Nominees: 2012 MTV EMAS
September 20, 2012 by Brown Shuga
The nominees for this year’s MTV EMAs were announced this week and the event will take place at Frankfurt’s historic Festhalle on Sunday 11 November. The event will be broadcast live across Africa on MTV Base on Sunday 11 November at 22:00 CAT.
I don’t understand why Chris Brown is not on this list… anyway… congrats to Mi Casa getting a mention in the word act category.
Here is the list of nominees:
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’ (this doesn’t count in my book)
- fun. feat. Janelle Monáe – ‘We Are Young’
BEST NEW
- Rita Ora (who the hell knows what this chick sings?? All I know about her is that she’s tryan do everything Riri does)
- 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
Why are Jay Z and Kanye nominated individually?
BEST POP
- Justin Bieber
- No Doubt
- Katy Perry
- Taylor Swift
- Rihanna
BEST LIVE
(why is Rihanna not nominated)
- 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$AP Rocky
BIGGEST FANS
- Justin Bieber
- One Direction
- Lady Gaga
- Rihanna
- Katy Perry
BEST WORLD STAGE ( I have no idea what this category is about and looking at how random the nominees are, confusion reigns!)
- Arcade Fire
- Arctic Monkeys
- B.o.B
- Evanescence
- Flo Rida
- Jason Derulo
- Joe Jonas
- Justin Bieber
- Kasabian
- Ke$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
WORLDWIDE ACT
- Sarkodie
- Camp Mulla
- Wizkid
- Mi Casa
- D’Banj
Black_Diamond on Thu, 20th Sep 2012 5:38 am
Lol,o tletse ka di WHY BS. Just continue maybe ul get to the root of all this.
kamzababy on Thu, 20th Sep 2012 8:36 am
no 2!! LOL Balck Diamond, do u not sleep??????
kamzababy on Thu, 20th Sep 2012 9:47 am
BEST LIVE
(why is Rihanna not nominated)
hahahaaa isnt that obvious?? why is Beyonce not there?
MaliB on Thu, 20th Sep 2012 2:26 pm
The EMAs are nothing but American awards held on foreign soil. I honestly thought I got the gist of the awards long ago mara angazi. WHY do they exist vele? I just realised that I don’t even care about them but good luck to all those nominated.