MTV Asia today announced nominations for the “2018 MTV EMAs” with Camila Cabello leading the pack. Cabello snagged six nominations including “Best Song” and “Best Video” for her chart-topping hit “Havana” featuring Young Thug, as well as “Best Artist” alongside Ariana Grande and Post Malone, who follow Cabello with five nods each. Drake and Dua Lipa also join the above contenders for “Best Artist,” scoring four nods each alongside Shawn Mendes, including “Best Local Act” for all three of their respective home countries.
MTV creatively teased the EMA nominees via a series of captivating Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) style videos, with visuals involving floral foam smashing, paint mixing and kinetic sand slicing for the “Best Artist,” “Best Song” and “Best Video” categories. The mesmerizing video reveals were broadcast across MTV’s global digital platforms and a coalition of media partners.
In Southeast Asia, a total of over 28k votes were cast by fans on Twitter to select the seventh ‘social wildcard’ nominee, Twopee Southside emerge as the seventh nominee to compete for the Best Southeast Asia Act. The seven nominees for the Best Southeast Asia Act are: Afgan (Indonesia), IV of Spades (Philippines), Joe Flizzow (Malaysia), Minh Hằng (Vietnam), Slot Machine (Thailand), The Sam Willows (Singapore) and social wildcard winner, Twopee Southside (Thailand).
The “2018 MTV EMAs” will air live around the globe from Bilbao Exhibition Centre, Spain. Catch the live broadcast on Sunday, 5 November at 2am (WIB) and 3am (SG/MY) for the red carpet, 3am (WIB) and 4am (SG/MY) for the main show, and across MTV’s global network of channels in more than 180 countries and territories, reaching more than half a billion households around the world. Catch the first encore telecast on the same day at 6pm (WIB) and 7pm (SG/MY) for the red carpet, 7am (WIB) and 8pm (SG/MY) for the main show.
Music fans will determine the night’s winners by voting for their favorite artists leading up to the show. Voting is now open at mtvema.com until 3 November at 11:59pm CET.
COMPLETE LIST – 2018 MTV EMA NOMINEES
BEST ARTIST Ariana Grande Camila Cabello Drake Dua Lipa Post Malone
BEST VIDEO Ariana Grande no tears left to cry Camila Cabello Havana ft. Young Thug Childish Gambino This Is America Lil Dicky Freaky Friday ft. Chris Brown The Carters APES**T
BEST SONG Ariana Grande no tears left to cry Bebe Rexha Meant To Be ft. Florida Georgia Line Camila Cabello Havana ft. Young Thug Drake God’s Plan Post Malone rockstar ft. 21 Savage
BEST POP Ariana Grande Camila Cabello Dua Lipa Hailee Steinfeld Shawn Mendes
BEST NEW Anne-Marie Bazzi Cardi B Hayley Kiyoko Jessie Reyez
BEST LOOK Cardi B Dua Lipa Migos Nicki Minaj Post Malone
BEST HIP HOP Drake Eminem Migos Nicki Minaj Travis Scott
BEST LIVE Ed Sheeran Muse P!nk Shawn Mendes The Carters
BEST ROCK 5 Seconds Of Summer Foo Fighters Imagine Dragons Muse U2
BEST ALTERNATIVE Fall Out Boy Panic! At The Disco The 1975 Thirty Seconds To Mars twenty one pilots
BEST ELECTRONIC Calvin Harris David Guetta Marshmello Martin Garrix The Chainsmokers
BIGGEST FANS BTS Camila Cabello Selena Gomez Shawn Mendes Taylor Swift
BEST WORLD STAGE Clean Bandit MTV Crashes Plymouth, UK 2017 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 Alessia Cara MTV Spotlight @ Hyperplay, Singapore 2018
BEST PUSH PRETTYMUCH (October 2017) Why Don’t We (November 2017 ) Grace VanderWaal (December 2017) Bishop Briggs (January 2018) Superorganism (February 2018) Jessie Reyez (March 2018) Hayley Kiyoko (April 2018) Lil Xan (May 2018) Sigrid (June 2018) Chloe x Halle (July 2018) Bazzi (August 2018) Jorja Smith (September 2018)
BEST US ACT (BEST LOCAL ACT*) Ariana Grande Camila Cabello (US) Cardi B Imagine Dragons Post Malone (US) Dua Lipa (UK & Ireland) Drake (Canada) Shawn Mendes (Canada) Belako (Spain)
BEST SOUTHEAST ASIA ACT Afgan (Indonesia) IV of Spades (Philippines) Joe Flizzow (Malaysia) Minh Hằng (Vietnam) Slot Machine (Thailand) The Sam Willows (Singapore) Twopee Southside (Thailand)
*’Social wildcard’ winner, Twopee Southside are among those nominated for Best Act in their respective home regions
BEST GREATER CHINA ACT Alex To LaLa Hsu Loura Lou Stringer Zhang Sulong Wang
BEST JAPAN ACT Daoko Glim Spanky Little Glee Monster Wednesday Campanella Yahyel
BEST KOREA ACT (G)I-DLE Golden Child Loona Pentagon Cosmic Girls
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