# MTV Europe Music Award for Best Male

The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Male was one of the original general awards that has been handed out every year since the first annual MTV Europe Music Awards in 1994. In 2007 the award was renamed to Best Solo Artist rewarding the soloists of both sexes, in 2008 the award for Best Male was again eliminated from the EMAs, but it was revived again in 2009 with its original name.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
    † indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video–winning artist.
    ‡ indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video–nominated artist that same year.

### 1990s

| Year | Artist |
| 1994 |
| 1994 | Bryan Adams |
| 1994 | MC Solaar |
| 1994 | Prince |
| 1994 | Seal |
| 1994 | Bruce Springsteen ‡ |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | Michael Jackson |
| 1995 | Dr. Dre |
| 1995 | Lenny Kravitz |
| 1995 | Scatman John |
| 1995 | Neil Young |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | George Michael |
| 1996 | Bryan Adams ‡ |
| 1996 | Beck |
| 1996 | Nick Cave |
| 1996 | Eros Ramazzotti |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Jon Bon Jovi |
| 1997 | Babyface ‡ |
| 1997 | Beck † |
| 1997 | Michael Jackson |
| 1997 | George Michael |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Robbie Williams |
| 1998 | Eagle Eye Cherry |
| 1998 | Puff Daddy |
| 1998 | Ricky Martin |
| 1998 | Will Smith † |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Will Smith † |
| 1999 | Ricky Martin ‡ |
| 1999 | George Michael |
| 1999 | Sasha |
| 1999 | Robbie Williams |

### 2000s

| Year | Artist | Ref |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | Ricky Martin ‡ | |
| 2000 | Eminem † | |
| 2000 | Ronan Keating | |
| 2000 | Sisqo | |
| 2000 | Robbie Williams | |
| 2001 | | |
| 2001 | Robbie Williams ‡ | |
| 2001 | Craig David | |
| 2001 | Eminem ‡ | |
| 2001 | Ricky Martin | |
| 2001 | Shaggy | |
| 2002 | | |
| 2002 | Eminem † | |
| 2002 | Enrique Iglesias ‡ | |
| 2002 | Lenny Kravitz | |
| 2002 | Nelly ‡ | |
| 2002 | Robbie Williams | |
| 2003 | | |
| 2003 | Justin Timberlake † | |
| 2003 | Craig David | |
| 2003 | Eminem ‡ | |
| 2003 | Sean Paul | |
| 2003 | Robbie Williams | |
| 2004 | | |
| 2004 | Usher † | |
| 2004 | Jay Z ‡ | |
| 2004 | Nelly | |
| 2004 | Justin Timberlake ‡ | |
| 2004 | Robbie Williams | |
| 2005 | | |
| 2005 | Robbie Williams | |
| 2005 | 50 Cent | |
| 2005 | Eminem | |
| 2005 | Moby | |
| 2005 | Snoop Dogg | |
| 2006 | | |
| 2006 | Justin Timberlake | |
| 2006 | Sean Paul | |
| 2006 | Kanye West ‡ | |
| 2006 | Pharrell Williams | |
| 2006 | Robbie Williams | |
| 2007 – 2008 | — | — |
| 2009 |
| 2009 | Eminem ‡ | |
| 2009 | Jay Z | |
| 2009 | Kanye West ‡ | |
| 2009 | Mika | |
| 2009 | Robbie Williams | |

### 2010s

| Year | Artist | Ref |
| 2010 |
| 2010 | Justin Bieber | |
| 2010 | Eminem † | |
| 2010 | Enrique Iglesias | |
| 2010 | Usher ‡ | |
| 2010 | Kanye West | |
| 2011 | | |
| 2011 | Justin Bieber † | |
| 2011 | Bruno Mars ‡ | |
| 2011 | David Guetta | |
| 2011 | Eminem ‡ | |
| 2011 | Kanye West ‡ | |
| 2012 | | |
| 2012 | Justin Bieber ‡ | |
| 2012 | Flo Rida | |
| 2012 | Jay Z | |
| 2012 | Kanye West | |
| 2012 | Pitbull | |
| 2013 | | |
| 2013 | Justin Bieber | — |
| 2013 | Eminem | — |
| 2013 | Jay Z | — |
| 2013 | Bruno Mars † | — |
| 2013 | Justin Timberlake ‡ | — |
| 2014 | | — |
| 2014 | Justin Bieber | |
| 2014 | Ed Sheeran † | |
| 2014 | Eminem ‡ | |
| 2014 | Justin Timberlake | |
| 2014 | Pharrell Williams ‡ | |
| 2015 | | |
| 2015 | Justin Bieber | |
| 2015 | Jason Derulo | |
| 2015 | Ed Sheeran ‡ | |
| 2015 | Kanye West | |
| 2015 | Pharrell Williams | |
| 2016 |
| 2016 | Shawn Mendes | |
| 2016 | Calvin Harris † | |
| 2016 | Drake ‡ | |
| 2016 | Justin Bieber | |
| 2016 | The Weeknd ‡ | |

## Statistics

| Number of European Nominations | Total Number |
| 25 | 95 |