2015 MTV EMA Awards: Voting Now Open

The nominees in all 2015 MTV EMA categories have just been announced via MTV’s international Snapchat Discover channel and the voting race is on! Taylor Swift is leading the way with a record-breaking nine nominations, including three nods to her global smash hit Bad Blood for Best Song and Best Video, as well as brand new category Best Collaboration for her alliance with Kendrick Lamar.

The 2015 MTV EMA will broadcast live across Africa on Sunday 25 October at 9PM local time on MTV (DStv channel 130) and MTV Base (DStv channel 322 and GOtv channel 72) from the Mediolanum Forum in Milan, in partnership with Expo 2015. 

Man of the moment Justin Bieber is up for no less than six MTV EMAs, boosted by the global success of his current chart-topping track What Do You Mean? The 2015 MTV EMA will also see 2014 host Nicki Minaj and 2015 MTV VMA host Miley Cyrus face off in the Best Female category, and the world’s greatest boy bands One Direction and 5 Seconds of Summer go head-to- head for both Best Pop and Biggest Fans.

For more information on the 2015 MTV EMA, please go to www.mtvbase.com or www.mtv.co.za  or follow @MTVBaseAfrica or @MTVza.

Voting is now open for all categories at mtvema.com, including the Best African Act category, for which wildcard nominee DJ Arafat has been chosen by fans via social vote.

Social voting in the highly prized Biggest Fans category also went live today. Fandom groups now have the power to vote for their favourite artists via Twitter, Instagram and Vine using the hashtag #EMABiggestFans along with the artists’ names. Here are the official hashtags:

·         #EMABiggestFans5SOS

·         #EMABiggestFansJustinBieber

·         #EMABiggestFansKatyPerry

·         #EMABiggestFans1D

·         #EMABiggestFansTaylorSwift

Voting for the 2015 MTV EMA is open until 24 October at 23:59 GMT so visit mtvema.com to cast your vote!

2015 MTV EMA Nominees in Full

BEST SONGEllie Goulding – “Love Me Like You Do”
Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MØ – “Lean On”
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk!”
Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood”
Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth – “See You Again”

BEST POP
5 Seconds of Summer                          
Ariana Grande                                      
Justin Bieber                                        
One Direction                                       
Taylor Swift                       

                   

BEST FEMALE
Ellie Goulding                                      
Miley Cyrus                                           
Nicki Minaj                                           
Rihanna                                                           
Taylor Swift                   

                       

BEST MALE
Ed Sheeran                                          
Jason Derulo                                       
Justin Bieber                                        
Kanye West                                         
Pharrell Williams                      

                         

BEST AFRICAN ACT

AKA

Davido

Diamond Platnumz

DJ Arafat

Yemi Alade

BEST LIVE ACT
Ed Sheeran
Foo Fighters
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett
Taylor Swift

BEST NEW ACT
Echosmith                                           
James Bay                                           
Jess Glynne                                         
Shawn Mendes                                     
Tori Kelly                

                             

BEST VIDEO
Kendrick Lamar - “Alright”
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – “Downtown”
Pharrell Williams – “Freedom”
Sia – “Elastic Heart”
Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood”

BEST ROCK
AC/DC                                                 
Coldplay                                                          
Foo Fighters                                        
Muse                                                   
Royal Blood        

                                 

BEST ALTERNATIVE
Fall Out Boy                                         
Florence + the Machine                         
Lana Del Rey                                       
Lorde                                                   
Twenty One Pilots     

                           

BEST HIP HOP
Drake                                                  
Kanye West                                         
Kendrick Lamar                                    
Nicki Minaj                                           
Wiz Khalifa      

                                                 

BEST ELECTRONIC
Avicii                                                   
Calvin Harris                                         
David Guetta                                        
Major Lazer                                          
Martin Garrix      

                                  

BEST PUSH
Echosmith                                           
James Bay                                           
Jess Glynne                                         
Kwabs                                                 
Natalie La Rose                                    
Royal Blood                                         
Shamir                                                 
Shawn Mendes                                     
Tori Kelly                                             
Years & Years                                      
Zara Larsson        

                                

BEST COLLABORATION
David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rhexa & Afrojack – “Hey Mama”
Justin Bieber, Skrillex, Diplo – “Where Are You Now?”
Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk!”
Taylor Swift & Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood”
Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth – “See You Again”

BIGGEST FANS5 Seconds of Summer                          
Justin Bieber                                        
Katy Perry                                            
One Direction                                       
Taylor Swift                     

                     

BEST LOOKJustin Bieber                                        
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis                                
Nicki Minaj                                           
Rita Ora                                                           
Taylor Swift                               

           

BEST WORLD STAGEAfrojack - Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland UK 2014
Alicia Keys - O2 Academy Glasgow, Scotland UK 2014
B.O.B. - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2014
Biffy Clyro - O2 Academy Glasgow, Scotland UK 2014
Charli XCX - Circus, Helsinki, Finland 2014
Dizzee Rascal - Isle of MTV, Malta 2014
Ed Sheeran - V Festival, Hylands Park, UK 2014
Iggy Azalea - Wireless Festival, London, UK 2014
Jason Derulo - Isle of MTV, Malta 2015
Jessie Ware - Cork, Ireland 2014
Kaiser Chiefs - MTV Crashes Plymouth, UK 2014
Slash - O2 Academy Glasgow, Scotland UK 2014
Tomorrowland - Belgium & Brazil 2015
YG - MTV Evolution, Manila, Philippines 2015

For more information on the 2015 MTV EMA, please go to www.mtvbase.com or www.mtv.co.za

Click here to download the official 2015 MTV EMA nominees promo video.