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When: Sunday, November 10, 2024
Where: Televised live on MTV from Manchester UK

Watch for the return of MTV's Europe Music Awards in Manchester UK this year on Sunday, November 10, 2024 as the awards mark its landmark 30th anniversary.

Returning this year for the third time in a row is UK singer Rita Ora.

2024 MTV EMA nominees have already been announce with female performers dominating the awards led by (who else?) Taylor Swift with seven nods, including best artist, best video, best pop and biggest fans.

Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX and Sabrina Carpenter each scored five nominations. followed by Ayra Starr, Beyoncé, Lamar, LISA, Chappell Roan and Tyla with four nods.

Kendrick Lamar, the lone male artist leading the pack, also received four nominations.

During the show, watch for live performances by a lineup that includes Benson Boone, RAYE, Shawn Mendes, Teddy Swims, Pet Shop Boys, and The Warning,

An initial list of award presenters also include LL Cool J, Neneh Cherry. Mabel. Gavin Rossdale, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie, Turner-Smith, and Lucien Leon Laviscount.

Televised from the Manchester venue Co-op Live, the 2024 EMAs will be broadcast on MTV in over 150 countries and will also be available to watch on Pluto TV and Paramount+.

Meanwhile, keep it here for updates including the announcement of big winners on awards night!

Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande lead the pack of nominees announced in October 2024

As we await the return of the MTV EMAs in 2024, check out the complete list of 2024 nominees along with EMA trivia and fun facts just up ahead:

DID YOU KNOW? MTV EMA fun facts

Miley Cyrus lights up at the EMAs in 2013.

• Record holders for most career EMA wins include Justin Bieber with 22, followed by Eminem with 15, and Lady Gaga with 10.

• Metallica caused a backstage uproar at the 1996 EMAs when they performed the songs "So What?" instead of their scheduled single, "King Nothing". The expletive-laden "So What?" was heard unedited during the live telecast, but was deleted in all later rebroadcasts.

• The most dazzling entrance ever at the EMAs happened during the show in 2000, when Jennifer Lopez entered the stage from the ceiling in a specially built plane to perform "Love Don't Cost a Thing".

• Despite winning the award for Best Hip-Hop at the 2006 awards, Kanye West was so disappointed at not winning for Best Video that he crashed the stage in protest. A tirade quickly followed in which Kanye said he should have won the prize for his video "Touch the Sky" because it "cost a million dollars, Pamela Anderson was in it. I was jumping across canyons!"

• More controversy erupted at the 2013 EMAs when Miley Cyrus appeared to light up a joint on stage after accepting the Best Video Award for "Wrecking Ball".

• Although a truly international event, the UK has hosted the MTV EMAs a record seven times beginning in London in 1996, followed by Edinburgh (2003), Liverpool (2008), Belfast (2011), Glasgow (2014), and London (in 2017 and again in 2019).

Sean Cosgrave is a frequent editorial contributor to Chiff.com.

2024 MTV Europe Music Award Nominees

MTV EMAs on the Web

Elsewhere around the Web, surf around for related news and updates, the complete list of nominees & winners, background info on past EMA presentations, plus pictures and red carpet appearances by the world's top pop and rock stars...

EMA - The official site of the Europe Music Awards with official online voting, nominees and winners, pictures, video clips, news & updates.

MTV Europe Music Awards - Good overview from Wikipedia with a list of EMA awards hosts and cities dating back to 1994, plus complete winner lists from recent years.