2016 MTV Europe Music Awards

The 2016 MTV EMAs (also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards) were held at the Rotterdam Ahoy, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on 6 November 2016. It was hosted by Bebe Rexha. This was the third time the awards have taken place in the Netherlands, and the second time Rotterdam has been the host city. The awards were held in the same venue as the 1997 MTV EMAs.

2016 MTV Europe Music Awards
Date	6 November 2016
Location	Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Hosted by	Bebe Rexha
Most wins	Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Martin Garrix, Shawn Mendes, Twenty One Pilots and Zara Larsson (each 2)
Most nominations	Beyoncé (5)
Website	mtvema.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV Channel 5
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Nominations

The nominations were announced on September 27, 2016.^[1][2] Winners are in bold text.

Best Song	Best Video
Justin Bieber — "Sorry" Adele — "Hello" Lukas Graham — "7 Years" Mike Posner — "I Took a Pill in Ibiza (Seeb Remix)" Rihanna (featuring Drake) — "Work"	The Weeknd (featuring Daft Punk) — "Starboy" Beyoncé — "Formation" Coldplay — "Up&Up" Kanye West — "Famous" Tame Impala — "The Less I Know the Better"
Best Female	Best Male
Lady Gaga Adele Beyoncé Rihanna Sia	Shawn Mendes Calvin Harris Drake Justin Bieber The Weeknd
Best New	Best Pop
Zara Larsson Bebe Rexha The Chainsmokers DNCE Lukas Graham	Fifth Harmony Selena Gomez Ariana Grande Justin Bieber Rihanna Shawn Mendes
Best Electronic	Best Rock
Martin Garrix Afrojack Calvin Harris David Guetta Major Lazer	Coldplay Green Day Metallica Muse Red Hot Chili Peppers
Best Alternative	Best Hip-Hop
Twenty One Pilots Kings of Leon Radiohead Tame Impala The 1975	Drake Future G-Eazy Kanye West Wiz Khalifa
Best Live	Best World Stage
Twenty One Pilots Adele Beyoncé Coldplay Green Day	Martin Garrix Duran Duran Ellie Goulding Jess Glynne OneRepublic Tinie Tempah Tomorrowland Wiz Khalifa
Best Push Act	Biggest Fans
DNCE Alessia Cara Anne-Marie Bebe Rexha Blossoms Charlie Puth Dua Lipa Elle King Halsey Jack Garratt Jonas Blue Lukas Graham	Justin Bieber Ariana Grande Beyoncé Lady Gaga Katy Perry
Best Look	Best Worldwide Act
Lady Gaga Beyoncé Bebe Rexha Rihanna Sia	Ariana Grande Got7 Maluma Shawn Mendes Troye Sivan Wizkid Zara Larsson
Global Icon
Green Day

Regional nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Europe

Best Adria Act	Best Belgian Act
S.A.R.S Elemental Luce Siddharta Toni Zen	Emma Bale Laura Tesoro Lost Frequencies Tourist LeMC Woodie Smalls
Best Danish Act	Best Dutch Act
Benjamin Lasnier Christopher Gilli Lukas Graham MØ	Broederliefde Douwe Bob Julian Jordan Ronnie Flex Sam Feldt
Best Finnish Act	Best French Act
Antti Tuisku Evelina Nikke Ankara Teflon Brothers Paula Vesala	Amir Frero Delavega Jain Maitre Gims Nekfeu
Best German Act	Best Israeli Act
Max Giesinger Beginner Robin Schulz Mark Forster Topic	The Ultras E-Z Eliad Noa Kirel Static & Ben El Tavori
Best Italian Act	Best Norwegian Act
Benji & Fede Alessandra Amoroso Emma Francesca Michielin Salmo	Alan Walker Astrid S Aurora Julie Bergan Kygo
Best Polish Act	Best Portuguese Act
Margaret Ania Dąbrowska Bovska Cleo Dawid Podsiadło	David Carreira Aurea Carlão D.A.M.A HMB
Best Romanian Act	Best Russian Act
Andra Feli Manuel Riva Smiley Vanotek	Therr Maitz Basta Elka Leningrad OQJAV
Best Spanish Act	Best Swedish Act
Enrique Bunbury Álvaro Soler Amaral Corizonas Leiva	The Fooo Conspiracy[3] Galantis Laleh Tove Lo Zara Larsson
Best Swiss Act	Best UK & Ireland Act
Chlyklass Bastian Baker Bligg Damian Lynn Nickless	Little Mix Adele Coldplay Zayn Years & Years

Africa

Best African Act
Ali Kiba Black Coffee Cassper Nyovest Olamide Wizkid

Asia

Best Chinese and Hong Kong Act	Best Indian Act
G.E.M. Khalil Fong Momo Wu Pu Shu Vision Wei	Prateek Kuhad Anoushka Shankar Bandish Projekt Monica Dogra Uday Benegal & Friends
Best Japanese Act	Best Korean Act
One Ok Rock Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Perfume Radwimps Sheena Ringo	B.A.P[4] Got7 GFriend Twice VIXX
Best Southeast Asian Act
Dong Nhi Bunkface Gentle Bones Raisa Sarah Geronimo Thaitanium Yuna

Australia and New Zealand

Best Australian Act	Best New Zealand Act
Troye Sivan Flume Tkay Maidza The Veronicas Vance Joy	Broods Kings Ladyhawke Maala Sachi

Latin America

Best Brazilian Act	Best Latin America North Act
Anitta Karol Conká Ludmilla Projota Tiago Iorc	Paty Cantú CD9 Jesse & Joy León Larregui Mon Laferte
Best Latin America Central Act	Best Latin America South Act
Maluma Alkilados J Balvin Manuel Medrano Sebastian Yatra	Lali Babasónicos Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas Será Pánico Tini

North America

Best Canadian Act	Best US Act
Shawn Mendes Justin Bieber Alessia Cara Drake The Weeknd	Ariana Grande Beyoncé Charlie Puth Kanye West Twenty One Pilots

Performances

Pre show

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Pre-show
Anne-Marie	"Alarm"

Main show

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Main show
Bruno Mars	"24K Magic"
DNCE	"Body Moves" "Cake by the Ocean"
Martin Garrix Bebe Rexha	"In the Name of Love"
Shawn Mendes	"Mercy"
Zara Larsson	"Lush Life" "Ain't My Fault"
Green Day	"Bang Bang"
The Weeknd	"Starboy"
Kings of Leon	"Waste a Moment"
Bebe Rexha	"I Got You"
Lukas Graham	"You're Not There" "7 Years"
Afrojack	"Gone" "Hey"
OneRepublic	"Let's Hurt Tonight"
Green Day	"American Idiot"

Appearances

Pre show

• Laura Whitmore and Sway Calloway — Red carpet hosts
• Laura Whitmore — Presented Biggest Fans
• Laura Whitmore and The MTV It Girls — Presented Best Look

Main show

• G-Eazy and Charli XCX — presented Best Electronic
• Winnie Harlow and Tinie Tempah — presented Best Live
• Jourdan Dunn — presented Best Male
• Jaden Smith — presented Best New Act
• Nina Dobrev and Deepika Padukone — presented Best Video
• Idris Elba — presented Global Icon

Voting process

Category	Voting Method	Start Date	End Date
Biggest Fans	Twitter, Instagram and Vine Hashtag	27 Sept @12pm CET	N/A
Worldwide Act	Website/App	2 Sept @12pm CET	5 Nov @11:59pm CET*
Best Video	MTV Music Editorial Team - not eligible for audience voting	N/A	N/A
All others	Website/App	12 Sept @12pm CET	5 Nov @11:59pm CET

(*)without Best Acts from Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Israel and Poland. In those countries voting was ended earlier.

See also

• 2016 MTV Video Music Awards