2019 MTV Europe Music Awards

The 2019 MTV EMAs (also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards) was held at the FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre in Seville, Spain, on 3 November 2019.^[2] The ceremony's host was Becky G.^[3] This was the fourth year, as well as the second consecutive year, that Spain hosted the ceremony. It was also the first time a country hosted back-to-back editions.

2019 MTV Europe Music Awards
Date	3 November 2019
Location	FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre, Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Hosted by	Becky G
Most awards	BTS (3)
Most nominations	Ariana Grande (7)
Website	mtvema.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV Channel 5
Directed by	Liz Clare Paul Dugdale^[1]
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Ariana Grande was nominated for seven awards, followed by Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X and Shawn Mendes, who were each nominated for six.^[4] BTS won three awards, becoming the most awarded act of the night, followed by Taylor Swift, Halsey and Eilish, who each won two.^[5]

In association with the EMAs, an event called MTV Music Week was organised, which run from 31 October to 2 November at different locations throughout the city. Its main concert was held at the Plaza de España on 2 November, headlined by Green Day.^[6]

Nominations

Nominees were announced on October 1, 2019.^[4] Winners are in bold text.

Best Song	Best Video
Billie Eilish — "Bad Guy" Ariana Grande — "7 Rings" Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) — "Old Town Road (Remix)" Post Malone and Swae Lee – "Sunflower" Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello — "Señorita"	Taylor Swift (featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco) — "Me!" Ariana Grande — "Thank U, Next" Billie Eilish — "Bad Guy" Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) — "Old Town Road (Remix)" Rosalía and J Balvin (featuring El Guincho) – "Con Altura"
Best Collaboration	Best Artist
Rosalía and J Balvin (featuring El Guincho) – "Con Altura" BTS and Halsey — "Boy with Luv" Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) — "Old Town Road (Remix)" Mark Ronson (featuring Miley Cyrus) — "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello — "Señorita" The Chainsmokers and Bebe Rexha — "Call You Mine"	Shawn Mendes Ariana Grande J Balvin Miley Cyrus Taylor Swift
Best Group	Best New
BTS 5 Seconds of Summer Blackpink CNCO Jonas Brothers Little Mix Monsta X The 1975	Billie Eilish Ava Max Lewis Capaldi Lil Nas X Lizzo Mabel
Best Pop	Best Electronic
Halsey Ariana Grande Becky G Camila Cabello Jonas Brothers Shawn Mendes	Martin Garrix Calvin Harris DJ Snake Marshmello The Chainsmokers
Best Rock	Best Alternative
Green Day Imagine Dragons Liam Gallagher Panic! at the Disco The 1975	FKA Twigs Lana Del Rey Solange Twenty One Pilots Vampire Weekend
Best Hip-Hop	Best Live
Nicki Minaj 21 Savage Cardi B J. Cole Travis Scott	BTS Ariana Grande Ed Sheeran Pink Travis Scott
Best World Stage	Best Push
Muse Bebe Rexha Hailee Steinfeld The 1975 Twenty One Pilots	Ava Max Billie Eilish CNCO H.E.R. Jade Bird Juice Wrld Kiana Ledé Lauv Lewis Capaldi Lizzo Mabel Rosalía
Biggest Fans	Best Look
BTS Ariana Grande Billie Eilish Shawn Mendes Taylor Swift	Halsey J Balvin Lil Nas X Lizzo Rosalía
Generation Change^[7]
Alfredo "Danger" Martinez Shiden Tekle Lisa Ranran Hu Kelvin Doe Jamie Margolin
Rock Icon
Liam Gallagher

Regional nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Europe
Best Belgian Act	Best Danish Act
MATTN Blackwave. IBE Tamino Zwangere Guy	Nicklas Sahl Christopher Gilli Lukas Graham MØ
Best Dutch Act	Best Finnish Act
Snelle Josylvio Maan Nielson Yung Felix	JVG Alma Benjamin Gettomasa Robin Packalen
Best French Act	Best German Act
Kendji Girac Aya Nakamura Dadju DJ Snake Soprano	Juju AnnenMayKantereit Luciano Marteria and Casper Rammstein
Best Hungarian Act	Best Italian Act
Viktor Király Hősök Jumodaddy András Kállay-Saunders Mörk	Mahmood Coez Elettra Lamborghini Elodie Salmo
Best Norwegian Act	Best Polish Act
Sigrid Alan Walker Astrid S Kygo Ruben	Roksana Węgiel Bass Astral x Igo Daria Zawiałow Dawid Podsiadło Sarsa
Best Portuguese Act	Best Russian Act
Fernando Daniel David Carreira Plutónio ProfJam TAY	Maruv Face Little Big Noize MC Zivert
Best Spanish Act	Best Swedish Act
Lola Indigo Amaral Anni B Sweet Beret Carolina Durante	Avicii Jireel Zara Larsson Molly Sandén Robyn
Best Swiss Act	Best UK & Ireland Act
Loredana Stefanie Heinzmann Ilira Monet192 Faber	Little Mix Lewis Capaldi Dave Mabel Ed Sheeran
Africa
Best African Act
Burna Boy Harmonize Nasty C Prince Kaybee Teni Toofan
Asia
Best Greater China Act	Best Indian Act
Zhou Shen Click#15 Fiona Sit Shin Timmy Xu Feng Timo	Emiway Bantai Komorebi Parikrama Prateek Kuhad Raja Kumari
Best Japanese Act	Best Korean Act
King Gnu Chai Chanmina Nulbarich Tempalay	Ateez AB6IX CIX Itzy Iz*One
Best Southeast Asian Act
Jasmine Sokko Jannine Weigel Moira Dela Torre Rich Brian Suboi Yuna
Australia and New Zealand
Best Australian Act	Best New Zealand Act
Ruel Dean Lewis Mallrat Sampa the Great Tones and I	JessB Benee Broods Drax Project Kings
Americas
Best Brazilian Act	Best Canadian Act
Pabllo Vittar Anitta Emicida Kevin O Chris Ludmilla	Johnny Orlando Alessia Cara Avril Lavigne Carly Rae Jepsen Shawn Mendes
Best Caribbean Act	Best Latin America North Act
Anuel AA Bad Bunny Daddy Yankee Ozuna Pedro Capó	Mon Laferte Ed Maverick Jesse & Joy Reik Ximena Sariñana
Best Latin America Central Act	Best Latin America South Act
Sebastián Yatra J Balvin Maluma Mau y Ricky Piso 21	J Mena Cazzu Lali Paulo Londra Tini
Best US Act
Taylor Swift Ariana Grande Billie Eilish Lil Nas X Lizzo

Performances

List of musical performances

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Pre show^[8]
Pabllo Vittar	"Flash Pose"
Sofía Reyes Jhay Cortez	"A Tu Manera (Corbata)"
Main show^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
Dua Lipa	"Don't Start Now"
Mabel	"Don't Call Me Up"
Niall Horan	"Nice to Meet Ya"
Akon Becky G	"Cómo No"
Green Day	"Father of All..." "Basket Case" (Filmed at Plaza de España)
Halsey	"Graveyard"
Ava Max	"Torn" "Sweet but Psycho"
Rosalía	"Pienso en tu mirá" "Di mi nombre"
NCT 127	"Highway to Heaven"
Becky G	"24/7" "Sin Pijama" "Mayores"
Liam Gallagher	"Once" "Wonderwall"

Appearances

• Terry Crews — announcer
• Nicole Scherzinger — presented Best Pop
• Afrojack and Georgina Rodríguez — presented Best Collaboration
• Doutzen Kroes and Paz Vega — presented Best Hip Hop
• Joan Smalls and Sway Calloway — presented Best Rock
• Halsey — presented Rock Icon
• Abraham Mateo and Sofía Reyes — presented Best New
• Johnny Orlando and Leomie Anderson — presented Best Video

Most wins and nominations

Most wins

Artist(s)	Wins
BTS	3
Taylor Swift	2
Billie Eilish
Halsey

Most nominations

Artist(s)	Nominations
Ariana Grande	7
Billie Eilish	6
Lil Nas X
Shawn Mendes

See also

• 2019 MTV Video Music Awards

References

1. "MTV Europe Music Awards 2019". IMDb. 4 November 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
2. "MTV's European Music Awards Head To Seville In Spain For 2019 Event". Deadline. March 25, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
3. "Becky G to Host 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards". Billboard. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
4. "Ariana Grande Leads 2019 MTV EMA Nominations". Variety. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
5. "MTV EMAs 2019: BTS the big winners in Seville". BBC News. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
6. Jesús Morillo (17 September 2019). "La Plaza de España acogerá el gran concierto internacional de los premios MTV en Sevilla". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 September 2019.
7. "Meet the innovative activists who are being honored with the 2019 mtv ema generation change award". MTV EMA. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
8. "Dua Lipa, NCT 127, Sofia Reyes, Pablo Vittar and Jhay Cortez will perform at the MTV EMA". MTV EMA. October 28, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
9. "Halsey, Rosalía, Becky G, Akon, Ava Max And Mabel Will Perform at the 2019 EMAs". MTV EMA. October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
10. "Green Day will Headline the MTV World Stage in Seville". MTV EMA. October 14, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
11. "Global Superstar Niall Horan to Perform New Single at the 2019 MTV EMA". MTV EMA. October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.

External links

• Official website 2016-09-27 at the Wayback Machine