Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish And Shawn Mendes Lead 2019 MTV EMA Nominations

Ariana Grande leads the pack of nominees at the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) along with Shawn Mendes, Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish.

Grande has nabbed seven nominations including for Best Artist, Best Video for ‘thank you, next’ as well as best song for ‘thank u, next’. Following close behind her is Shawn Mendes, Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish with six nominations each, J Balvin with five, and Lizzo and Taylor Swift with four each.

Grande will also go head-to-head with against Swift, Mendes, Balvin and Miley Cyrus for Best Artist. The Best Song category is also a tight race with Mendes’ collaboration with Camila Cabello on ‘Señorita’ up against ‘Grande’s ‘7 rings’, Eilish’s ‘bad guy’, the Post Malone and Swae Lee’s hit ‘Sunflower’ and the viral smash ‘Old Town Road (Remix) by Lil Nas X.

Lil Nas X is also up for Best New Arist, alongside Eilish, Lizzo, Ava Max, Lewis Capaldi and Mabel.

The fan category might be the most contentious of all, with the Arianators fans competing with the seismic force of BTS fans.

The MTV EMAs will take place on 3 November at the FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre in Seville, Spain, and will air live on MTV in nearly 180 countries at 9 pm. CET. Voting is now open until 2 November at 11:59 pm CET.

Visit the official site to vote and scroll down for the full list of nominees.

Best Video
Ariana Grande: ‘thank u, next’
Billie Eilish: ‘bad guy’
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus: ‘Old Town Road (Remix)’
Rosalia, J Balvin ft. El Guincho: ‘Con Altura’
Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco: ‘ME!’

Best Artist
Ariana Grande
J Balvin
Miley Cyrus
Shawn Mendes
Taylor Swift

Best Song
Ariana Grande: ‘7 rings’
Billie Eilish: ‘bad guy’
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus: ‘Old Town Road (Remix)’
Post Malone, Swae Lee: ‘Sunflower’
Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello: ‘Señorita’

Best Collaboration
BTS, Halsey: ‘Boy With Luv’
Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus: ‘Old Town Road (Remix)’
Mark Ronson, Miley Cyrus: ‘Nothing Breaks Like a Heart’
ROSALÍA, J Balvin ft. El Guincho: ‘Con Altura’
Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello: ‘Señorita’
The Chainsmokers, Bebe Rexha: ‘Call You Mine’

Best New
Ava Max
Billie Eilish
Lewis Capaldi
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Mabel

Best Pop
Ariana Grande
Becky G
Camila Cabello
Halsey
Jonas Brothers
Shawn Mendes

Best Live
Ariana Grande
BTS
Ed Sheeran
P!NK
Travis Scott

Best Rock
Green Day
Imagine Dragons
Liam Gallagher
Panic! At The Disco
The 1975

Best Hip-Hop

21 Savage
Cardi B
J Cole
Nicki Minaj
Travis Scott

Best Alternative
FKA Twigs
Lana Del Rey
Solange
Twenty One Pilots
Vampire Weekend

Best Electronic
Calvin Harris
DJ Snake
Marshmello
Martin Garrix
The Chainsmokers

Best Look
Halsey
J Balvin
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
ROSALÍA

Biggest Fans
Ariana Grande
Billie Eilish
BTS
Shawn Mendes
Taylor Swift

Format: UK English