	Coldplay
	Live Act	Coldplay
	Best Alternative	Arctic Monkeys
	Best World Stage Performance	Ozzy Osbourne
2012	Best Video	M.I.A.
	Best New Act	Rita Ora
	Best Push Act	Rita Ora
	Best New Act	One Direction
	Biggest Fans	One Direction
	Best Rock	Coldplay
	Best Rock	Muse
	Live Act	Muse
	Best Alternative	Arctic Monkeys
	Best World Stage Performance	Arctic Monkeys
	Best Alternative	Florence and the Machine
	Best Push Act	Rebecca Ferguson
	Best Push Act	Michael Kiwanuka
	Best Push Act	Conor Maynard
	Best World Stage Performance	Kasabian
2013	Best New Act	Rudimental
	Best Push Act	Rudimental
	Best New Act	Bastille
	Best Push Act	Bastille
	Biggest Fans	One Direction
	Best Pop
	Best Worldwide Act
	Best Look	Harry Styles
	Best Look	Rita Ora
	Best World Stage Performance	Rita Ora
	Best Rock	Black Sabbath
	Best Alternative	Arctic Monkeys
	Best Push Act	Tom Odell
	Best World Stage Performance	Jessie J

MTV Europe Music Awards
Categories
Years	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 ~~2023~~
Main categories	Song Video Collaboration Artist Group New Act Pop Electronic Rock R&B Alternative Hip Hop Latin K-Pop Live Act Push Act Biggest Fans Video for Good Longform Video Global Icon
Regional and worldwide categories	Africa Asia Australia Brazil Canada Caribbean France Germany Hungary India Israel Italy Latin America – North Latin America – Central Latin America – South Netherlands New Zealand Nordic Poland Portugal Spain Switzerland United Kingdom & Ireland United States
Defunct categories	Adria Africa, Middle East and India Album Amour Arabia Artist on the Rise Asia and Pacific Baltic Belgium Denmark Cover Czech Republic & Slovakia Europe Female Finland Greater China Greece Hard Rock Japan Korea Latin American Best Look Male Metaverse Performance Middle East Netherlands & Belgium North American Norway Rap Romania Russia Select Southeast Asia Sweden Taiwan Turkey Ukraine Urban Web World Stage Performance Worldwide
Special Awards	Free Your Mind
Nominations by nationality of artist	British (English, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Ireland) German French Irish Swedish Dutch Belgian Norwegian Finnish Italian Icelandic Spanish Danish Russian