Justin Timberlake Dominates MTV EMAs Nominations

Macklemore also picks up five prestigious nods

Published 17th Sep 2013

Justin Timberlake and Macklemore lead the charge at the MTV European Music Awards with five nominations each.

The pair are closely followed by Robin Thicke, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber who have four nods, while Taylor Swift and One Direction are up for a trio of awards.

Other big name nominees include Katy Perry, Selena Gomez, Daft Punk, Rihanna, Eminem, Rita Ora and Ellie Goulding.

Now celebrating its 20th year, the MTV EMAs ceremony takes place at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam on Sunday 10th November.

At last year’s event in the German city of Frankfurt, Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber were the biggest winners of the night scooping three awards apiece.

Despite dominating the nominations with six nods, sensationally Rihanna went home empty handed.

The 2013 MTV EMAs Nominations are as follows:

BEST SONG Bruno Mars – 'Locked Out Of Heaven' Daft Punk – 'Get Lucky' (ft Nile Rodgers & Pharrell Williams) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – 'Thrift Shop' (ft. Wanz) Rihanna – 'Diamonds' Robin Thicke – 'Blurred Lines' (Ft. T.I. & Pharrell)

BEST POP Justin Bieber Katy Perry Miley Cyrus One Direction Taylor Swift

BEST FEMALE Katy Perry Lady Gaga Miley Cyrus Selena Gomez Taylor Swift

BEST MALE Bruno Mars Eminem Jay Z Justin Bieber Justin Timberlake

BEST LIVE Beyoncé Green Day Justin Timberlake P!nk Taylor Swift

BEST NEW Bastille Icona Pop Imagine Dragons Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Rudimental

BEST VIDEO Justin Timberlake – 'Mirrors' Lady Gaga – 'Applause' Miley Cyrus – 'Wrecking Ball' Robin Thicke – 'Blurred Lines' (ft. T.I. & Pharrell) Thirty Seconds To Mars – 'Up In The Air'

BEST ROCK Black Sabbath Green Day Kings Of Leon Queens Of The Stone Age The Killers

BEST ALTERNATIVE Arctic Monkeys Fall Out Boy Franz Ferdinand Paramore Thirty Seconds To Mars

BEST HIP HOP Drake Eminem Jay Z Kanye West Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

BEST ELECTRONIC Afrojack Avicii Calvin Harris Daft Punk Skrillex

BIGGEST FANS Tokio Hotel Thirty Seconds To Mars One Direction Justin Bieber Lady Gaga

BEST LOOK Harry Styles Justin Timberlake Lady Gaga Rihanna Rita Ora

BEST PUSH Karmin (October 2012) Rudimental (November 2012) Imagine Dragons (January 2013) A$AP Rocky (February 2013) Bastille (March 2013) Austin Mahone (April 2013) Bridgit Mendler (May 2013) Tom Odell (June 2013) Iggy Azalea (July 2013) Icona Pop (August 2013) twenty one pilots (September 2013)

BEST WORLD STAGE (WS) Alicia Keys – WS Manchester 2012 (aired Dec. 7th) fun. – WS Rock Am Ring 2013 (taped June 7th) Garbage - WS Mexico 2012 (aired Dec. 21st) Green Day – WS Rock Am Ring 2013 (taped June 9th) Jason Mraz – WS Live In Myanmar 2012 (taped Dec. 16th) Jessie J – WS Malta 2013 (taped 26th June) Linkin Park – WS Mexico 2012 (aired Oct. 26th) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – WS Wireless 2013 (taped 13th July) No Doubt – WS Frankfurt 2012 (aired Dec. 28th) Paramore – WS Rock Am Ring 2013 (taped 7th June) Rita Ora – WS Malta 2013 (taped June 26th) Robin Thicke – WS Malaysia 2013 (taped 8th September) Snoop Lion – WS Durban 2013 (taped May 18th) The Black Keys – WS NY Webster City Hall 2012 (aired Oct. 12th) The Killers – WS Big Day Out 2013 (taped Jan 18th)

BEST UK & IRELAND ACT Calvin Harris Ellie Goulding Olly Murs One Direction Rudimental