More Than Just Bad Blood! Taylor Swift Dominates As The 2015 Mtv Ema Nominees Are Revealed

·         Taylor Swift Dominates…

·         Bieber Is Back…

·         Dj Arafat Wins Wildcard Round To Become Fifth Nominee For “Best African Act”

·         Voting Is Now Open At MTVEMA.COM

The nominees in all 2015 MTV EMA categories have just been announced via MTV’s international Snapchat Discover channel and the voting race is on! Taylor Swift is leading the way with a record-breaking nine nominations, including three nods to her global smash hit Bad Blood for Best Song and Best Video, as well as brand new category Best Collaboration for her alliance with Kendrick Lamar.

The 2015 MTV EMA will broadcast live across Africa on Sunday 25 October at 21:00 GMT on MTV (DStv channel 130) and MTV Base (DStv channel 322) from the Mediolanum Forum in Milan, in partnership with Expo 2015.

Man of the moment Justin Bieber is up for no less than six MTV EMAs, boosted by the global success of his current chart-topping track What Do You Mean? The 2015 MTV EMA will also see 2014 host Nicki Minaj and 2015 MTV VMA host Miley Cyrus face off in the Best Female category, and the world’s greatest boy bands One Direction and 5 Seconds of Summer go head-to- For more information on the 2015 MTV EMA, please go to www.mtvbase.com or www.mtv.co.za  or follow@MTVBaseAfrica or @MTVza.

head for both Best Pop and Biggest Fans.

Voting is now open for all categories at mtvema.com, including the Best African Act category, for which wildcard nominee DJ Arafat has been chosen by fans via social vote.

Social voting in the highly prized Biggest Fans category also went live today. Fandom groups now have the power to vote for their favourite artists via Twitter, Instagram and Vine using the hashtag #EMABiggestFans along with the artists’ names. Here are the official hashtags:

·         #EMABiggestFans5SOS

·         #EMABiggestFansJustinBieber

·         #EMABiggestFansKatyPerry

·         #EMABiggestFans1D

·         #EMABiggestFansTaylorSwift

Voting for the 2015 MTV EMA is open until 24 October at 23:59 GMT so visit mtvema.com to cast your vote!

2015 MTV EMA Nominees in Full

BEST SONG
Ellie Goulding – “Love Me Like You Do”
Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MØ – “Lean On”
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk!”
Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood”
Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth – “See You Again”

BEST POP
5 Seconds of Summer 
Ariana Grande
Justin Bieber 
One Direction 
Taylor Swift  

BEST FEMALE
Ellie Goulding 
Miley Cyrus 
Nicki Minaj 
Rihanna 
Taylor Swift

BEST MALE
Ed Sheeran 
Jason Derulo 
Justin Bieber 
Kanye West 
Pharrell Williams

BEST AFRICAN ACT

AKA

Davido

Diamond Platnumz

DJ Arafat

Yemi Alade

BEST LIVE ACT
Ed Sheeran
Foo Fighters
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett
Taylor Swift

BEST NEW ACT
Echosmith 
James Bay 
Jess Glynne 
Shawn Mendes 
Tori Kelly

BEST VIDEO
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – “Downtown”
Pharrell Williams – “Freedom”
Sia – “Elastic Heart”
Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood”

BEST ROCK
AC/DC 
Coldplay 
Foo Fighters 
Muse 
Royal Blood

BEST ALTERNATIVE
Fall Out Boy 
Florence + the Machine 
Lana Del Rey 
Lorde 
Twenty One Pilots

BEST HIP HOP
Drake 
Kanye West 
Kendrick Lamar 
Nicki Minaj 
Wiz Khalifa

BEST ELECTRONIC
Avicii 
Calvin Harris 
David Guetta 
Major Lazer 
Martin Garrix

BEST PUSH
Echosmith 
James Bay 
Jess Glynne 
Kwabs 
Natalie La Rose 
Royal Blood 
Shamir 
Shawn Mendes 
Tori Kelly 
Years & Years 
Zara Larsson

BEST COLLABORATION
David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rhexa & Afrojack – “Hey Mama”
Justin Bieber, Skrillex, Diplo – “Where Are You Now?”
Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk!”
Taylor Swift & Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood”
Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth – “See You Again”

BIGGEST FANS
5 Seconds of Summer 
Justin Bieber 
Katy Perry 
One Direction 
Taylor Swift

BEST LOOK
Justin Bieber 
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 
Nicki Minaj 
Rita Ora 
Taylor Swift

BEST WORLD STAGE
Afrojack – Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland UK 2014
Alicia Keys – O2 Academy Glasgow, Scotland UK 2014
B.O.B. – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2014
Biffy Clyro – O2 Academy Glasgow, Scotland UK 2014
Charli XCX – Circus, Helsinki, Finland 2014
Dizzee Rascal – Isle of MTV, Malta 2014
Ed Sheeran – V Festival, Hylands Park, UK 2014
Iggy Azalea – Wireless Festival, London, UK 2014
Jason Derulo – Isle of MTV, Malta 2015
Jessie Ware – Cork, Ireland 2014
Kaiser Chiefs – MTV Crashes Plymouth, UK 2014
Slash – O2 Academy Glasgow, Scotland UK 2014
Tomorrowland – Belgium & Brazil 2015
YG – MTV Evolution, Manila, Philippines 2015

For more information on the 2015 MTV EMA, please go to www.mtvbase.com or www.mtv.co.za

Click here to download the official 2015 MTV EMA nominees promo video.