The MTV European Music Awards ceremony (not to be confused with the MTV Video Music Awards) takes place on Sunday November 10 from 8 p.m. (GMT) in Manchester (North West England). This 30th edition, which will be presented by Rita Ora, brings together the big names in world music and gives pride of place to female artists.
In total, ten of the eleven artists with the highest number of nominations for this ceremony are women, including Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Charlie XCX and Billie Eilish.
American star Taylor Swift, who continues her gigantic tour of Erasthe highest-grossing artist in history, leads the nominations for the second time, in seven categories following the release this year of her eleventh album The Tortured Poets Department.
In that of the best artist, she will face Beyoncé, the American rapper Post Malone, Billie Eilish, new queen of listening on Spotify, the British Raye, who won the record of six awards at the Brit Awards 2024, and one of the stars of the summer, Sabrina Carpenter.
In the best pop artist category, Taylor Swift is up against Charlie XCX, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Camilla Cabello and Sabrina Carpenter.
Other rising female stars include American Chappell Roan, Lisa, member of the ultra-popular K-pop group Blackpink, and Nigerian star Ayra Starr.
The song of the year trophy will be played between Birds of a Feather de Billie Eilish, Good Luck, Babe! de Chappell Roan, Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter, Texas Hold ‘Em by Beyoncé, Beautiful Thingswhich revealed the American Benson Boone, or We Can’t Be Friends d'Ariana Grande.
With a strong pop dominance, this edition will have its dose of rap and hip-hop with the Americans Travis Scott, competing in the Best Live category, and Busta Rhymes, who will be awarded the planetary icon trophy for his entire life. career.
In the France category, the interpreter of DjadjaAya Nakamura, one of the most listened to French-speaking artists in the world, will compete against the duo Dadju and Tayc, the rapper Gims, Pierre Garnier, revealed in the Star Academy, Slimane and the singer Vitaa.
Latin artists including heavyweights like the Puerto Rican Bad Bunny or the Colombian Karol G, 9th most listened to artist on Spotify in 2023, do not appear in the prestigious general categories, despite global hits. The latter will compete in the Latin American regional category, including Shakira, who relaunched her career with the hit Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53on his separation from ex-footballer Gerard Piqué.
The 2023 ceremony, which was to be held near Paris, was canceled due to the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, with organizers believing that the moment was “not right”.as conducive to an international festive event“.
