MTV Europe Music Award for Global Icon

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! style="width:30%;"| Winner

! style="width:10%;"| Ref

| align="center"| Bon Jovi

| align="center"| {{cite web|title=Bon Jovi to receive Global Icon award at MTV EMA 2010 on Sunday|publisher=Andina|url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-bon-jovi-to-receive-global-icon-award-at-mtv-ema-2010-on-sunday-326435.aspx|date=November 6, 2010|access-date=October 8, 2020}}

| align="center"| Queen

| align="center"| {{cite web|title=Queen to receive 'Global Icon' award at MTV EMAs 2011|publisher=Digital Spy|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a346382/queen-to-receive-global-icon-award-at-mtv-emas-2011/|date=October 19, 2011|access-date=October 8, 2020}}

| align="center"| Whitney Houston

| align="center"| {{cite web|title=Whitney Houston named Global Icon at 2012 MTV EMAs|publisher=MTV UK|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/rq3inx/whitney-houston-named-global-icon-at-2012-mtv-ema|date=November 11, 2012|access-date=October 8, 2020}}

| align="center"| Eminem

| align="center"| {{cite web|title=Eminem is the 2013 mtv ema global icon!|publisher=MTV Canada|url=https://www.mtv.ca/eminem-is-the-2013-mtv-ema-global-icon/|date=November 10, 2013|access-date=October 8, 2020}}

| align="center"| Ozzy Osbourne

| align="center"| {{cite web|title=OZZY OSBOURNE WILL RECEIVE THE GLOBAL ICON AWARD AT THE 2014 MTV EMA|publisher=MTV News|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1961328/ozzy-osbourne-2014-ema-global-icon-award/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141014124929/http://www.mtv.com/news/1961328/ozzy-osbourne-2014-ema-global-icon-award/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 14, 2014|date=October 13, 2014|access-date=October 8, 2020}}

| align="center"| Duran Duran {{ref|a|[a]}}

| align="center"| {{cite web|title=Duran Duran to Receive Video Visionary Award at MTV EMAs|publisher=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6738351/duran-duran-visionary-award-mtv-emas|date=October 23, 2015|access-date=October 8, 2020}}

| align="center"| Green Day

| align="center"| {{cite web|first=Samantha|last=Maine|title=Green Day crowned ‘Global Icons’|publisher=NME|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/green-day-crowned-global-icons-1814421|date=November 1, 2016|access-date=October 12, 2020}}

| align="center"| U2

| align="center"| {{cite web|title=U2 get Global Icon Award at MTV Europe Music Awards|publisher=RTÉ|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2017/1111/919321-look/|date=November 12, 2017|access-date=October 8, 2020}}

| align="center"| Janet Jackson

| align="center"| {{cite web|title=Janet Jackson to Receive Global Icon Award at MTV EMAs|publisher=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/janet-jackson-receive-global-icon-award-mtv-emas-1202982633/|date=October 17, 2018|access-date=October 8, 2020}}

| align="center"| Liam Gallagher {{ref|b|[b]}}

| align="center"| {{cite web|title=GET TO KNOW YOUR FIRST-EVER MTV EMA ROCK ICON LIAM GALLAGHER|publisher=MTV Europe|url=https://www.mtvema.com/es/noticias/7vj4gv/get-to-know-your-first-ever-mtv-ema-rock-icon-liam-gallagher|date=October 30, 2019|access-date=October 8, 2020}}

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| align="center"| Busta Rhymes

| align="center"| {{cite web|title=Busta Rhymes to collect Global Icon Award and perform greatest hits medley at 2024 MTV EMAs|publisher=Contactmusic.com|url=https://www.contactmusic.com/busta-rhymes/news/busta-rhymes-to-collect-global-icon-award-and-perform-greatest-hits-medley-at-2024-mtv-emas_6390486|date=October 31, 2024|access-date=October 31, 2024}}