Taylor Swift was the highest winner at Sunday’s MTV EMA Awards, which additionally took trip to honor Liam Payne.
Swift received within the classes of finest video with “Fortnight” (feat. Submit Malone), finest artist, finest stay and finest U.S. act. Tyla adopted together with her first-ever MTV EMA wins, for finest Afrobeats, finest R&B and finest African act.
In the course of the present, Rita Ora, who hosted the ceremony from Manchester, England, took a second to pay tribute to Payne, the previous One Course singer who died final month at age 31 after falling from a balcony in Argentina. Ora collaborated with Payne on the 2018 single “For You.”
“He had the biggest heart and was always the first person to offer help in any way that he could. He brought so much joy to every room he walked into, and he left such a mark on this world,” she mentioned, tearing up. “So, let’s just take a moment to remember our friend Liam.” A montage of photographs was then proven through the ceremony.
Different winners included Sabrina Carpenter, Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes, Calvin Harris, Think about Dragons, Eminem and Liam Gallagher
The present additionally featured performances by Mendes, Tyla, Benson Boone, LE SSERAFIM, The Warning, RAYE, Peso Pluma and Estevan Plazola, and Busta Rhymes, the latter of whom was introduced with the 2024 MTV EMAs International Icon Award from British rapper Little Simz. Pet Store Boys, who had been honored with the inaugural 2024 MTV EMA Pop Pioneer Award, additionally closed out the present alongside native string gamers the Manchester Camerata.
A full record of 2024 MTV EMA winners follows.
BEST SONGSabrina Carpenter – Espresso
BEST VIDEOTaylor Swift ft. Submit Malone – Fortnight
BEST ARTISTTaylor Swift
BEST COLLABORATIONLISA ft. Rosalía – NEW WOMAN
BEST NEWBenson Boone
BEST POPAriana Grande
BEST AFROBEATSTyla
BEST ROCKLiam Gallagher
BEST LATINPeso Pluma
BEST Okay-POPJimin
BEST ALTERNATIVEImagine Dragons
BEST ELECTRONICCalvin Harris
BEST HIP-HOPEminem
BEST R&BTyla
BEST LIVETaylor Swift
BEST PUSHLE SSERAFIM
BIGGEST FANSLISA
BEST AFRICAN ACTTyla
BEST ASIA ACTBINI
BEST AUSTRALIAN ACTSia
BEST AUSTRIAN ACTRAF Camora
BEST BRAZILIAN ACTPabllo Vittar
BEST CANADIAN ACTShawn Mendes
BEST CARIBBEAN ACTYoung Miko
BEST DUTCH ACTRoxy Dekker
BEST FRENCH ACTPierre Garnier
BEST GERMAN ACTAYLIVA
BEST INDIA ACTMali
BEST ISRAELI ACTNoa Kirel
BEST ITALIAN ACTAnnalisa
BEST LAT AM CENTRAL ACTManuel Turizo
BEST LAT AM NORTH ACTYeriMua
BEST LAT AM SOUTH ACTDillom
BEST NORDIC ACTZara Larsson
BEST POLISH ACTDaria Zawiałow
BEST PORTUGUESE ACTBárbara Bandeira
BEST SPANISH ACTLola Indigo
BEST SWISS ACTNemo
BEST U.Okay. & IRELAND ACTRAYE
BEST U.S. ACTTaylor Swift