Icona Pop, Tom Odell & more among MTV European Music Awards nominations

MTV European Music Awards, aka the MTV EMAs, have announced the shortlist for this year’s awards.

The annual ceremony will take place in Amsterdam this time round, held on 10 November. Among the acts up for awards are the usual types: Drake, Jay Z and Kanye West fighting it out for ‘Best Hip-Hop Artist’, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift competing for ‘Best Female’, and the like.

But most interesting is the ‘Best MTV Push Artist’ category, with relative newbies like Tom Odell, Icona Pop, Iggy Azalea, A$AP Rocky and Bastille all nominated.

See the full list of nominees below, via CMU:

Best Song: Bruno Mars – Locked Out Of Heaven, Daft Punk – Get Lucky (feat Pharrell Williams), Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop (feat Wanz), Rihanna – Diamonds, Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines (feat TI & Pharrell)

Best Video: Justin Timberlake – Mirrors, Lady Gaga – Applause, Miley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball, Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines (feat TI & Pharrell), 30 Seconds To Mars – Up In The Air

Best Female: Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift

Best Male: Bruno Mars, Eminem, Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake

Best Live: Beyoncé, Green Day, Justin Timberlake, Pink, Taylor Swift

Best New: Bastille, Icona Pop, Imagine Dragons, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Rudimental

Best Pop: Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, One Direction, Taylor Swift

Best Rock: Black Sabbath, Green Day, Kings Of Leon, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Killers

Best Alternative: Arctic Monkeys, Fall Out Boy, Franz Ferdinand, Paramore, 30 Seconds To Mars

Best Hip Hop: Drake, Eminem, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Best Electronic: Afrojack, Avicii, Calvin Harris, Daft Punk, Skrillex

Biggest Fans: Tokio Hotel, 30 Seconds To Mars, One Direction, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga

Best Look: Harry Styles, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Rita Ora

Best MTV Push Artist: Karmin, Rudimental, Imagine Dragons, A$AP Rocky, Bastille, Austin Mahone, Bridgit Mendler, Tom Odell, Iggy Azalea, Icona Pop, Twenty One Pilots

Best MTV World Stage Performance: Alicia Keys, fun., Garbage, Green Day, Jason Mraz, Jessie J, Linkin Park, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, No Doubt, Paramore, Rita Ora, Robin Thicke, Snoop Lion, The Black Keys, The Killers