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2018 MTV European Music Awards: Winners List!


The 25th annual MTV European Music Awards took place at the Bizkaia Arena at the Bilbao Exhibition Center (BEC) in Spain this sunday Nov 4th. The biggest artist across the globe came together on this special night, the event hosted by Oscar nominee Haillee Steinfeld brought the audience back to life!

Emotional performances by Halsey & Bebe Rexha, british girl group Little Mix made their EMA debut performing ''Woman Like Me'' alongside Nicki Minaj. GRANDE wins for Camila Cabello, last year she received her first EMA and this year she's the most awarded artists of the night taking home 4 awards!

Check out the full list of the winners of the European Music Awards 2018 below.

Best Artist

Ariana Grande Camila Cabello (Winner) Drake Dua Lipa Post Malone

Best Song

Camila Cabello - ''Havana'' ft. Young Thug (Winner)

Ariana Grande - ''No Tears Left To Cry''

Bebe Rexha - ''Meant To Be'' ft. Florida Georgia Line

Drake - ''God's Plan''

Post Malone - ''rockstar'' ft. 21 savage

Best Pop

Ariana Grande​ Dua Lipa (Winner)

Camila Cabello

Hailee Steinfeld

Shawn Mendes

Best Hip Hop

Drake

Nicki Minaj (Winner)

Eminem

Migos

Travis Scott

Best Rock

Foofighters

5 Seconds Of Summer (Winner)

Imagine Dragons

Muse

U2

Best Electronic

Marshmello (Winner)

Calvin Harris

David Guetta

The Chainsmokers

Martin Garrix

Best Alternative

Fall Out Boy

The 1975

Panic! At The Disco (Winner) Thirty Seconds To Mars

Twenty one Pilots

Best Video Camila Cabello - ''Havana'' ft. Young Thug (Winner)

Ariana Grande - ''No Tears Left To Cry''

Lil Dicky - ''Freaky Friday'' ft. Chris Brown

Childish Gambino - ''This is America''

The Carters - ''APES**T''

Best Live

Ed Sheeran

Muse

P!NK

Shawn Mendes (Winner)

The Carters

Best New

Anne-Marie

Cardi B (Winner)

Bazzi

Hayley Kiyoko

Jessie Reyez

Best Look

Nicki Minaj (Winner) Migos

Dua Lipa

Cardi B

Post Malone

Biggest Fans

Camila Cabello - Camilizers

Shawn Mendes - Mendesarmy

Taylor Swift - Swifties

BTS - Army (Winner) Selena Gomez - Selenators

Best PUSH

Jessie Reyez

Grace VanderWaal (Winner)

Lil Xan

PRETTY MUCH

Chloe x Halle

Superorganism

Why Don't We

Sigrid

Best WORLD STAGE

Clean Bandit: MTV Crashes Plymouth, UK 2017

Alessia Cara: MTV Spotlight, Hyperplay, Singapore 2018 (Winner) Charli XCX: MTV Crashes Plymouth, UK 2017 David Guetta: Trafalgar Square, UK 2017 Jason Derulo: Isle of MTV Malta 2018 Post Malone: Wireless Festival, UK 2018

Migos: Wireless Festival, UK 2018 J Cole: Wireless Festival, UK 2018

Nick Jonas: MTV Spotlight, Hyperplay, Singapore 2018

Global Icon

JANET JACKSON (Winner)

Janet Jackson received the Global Icon Award from Jason Derulo and Camila Cabello after performing a medley of ''Made For Now'', ''Rhytem Nation'' and ''All For You'' which had the whole crowd swinging.

"I accept this award with profound gratitude. To be called an icon is a tremendous honor, but one that comes with a tremendous responsibility," she began. "Tonight I feel moved to speak for women whose voices have been stifled. I am one of those women. Women who have been gagged, both literally and emotionally. Women who have been abused. Women who have been intimidated. Women who have lived in fear. I stand with you. You are my sisters." - Janet Jackson

Best Local Act

Viva Suecia (Spanish) Little Mix (UK & Ireland)

Camila Cabello (American)

Shawn Mendes (Canadian)

Diogo Piçarra (Portuguese)

Scarlet Pleasure (Danish)

JVG (Finnish)

Alan Walker (Norwegian)

Avicii (Swedish)

Mike Singer (German)

$hirak (Dutch)

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike (Belgian)

Loco Escrito (Swiss)

BigFlo & Oli (French)

Annalisa (Italian)

Margaret (Polish)

Jah Khaleb (Russian)

Follow The Flow (Hungarian)

Noa Kirel (Israeli)

Ha*Ash (LATAM North)

Sebastian Yatra (LATAM Central)

Lali (LATAM South) Tkay Maidza (Australian)

Mitch James (New Zealand)

Tiwa Savage (African) Big Ri & Meba Ofilia (Indian)

Little Glee Monster (Japanese)

Loona (Korean)

MTV launched a brand new award nomination called the Generation Change Award to shine a light on young inspirational people who are changing the world with their art, speech and visions. The nominees are tackling issues around the world on environment, ending child marriage, LGBTQ+ rights, mental health, children’s rights and education. Best World Stage winner Alessia Cara handed the special award to all nominees of this year which share a #1 position for their tremendous work and dedication.

Mohamad Al Jounde,17, Syrian Refugee (Chirldren Rights)

Ellen Jones, 20, Activist & Creator (LGBTQ+, Mental health and women Rights)

Hauwa Ojeifo, 26, Mental Health Coach & Founder of Movement of Love, Hope and Support (Mental Health Awareness Nigeria)

Xiuhtezcatl "X" Martinez, 18, climate activist & hip-hop artist (Environment Change)

Who were you rooting for? Did your favorite win?

Let me know @CelebNewzOnline

Photos: MTVEMA's INSTAGRAM, Camila Cabello Twitter

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