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The list of nominees for the 2012 MTV European Music Awards were announced today and Rihanna and Taylor Swift have taken the lead with six and five nominations a piece. The two women will be going head to head in many of the same categories, including Best Female Artist, Best Pop Act, and Best Look. Rihanna is also up for Best Fans and Best Song and Best Video for her Calvin Harris collaboration on We Found Love. Taylor Swift has scored additional nominations for Best World Stage and Best Live Act.

There’s no shortage of Canadian star power for this year’s list of the best in music, with Justin Bieber racking up four nominations and his labelmate, Carly Rae Jepsen, making her MTV EMA nominee debut with three nominations. Jepsen has been nominated in the prestigious Best Song category for her break out hit Call Me Maybe and is going head to head with Rita Ora, fun., One Direction and Lana Del Ray in the stacked Best New Artist category. Drake and Arcade Fire both received nominations for this year’s show.

This year’s MTV EMAs, which will air exclusively on MuchMusic on Sunday, November 11, will take place in Frankfurt’s historical Festhalle. Starting today, viewers can vote on MTV EMA categories such as Best New and Best Live at www.mtvema.com. Check out the full list of nominees below.

BEST SONG
Carly Rae Jepsen – ‘Call Me Maybe’
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris – ‘We Found Love’
Gotye – ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’
Pitbull feat. Chris Brown – ‘International Love’
fun. feat. Janelle Monáe – ‘We Are Young’

BEST NEW
Rita Ora
fun.
One Direction
Lana Del Rey
Carly Rae Jepsen

BEST FEMALE
Rihanna
Katy Perry
P!nk
Taylor Swift
Nicki Minaj

BEST MALE
Justin Bieber
Kanye West
Flo Rida
Pitbull
Jay Z

BEST POP
Justin Bieber
No Doubt
Katy Perry
Taylor Swift
Rihanna

BEST LIVE
Taylor Swift
Lady Gaga
Jay Z & Kanye West
Green Day
Muse

BEST HIP HOP
Jay Z & Kanye West
Nas
Rick Ross
Drake
Nicki Minaj

BEST ROCK
Linkin Park
Green Day
Muse
The Killers
Coldplay

BEST ELECTRONIC
David Guetta
Swedish House Mafia
Avicii
Skrillex
Calvin Harris

BEST ALTERNATIVE
Jack White
The Black Keys
Arctic Monkeys
Florence + The Machine
Lana Del Rey

BEST VIDEO
M.I.A. – ‘Bad Girls’
Lady Gaga – ‘Marry The Night’
Katy Perry – ‘Wide Awake’
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris – ‘We Found Love’
PSY – ‘Gangnam Style’

BEST LOOK
Nicki Minaj
Rihanna
Jack White
Taylor Swift
A$AP Rocky

BIGGEST FANS
Justin Bieber
One Direction
Lady Gaga
Rihanna
Katy Perry

BEST WORLD STAGE
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
B.o.B
Evanescence
Flo Rida
Jason Derulo
Joe Jonas
Justin Bieber
Kasabian
Ke$ha
LMFAO
Maroon 5
Nelly Furtado
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sean Paul
Snoop Dogg
Snow Patrol
Taylor Swift

BEST PUSH
Nov – Foster The People
Dec – Lana Del Rey
Jan – Mac Miller
Feb – Michael Kiwanuka
March – Gotye
April – Rebecca Ferguson
May – fun.
June – Rita Ora
July – Conor Maynard
August – Of Monsters And Men
September – Carly Rae Jepsen

Tags: 2012 MTV EMAs, Carly Rae Jepsen, drake, justin bieber, mtv emas, News, rihanna, taylor swift

Posted on Monday, September 17th, 2012 at 12:24 pm by Allison and is filed under Blog, News.

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