MTV officially announced nominations for the 2019 MTV EMAs, with frontrunner Ariana Grande securing seven nods. Grande’s nominations include Best Artist, Best Video for her viral hit “thank you, next”, as well as Best Song alongside Shawn Mendes and EMA nominee newcomers Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish, who all follow Grande with six nods each. Latin American sensation J Balvin follows closely with five nominations including Best Artist, and Lizzo and Taylor Swift join the above contenders for Best U.S. Act, scoring four nods each.
To tease this year’s nominees, MTV poured fans a “taste of Seville” with beautiful coffee art reveals. As a play on the traditional Spanish cortado, the nominees for Best Artist, Best Video, and Biggest Fans were revealed via artistic foam cream visuals. The videos premiered across MTV’s global digital platforms and a coalition of media partners.
The 2019 MTV EMAs will take place at the FIBES, Conference & Exhibition Centre of Seville, Spain, and broadcast live on MTV Asia on Monday, 4 November 2019, starting with the red carpet premiere at 2.00 AM (WIB), 3.00 AM (SG/MY/PH), and 4.00 AM (MY – Astro). This is followed by the main show at 3.00 AM (WIB), 4.00 AM (SG/MY/PH), and 5.00 AM (MY – Astro). The 2019 MTV EMAs will also be livestreamed on the MTV Play app.
The primetime encore telecast will happen on the same day, 4 November, with the red carpet at 7.00 PM (WIB) and 8.00 PM (SG/MY/PH), and the main show at 7.50 PM (WIB) and 8.50 PM (SG/MY/PH).
In this region, Rich Brian (Indonesia), Yuna (Malaysia), Moira Dela Torre (Philippines), Jasmine Sokko (Singapore), Jannine Weigel (Thailand) and Suboi (Vietnam) have been nominated in the ‘Best Southeast Asia Act’ category.
COMPLETE LIST – 2019 MTV EMA NOMINEES
BEST VIDEO
Ariana Grande- thank u, next
Billie Eilish- bad guy
Lil Nas X- Old Town Road (Remix)
ROSALÍA, J Balvin- Con Altura ft. El Guincho
Taylor Swift- ME! ft. Brendon Urie
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- 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- Con Altura ft. El Guincho
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
BEST PUSH
Ava Max
Billie Eilish
CNCO
H.E.R.
Jade Bird
Juice WRLD
Kiana Ledé
Lauv
Lewis Capaldi
Lizzo
Mabel
ROSALÍA
BEST WORLD STAGE
Bebe Rexha- Isle of MTV Malta 2019
Hailee Steinfeld- Isle of MTV Malta 2018
Muse- Bilbao, Spain 2018
The 1975- Lollapalooza Paris Festival 2019
twenty one pilots- Lollapalooza Paris Festival 2019
*Ariana Grande (US), Taylor Swift (US), Ed Sheeran (UK & Ireland), Shawn Mendes (Canada) and Burna Boy (Africa) are among those nominated for Best Act in their respective home regions.
BEST SOUTHEAST ASIA ACT
Rich Brian (Indonesia)
Yuna (Malaysia)
Moira Dela Torre (Philippines)
Jasmine Sokko (Singapore)
Jannine Weigel (Thailand)
Suboi (Vietnam)
BEST GREATER CHINA ACT
Timmy Xu 许魏洲
Fiona 薛凯琪
Shin 信
Timo Feng 冯提莫
Click#15
Shen Zhou 周深
BEST JAPAN ACT
King Gnu
Nulbarich
CHAI
Tempalay
Chanmina (ちゃんみな)
BEST KOREA ACT
AB6IX
ATEEZ
CIX
ITZY
IZ*ONE
The 2019 MTV EMA Red Carpet is sponsored by the upcoming film, “Charlie’s Angels”.
Voting is now open at mtvema.com until November 2nd at 11:59pm CET.