1998 MTV Europe Music Awards

The 1998 MTV Europe Music Awards took place in Assago, near Milan, Italy. The ceremony was hosted by former Playboy model, actress and comedian Jenny McCarthy.

1998 MTV Europe Music Awards
Date	12 November 1998
Location	Fila Forum, Assago (Province of Milan),[1] Italy
Hosted by	Jenny McCarthy
Most wins	Madonna, Spice Girls (2)
Most nominations	All Saints, Beastie Boys, Eagle-Eye Cherry (4)
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV Networks International (Europe)
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On this year 6 new categories were introduced including the MTV Selects; UK and Ireland, Northern, Central and Southern. The big winner of the night were the Spice Girls and Madonna with two awards. Melanie C, alias Sporty Spice, and Emma Bunton, known as Baby Spice, collected the trophy on behalf of the group. On receiving the award, Mel C shouted: "We've done it again". "And a big hello from the other two", she added, referring to Mel B and Victoria Adams, both of whom were pregnant and did not attend the ceremony.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Song	Best Video
Natalie Imbruglia — "Torn" All Saints — "Never Ever" Cornershop — "Brimful of Asha" Robbie Williams — "Angels" Savage Garden — "Truly Madly Deeply"	Massive Attack — "Teardrop" Aphex Twin — "Come to Daddy" Beastie Boys — "Intergalactic" Eagle-Eye Cherry — "Save Tonight" Garbage — "Push It"
Best Album
Madonna — Ray of Light All Saints — All Saints Beastie Boys — Hello Nasty Massive Attack — Mezzanine Robbie Williams — Life thru a Lens
Best Female	Best Male
Madonna Celine Dion Janet Jackson Mariah Carey Natalie Imbruglia	Robbie Williams Eagle-Eye Cherry Puff Daddy Ricky Martin Will Smith
Best Group	Breakthrough Artist
Spice Girls All Saints Backstreet Boys Beastie Boys Garbage	All Saints Aqua Eagle-Eye Cherry Five Natalie Imbruglia
Best Pop	Best Dance
Spice Girls Aqua Backstreet Boys Boyzone Five	The Prodigy Dario G Faithless Fatboy Slim Madonna
Best Rock	Best Rap
Aerosmith Garbage Marilyn Manson Rammstein The Smashing Pumpkins	Beastie Boys Busta Rhymes Missy Elliott Pras Puff Daddy
Free Your Mind
B92

Regional nominations

Winners are in bold text.

MTV Select — Central	MTV Select — Southern[2]
Franka Potente and Thomas D Die Ärzte Guano Apes Liquido Oli.P	Bluvertigo 99 Posse Articolo 31 Ligabue Vasco Rossi
MTV Select — Northern	MTV Select — UK and Ireland
Eagle-Eye Cherry Aqua Cue Drömhus Robyn	Five Another Level B*Witched Billie Steps

Performances

• Faithless (featuring Sally Bradshaw) — "God is a DJ"
• Madonna — "The Power of Good-Bye"
• Busta Rhymes — "Turn It Up / Gimme Some More"
• Manic Street Preachers — "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next"
• Aqua — "Turn Back Time / Barbie Girl / Lollipop (Candyman) / Doctor Jones"
• Pras (featuring Destiny's Child and The Product G&B) — "Blue Angels / Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)"
• Five — "Everybody Get Up"
• Rammstein — "Du Hast"
• All Saints — "Lady Marmalade"
• R.E.M. — "Daysleeper"
• Robbie Williams — "Millennium / Let Me Entertain You"

Appearances

• George Michael — presented Best Male
• Donatella Versace and Alessandro Del Piero — presented Best Group
• Fun Lovin' Criminals — presented Best Rock
• Ronan Keating and Dolce & Gabbana — presented Best Female
• B*Witched and Ulf Ekberg — presented MTV Select—Northern
• Eagle-Eye Cherry and Busta Rhymes — presented Best Pop
• Nek and Saffron — presented MTV Select—Central
• Zucchero and Renzo Rosso — presented MTV Select—Southern
• R.E.M. — presented the Free Your Mind award
• Jean Paul Gaultier and Giorgio Armani — presented Breakthrough Artist
• RZA and Ultra Naté — presented Best Rap
• Natalie Imbruglia and Gavin Rossdale — presented Best Dance
• Cleopatra — presented MTV Select—UK & Ireland
• Skunk Anansie (Skin and Mark Richardson) and The Cranberries (Dolores O'Riordan and Fergal Lawler) — presented Best Song
• Sarah, Duchess of York — presented Best Video
• Damon Albarn and Ronaldo — presented Best Album

See also

• 1998 MTV Video Music Awards