# MTV Europe Music Award for Best Female

The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Female 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 Female was again eliminated from the EMAs, but it was revived again in 2009 with its original name. Lady Gaga is the biggest winner of the category with three awards.

## Winners and nominees

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

### 1990s

| Year | Artist |
| 1994 |
| 1994 | Mariah Carey |
| 1994 | Tori Amos |
| 1994 | Björk ‡ |
| 1994 | Neneh Cherry |
| 1994 | Marusha |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | Björk |
| 1995 | Sheryl Crow |
| 1995 | PJ Harvey ‡ |
| 1995 | Janet Jackson |
| 1995 | Madonna † |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | Alanis Morissette † |
| 1996 | Björk ‡ |
| 1996 | Toni Braxton |
| 1996 | Neneh Cherry |
| 1996 | Joan Osborne |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Janet Jackson |
| 1997 | Björk |
| 1997 | Toni Braxton ‡ |
| 1997 | Sheryl Crow |
| 1997 | Madonna |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Madonna † |
| 1998 | Mariah Carey ‡ |
| 1998 | Celine Dion |
| 1998 | Natalie Imbruglia ‡ |
| 1998 | Janet Jackson |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Britney Spears ‡ |
| 1999 | Geri Halliwell |
| 1999 | Lauryn Hill † |
| 1999 | Whitney Houston |
| 1999 | Madonna ‡ |

### 2000s

| Year | Artist | Ref |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | Madonna | |
| 2000 | Melanie C | |
| 2000 | Janet Jackson | |
| 2000 | Jennifer Lopez | |
| 2000 | Britney Spears ‡ | |
| 2001 | | |
| 2001 | Jennifer Lopez ‡ | |
| 2001 | Mariah Carey | |
| 2001 | Dido ‡ | |
| 2001 | Janet Jackson ‡ | |
| 2001 | Madonna ‡ | |
| 2002 | | |
| 2002 | Jennifer Lopez | |
| 2002 | Kylie Minogue | |
| 2002 | Pink † | |
| 2002 | Shakira ‡ | |
| 2002 | Britney Spears ‡ | |
| 2003 | | |
| 2003 | Christina Aguilera ‡ | |
| 2003 | Beyoncé † | |
| 2003 | Madonna | |
| 2003 | Kylie Minogue | |
| 2003 | Pink | |
| 2004 | | |
| 2004 | Britney Spears ‡ | |
| 2004 | Anastacia | |
| 2004 | Beyoncé † | |
| 2004 | Alicia Keys ‡ | |
| 2004 | Avril Lavigne | |
| 2005 | | |
| 2005 | Shakira ‡ | |
| 2005 | Mariah Carey ‡ | |
| 2005 | Missy Elliott | |
| 2005 | Alicia Keys | |
| 2005 | Gwen Stefani ‡ | |
| 2006 | | |
| 2006 | Christina Aguilera ‡ | |
| 2006 | Beyoncé | |
| 2006 | Nelly Furtado ‡ | |
| 2006 | Madonna ‡ | |
| 2006 | Shakira ‡ | |
| 2007 – 2008 | — | — |
| 2009 |
| 2009 | Beyoncé ‡ | |
| 2009 | Katy Perry ‡ | |
| 2009 | Lady Gaga ‡ | |
| 2009 | Leona Lewis | |
| 2009 | Shakira | |

### 2010s

| Year | Artist | Ref |
| 2010 |
| 2010 | Lady Gaga † | |
| 2010 | Miley Cyrus | |
| 2010 | Katy Perry ‡ | |
| 2010 | Rihanna | |
| 2010 | Shakira | |
| 2011 | | |
| 2011 | Lady Gaga † | |
| 2011 | Adele ‡ | |
| 2011 | Beyoncé ‡ | |
| 2011 | Jennifer Lopez | |
| 2011 | Katy Perry ‡ | |
| 2012 | | |
| 2012 | Taylor Swift | |
| 2012 | Katy Perry ‡ | |
| 2012 | Nicki Minaj † | |
| 2012 | Pink | |
| 2012 | Rihanna ‡ | |
| 2013 | | |
| 2013 | Katy Perry | — |
| 2013 | Miley Cyrus ‡ | — |
| 2013 | Selena Gomez | — |
| 2013 | Lady Gaga | — |
| 2013 | Taylor Swift † | — |
| 2014 | | — |
| 2014 | Ariana Grande ‡ | |
| 2014 | Beyoncé ‡ | |
| 2014 | Katy Perry † | |
| 2014 | Nicki Minaj | |
| 2014 | Taylor Swift | |
| 2015 | | |
| 2015 | Rihanna | |
| 2015 | Ellie Goulding ‡ | |
| 2015 | Miley Cyrus | |
| 2015 | Nicki Minaj ‡ | |
| 2015 | Taylor Swift † | |
| 2016 |
| 2016 | Lady Gaga | |
| 2016 | Adele ‡ | |
| 2016 | Beyoncé † | |
| 2016 | Rihanna ‡ | |
| 2016 | Sia ‡ | |

## Statistics

| Number of European Nominations | Total Number |
| 13 | 95 |