EMAs NOMINATIONS: EACH YEAR THEY'RE LESS EUROPE.
The MTV's Europe Music Awards are set to be celebrated on November 14th from Hungary. The nominations were revealed just a few days ago.
Let's get into them!
Best artist:
- Doja Cat
- Ed Sheeran
- Justin Bieber
- Lady Gaga
- Lil Nas X
- The Weeknd
Lady Gaga seems quite unfitting here. Her album Chromatica did not have such impact in Europe and if it's because of Rain On Me , it was nominated last year, so it makes no sense. Olivia Rodrigo would have made more sense here.
Best video:
- Doja Cat ft. SZA – “Kiss Me More”
- Ed Sheeran – “Bad Habits”
- Justin Bieber – “Peaches” ft. Daniel Caesar, Giveon
- Lil Nas X – “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”
- Normani ft. Cardi B – “Wild Side”
- Taylor Swift – “willow"
Throughout the whole list the nominations there are similarities with the nominees for the MTV's Vmas. An example is Normani's nomination. We all can agree that is a worked video, but it hasn't even entered in the UK's top 40.
Best collaboration:
- Black Eyed Peas, Shakira – “Girl Like Me”
- Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) – “Leave the Door Open”
- Doja Cat ft. SZA – “Kiss Me More”
- Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “Industry Baby”
- The Kid LAROI, Justin Bieber – “Stay”
- The Weeknd & Ariana Grande – “Save Your Tears” (remix)
In this category they've partly taken a look to the European charts , considering Girl Like Me (which reached the top 3 in Belgium, Hungary or France), but they've ignored them by taking into account Leave The Door Open (it peaked on number 20 on the Official Charts, not reaching the top 50 in countries like Germany or Spain).
Best group:
- BTS
- Imagine Dragons
- Jonas Brothers
- Little Mix
- Måneskin
- Silk Sonic
Well, I don't know why the Jonas Brothers are nominated here. Silk Sonic fits here better, in my opinion. Imagine Dragons receive a nomination in ,what might be, thieir worst era commercially . Maneskin are nominated here and , for me , there isn't any other group which has been as succesful in Europe as them. They're one of the artists of the year.
Best pop:
- BTS
- Doja Cat
- Dua Lipa
- Ed Sheeran
- Justin Bieber
- Olivia Rodrigo
Dua Lipa receives a nomination here and even if Future Nostalgia seems quite far, Dua has reigned in pop with Levitating .
Best alternative:
- Halsey
- Lorde
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Twenty One Pilots
- Willow
- Yungblud
Halsey and Lorde nominations feel unsuitable for this category. Lorde's Flower Power era hasn't been as her previous ones and Halsey seems to be more alternative now than with Manic, but neither of them have been the stars of the year. Glass Animals could have fit here as they did in the Vmas.
Best hip hop:
- Cardi B
- DJ Khaled
- Drake
- Kanye West
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Nicki Minaj
These could be the nominees for any other award ceremony in the US (BET AWARDS, Billboard Music Awards, American Music Awards...). This could have been the perfect opportunity to nominate some acts of the UK-hip-hop scene that are usually ignored by the awards. Dave, AJ Tracey could have fit here, even The kid Laroi would fit better than Nicki Minaj and Dj Khaled.
Video for good:
- Billie Eilish – “Your Power”
- Demi Lovato – “Dancing With the Devil”
- girl in red – “Serotonin”
- H.E.R. – “Fight For You”
- Harry Styles – “Treat People With Kindness”
- Lil Nas X – “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”
Another list of nominations pulled out from the Vmas (at least they've considered Girl In Red and Harry Styles). If in the US, Demi Lovato had little repercussion with Dancing With The Devil, in Europe is ten times less. The same I would say with H.E.R.
Best French Act:
- Amel Bent
- Dadju
- Jérémy Frerot
- Vianney
- Tayc
- Maneskin
- Aka 7even
- Caparezza
- Madame
- Rkomi
- C. Tangana
- Aitana
- Pablo Alborán
- Ana Mena
- Colectivo da Silva
- Álvaro Soler
- Badmómzjay
- Provinz
- Tokio Hotel
- Zoe Wees
- Sigrid
- Zara Larsson
- Drew Sycamore
- Swedish House Mafia
- Tessa
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