MTV Europe Music Award for Best Male

The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Male 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 Male was again eliminated from the EMAs, but it was revived again in 2009 with its original name.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

† indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video–winning artist.

‡ indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video–nominated artist that same year.

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1994
	Bryan Adams	^[1]
	MC Solaar
	Prince
	Seal
	Bruce Springsteen ‡
1995
	Michael Jackson	^[2]
	Dr. Dre
	Lenny Kravitz
	Scatman John
	Neil Young
1996
	George Michael	^[3]
	Bryan Adams ‡
	Beck
	Nick Cave
	Eros Ramazzotti
1997
	Jon Bon Jovi	^[4]
	Babyface ‡
	Beck †
	Michael Jackson
	George Michael
1998
	Robbie Williams	^[5]
	Eagle Eye Cherry
	Puff Daddy
	Ricky Martin
	Will Smith †
1999
	Will Smith †	^[6]
	Ricky Martin ‡
	George Michael
	Sasha
	Robbie Williams

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2000
	Ricky Martin ‡	^[7]
	Eminem †
	Ronan Keating
	Sisqo
	Robbie Williams
2001
	Robbie Williams ‡	^[8]
	Craig David
	Eminem ‡
	Ricky Martin
	Shaggy
2002
	Eminem †	^[9]
	Enrique Iglesias ‡
	Lenny Kravitz
	Nelly ‡
	Robbie Williams
2003
	Justin Timberlake †	^{[citation needed]}
	Craig David
	Eminem ‡
	Sean Paul
	Robbie Williams
2004
	Usher †	^[10]
	Jay Z ‡
	Nelly
	Justin Timberlake ‡
	Robbie Williams
2005
	Robbie Williams	^{[citation needed]}
	50 Cent
	Eminem
	Moby
	Snoop Dogg
2006
	Justin Timberlake	^[11]
	Sean Paul
	Kanye West ‡
	Pharrell Williams
	Robbie Williams
2007 – 2008	—
2009
	Eminem ‡	^[12]
	Jay Z
	Kanye West ‡
	Mika
	Robbie Williams

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010
	Justin Bieber	^[13]
	Eminem †
	Enrique Iglesias
	Usher ‡
	Kanye West
2011
	Justin Bieber †	^[14]
	Bruno Mars ‡
	David Guetta
	Eminem ‡
	Kanye West ‡
2012
	Justin Bieber ‡	^[15]
	Flo Rida
	Jay Z
	Kanye West
	Pitbull
2013
	Justin Bieber	—
	Eminem
	Jay Z
	Bruno Mars †
	Justin Timberlake ‡
2014
	Justin Bieber	^[16]
	Ed Sheeran †
	Eminem ‡
	Justin Timberlake
	Pharrell Williams ‡
2015
	Justin Bieber	^[17]
	Jason Derulo
	Ed Sheeran ‡
	Kanye West
	Pharrell Williams
2016
	Shawn Mendes	^[18]
	Calvin Harris †
	Drake ‡
	Justin Bieber
	The Weeknd ‡

Statistics

Number of European Nominations	Total Number
25	95

References

^ Pride, Dominic (November 5, 1994). MTV Sets First European Awards Show. Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
^ Atwood, Brett (October 28, 1995). November Awards Abound: Billboard Vid, MTV Europe. Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
^ "YOGMAIL - the Unofficial George Michael Mailing List --Nov. 2/96--Issue #41".
^ "Puffy, Radiohead Lead MTV Europe Nominees". MTV News. September 19, 1997. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
^ "MTV Unveils the Nominations for the 1998 MTV Europe Music Awards; All Saints & Madonna Top List of Nominees". findarticles.com. October 1, 1998. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
^ "Britney, BSB Top Nominations For MTV Europe Awards; Spears, Mariah, Puffy, Manson To Perform". MTV News. October 5, 1999. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
^ Tadeusiak, Aneta. "MTV Europe Music Awards 2000". ukmix.org. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
^ "MTV Europe: Award nominations 2001". BBC News. September 25, 2001. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
^ Mancini, Robert (September 30, 2002). "Eminem, Pink, Shakira Nab Most Noms For MTV Europe Music Awards". MTV News. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
^ "MTV Europe Awards 2004: The winners". BBC News. November 18, 2004. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
^ Rawson-Jones, Ben (September 20, 2006). "MTV Europe Awards 2006: The Nominees". Digital Spy. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
^ "US artists lead MTV Europe awards". BBC News. September 21, 2009. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
^ "We Announce Our First Two Performers: Katy Perry & Linkin Park!". MTV Networks Europe. September 20, 2010. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
^ "Lady GaGa Leads 2011 MTV EMA Nominations". MTV UK. September 19, 2011. Archived from the original on September 23, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
^ Hardie, Beth (September 17, 2012). "A total sex pot (Rihanna) and a sweet innocent lass (Taylor Swift) are going to have a fight". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
^ "2014 MTV EMA Nominations: Get the Full List". MTV. Archived from the original on September 19, 2014.
^ "Taylor Swift Leads MTV EMAs with 9 Nominations". Billboard.
^ "justin bieber & beyoncé lead the 2016 mtv ema nominations – see the full list!". MTV UK. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

[1] Pride, Dominic (November 5, 1994). MTV Sets First European Awards Show. Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

[2] Atwood, Brett (October 28, 1995). November Awards Abound: Billboard Vid, MTV Europe. Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

[3] "YOGMAIL - the Unofficial George Michael Mailing List --Nov. 2/96--Issue #41".

[4] "Puffy, Radiohead Lead MTV Europe Nominees". MTV News. September 19, 1997. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

[5] "MTV Unveils the Nominations for the 1998 MTV Europe Music Awards; All Saints & Madonna Top List of Nominees". findarticles.com. October 1, 1998. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

[6] "Britney, BSB Top Nominations For MTV Europe Awards; Spears, Mariah, Puffy, Manson To Perform". MTV News. October 5, 1999. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

[7] Tadeusiak, Aneta. "MTV Europe Music Awards 2000". ukmix.org. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

[8] "MTV Europe: Award nominations 2001". BBC News. September 25, 2001. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

[9] Mancini, Robert (September 30, 2002). "Eminem, Pink, Shakira Nab Most Noms For MTV Europe Music Awards". MTV News. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

[10] "MTV Europe Awards 2004: The winners". BBC News. November 18, 2004. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

[11] Rawson-Jones, Ben (September 20, 2006). "MTV Europe Awards 2006: The Nominees". Digital Spy. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

[12] "US artists lead MTV Europe awards". BBC News. September 21, 2009. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

[13] "We Announce Our First Two Performers: Katy Perry & Linkin Park!". MTV Networks Europe. September 20, 2010. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010.

[14] "Lady GaGa Leads 2011 MTV EMA Nominations". MTV UK. September 19, 2011. Archived from the original on September 23, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.

[15] Hardie, Beth (September 17, 2012). "A total sex pot (Rihanna) and a sweet innocent lass (Taylor Swift) are going to have a fight". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved September 17, 2012.

[16] "2014 MTV EMA Nominations: Get the Full List". MTV. Archived from the original on September 19, 2014.

[17] "Taylor Swift Leads MTV EMAs with 9 Nominations". Billboard.

[18] "justin bieber & beyoncé lead the 2016 mtv ema nominations – see the full list!". MTV UK. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

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