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Justin Bieber Wins Big At MTV EMAs 2015

Darpan News Desk IANS, 26 Oct, 2015 01:31 PM

Canadian popstar Justin Bieber led the pack of winners at the 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) here on Sunday.

Bieber dominated the winners' list with the five awards he won in various categories, including Best Male, Best Look and North America's Worldwide Act, reports aceshowbiz.com.

"It's been a long couple of years. I just feel like this is pretty awesome to be recognised for my music," Bieber said while accepting his Best Male honour.

He also took home the Best Collaboration trophy for his hit "Where are u now?", featuring Skrillex and Diplo.

Thanks to his massive following, he additionally bagged the Biggest Fans Award following a tough battle against One Direction, Taylor Swift, 5 Seconds of Summer and Katy Perry.

Other big winners at the annual event were Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes and Duran Duran.

The British singer, who also co-hosted the show, bagged two awards for Best Live Act and Best World Stage. Mendes won two honours as well -- the Best Push and Best New Act.

Meanwhile, Duran Duran was honoured with the first ever MTV Video Visionary Award.

"Music lovers around the world, when we started there was us and MTV and we blazed a trail and we were there for each other," said member Simon Le Bon as he took the stage alongside bandmates Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor.

The MTV EMAs aired live from the Mediolanum Forum here with Sheeran and "Orange Is the New Black" actress Ruby Rose as co-hosts.

Swift, One Direction, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Coldplay were among global superstars who made it into the winners list with one nod apiece.

Despite being nominated for a record-breaking nine awards, Swift only won Best Song for her Kendrick Lamar-assisted "Bad Blood". Currently on her massive "1989" tour, she wasn't present to collect her prize.

Meanwhile, Priyanka Chopra, who had been nominated in the Worldwide Act: Africa/India category for My City, lost to Tanzanian artiste Diamond Platnumz.

Chopra had beat other Indian artistes such as Indus Creed, Monica Dogra and The Ska Vengers to reach the final but the award finally went to Diamond Platnumz. The 26-year-old is a Bongo Flava artiste and his best known song is Number One.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best Song: Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar, "Bad Blood"

Best Pop: One Direction

Best Female: Rihanna

Best Male: Justin Bieber

Best Live Act: Ed Sheeran

Best New Act: Shawn Mendes

Best Video: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, "Downtown"

Best Rock: Coldplay

Best Alternative: Lana Del Rey

Best Hip Hop: Nicki Minaj

Best Electronic: Martin Garrix