MTV officially announced nominations for the 2019 MTV EMAs, with frontrunner Ariana Grande securing seven nods. Grande’s nominations include Best Artist, Best Video for her viral hit “thank you, next”, as well as Best Song alongside Shawn Mendes and EMA nominee newcomers Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish, who all follow Grande with six nods each. Latin American sensation J Balvin follows closely with five nominations including Best Artist, and Lizzo and Taylor Swift join the above contenders for Best U.S. Act, scoring four nods each.

To tease this year’s nominees, MTV poured fans a “taste of Seville” with beautiful coffee art reveals. As a play on the traditional Spanish cortado, the nominees for Best Artist, Best Video, and Biggest Fans were revealed via artistic foam cream visuals. The videos premiered across MTV’s global digital platforms and a coalition of media partners.

The 2019 MTV EMAs will take place at the FIBES, Conference & Exhibition Centre of Seville, Spain, and broadcast live on MTV Asia on Monday, 4 November 2019, starting with the red carpet premiere at 2.00 AM (WIB), 3.00 AM (SG/MY/PH), and 4.00 AM (MY – Astro). This is followed by the main show at 3.00 AM (WIB), 4.00 AM (SG/MY/PH), and 5.00 AM (MY – Astro). The 2019 MTV EMAs will also be livestreamed on the MTV Play app.

The primetime encore telecast will happen on the same day, 4 November, with the red carpet at 7.00 PM (WIB) and 8.00 PM (SG/MY/PH), and the main show at 7.50 PM (WIB) and 8.50 PM (SG/MY/PH).

In this region, Rich Brian (Indonesia), Yuna (Malaysia), Moira Dela Torre (Philippines), Jasmine Sokko (Singapore), Jannine Weigel (Thailand) and Suboi (Vietnam) have been nominated in the ‘Best Southeast Asia Act’ category.

COMPLETE LIST – 2019 MTV EMA NOMINEES

BEST VIDEO

Ariana Grande- thank u, next

Billie Eilish-  bad guy

Lil Nas X-  Old Town Road (Remix)

ROSALÍA, J Balvin- Con Altura ft. El Guincho

Taylor Swift-  ME! ft. Brendon Urie

BEST ARTIST

Ariana Grande

J Balvin

Miley Cyrus

Shawn Mendes

Taylor Swift

BEST SONG

Ariana Grande-  7 rings

Billie Eilish- bad guy

Lil Nas X- Old Town Road (Remix)

Post Malone, Swae Lee- Sunflower

Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello- Señorita

BEST COLLABORATION

BTS, Halsey-  Boy With Luv

Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus- Old Town Road (Remix)

Mark Ronson, Miley Cyrus- Nothing Breaks Like a Heart

ROSALÍA, J Balvin- Con Altura ft. El Guincho

Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello- Señorita

The Chainsmokers, Bebe Rexha- Call You Mine

BEST NEW

Ava Max

Billie Eilish

Lewis Capaldi

Lil Nas X

Lizzo

Mabel

BEST POP

Ariana Grande

Becky G

Camila Cabello

Halsey

Jonas Brothers

Shawn Mendes

BEST LIVE

Ariana Grande

BTS

Ed Sheeran

P!NK

Travis Scott

BEST ROCK

Green Day

Imagine Dragons

Liam Gallagher

Panic! At The Disco

The 1975

BEST HIP-HOP

21 Savage

Cardi B

J. Cole

Nicki Minaj

Travis Scott

BEST ALTERNATIVE

FKA Twigs

Lana Del Rey

Solange

twenty one pilots

Vampire Weekend

BEST ELECTRONIC

Calvin Harris

DJ Snake

Marshmello

Martin Garrix

The Chainsmokers

BEST LOOK

Halsey

J Balvin

Lil Nas X

Lizzo

ROSALÍA

BIGGEST FANS

Ariana Grande

Billie Eilish

BTS

Shawn Mendes

Taylor Swift

BEST PUSH

Ava Max

Billie Eilish

CNCO

H.E.R.

Jade Bird

Juice WRLD

Kiana Ledé

Lauv

Lewis Capaldi

Lizzo

Mabel

ROSALÍA

BEST WORLD STAGE

Bebe Rexha- Isle of MTV Malta 2019

Hailee Steinfeld- Isle of MTV Malta 2018

Muse- Bilbao, Spain 2018

The 1975- Lollapalooza Paris Festival 2019

twenty one pilots- Lollapalooza Paris Festival 2019

*Ariana Grande (US), Taylor Swift (US), Ed Sheeran (UK & Ireland), Shawn Mendes (Canada) and Burna Boy (Africa) are among those nominated for Best Act in their respective home regions.

BEST SOUTHEAST ASIA ACT

Rich Brian (Indonesia)

Yuna (Malaysia)

Moira Dela Torre (Philippines)

Jasmine Sokko (Singapore)

Jannine Weigel (Thailand)

Suboi (Vietnam)

BEST GREATER CHINA ACT

Timmy Xu 许魏洲

Fiona 薛凯琪

Shin 信

Timo Feng 冯提莫

Click#15

Shen Zhou 周深

BEST JAPAN ACT

King Gnu

Nulbarich

CHAI

Tempalay

Chanmina (ちゃんみな)

BEST KOREA ACT

AB6IX

ATEEZ

CIX

ITZY

IZ*ONE

The 2019 MTV EMA Red Carpet is sponsored by the upcoming film, “Charlie’s Angels”.

Voting is now open at mtvema.com until November 2nd at 11:59pm CET.