Taylor Swift leads MTV EMA nominations for second year running with seven nods

Irish star Hozier has been nominated for 'best UK and Ireland act' and 'best alternative'; and Irish post-punk band Fontaines DC have been nominated for 'best alternative'

The US pop star has been nominated in categories including best video, best artist, best US act, and best collaboration (Doug Peters/PA)

Taylor Swift leads the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) nominations for the second year running with seven nods.

The US pop star, 34, who released her 11th studio album earlier in the year, The Tortured Poets Department, has been nominated in categories that include best video, best artist, best US act, and best collaboration.

The Anti-Hero singer appeared across seven categories in 2023 when the awards were cancelled over the “volatility of world events” following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.

Last month, Swift took home seven gongs at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), taking her career total to 30 and equalling Beyonce as the most-awarded musician in VMAs history.

Taylor Swift released her 11th studio album earlier in the year (Liam McBurney/PA)

This year’s best song nominations at the EMAs include Good Luck, Babe! by US pop star Chappell Roan, Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter, Birds Of A Feather by Billie Eilish and Texas Hold ‘Em by Beyonce.

There are 19 nominees who will have a chance to score their first-ever EMA award, according to MTV, and these include Disclosure and Fred Again for best electronic, Irish post-punk band Fontaines DC for best alternative, and five-piece indie outfit The Last Dinner Party for best new act.

Battling it out in the best artist category will be Swift, Eilish, Post Malone, Raye, and Carpenter while rapper Central Cee, alternative pop star Charli XCX, electronic duo Chase & Status, pop singer Dua Lipa, Irish star Hozier and Brit award-winner Raye are all nominated for best UK and Ireland act.

Nominees in the best rock category include Bon Jovi, Coldplay, Green Day, Liam Gallagher and The Killers, while Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Megan Thee Stallion, and Nicki Minaj are among the acts who will go up against one another in the best hip-hop category.

This year, for the first time, Manchester will host the annual ceremony celebrating music and artists from across the globe.

The EMAs will take place at the Co-op Live arena on November 10 and will be broadcast at 9pm on MTV UK, Channel 5 and Pluto TV.

The broadcast will be available on demand on Paramount+ from November 12.

FULL LIST OF 2024 MTV EMA NOMINATIONS

BEST SONG

Ariana Grande – we can’t be friends (wait for your love)

Benson Boone – Beautiful Things

Beyoncé – TEXAS HOLD ‘EM

Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER

Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!

Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso

BEST VIDEO

Ariana Grande – we can’t be friends (wait for your love)

Charli xcx - 360

Eminem - Houdini

Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us

LISA ft. Rosalía – NEW WOMAN

Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone - Fortnight

BEST ARTIST

Beyoncé

Billie Eilish

Post Malone

RAYE

Sabrina Carpenter

Taylor Swift

BEST COLLABORATION

Charli xcx & Billie Eilish – Guess featuring Billie Eilish

Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – Like That

Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile

LISA ft. Rosalía – NEW WOMAN

Peso Pluma, Anitta - BELLAKEO

Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – Fortnight

BEST NEW

Ayra Starr

Benson Boone

Chappell Roan

LE SSERAFIM

Teddy Swims

The Last Dinner Party

Tyla

BEST POP

Ariana Grande

Billie Eilish

Camila Cabello

Charli xcx

Dua Lipa

Sabrina Carpenter

Taylor Swift

BEST AFROBEATS

Asake

Ayra Starr

Burna Boy

Rema

Tems

Tyla

BEST ROCK

Bon Jovi

Coldplay

Green Day

Kings of Leon

Lenny Kravitz

Liam Gallagher

The Killers

BEST LATIN

Anitta

Bad Bunny

KAROL G

Peso Pluma

Rauw Alejandro

Shakira

BEST K-POP

Jimin

Jung Kook

LE SSERAFIM

LISA

NewJeans

Stray Kids

BEST ALTERNATIVE

Fontaines D.C.

Hozier

Imagine Dragons

Lana Del Rey

Twenty One Pilots

YUNGBLUD

BEST ELECTRONIC

Calvin Harris

David Guetta

Disclosure

DJ Snake

Fred Again..

Swedish House Mafia

BEST HIP-HOP

Central Cee

Eminem

Kendrick Lamar

Megan Thee Stallion

Nicki Minaj

Travis Scott

BEST R&B

Kehlani

SZA

Tinashe

Tyla

USHER

Victoria Monét

BEST LIVE

Adele

Coldplay

Doja Cat

RAYE

Taylor Swift

Travis Scott

BEST PUSH

Ayra Starr

Chappell Roan

Coco Jones

Flyana Boss

Jessie Murph

Laufey

LE SSERAFIM

Mark Ambor

Shaboozey

Teddy Swims

The Warning

Victoria Monét

BIGGEST FANS

Anitta

Ariana Grande

Beyoncé

Billie Eilish

Chappell Roan

Charli xcx

Katy Perry

LISA

Nicki Minaj

Sabrina Carpenter

Shawn Mendes

Taylor Swift

MTV EMA 2024 BEST REGIONAL ACT NOMINEES BEST UK & IRELAND ACT

Central Cee

Charli xcx

Chase & Status

Dua Lipa

Hozier

RAYE