Lady Gaga Tops MTV European Music Awards Nominees


After taking home multiple MTV Video Music Awards last month -- in drag, no less -- Lady Gaga continues a banner year with six nominations for the MTV Europe Music Awards, to be held Nov. 6 at Belfast's Odyssey Arena. Behind the widespread acclaim for new album "Born This Way," the pop star leads all nominations and will compete in categories like Best Pop, Best Female, and Best Live.

Bruno Mars and Katy Perry placed second to Gaga with four nominations, respectively, while Adele, Justin Bieber and Thirty Seconds to Mars each scored three nominations. Perry's anthem "Firework" will challenge Gaga's "Born This Way," Adele's "Rolling in the Deep," Mars' "Grenade" and Jennifer Lopez's "On the Floor" for the title of Best Song.

Gaga, Bieber and Thirty Seconds to Mars will compete against Paramore and Selena Gomez in the new Biggest Fans category, which honors the rabidness of an artist's fan base. Also new to the EMAs is the World Wide Act category, which allows fans to vote for artists from different sects of Europe, with the winner competing against acts from Latin America, North America, Asia Pacific and Africa/India/Middle East.

The MTV EMAs have been held annually since 1994 in a variety of European cities, including Paris, Berlin, and Rome. Last year's awards, held in Madrid, were dominated by Gaga as well, as she took home three titles, including Best Song for "Bad Romance."

Here are the nominees for the 2011 EMAs:

BEST SONG
Adele - "Rolling In The Deep"
Bruno Mars - "Grenade"
Jennifer Lopez ft Pitbull - "On The Floor"
Katy Perry - "Firework"
Lady Gaga - "Born This Way"

BEST LIVE
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Red Hot Chili Peppers

BEST POP
Britney Spears
Justin Bieber
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Rihanna

BEST NEW
Bruno Mars
Far East Movement
Jessie J
LMFAO
Wiz Khalifa

BEST FEMALE
Adele
Beyoncé
Jennifer Lopez
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga

BEST MALE
Bruno Mars
David Guetta
Eminem
Justin Bieber
Kanye West

BEST HIP HOP
Eminem
Lil Wayne
JAY Z & Kanye West
Pitbull
Snoop Dogg

BEST ROCK
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Linkin Park
Kings of Leon
Red Hot Chili Peppers

BEST VIDEO
Adele - "Rolling In The Deep"
Beastie Boys - "Make Some Noise"
Beyoncé - "Run The World (Girls)"
Justice - "Civilization"
Lady Gaga - "Born This Way"

BEST ALTERNATIVE
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
My Chemical Romance
The Strokes
Thirty Seconds To Mars

BEST WORLD STAGE
Arcade Fire
The Black Eyed Peas
Diddy Dirty Money
Enrique Iglesias
Kings of Leon
Linkin Park
My Chemical Romance
Ozzy Osborne
Snoop Dogg
Thirty Seconds To Mars

BEST PUSH
Alexis Jordan
Big Time Rush
Bruno Mars
Far East Movement
Jessie J
Katy B
LMFAO
Neon Trees
Theophilus London
Wiz Khalifa

BIGGEST FANS
Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga
Paramore
Selena Gomez
Thirty Seconds To Mars

MTV UK & IRELAND/ BEST UK & IRELAND ACT
Adele
Coldplay
Florence + The Machine
Jessie J
Kasabian

 via Billboard

© 2011 Hafiz Halwi

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