Katy Perry leads the nominations for this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards with seven. The “Prism” singer is followed closely by Ariana Grande, who is up for six awards, with both stars contesting alongside Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift and Beyonce for the Best Female prize.
The two women will also compete for another two prizes, Best Song – for which Katy’s “Dark Horse” is nominated with Ariana’s “Problem” – and Best Pop.”Happy” hitmaker Pharrell Williams is nominated for five trophies, as are newcomers 5 Seconds of Summer. They are followed by One Direction, Nicki Minaj, Iggy Azalea, Eminem, Sam Smith and Kiesza, who have all received four MTV EMA nominations each.Meanwhile,”‘Crazy Stupid Love” singer Cheryl has been selected as a Wild Card entry in the Best UK & Ireland Act following a fan vote, and will contest for the prize with 1D, Calvin Harris, Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran, with the winner competing in the Best Worldwide Act category alongside other regional champions.
The 2014 MTV EMAs take place at The SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow on Sunday, November 9. You can vote for the winners at MTVEMA.com.
Best Song
Ariana Grande – “Problem” ft. Iggy Azalea
Eminem – “The Monster” ft. Rihanna
Katy Perry – “Dark Horse” ft. Juicy J
Pharrell Williams – “Happy”
Sam Smith – “Stay With Me”
Best Pop
5 Seconds of Summer
Ariana Grande
Katy Perry
Miley Cyrus
One Direction
Best Female
Ariana Grande
Beyoncé
Katy Perry
Nicki Minaj
Taylor Swift
Best Male
Ed Sheeran
Eminem
Justin Bieber
Justin Timberlake
Pharrell Williams
Best Live
Beyoncé
Bruno Mars
Justin Timberlake
Katy Perry
One Direction
Best New
5 Seconds of Summer
Ariana Grande
Charli XCX
Kiesza
Sam Smith
Best Video
Iggy Azalea – “Black Widow ft. Rita Ora”
Katy Perry – “Dark Horse ft. Juicy J”
Kiesza – “Hideaway”
Pharrell Williams – “Happy”
Sia – “Chandelier”
Best Rock
Arctic Monkeys
The Black Keys
Coldplay
Imagine Dragons
Linkin Park
Best Alternative
Fall Out Boy
Lana Del Rey
Lorde
Paramore
Thirty Seconds To Mars
Best Hip Hop
Drake
Eminem
Iggy Azalea
Kanye West
Nicki Minaj
Best Electronic
Afrojack
Avicii
Calvin Harris
David Guetta
Hardwell
Biggest Fans
5 Seconds of Summer
Ariana Grande
Justin Bieber
Nicki Minaj
One Direction
Best Look
Iggy Azalea
Katy Perry
Nicki Minaj
Rita Ora
Taylor Swift
Best Push
5 Seconds of Summer
Ariana Grande
Charli XCX
Cris Cab
John Newman
Jungle
Kid Ink
Kiesza
Lorde
Sam Smith
Zedd