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BTS, Ed Sheeran win huge at MTV European Music Awards, take a look at full winners listing right here

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By ANI

BUDAPEST: At the 2021 MTV European Music Awards held on Sunday, November 14, 2021, common Korean band BTS and British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran emerged as the massive winners.

As per Variety, BTS gained essentially the most awards, together with Best Pop, Best Group, Best Okay-Pop and Biggest Fans, however weren’t available to gather the awards. Sheeran, who was current, gained Best Artist and Best Song for ‘Bad Habits’.

Justin Bieber, who was the frontrunner with eight nominations, did not win any awards.

Italian rock band Maneskin gained Best Rock. After the standard spherical of thanks throughout their acceptance speech, lead singer Damiano David mentioned, “We also want to say that people usually told us that we were not going to make it with our music – well, I guess you were wrong.”

Show host and performer Saweetie gained Best New, Nicki Minaj gained Best Hip-Hop and Olivia Rodrigo Best Push. Colombian singer Maluma who gained Best Latin mentioned: “Colombia is not Pablo Escobar anymore – Colombia is Maluma, baby.”

YUNGBLUD gained the award for Best Alternative. “I would like to say that this award is a tribute to individualism – this is an award for the 13-year-old boy from the north of England who was absolutely terrified to be who he was. If you are out there and you feel like you cannot be who you are, you can be. Keep fighting. Keep being brilliant,” the musician mentioned.

The Best Collaboration award went to Doja Cat ft. SZA for ‘Kiss Me More’, whereas David Guetta gained Best Electronic and Billie Eilish was honoured with the Video for Good award.

Among the regional native act classes, Taylor Swift gained for the US and Little Mix for the UK and Ireland.

The MTV EMA Generation Change Awards went to 5 honorees for preventing towards anti-LGBTQ+ insurance policies. MTV went forward with the awards in Hungary, regardless of the nation passing anti-LGBTQ+ legal guidelines in June, in solidarity with the group.

Viktoria Radvanyi, a board member of Budapest Pride, Hungary’s first feminist and anti-racist LGBTQ+ NGO appeared on stage to just accept the award on behalf of the winners. She urged the group to vote collectively and to not be pushed again into the closet.

Here’s the total listing of 2021 MTV EMA winners:

BEST ARTIST

Ed Sheeran

BEST POP

BTS

BEST SONG

Ed Sheeran – ‘Bad Habits’

BEST VIDEO

Lil Nas X – ‘MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)’

BEST COLLABORATION

Doja Cat ft. SZA – ‘Kiss Me More’

BEST NEW

Saweetie

BEST ELECTRONIC

David Guetta

BEST ROCK

Maneskin

BEST ALTERNATIVE

YUNGBLUD

BEST LATIN

Maluma

BEST HIP-HOP

Nicki Minaj

BEST Okay-POP

BTS

BEST GROUP

BTS

BEST PUSH

Olivia Rodrigo

BIGGEST FANS

BTS

VIDEO FOR GOOD

Billie Eilish – ‘Your Power’

MTV EMA GENERATION CHANGE AWARD

Amir AshourMatthew BlaiseSage Dolan-SandrinoErika HiltonViktoria Radvanyi

2021 MTV EMA LOCAL ACT WINNERS

Best African Act – Wizkid (Nigeria)

Best Australian Act – Ruel

Best Brazilian Act – Manu Gavassi

Best Canadian Act – Johnny Orlando

Best Caribbean Act – Bad Bunny

Best French Act – Amel Bent

Best German Act – Badmomzjay

Best Hungarian Act – Azahriah

Best India Act – DIVINE

Best Italian Act – Aka 7even

Best Israeli Act – Noa Kirel

Best Japan Act – Sakurazaka46

Best Korea Act – Aespa

Best Latin America-North Act – Aleman

Best Latin America-South Act – Tini

Best Latin America-Central Act – Sebastian Yatra

Best New Zealand Act – Teeks

Best Nordic Act – Tessa (Denmark)

Best Polish Act – Daria Zawialow

Best Portuguese Act – Diogo Picarra

Best MTV Russia Act – Max Barskih

Best Southeast Asia Act – JJ Lin (Singapore)

Best Spanish Act – Aitana

Best Swiss Act – Gjon’s Tears

Best UK and Ireland Act – Little Mix

Best US Act – Taylor Swift

After a digital 2020, the occasion was dwell from the Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena in Hungary and aired on MTV in 180 international locations.

Sheeran opened the proceedings with a rendition of his newest single ‘Overpass Graffiti’ and afterward carried out his hit quantity ‘Shivers’.

The world premiere efficiency of Maluma’s ‘Mama Tetema’, included a phase the place he and his dancers have been drenched in synthetic rain, in step with the water theme.

With a medley of two unreleased songs, ‘Coconuts’ and ‘Hit It From The Back’, Kim Petras made EMAs historical past as the primary trans artist to carry out on the present.

There have been additionally performances by OneRepublic, Maluma, Imagine Dragons, Maneskin, Griff and Girl in Red. YUNGBLUD closed the evening with a efficiency of his newest single ‘Fleabag’ that was replete with pyrotechnics and ended with him and his band trashing the stage.