MTV Europe Music Awards

[Corki]

I hadn't realised these were last night in Munich, Germany, but here is a summary of the winners, as well as the losers from certain categories.

 

    * Album - Nelly Furtado, Loose

(LOSERS: Akon, Konvicted; Amy Winehouse, Back to Black; Avril Lavigne, The Best Damn Thing; Linkin Park, Minutes to Midnight)

 

    * Inter Act - Tokio Hotel

(LOSERS: 30 Seconds to Mars; Depeche Mode; Fall Out Boy; My Chemical Romance)

 

    * Most Addictive Track - Avril Lavigne, Girlfriend

(LOSERS: Amy Winehouse, Rehab; Beyonce and Shakira, Beautiful Liar; Mika, Grace Kelly; Nelly Furtado, All Good Things; Rihanna featuring Jay-Z, Umbrella)

 

    * Video Star - Justice, D.A.N.C.E

(LOSERS: Bat For Lashes, What’s A Girl To Do; Chemical Brothers, The Salmon Dance; Foo Fighters, The Pretender; Justin Timberlake, What Goes Around; Kayne West, Stronger)

 

    * Rock Out - 30 Seconds to Mars

(LOSERS: Evanescence; Fall Out Boy; Linkin Park; My Chemical Romance)

 

    * Band - Linkin Park

(LOSERS: Good Charlotte; Fall Out Boy; My Chemical Romance; Tokio Hotel)

 

    * Ultimate Urban - Rihanna

(LOSERS: Beyonce; Gym Class Heroes; Justin Timberlake; Kayne West; Timbaland)

 

    * Headliner - Muse

(LOSERS: Arctic Monkeys; Beyonce; Foo Fighters; Justin Timberlake)

 

    * Solo - Avril Lavigne

(LOSERS: Christina Aguilera; Justin Timberlake; Mika; Rihanna; Nelly Furtado)

 

    * Artist's Choice (chosen by MTV) - Amy Winehouse

    * New sounds of Europe - Bedwetters (Estonia)

    * Free Your Mind (chosen by MTV) - Anton Abele - Bevara oss från gatuvåldet

    * Best Danish Act - Nephew

    * Best German Act - Bushido

    * Best French Act - Justice

    * Best Italian Act - J Ax

    * Best Adriatic Act - Van Gogh (Serbia)

    * Best Dutch/Belgian act - Within Temptation (Netherlands)

    * Best Polish Act - Doda

    * Best Finnish Act - Negative

    * Best UK & Irish Act - Muse

    * Best Portuguese Act - Da Weasel

    * Best Romanian Act - Andreea Bănică

    * Best Norwegian Act - El Axel

    * Best Swedish Act - Neverstore

    * Best Baltic Act - Jurga

    * Best Spanish Act - Violadores del Verso

    * Best Turkish Act - Ceza

    * Best Hungarian Act - Ákos

    * Best Russian Act - Dima Bilan

    * Best African Act - d'banj

    * Best Arab Act - Rashed Al-Majed

    * Best Ukrainian Act - Lama

All full list of the European nominations can be found here.

 

- So, it was a good night for Avril Lavigne, as she scooped 2 of the big awards.

- Muse have good reasons to cheer as well, winning 2 awards. I definitely suggest listening to their music - some good quality rock music. Start with Absolution.

- I'm also glad Nelly Furtado's album, Loose, got the recognition it deserves and won the best album award, as it is very enjoyable to listen to. All her current albums differ, and show what a talented singer she is.

- Having got into Symphonic Metal over the last few weeks, it was great to see Within Temptation win an award, even if it wasn't a big ones.

- I have no idea why Amy Winehouse wins anything. If her life wasn't such a mess, I don't think she wouldn't be that popular. She's talentless, so it baffles me when young girls scream her name out when they see her, as I happened to do witness on Wednesday evening at Tottenham Court Road tube station.

 

 

So, what do other people think of the winners? And any Europeans who will have a greater knowledge of music across Europe than me (but I am growing to love European music over American music at the moment) or our non-European DMers, feel free to add what you know about any of the categories.

[Faile]

Muse is freakin' awesome! I love their stuff, and I'm glad they picked up a couple of awards. I wished that Mika had picked up a couple of awards, his stuff is pretty darn good, too.

[Majsju]

Muse a well deserved winner, glad to see Justice picking up two, though for Video star I would have gone with Bat For Lashes.

That Neverstore got best Swedish act is a joke, I could pick at least 10 better albums just from the top of my head. Had it been up to me I would probably have given the award to Familjen.

And how could Efterklang not get best Danish act???

 

As for the non-European acts, I think they all suck and should not even have been nominated.

 

 

[Faile]

I didn't recognize half of the artists listed, but that's because I live in the states and the majority of our music is complete crap.

[North Star]

your not missing out on much....the majority of that is the best of the bad bunch which has stopped me listening to radio 1 for the last...5 years? something like that.

 

and muse come from about 10 miles from where i live :D :D and yes they are good. although i prefer their older stuff

[Corki]

I didn't recognize half of the artists listed, but that's because I live in the states and the majority of our music is complete crap.

 

Faile, I know what you mean! Even though I live in the UK, I didn't recognise half of the winners! But due to YouTube, I am slowly expanding my knowledge of European Music, and there is some good stuff out there!

[Majsju]

I only now saw the link to the list of nominated acts, and was shocked to see that none of the alternatives I mentioned were even nominated.

 

But, serves as a reminder why I quit watching mtv in the first place.

[Faile]

Mtv definitely has gone down the hill, I blame The Real World.

 

 

If you guys come across some cool European bands, let me know so I can check them out. I need something new to listen to. Lately it's just been Shiny Toy Guns and the East Village Opera Company (not that I'm complaining, both are great bands)- I just need some scenery changes.

[Majsju]

Well, almost all the music I listen to is European...:D

 

Of those on the list of nominated acts, I would definitly recommend Justice, Muse, Bat For Lashes and Mika.

[Arrandion]

Arrrghhhh....

 

"Best Polish Act - Doda"... words failed me! There is several much better polish singers/groups which deserve this title.

[Majsju]

Arrrghhhh....

 

"Best Polish Act - Doda"... words failed me! There is several much better polish singers/groups which deserve this title.

 

Something tells me it was not the music that made her win...

[Corki]

Having done a quick Google search, I see what you mean...some record she has...

 

I also like the fact one of the albums was called Bimbo...

[Arrandion]

Now you know my pain! She is a kind of local "star" with a bunch of followers, but MTV award ? I Don't want to think what got her through.  ;)

 

I would choose "Riverside" :-)

[Majsju]

Well, a similar thing could be said about Neverstore, the swedish winner. They have a small group of supporters (mostly the same kids who listens to crap like good charlotte and such), while most people have never heard of them, since they are not good or even interesting enough to get any airtime except for local commercial stations.

 

But I suppose The Ark and Timo Räisänen sells to many albums to feel "exciting" for the jury...