Nominees for the 2012 MTV EMAs

Rihanna, Taylor Swift lead; awards on November 9

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Nominees for the 2012 MTV EMAs, taking place on November 9 in Frankfurt, Germany.

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’

fun. feat. Janelle Monáe – ‘We Are Young’

 

BEST NEW

Rita Ora

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

 

BEST POP

Justin Bieber

No Doubt

Katy Perry

Taylor Swift

Rihanna

 

BEST LIVE

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

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

 

MTV Middle East - BEST MIDDLE EASTERN ACT

 

Best African Act

Sarkodie

Camp Mulla

Wizkid

Mi Casa

D’Banj

 

Best Indian Act

Oliver Sean

Menwhopause

Indus Creed

Bandish Projekt ft Monika Dogra

Alobo Naga & The Band

 

Best Middle East Act

Sandy

Ahmed Soultan

Qusai

K2rhym

Karl Wolf

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