2011 MTV Europe Music Awards

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| name = 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards

| image = Mtvema2011.JPG

| caption =

| date = 6 November 2011 (9:00 PM CET)

| location = Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland

| host = Selena Gomez

| network = MTV Networks International (Europe)

| most_awards = Lady Gaga (4)

| most_nominations = Lady Gaga (7)

| previous = 2010

| main = {{nowrap|MTV Europe Music Awards}}

| next = 2012

}}

The 2011 MTV EMAs (also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards) were held in Northern Ireland's capital Belfast, on Sunday, 6 November 2011, at the Odyssey Arena in the Titanic Quarter area of the city and was hosted by Selena Gomez. Additional live venues for the awards show include Ulster Hall and Belfast City Hall.

On 19 September 2011, MTV Networks International announced the 2011 nominees. The main categories were dominated by Lady Gaga with seven nominations, Katy Perry and Bruno Mars with five and Britney Spears, Thirty Seconds to Mars and Adele with three apiece. Lady Gaga was the biggest winner of the night, taking home 4 awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/06/lady-gaga-mtv-europe-awards?newsfeed=true|title=Lady Gaga wins four prizes at MTV Europe awards|date=7 November 2011|work=Guardian|access-date=7 November 2011|archive-date=13 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113025259/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/06/lady-gaga-mtv-europe-awards?newsfeed=true|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15614714|title=Lady Gaga dominates MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast|date=7 November 2011|work=BBC News|access-date=7 November 2011|archive-date=6 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106213142/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15614714|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8871749/MTV-EMAs-2011-as-it-happened.html|title=MTV Europe Music Awards 2011: as it happened|date=7 November 2011|work=Daily Telegraph|access-date=7 November 2011|archive-date=30 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230223659/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8871749/MTV-EMAs-2011-as-it-happened.html|url-status=live}} Other winners include Thirty Seconds to Mars, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber with two apiece.

During the show Selena Gomez said that MTV received 154 million votes from people around the globe.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtv.pl/shows/mtv-europe-music-awards-2011/episodes/mtv-europe-music-awards-2011-czesc-2/video/2011-ema-main-show-part-16-selena-gomez-link-3-say-cheese-snow-drop-704601/ |work= MTV Europe Music Awards |date=2011 |title = SELENA GOMEZ LINK 3 (SAY CHEESE + SNOW DROP) |access-date=12 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110102543/http://www.mtv.pl/shows/mtv-europe-music-awards-2011/episodes/mtv-europe-music-awards-2011-czesc-2/video/2011-ema-main-show-part-16-selena-gomez-link-3-say-cheese-snow-drop-704601/ |archive-date=10 November 2011 |url-status=dead }} Queen received the Global Icon Award from Katy Perry, and the band closed the awards ceremony, with Adam Lambert on vocals, performing "The Show Must Go On", "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions".[http://www.mtv.com.au/news/61c139e8-katy-perry-adam-lambert-honour-queen/ Katy and Adam Honour Queen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912235351/http://www.mtv.com.au/news/61c139e8-katy-perry-adam-lambert-honour-queen/ |date=12 September 2012 }} MTV. Retrieved 19 April 2011

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Song ! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Video
class=wikitable style="width=100%"
valign="top" \| Lady Gaga — "Born This Way" Adele — "Rolling in the Deep" Bruno Mars — "Grenade" Jennifer Lopez (featuring Pitbull) — "On the Floor" Katy Perry — "Firework" \| valign="top" \| Lady Gaga — "Born This Way" Adele — "Rolling in the Deep" Beastie Boys — "Make Some Noise" Beyoncé — "Run the World (Girls)" Justice — "Civilization"
style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Female ! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Male
valign="top" \| Lady Gaga Adele Beyoncé Jennifer Lopez Katy Perry \| valign="top" \| Justin Bieber Bruno Mars David Guetta Eminem Kanye West
style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best New Act ! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Pop
valign="top" \| Bruno Mars Far East Movement Jessie J LMFAO Wiz Khalifa \| valign="top" \| Justin Bieber Britney Spears Katy Perry Lady Gaga Rihanna
style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Rock ! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Alternative
valign="top" \| Linkin Park Coldplay Foo Fighters Kings of Leon Red Hot Chili Peppers \| valign="top" \| Thirty Seconds to Mars Arcade Fire Arctic Monkeys My Chemical Romance The Strokes
style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Hip-Hop ! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Live Act
valign="top" \| Eminem Jay-Z & Kanye West Lil Wayne Pitbull Snoop Dogg \| valign="top" \| Katy Perry Coldplay Foo Fighters Lady Gaga Red Hot Chili Peppers
style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best World Stage Performance ! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Push Act
valign="top" \| Thirty Seconds to Mars Arcade Fire Diddy – Dirty Money Enrique Iglesias Kings of Leon Linkin Park My Chemical Romance Ozzy Osbourne Snoop Dogg The Black Eyed Peas \| valign="top" \| Bruno Mars Alexis Jordan Big Time Rush Far East Movement Jessie J Katy B LMFAO Neon Trees Skylar Grey Theophilus London Wiz Khalifa
style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Biggest Fans ! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Worldwide Act
valign="top" \| Lady Gaga Justin Bieber Paramore Selena Gomez Thirty Seconds to Mars \| valign="top" \| Big Bang Abd El Fattah Grini Britney Spears Lena Restart
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" colspan="2" \| Voices Award
colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" \| Justin Bieber
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" colspan="2" \| Global Icon
colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" \| Queen