# 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards

The 2015 MTV EMAs (also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards) were held at the Mediolanum Forum in Assago, near Milan, Italy, on 25 October 2015. This was the third time the awards have taken place in Italy, second time Milan has been the host city, and the first (and so far, the only) time that the awards have been held in October. The awards was held in the same venue as the 1998 MTV EMAs. On 30 September 2015, it was announced that singer Ed Sheeran would host the awards, along with actress Ruby Rose.
Justin Bieber won six awards, including Best Male and Best Worldwide Act.
Throughout mid-2015, Milan also hosted Expo 2015, a partner of this year's awards.
In association with the EMAs, MTV Italia organised an event called MTV Music Week, which ran from 19 October to 25 October. In addition, on the nights of 24 and 25 October, two concerts were held in Piazza del Duomo, Milan, one of which was related to MTV World Stage. International and Italian acts performed on both nights, including Ellie Goulding, Marco Mengoni, Duran Duran, Martin Garrix and Afrojack.

## Nominations

Winners are in bold text.
| Best Song | Best Video |
| Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood" Ellie Goulding — "Love Me Like You Do" Major Lazer and DJ Snake (featuring MØ) — "Lean On" Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Uptown Funk" Wiz Khalifa (featuring Charlie Puth) — "See You Again" | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — "Downtown" Kendrick Lamar — "Alright" Sia — "Elastic Heart" Pharrell Williams — "Freedom" Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood" |
| Best Collaboration | |
| Skrillex and Diplo (featuring Justin Bieber) — "Where Are Ü Now" David Guetta (featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha and Afrojack) — "Hey Mama" Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Uptown Funk" Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood" Wiz Khalifa (featuring Charlie Puth) — "See You Again" | |
| Best Female | Best Male |
| Rihanna Ellie Goulding Miley Cyrus Nicki Minaj Taylor Swift | Justin Bieber Pharrell Williams Kanye West Jason Derulo Ed Sheeran |
| Best New Act | Best Pop |
| Shawn Mendes Tori Kelly Jess Glynne James Bay Echosmith | One Direction 5 Seconds of Summer Ariana Grande Justin Bieber Taylor Swift |
| Best Electronic | Best Rock |
| Martin Garrix Avicii Calvin Harris David Guetta Major Lazer | Coldplay AC/DC Foo Fighters Muse Royal Blood |
| Best Alternative | Best Hip-Hop |
| Lana Del Rey Fall Out Boy Florence and the Machine Lorde Twenty One Pilots | Nicki Minaj Kanye West Kendrick Lamar Wiz Khalifa Drake |
| Best Live Act | Best World Stage Performance |
| Ed Sheeran Taylor Swift Katy Perry Foo Fighters Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett | Ed Sheeran Afrojack Alicia Keys B.o.B. Biffy Clyro Charli XCX Dizzee Rascal Iggy Azalea Jason Derulo Jessie Ware Kaiser Chiefs Slash Tomorrowland YG |
| Best Push Act | Biggest Fans |
| Shawn Mendes James Bay Jess Glynne Echosmith Kwabs Natalie La Rose Royal Blood Shamir Tori Kelly Years & Years Zara Larsson | Justin Bieber 5 Seconds Of Summer Katy Perry One Direction Taylor Swift |
| Best Look | Artist on the Rise |
| Justin Bieber Nicki Minaj Rita Ora Taylor Swift Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | Troye Sivan Tori Kelly Travis Scott Halsey Kygo |
| Video Visionary Award ||
| Duran Duran ||

## Regional nominations

Winners are in bold text.

### Europe

| Best Adria Act | Best Belgian Act |
| Daniel Kajmakoski 2Cellos Hladno pivo Marčelo Sassja | Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Lost Frequencies Netsky Oscar & The Wolf Selah Sue |
| Best Danish Act | Best Dutch Act |
| Lukas Graham Ankerstjerne Christopher Djämes Braun Topgunn | Kensington Dotan Martin Garrix Natalie La Rose Oliver Heldens |
| Best Finnish Act | Best French Act |
| JVG Antti Tuisku Kasmir Mikael Gabriel Robin | Black M The Dø The Avener Christine and the Queens Fréro Delavega |
| Best German Act | Best Greek Act |
| Lena Andreas Bourani Cro Revolverheld Robin Schulz | Giorgos Mazonakis Stavento Rec Despina Vandi Giorgos Sampanis |
| Best Israeli Act | Best Italian Act |
| Eliad Café Shahor Hazak Eden Ben Zaken E-Z Guy & Yahel | Marco Mengoni Fedez The Kolors J-Ax Tiziano Ferro |
| Best Norwegian Act | Best Polish Act |
| Astrid S Donkeyboy Kygo Madcon Sandra Lyng | Margaret Natalia Nykiel Sarsa Tabb & Sound'n'Grace Tede |
| Best Portuguese Act | Best Romanian Act |
| Agir Carlão Carolina Deslandes D.A.M.A Richie Campbell | Inna Dan Bittman Feli Randi Smiley |
| Best Russian Act | Best Spanish Act |
| MBAND IOWA Quest Pistols Serebro Ivan Dorn | Sweet California Alejandro Sanz Leiva Neuman Rayden |
| Best Swedish Act | Best Swiss Act |
| The Fooo Conspiracy Alesso Avicii Tove Lo Zara Larsson | Stefanie Heinzmann DJ Antoine Lo & Leduc Can "Stress" Canatan 77 Bombay Street |
| Best UK & Ireland Act | |
| Little Mix Jess Glynne One Direction Ed Sheeran Years & Years | |

### Africa

* Best African Act
* Diamond Platnumz
* Yemi Alade
* AKA
* Davido
* DJ Arafat

### Asia

| Best Chinese and Hong Kong Act | Best Indian Act |
| Jane Zhang Han Geng Leo Ku Tan Weiwei Uniq | Priyanka Chopra Indus Creed Monica Dogra The Ska Vengers Your Chin |
| Best Japanese Act | Best Korean Act |
| Dempagumi.inc Babymetal Sandaime J Soul Brothers One Ok Rock Sekai no Owari | BTS B1A4 Got7 GFriend VIXX |
| Best Southeast Asian Act | Best Taiwanese Act |
| Sơn Tùng M-TP Faizal Tahir James Reid Nadine Lustre Noah Slot Machine The Sam Willows | Jay Chou JJ Lin Jolin Tsai Kenji Wu Leehom Wang |

### Australia and New Zealand

| Best Australian Act | Best New Zealand Act |
| 5 Seconds of Summer Guy Sebastian Peking Duk Sia Vance Joy | Savage Avalanche City Gin Wigmore Six60 Broods |

### Latin America

| Best Brazilian Act | Best Latin America North Act |
| Anitta Emicida Ludmilla MC Guimê Projota | Mario Bautista Enjambre Ha*Ash Kinky Natalia Lafourcade |
| Best Latin America Central Act | Best Latin America South Act |
| J Balvin ChocQuibTown Javiera Mena Pasabordo Piso 21 | Axel Indios Maxi Trusso No Te Va Gustar Tan Biónica |

### North America

| Best Canadian Act | Best US Act |
| Justin Bieber Carly Rae Jepsen Drake Shawn Mendes The Weeknd | Taylor Swift Beyoncé Kendrick Lamar Nick Jonas Nicki Minaj |

## Worldwide nominations

Winners are in bold text.

### Best European Act

* Agir
* Astrid S
* Black M
* Daniel Kajmakoski
* Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
* Eliad
* Giorgos Mazonakis
* Inna
* JVG
* Kensington
* Lena Meyer-Landrut
* Little Mix
* Lukas Graham
* Marco Mengoni
* Margaret
* MBAND
* Stefanie Heinzmann
* Sweet California
* The Fooo Conspiracy

### Best African and Indian Act

* Diamond Platnumz
* Priyanka Chopra

### Best Asian Act

* Dempagumi.inc
* BTS
* Sơn Tùng M-TP
* Jane Zhang
* Jay Chou

### Best Australian and New Zealand Act

* 5 Seconds of Summer
* Savage

### Best Latin America Act

* Anitta
* Axel
* J Balvin
* Mario Bautista

### Best North America Act

* Justin Bieber
* Taylor Swift

## Performances

| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| Pre-show ||
| Fifth Harmony | "Worth It" |
| Main show ||
| Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | "Downtown" |
| Jason Derulo | "Want to Want Me" |
| Ellie Goulding | "Love Me like You Do" |
| Twenty One Pilots | "Tear in My Heart" |
| Rudimental Ed Sheeran | "Lay It All on Me" |
| Justin Bieber | "What Do You Mean?" |
| Jess Glynne | "My Love" "Hold My Hand" "Don't Be So Hard On Yourself" |
| James Bay | "Hold Back the River" |
| Tori Kelly Andrea Bocelli | "Should've Been Us" "No Scrubs" "Real Love" "Ready or Not" "Con te partirò" "Just Give Me a Reason" |
| Pharrell Williams | "Freedom" |

## Appearances

* Shay Mitchell and Ashley Benson — presented Best Male
* Novak Djokovic — presented Best Hip-Hop
* Hailey Baldwin, Bianca Balti and Tinie Tempah — presented Best Video
* Mark Ronson - presented Best Live
* Ruby Rose — presented Best North America Act
* Ruby Rose — presented Video Visionary Award
* Martin Garrix and Charli XCX — presented Best Collaboration
* Fifth Harmony — presented Best Look
* Laura Whitmore - presented Biggest Fans

## Voting process

| Category | Voting Method | Start Date | End Date |
| Biggest Fans | Twitter, Instagram and Vine Hashtag | 15 September | 25 October |
| Worldwide Act | Website/App | 8 September | 24 October |
| Best Video | MTV Music Editorial Team - not eligible for audience voting | N/A | N/A |
| Video Visionary Award | MTV Music Editorial Team - not eligible for audience voting | N/A | N/A |
| All others | Website/App | 15 September | 24 October |