That Rihanna reign just won’t let up.
The singer who recently won Video of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards, and received RIAA platinum certification (1 million sold) for her Talk That Talk album leads the pack with six nominations at the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA).
The Bajan export is up for awards in the Best Female, Best Pop, and Best Video, Best Song categories with her Calvin Harris-produced “We Found Love.” She is also up for Biggest Fans. The singer is currently working on album # 6 and will next year head off on her Diamonds world tour.
Style chameleon and fellow Caribbean celeb Nicki Minaj three nods – Best Hip Hop, Best Look and Best Female and will face Rihanna in the last two categories.
Other Caribbean celebs up for nods include Pitbull (Best Song, Best Male) and Sean Paul and Jason Derulo who will do battle for Best World Stage title
The 2012 MTV EMA will air live from Festhalle in Frankfurt, Germany, on November 11.
2012 MTV EMA Nominees
BEST SONG
Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris – “We Found Love”
Gotye – “Somebody That I Used To Know”
Pitbull feat. Chris Brown – “International Love”
fun. feat. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
BEST NEW
Rita Ora
fun.
One Direction
Lana Del Rey
Carly Rae Jepsen
BEST FEMALE
Rihanna
Katy Perry
P!nk
Taylor Swift
Nicki Minaj
BEST MALE
Justin Bieber
Kanye West
Flo Rida
Pitbull
Jay-Z
BEST POP
Justin Bieber
No Doubt
Katy Perry
Taylor Swift
Rihanna
BEST LIVE
Taylor Swift
Lady Gaga
Jay-Z & Kanye West
Green Day
Muse
BEST HIP-HOP
Jay-Z & Kanye West
Nas
Rick Ross
Drake
Nicki Minaj
BEST ROCK
Linkin Park
Green Day
Muse
The Killers
Coldplay
BEST ELECTRONIC
David Guetta
Swedish House Mafia
Avicii
Skrillex
Calvin Harris
BEST ALTERNATIVE
Jack White
The Black Keys
Arctic Monkeys
Florence + The Machine
Lana Del Rey
BEST VIDEO
M.I.A. – “Bad Girls”
Lady Gaga – “Marry the Night”
Katy Perry – “Wide Awake”
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris – “We Found Love”
PSY – “Gangnam Style”
BEST LOOK
Nicki Minaj
Rihanna
Jack White
Taylor Swift
A$AP Rocky
BIGGEST FANS
Justin Bieber
One Direction
Lady Gaga
Rihanna
Katy Perry
BEST WORLD STAGE
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
B.o.B
Evanescence
Flo Rida
Jason Derulo
Joe Jonas
Justin Bieber
Kasabian
Ke$ha
LMFAO
Maroon 5
Nelly Furtado
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sean Paul
Snoop Dogg
Snow Patrol
Taylor Swift
BEST PUSH
Nov – Foster The People
Dec – Lana Del Rey
Jan – Mac Miller
Feb – Michael Kiwanuka
March – Gotye
April – Rebecca Ferguson
May – fun.
June – Rita Ora
July – Conor Maynard
August – Of Monsters And Men
September – Carly Rae Jepsen
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