# MTV Europe Music Award for Best UK & Ireland Act

The MTV Europe Music Award for the best UK & Ireland act has been a regional category since 1998 and have been won by 18 different acts
The last Irish winners to win in this category was Westlife in 2000. Before 2024, when Hozier became one of the nominees, the Irish band The Thrills, which received a nomination in 2003, were the last Irish nominees in the category. British boy band One Direction, which includes an Irish member, Niall Horan, won the Awards in 2012, 2013, and 2014. British girl group Little Mix is currently the most awarded and nominated act and female group in this category, winning a of total six times out of seven nominations.
The following is a list of the MTV Europe Music Award winners and nominees for Best UK & Ireland Act.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
    † indicates the Wildcard–winning artist.

### 1990s

| Year | Artist | Nationality |
| 1994 |
| 1994 | Oasis | England |
| 1994 | An Emotional Fish | Ireland |
| 1998 | | |
| 1998 | Five | England |
| 1998 | Another Level | England |
| 1998 | B*Witched | Ireland |
| 1998 | Billie | England |
| 1998 | Steps | England |
| 1999 | | |
| 1999 | Boyzone | Ireland |
| 1999 | Basement Jaxx | England |
| 1999 | Lynden David Hall | England |
| 1999 | Manic Street Preachers | Wales |
| 1999 | Texas | Scotland |
| 1999 | Westlife | Ireland |

### 2000s

| Year | Artist | Nationality |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | Westlife | Ireland |
| 2000 | Craig David | England |
| 2000 | Sonique | England |
| 2000 | Travis | Scotland |
| 2000 | Robbie Williams | England |
| 2001 | | |
| 2001 | Craig David | England |
| 2001 | Artful Dodger | England |
| 2001 | Feeder | Wales |
| 2001 | Gorillaz | England |
| 2001 | S Club 7 | England |
| 2002 | | |
| 2002 | Coldplay | England |
| 2002 | Atomic Kitten | England |
| 2002 | Ms. Dynamite | England |
| 2002 | Sugababes | England |
| 2002 | Underworld | England |
| 2003 | | |
| 2003 | The Darkness | England |
| 2003 | The Coral | England |
| 2003 | Funeral for a Friend | Wales |
| 2003 | The Libertines | England |
| 2003 | The Thrills | Ireland |
| 2004 | | |
| 2004 | Muse | England |
| 2004 | Natasha Bedingfield | England |
| 2004 | Franz Ferdinand | Scotland |
| 2004 | Jamelia | England |
| 2004 | The Streets | England |
| 2005 | | |
| 2005 | Coldplay | England |
| 2005 | James Blunt | England |
| 2005 | Gorillaz | England |
| 2005 | Kaiser Chiefs | England |
| 2005 | Stereophonics | Wales |
| 2006 | | |
| 2006 | The Kooks | England |
| 2006 | Lily Allen | England |
| 2006 | Arctic Monkeys | England |
| 2006 | Muse | England |
| 2006 | Corrine Bailey Rae | England |
| 2007 | | |
| 2007 | Muse | England |
| 2007 | Arctic Monkeys | England |
| 2007 | Klaxons | England |
| 2007 | Mark Ronson | England |
| 2007 | Amy Winehouse | England |
| 2008 | | |
| 2008 | Leona Lewis | England |
| 2008 | Adele | England |
| 2008 | Duffy | Wales |
| 2008 | The Ting Tings | England |
| 2008 | The Wombats | England |
| 2009 | | |
| 2009 | Pixie Lott | England |
| 2009 | Florence and the Machine | England |
| 2009 | La Roux | England |
| 2009 | The Saturdays | England |
| 2009 | Tinchy Stryder | England |

### 2010s

| Year | Artist | Nationality |
| 2010 |
| 2010 | Marina and the Diamonds | Wales |
| 2010 | Delphic | England |
| 2010 | Ellie Goulding | England |
| 2010 | Rox | England |
| 2010 | Tinie Tempah | England |
| 2011 | | |
| 2011 | Adele | England |
| 2011 | Coldplay | England |
| 2011 | Florence and the Machine | England |
| 2011 | Jessie J | England |
| 2011 | Kasabian | England |
| 2012 | | |
| 2012 | One Direction | Europe |
| 2012 | Conor Maynard | England |
| 2012 | Jessie J | England |
| 2012 | Ed Sheeran | England |
| 2012 | Rita Ora | England |
| 2013 | | |
| 2013 | One Direction | Europe |
| 2013 | Ellie Goulding | England |
| 2013 | Calvin Harris | Scotland |
| 2013 | Olly Murs | England |
| 2013 | Rudimental | England |
| 2014 | | |
| 2014 | One Direction | Europe |
| 2014 | Sam Smith | England |
| 2014 | Calvin Harris | Scotland |
| 2014 | Ed Sheeran | England |
| 2014 | Cheryl Cole † | England |
| 2014 | Wildcard nominations: Rita Ora Clean Bandit Coldplay Arctic Monkeys The Vamps | |
| 2015 | | |
| 2015 | Little Mix † | England |
| 2015 | Jess Glynne | England |
| 2015 | One Direction | Europe |
| 2015 | Years & Years | England |
| 2015 | Ed Sheeran | England |
| 2015 | Wildcard nominations: Sam Smith Ellie Goulding Tinie Tempah Calvin Harris James Bay | |
| 2016 | | |
| 2016 | Little Mix | England |
| 2016 | Adele | England |
| 2016 | Years & Years † | England |
| 2016 | Coldplay | England |
| 2016 | Zayn | England |
| 2016 | Wildcard nominations: Bastille Calvin Harris Craig David Skepta | |
| 2017 | | |
| 2017 | Louis Tomlinson † | England |
| 2017 | Dua Lipa | England |
| 2017 | Ed Sheeran | England |
| 2017 | Little Mix | England |
| 2017 | Stormzy | England |
| 2017 | Wildcard nominations: Calvin Harris Clean Bandit Coldplay Harry Styles Jonas Blue Liam Payne Niall Horan Rag'n'Bone Man Zayn | |
| 2018 | | |
| 2018 | Little Mix † | England |
| 2018 | Anne-Marie | England |
| 2018 | Dua Lipa | England |
| 2018 | George Ezra | England |
| 2018 | Stormzy | England |
| 2018 | Wildcard nominations: Calvin Harris Clean Bandit Ed Sheeran Jonas Blue Rita Ora | |
| 2019 | | |
| 2019 | Little Mix † | England |
| 2019 | Lewis Capaldi | Scotland |
| 2019 | Dave | England |
| 2019 | Mabel | England |
| 2019 | Ed Sheeran | England |
| 2019 | Wildcard nominations: Calvin Harris Jax Jones Sam Smith Stormzy The 1975 | |

### 2020s

| Year | Artist | Nationality |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Little Mix † | England |
| 2020 | Dave | England |
| 2020 | Dua Lipa | England |
| 2020 | Harry Styles | England |
| 2020 | Stormzy | England |
| 2020 | Wildcard nominations: AJ Tracey Joel Corry Jorja Smith Lewis Capaldi The 1975 | |
| 2021 | | |
| 2021 | Little Mix † | England |
| 2021 | Dave | England |
| 2021 | Dua Lipa | England |
| 2021 | Ed Sheeran | England |
| 2021 | KSI | England |
| 2022 | | |
| 2022 | Harry Styles | England |
| 2022 | Adele | England |
| 2022 | Cat Burns | England |
| 2022 | Dave | England |
| 2022 | Lewis Capaldi | Scotland |
| 2023 | | |
| 2023 | Tom Grennan | England |
| 2023 | Calvin Harris | Scotland |
| 2023 | Central Cee | England |
| 2023 | PinkPantheress | England |
| 2023 | Raye | England |
| 2023 | Sam Smith | England |
| 2024 |
| 2024 | Raye | England |
| 2024 | Central Cee | England |
| 2024 | Charli XCX | England |
| 2024 | Chase & Status | England |
| 2024 | Dua Lipa | England |
| 2024 | Hozier | Ireland |

#### Notes

    Local Hero Award — UK
    Local Hero Award — Ireland
    MTV Select — UK and Ireland
    Best MTV2 UK Act
    Best UK & Ireland New Act

## Performers with multiple awards
### 6 awards

* Little Mix (4 consecutive)

### 3 awards

* One Direction (consecutive)

### 2 awards

* Coldplay
* Muse

## Performers with multiple nominations
### 7 nominations

* Little Mix

### 5 nominations

* Ed Sheeran
* Dua Lipa

### 4 nominations

* One Direction
* Coldplay

### 3 nominations

* Adele
* Calvin Harris
* Dave
* Muse
* Stormzy

### 2 nominations

* Jessie J
* Florence and the Machine
* Ellie Goulding
* Years & Years
* Craig David
* Gorillaz
* Arctic Monkeys
* Raye