2015 MTV EMA Nominees Revealed

The nominees in all 2015 MTV EMA categories have just been announced via MTV’s international Snapchat Discover channel and the voting race is on! Taylor Swift is leading the way with a record-breaking nine nominations, including three nods to her global smash hit Bad Blood for Best Song and Best Video, as well as brand new category Best Collaboration for her alliance with Kendrick Lamar.

The 2015 MTV EMA will broadcast live across Africa on Sunday 25 October at 9PM local time on MTV (DStv channel 130) and MTV Base (DStv channel 322 and GOtv channel 72) from the Mediolanum Forum in Milan, in partnership with Expo 2015

Man of the moment Justin Bieber is up for no less than six MTV EMAs, boosted by the global success of his current chart-topping track What Do You Mean? The 2015 MTV EMA will also see 2014 host Nicki Minaj and 2015 MTV VMA host Miley Cyrus face off in the Best Female category, and the world’s greatest boy bands One Direction and 5 Seconds of Summer go head-to- head for both Best Pop and Biggest Fans. 

For more information on the 2015 MTV EMA, please go to www.mtvbase.com or www.mtv.co.za  or follow @MTVBaseAfrica or @MTVza.

Voting is now open for all categories at mtvema.com, including the Best African Act category, for which wildcard nominee DJ Arafat has been chosen by fans via social vote. 

Social voting in the highly prized Biggest Fans category also went live today. Fandom groups now have the power to vote for their favourite artists via Twitter, Instagram and Vine using the hashtag #EMABiggestFans along with the artists’ names. Here are the official hashtags:

• #EMABiggestFans5SOS

• #EMABiggestFansJustinBieber

• #EMABiggestFansKatyPerry

• #EMABiggestFans1D

• #EMABiggestFansTaylorSwift

Voting for the 2015 MTV EMA is open until 24 October at 23:59 GMT so visit mtvema.com to cast your vote!

2015 MTV EMA Nominees in Full

BEST SONG

Ellie Goulding – “Love Me Like You Do”

Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MØ – “Lean On” 

Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk!”

Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood”

Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth – “See You Again”

BEST POP

5 Seconds of Summer  

Ariana Grande

Justin Bieber

One Direction

Taylor Swift

  

BEST FEMALE

Ellie Goulding

Miley Cyrus

Nicki Minaj

Rihanna

Taylor Swift

BEST MALE

Ed Sheeran

Jason Derulo

Justin Bieber

Kanye West

Pharrell Williams

BEST AFRICAN ACT

AKA

Davido 

Diamond Platnumz 

DJ Arafat

Yemi Alade

BEST LIVE ACT

Ed Sheeran

Foo Fighters

Katy Perry

Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett

Taylor Swift

BEST NEW ACT

Echosmith

James Bay

Jess Glynne

Shawn Mendes

Tori Kelly

BEST VIDEO

Kendrick Lamar - “Alright”

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – “Downtown” 

Pharrell Williams – “Freedom”

Sia – “Elastic Heart”

Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood”

BEST ROCK

AC/DC

Coldplay

Foo Fighters

Muse

Royal Blood

BEST ALTERNATIVE

Fall Out Boy

Florence + the Machine

Lana Del Rey  

Lorde

Twenty One Pilots

BEST HIP HOP

Drake

Kanye West

Kendrick Lamar

Nicki Minaj

Wiz Khalifa

BEST ELECTRONIC

Avicii  

Calvin Harris

David Guetta

Major Lazer

Martin Garrix

BEST PUSH

Echosmith

James Bay

Jess Glynne

Kwabs

Natalie La Rose

Royal Blood

Shamir

Shawn Mendes

Tori Kelly

Years & Years

Zara Larsson

BEST COLLABORATION

David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rhexa & Afrojack – “Hey Mama” 

Justin Bieber, Skrillex, Diplo – “Where Are You Now?”

Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk!”

Taylor Swift & Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood”

Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth – “See You Again”

BIGGEST FANS

5 Seconds of Summer

Justin Bieber

Katy Perry

One Direction

Taylor Swift

BEST LOOK

Justin Bieber

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Nicki Minaj

Rita Ora

Taylor Swift

BEST WORLD STAGE

Afrojack - Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland UK 2014

Alicia Keys - O2 Academy Glasgow, Scotland UK 2014

B.O.B. - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2014

Biffy Clyro - O2 Academy Glasgow, Scotland UK 2014

Charli XCX - Circus, Helsinki, Finland 2014

Dizzee Rascal - Isle of MTV, Malta 2014

Ed Sheeran - V Festival, Hylands Park, UK 2014

Iggy Azalea - Wireless Festival, London, UK 2014

Jason Derulo - Isle of MTV, Malta 2015

Jessie Ware - Cork, Ireland 2014

Kaiser Chiefs - MTV Crashes Plymouth, UK 2014

Slash - O2 Academy Glasgow, Scotland UK 2014

Tomorrowland - Belgium & Brazil 2015

YG - MTV Evolution, Manila, Philippines 2015

For more information on the 2015 MTV EMA, please go to www.mtvbase.com or www.mtv.co.za