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Annual edition of the awards show From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2012 MTV EMAs (also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards) were held in Frankfurt, Germany, on 11 November 2012.[1] This was the fifth time the awards had been held in Germany, and the second time Frankfurt had been the host city.[2] On 17 August the nominees were announced. Rihanna received eight nominations while Katy Perry and Taylor Swift received five, leading the categories.[3]
| 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards | |
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| Date | 11 November 2012 |
| Location | Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany |
| Hosted by | Heidi Klum and Ludacris |
| Most awards | Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and One Direction (3) |
| Most nominations | Rihanna (8) |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Viacom International Media Networks (Europe) |
This year added new regional categories to compete in the Best Worldwide Act, as well as the Best Look category, due to the presence of the same award at the Italian TRL Awards.[4] Taylor Swift, Han Geng, Justin Bieber and One Direction were the biggest winners taking home three awards each.[5][6][7]
Winners are in bold text.
| Best Song | Best Video |
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Carly Rae Jepsen – "Call Me Maybe"
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Psy – "Gangnam Style"
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| Best Female | Best Male |
| Best New Act | Best Pop |
| Best Electronic | Best Rock |
| Best Alternative | Best Hip-Hop |
| Best Live Act | Best World Stage Performance |
| Best Push Act | Biggest Fans |
| Best Look | Best Worldwide Act |
| MTV2 US Artist About to Go Global | |
| Global Icon | |
| Whitney Houston | |
Winners are in bold text.
| Best Adria Act | Best Belgian Act |
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| Best Czech & Slovak Act | Best Danish Act |
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| Best Dutch Act | Best Finnish Act |
| Best French Act | Best German Act |
| Best Greek Act | Best Hungarian Act |
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| Best Israeli Act | Best Italian Act |
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| Best Norwegian Act | Best Polish Act |
| Best Portuguese Act | Best Romanian Act |
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| Best Russian Act | Best Spanish Act |
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| Best Swedish Act | Best Swiss Act |
| Best Ukrainian Act | Best UK & Ireland Act |
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| Best Asian Act | Best Australia & New Zealand Act |
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| Best Brazilian Act | Best Latin America North Act |
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| Best Latin America Central Act | Best Latin America South Act |
Winners are in bold text.
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
|---|---|
| Rita Ora | "R.I.P." |
| Fun | " We Are Young" |
| Carly Rae Jepsen | "Call Me Maybe" |
| Alicia Keys | "New Day" "Girl on Fire" |
| No Doubt | "Looking Hot" |
| The Killers | "Runaways" |
| Psy | "Gangnam Style" |
| Muse | "Madness" |
| Pitbull | "Don't Stop the Party" |
| Taylor Swift | "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" |
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