2014 MTV Europe Music Awards

The 2014 MTV EMAs (also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards) were held at The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland on 9 November 2014.^[1] This was the first time since 2003 when the awards were held in Scotland and the fifth time the United Kingdom has hosted the MTV EMA since the show was hosted in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The event showcases the world's hottest musical acts in a different city each year.^[2] The event was hosted by Nicki Minaj.^[3][4]

2014 MTV Europe Music Awards
Date	9 November 2014 (9:00 PM CET)
Location	The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
Hosted by	Nicki Minaj
Most awards	One Direction and 5 Seconds of Summer (3 each)
Most nominations	Katy Perry (7)
Website	http://tv.mtvema.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV, VIVA, Channel 5
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Ariana Grande opened the show with "Problem" and "Break Free". An additional performance from Alicia Keys was featured at the O2 Academy Glasgow. Ozzy Osbourne received the award for Global Icon from Slash. Slash closed the show performing "Crazy Train" featuring The Conspirators and with Myles Kennedy and Simon Neil from Biffy Clyro on vocals.

One Direction and 5 Seconds Of Summer were the biggest winners of the night with three wins, followed by Ariana Grande and Katy Perry.

Voting process

Category	Voting Method	Start Date	End Date
Biggest Fans	Twitter and Instagram Hashtag	15 Sept @12 pm CET	8 Nov @ 11:59 pm CET
Worldwide Act Pre-Nomination	Twitter and Weibo (in China only) Hashtag	9 Sept @ 12 pm CET	14 Sept @ 11:59 pm CET
Worldwide Act Phase 1 - Local	Website mtvema.com/App	16 Sept @12 pm CET	22 Oct @ 11:59 pm CET
Worldwide Act Phase 2 - Cluster	Website mtvema.com/App	23 Oct @ 12 pm CET	29 Oct @ 11:59 pm CET
Worldwide Act Phase 3 - Final	Website mtvema.com/App	30 Oct @ 12 pm CET	8 Nov @ 11:59 pm CET
Best Video	MTV Music Editorial Team - not eligible for audience voting	N/A	N/A
Global Icon	MTV Music Editorial Team - not eligible for audience voting	N/A	N/A
Greatest EMA Moments	Website mtvema.com/mtv-ema-top-20	25 Sept @12 pm CET	20 Nov @ 11:59 pm CET
Additional Social Category (Artist on the Rise, #EMAzing Artist)	social media	TBA	TBA
All Others	Website mtvema.com/App	16 Sept @12 pm CET	8 Nov @ 11:59 pm CET

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Song	Best Video
Ariana Grande (featuring Iggy Azalea) — "Problem" Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — "The Monster" Katy Perry (featuring Juicy J) — "Dark Horse" Pharrell Williams — "Happy" Sam Smith — "Stay With Me"	Katy Perry (featuring Juicy J) — "Dark Horse" Iggy Azalea (featuring Rita Ora) — "Black Widow" Kiesza — "Hideaway" Pharrell Williams — "Happy" Sia — "Chandelier"
Best Female	Best Male
Ariana Grande Beyoncé Katy Perry Nicki Minaj Taylor Swift	Justin Bieber Ed Sheeran Eminem Justin Timberlake Pharrell Williams
Best New Act	Best Pop
5 Seconds of Summer Ariana Grande Charli XCX Kiesza Sam Smith	One Direction 5 Seconds of Summer Ariana Grande Katy Perry Miley Cyrus
Best Electronic	Best Rock
Calvin Harris Afrojack Avicii David Guetta Hardwell	Linkin Park Arctic Monkeys The Black Keys Coldplay Imagine Dragons
Best Alternative	Best Hip-Hop
Thirty Seconds To Mars Arcade Fire Lana Del Rey Lorde Paramore	Nicki Minaj Drake Eminem Iggy Azalea Kanye West
Best Live Act	Best World Stage Performance
One Direction Beyoncé Bruno Mars Justin Timberlake Katy Perry	Enrique Iglesias Afrojack B.o.B Ellie Goulding Fall Out Boy Flo Rida Hardwell Imagine Dragons The Killers Kings of Leon Linkin Park Nicole Scherzinger Pharrell Williams Simple Plan
Best Push Act	Biggest Fans
5 Seconds of Summer Ariana Grande Charli XCX Cris Cab John Newman Jungle Kid Ink Kiesza Lorde Sam Smith Zedd	One Direction 5 Seconds of Summer Ariana Grande Justin Bieber Nicki Minaj
Best Look	Best Worldwide Act
Katy Perry Iggy Azalea Nicki Minaj Rita Ora Taylor Swift	Bibi Zhou 5 Seconds of Summer Alessandra Amoroso B.A.P. Dawid Kwiatkowski Dulce Maria Fifth Harmony Mohammed Assaf One Direction Revolverheld
Artist on the Rise	Best Song With A Social Message
5 Seconds Of Summer Fifth Harmony Jake Miller Lucy Hale Nick Jonas	Beyoncé — "Pretty Hurts" Alicia Keys — "We Are Here" Arcade Fire — "We Exist" Hozier — "Take Me to Church" Meghan Trainor — "All About That Bass"
Global Icon
Ozzy Osbourne

Regional nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Northern Europe

Best Danish Act	Best Finnish Act
Christopher Burhan G L.I.G.A Medina Sivas	Isac Elliot Kasmir Nikke Ankara Robin Teflon Brothers
Best Norwegian Act	Best Swedish Act
Adelén Anders Nilsen Donkeyboy Martin Tungevaag Nico & Vinz	The Fooo Anton Ewald Avicii Icona Pop Tove Lo
Best UK & Ireland Act
One Direction Calvin Harris Cheryl Cole Ed Sheeran Sam Smith

Southern Europe

Best French Act	Best Greek Act
Indila Casseurs Flowters Christine and the Queens Julien Doré Tal	Vegas Demy Despina Vandi Kostas Martakis Thanos Petrelis
Best Italian Act	Best Portuguese Act[5]
Alessandra Amoroso Caparezza Club Dogo Emis Killa Giorgia	David Carreira Amor Electro Diego Miranda HMB Richie Campbell
Best Spanish Act[6]
Enrique Iglesias Izal Leiva Sweet California Vinila Von Bismark

Central Europe

Best Belgian Act	Best Dutch Act
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Netsky The Oddword Stromae Triggerfinger	Kensington Chef'Special Hardwell Martin Garrix Mr. Probz
Best German Act	Best Swiss Act
Revolverheld Cro Marteria Max Herre Milky Chance Sido	Sinplus Bastian Baker DJ Antoine Mr. Da-Nos & The Product G&B Remady & Manu-L

Eastern Europe

Best Adria Act	Best Israeli Act
Van Gogh Gramatik Punčke[7] Vatra Who See	TRIPL featuring Meital de Razon Eliad E-Z Dudu Tassa Ido B & Zooki
Best Polish Act[8]	Best Romanian Act
Dawid Kwiatkowski Artur Rojek Grzegorz Hyży Jamal Mrozu	Andra Antonia Iacobescu Elena Gheorghe Maxim Smiley
Best Russian Act
Nyusha Bianka Kasta Noize MC Serebro

Africa, Middle East and India

Best African Act	Best Middle East Act
Sauti Sol Davido Diamond Goldfish Toofan	Mohammed Assaf Cairokee Jana Omar Basaad Saad Lamjarred
Best Indian Act
Yo Yo Honey Singh Meet Bros Anjjan Pritam Chakraborty Vishal–Shekhar

Japan and Korea

Best Japanese Act	Best Korean Act[9]
Daichi Miura E-Girls Namie Amuro One Ok Rock Perfume	B.A.P BTS Beast CNBLUE Kara

Southeast Asia, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan

Best Southeast Asian Act	Best Mainland China and Hong Kong Act
Sarah Geronimo Agnez Mo Hồ Ngọc Hà Noah Stefanie Sun Slot Machine Yuna	Bibi Zhou G.E.M. Moraynia Liu Wang Feng Jason Zhang
Best Taiwanese Act
Hebe Tien A-mei Mayday Sodagreen Will Pan

Australia and New Zealand

Best Australian Act	Best New Zealand Act
5 Seconds Of Summer Havana Brown Iggy Azalea Justice Crew Sia	Lorde Broods Ginny Blackmore Kimbra Stan Walker

Latin America

Best Brazilian Act	Best Latin America North Act
Anitta Marcelo D2 MC Guimê Pitty Projota	Dulce María Camila CD9 Panda Zoé
Best Latin America Central Act	Best Latin America South Act
Don Tetto Alkilados J Balvin Mirella Cesa Nicolás Mayorca	Miranda! Babasónicos Banda de Turistas Maxi Trusso Tan Biónica

North America

Best Canadian Act	Best US Act
Justin Bieber Arcade Fire Avril Lavigne Drake Kiesza	Fifth Harmony Beyoncé Eminem Katy Perry Pharrell Williams

Worldwide nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Northern European Act	Best Southern European Act
One Direction Adelén The Fooo Christopher Isac Elliot	Alessandra Amoroso David Carreira Enrique Iglesias Shaka Ponk Vegas
Best Central European Act	Best Eastern European Act
Revolverheld Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Kensington Sinplus	Dawid Kwiatkowski Andra Nyusha Tripl featuring Meital de Razon Van Gogh
Best Africa, Middle East and India Act	Best Japan and Korea Act
Mohammed Assaf Sauti Sol Yo Yo Honey Singh	B.A.P. Daichi Miura
Best Southeast Asia, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan Act	Best Australia and New Zealand Act
Bibi Zhou Hebe Tien Sarah Geronimo	5 Seconds of Summer Lorde
Best Latin American Act	Best North American Act
Dulce Maria Anitta Don Tetto Miranda!	Fifth Harmony Justin Bieber

Performances

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Pre-Show
Fifth Harmony	"BO$$"
Nick Jonas	"Jealous"
Main show
Ariana Grande	"Problem" "Break Free"
Kiesza	"Hideaway"
Royal Blood	"Figure It Out"
Charli XCX	"Boom Clap" "Break the Rules"
U2	"Every Breaking Wave"
Nicki Minaj Skylar Grey	"Super Bass" "Bed of Lies" "Anaconda"
Ed Sheeran	"Thinking Out Loud"
Enrique Iglesias Gente de Zona	"I'm a Freak" "Bailando"
Alicia Keys	"We Are Here"
Slash Myles Kennedy The Conspirators Simon Neil	"Crazy Train"

Appearances

Pre show

• Bonang Matheba — Red Carpet Host^[10]
• Laura Whitmore — Pre-Red Carpet and Backstage Host
• Sway Calloway — Pre-Red Carpet Host^[11]

Main show

• Emeli Sandé and Alicia Keys – presented Best Song
• Redfoo — presented Best Pop
• Jena Malone and Jourdan Dunn – presented Best Hip-Hop
• Laura Whitmore – presented Best Song With a Social Message
• Slash – presented Global Icon
• Afrojack – presented Worldwide Act
• David Hasselhoff, Brie Bella and Nikki Bella – presented Best Female

See also

• 2014 MTV Video Music Awards