20th April, 2024
05th November, 2018Camila Cabello was the night’s biggest winner with wins in four categories including Best Artist, Best Video and Best Song.
The 2018 EMA opened in the best way imaginable with a performance from the queen of Hip Hop, Nicki Minaj. Nicki performed Good Form flawlessly before being joined on stage by Little Mix for a performance of their hit, Woman Like Me.
Hailee Steinfeld absolutely killed it both as the night’s host and a performer! She broke into an art gallery and let herself be spray painted by robots all for the sake of the EMA! In between, she somehow put on an amazing performance of her newest hit, Back To Life.
Halsey‘s raw, emotional performance of Without Me left us shook to the core and wanting to listen to the song on repeat.
Jack & Jack’s performance of Rise was the trippiest sight of the night as the two floated above the stage with a whirlpool, black hole-looking-thing in the background.
Jason Derulo, David Guetta and Nicki Minaj combined forces to put on one of the most extra and most memorable performances of the night, beginning with Jason Derulo singing opera! Watching their Goodnight performance truly felt like being transported to another dimension.
This year’s Global Icon Award winner, Janet Jackson, stole the show with her fierce entrance and bare-footed performance of Made For Now, Rhythm Nation and All For You. She also used her Global Icon platform to give a powerful speech about women’s rights. She asked viewers to embrace a spirit that “recognizes the dignity of all people and affirms the beauty of all faiths.” A true icon!
BebeRexha went all out with her performance of I’m a Mess featuring 100 dancers! Not to mention her red carpet look was major.
The grand finale saw Anne-Marie, Marshmello and Bastille take the stage to perform FRIENDS and Happier. Their performance and the show ended with a confetti filled bang.
Davido (Nigeria)
Tiwa Savage (Nigeria) Winner
Distruction Boyz (South Africa)
Fally Ipupa (DRC)
Nyashinski (Kenya)
Shekinah (South Africa)
Ariana Grande
Camila Cabello (Winner)
Drake
Dua Lipa
Post Malone
Ariana Grande (No Tears left to cry)
Camila Cabello (Havana ft. Young Thug) (Winner)
Childish Gambino (This Is America)
Lil Dicky (Freaky Friday ft. Chris Brown)
The Carters (APES**T)
Ariana Grande (No tears left to cry)
Bebe Rexha (Meant To Be ft. Florida Georgia Line)
Camila Cabello (Havana ft. Young Thug) Winner
Drake (God's Plan)
Post Malone (Rockstar ft. 21 Savage)
Ariana Grande
Camila Cabello
Dua Lipa (Winner)
Hailee Steinfeld
Shawn Mendes
Anne-Marie
Bazzi
Cardi B (Winner)
Hayley Kiyoko
Jessie Reyez
Cardi B (Winner)
Dua Lipa
Migos
Nicki Minaj
Post Malone
Drake
Eminem
Migos
Nicki Minaj (Winner)
Travis Scott
Ed Sheeran
Muse
P!nk
Shawn Mendes (Winner)
The Carters
5 Seconds Of Summer (Winner)
Foo Fighters
Imagine Dragons
Muse
U2
Fall Out Boy
Panic! At The Disco (Winner)
The 1975
Thirty Seconds To Mars
Twenty-one pilots
Calvin Harris
David Guetta
Marshmello (Winner)
Martin Garrix
The Chainsmokers
BTS (Winner)
Camila Cabello
Selena Gomez
Shawn Mendes
Taylor Swift
Clean Bandit (MTV Crashes Plymouth, UK 2017)
Charli XCX (MTV Crashes Plymouth, UK 2017)
David Guetta (Trafalgar Square, UK 2017)
Jason Derulo (Isle of MTV Malta 2018)
Post Malone (Wireless Festival, UK 2018)
Migos (Wireless Festival, UK 2018)
J Cole (Wireless Festival, UK 2018)
Nick Jonas (MTV Spotlight @ Hyperplay, Singapore 2018)
Alessia Cara (MTV Spotlight @ Hyperplay, Singapore 2018) (Winner)
PrettyMuch (October 2017)
Why Don't We (November 2017)
Grace VanderWaal (December 2017) (Winner)
Bishop Briggs (January 2018)
Superorganism (February 2018)
Jessie Reyez (March 2018)
Hayley Kiyoko (April 2018)
Lil Xan (May 2018)
Sigrid (June 2018)
Chloe x Halle (July 2018)
Bazzi (August 2018)
Jorja Smith (September 2018)
Ariana Grande
Camila Cabello (Winner)
Cardi B
Imagine Dragons
Post Malone
BEST CANADIAN ACT:
Shawn Mendes (Winner)
BEST KOREAN ACT:
Loona (Winner)
BEST UK & IRELAND ACT:
Little Mix (Winner)
GLOBAL ICON:
Janet Jackson
