Lady Gaga Leads With Six Nominations for the "2011 MTV EMA", Followed by Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Adele, Justin Bieber and Thirty Seconds to Mars

Lady Gaga Leads With Six Nominations for the "2011 MTV EMA", Followed by Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Adele, Justin Bieber and Thirty Seconds to Mars

LONDON and NEW YORK, September 19, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

- Other Multi-Award Nominees Include Foo Fighters, Jennifer Lopez,
Jessie J, Coldplay, Beyonce, Eminem, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kanye West and
More

- The "2011 MTV EMA" Celebrates Music's Biggest Global Superstars and
Hottest Artists From Every Corner of the World

- The 18th Annual "MTV EMA" Will Air Live From Belfast's Odyssey Arena
Sunday, 6th November at 9PM CET

MTV [http://www.mtvema.com ] today announced the nominees for the "2011
MTV EMA" with Lady Gaga leading the pack with six nods, and Katy Perry and
Bruno Mars following closely behind with four nominations. British
songstress Adele, who stands as the top-selling artist of the year, has been
nominated for three awards, with Justin Bieber and Thirty Seconds To Mars
also up for three. The 18th annual MTV EMA will broadcast live on Sunday,
6th Novemberat 9PM CET from Belfast's Odyssey Arena on MTV channels around
the world.

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The "2011 MTV EMA [http://uk.mtvema.com/press/sponsors ]" are sponsored
by Dell, Replay, Hyundai and Swatch.

Two of the reigning queens of pop will go head to head at this year's
EMA in four of the same categories, as Lady Gaga and Katy Perry compete for
Best Live, Best Pop and Best Female, as well as Best Song, with Perry
nominated for "Firework" and Gaga for "Born This Way". Gaga is also
nominated for Best Video for "Born This Way"and Biggest Fans. Multi-talented
singer/songwriter Bruno Mars is up for four awards, including Best New, Best
Male, Best Push and Best Song for "Grenade." Adele has been nominated for
Best Female, as well as Best Song and Best Video for "Rolling In The Deep",
and Justin Bieber will compete for Best Pop, Best Male and Biggest Fans.
Thirty Seconds To Mars is up for Best Alternative, Best World Stage and
Biggest Fans.

As always, the MTV EMA - MTV's international celebration of the year's
best in music - features nominees from across genres, recognizing today's
hottest acts and global superstars. Foo Fighters, Snoop Dogg, My Chemical
Romance, Jennifer Lopez, LMFAO, Jessie J, Beyonce, Coldplay, Eminem, Arcade
Fire, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Far East Movement, Kanye West, Linkin Park, Wiz
Khalifa and Kings of Leon are each up for two EMA nominations.

New to the "2011 MTV EMA" is the Biggest Fans award, which will go to
the most passionate fan base for a particular artist. Beginning Monday, 19th
September, viewers can vote for their favourite EMA artists by visiting
http://www.mtvema.com. The more fans engage with the EMA content
featured on the site, the more their participation and points can boost the
chances for their favourite artist to win.

Also new this year is the World Wide Act category, which celebrates
diversity and the breadth of all the music that MTV has to offer by
nominating incredible artists from all corners of the world. Fans will be
able to vote for an artist/group from their respective territory in Europe
starting Monday, September 19th, and then those local winners will vie for
the European title the week of 17th October. The representative for Europe
will be announced the week of 24th October along with the regional nominees
from Latin America, North America, Asia Pacific and Africa/India/Middle
East, and those five regional nominees will then battle for the "World Wide
Act" distinction. The winner will be named at the show in Belfast.

Here is the list of nominees for the "2011 MTV EMA":

BEST SONG
Adele - "Rolling In The Deep"
Bruno Mars - "Grenade"
Jennifer Lopez ft Pitbull - "On The Floor"
Katy Perry - "Firework"
Lady Gaga - "Born This Way"

BEST LIVE
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Red Hot Chili Peppers

BEST POP
Britney Spears
Justin Bieber
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Rihanna

BEST NEW
Bruno Mars
Far East Movement
Jessie J
LMFAO
Wiz Khalifa

BEST FEMALE
Adele
Beyonce
Jennifer Lopez
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga

BEST MALE
Bruno Mars
David Guetta
Eminem
Justin Bieber
Kanye West

BEST HIP HOP
Eminem
Lil Wayne
JAY Z & Kanye West
Pitbull
Snoop Dogg

BEST ROCK
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Linkin Park
Kings of Leon
Red Hot Chili Peppers

BEST VIDEO
Adele - "Rolling In The Deep"
Beastie Boys - "Make Some Noise"
Beyonce - "Run The World (Girls)"
Justice - "Civilization"
Lady Gaga - "Born This Way"

BEST ALTERNATIVE
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
My Chemical Romance
The Strokes
Thirty Seconds To Mars

BEST WORLD STAGE
Arcade Fire
The Black Eyed Peas
Diddy Dirty Money
Enrique Iglesias
Kings of Leon
Linkin Park
My Chemical Romance
Ozzy Osborne
Snoop Dogg
Thirty Seconds To Mars

BEST PUSH
Alexis Jordan
Big Time Rush
Bruno Mars
Far East Movement
Jessie J
Katy B
LMFAO
Neon Trees
Theophilus London
Wiz Khalifa

BIGGEST FANS
Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga
Paramore
Selena Gomez
Thirty Seconds To Mars

MTV UK & IRELAND/ BEST UK & IRELAND ACT
Adele
Coldplay
Florence + The Machine
Jessie J
Kasabian

The "2011 MTV EMA" will be available to a potential viewing audience of
more than 1.2 billion people via MTV's global network of more than 60
channels reaching more than 640 million households around the world as well
as through syndication. In addition, its convergent programming and content
will reach the entire interactive community, via MTV's nearly 200 digital
media properties around the world. Richard Godfrey and Bruce Gillmer are
Executive Producers for the "2011 MTV EMA."

The "2010 MTV EMA", held in Madrid, was the event's most watched
telecast ever with a total of 22.2 million viewers tuning in to MTV and VIVA
channels around the world. The 17th annual show saw a +61% increase year
over year with the coveted P12-34 demographic and grabbed a +72% increase in
live streams of the show online to more than 4.5 million.

For all MTV EMA news and announcements, check out EMA on Facebook
[http://www.facebook.com/mtvema ] and follow us @ EMA Twitter
[http://www.twitter.com/mtvema ]. For MTV EMA press materials, please visit
press.mtvema.com [http://www.mtvema.com/press ].

About MTV:

MTV is the world's premier youth entertainment brand. With a global
reach of more than a half-billion households, MTV is the cultural home of
the millennial generation, music fans and artists, and a pioneer in creating
innovative programming for young people. MTV reflects and creates pop
culture with its award-winning content built around compelling storytelling,
music discovery and activism across TV, online and mobile. Outside of the
United States, MTV is part of Viacom International Media Networks, a
division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), one of the world's leading
creators of programming and content across all media platforms. For more
information about the 2011 MTV EMA, please visit press.mtvema.com.

For further information, please contact:
Kate Laverge
MTV / Viacom International Media Networks (London)
+44-207-284-6144
kate.laverge@mtvne.com

Bernadette Simpao
MTV / VIMN (New York)
+1-917-734-4966
bernadette.simpao@mtvstaff.com

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