MTV European Music Awards: BTS, Ed Sheeran Bag Biggest Awards Of The Night
The 2021 MTV European Music Awards were held on Sunday, November 14. After a virtual event took place in 2020, the 2021 ceremony took place live at the Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena in Hungary.
The
2021
MTV
European
Music
Awards
were
held
on
Sunday,
November
14.
After
a
virtual
event
took
place
in
2020,
the
2021
ceremony
took
place
live
at
the
Papp
Laszlo
Budapest
Sportarena
in
Hungary.
Some
of
the
biggest
wins
of
the
night
were
bagged
by
South
Korean
band
BTS
and
British
singer-songwriter
Ed
Sheeran.
He
also
performed
at
the
event,
and
opened
the
ceremony
with
a
rendition
of
his
latest
single
Overpass
Graffiti
and
later
returned
to
stage
to
perform
Shivers.
BTS
who
was
not
present
to
accept
the
trophies
won
the
most
awards
including
Best
Pop,
Best
Group,
Best
K-Pop
and
Biggest
Fans.
On
the
other
hand,
Ed
Sheeran
who
recently
tested
negative
for
COVID-19
was
presented
with
the
Best
Artist
and
Best
Song
for
'Bad
Habits'.
The
MTV
EMA
Generation
Change
Awards
went
to
five
honorees
for
fighting
against
anti-LGBTQ+
policies.
MTV
in
solidarity
with
the
LGBTQ+
community
went
ahead
with
the
awards
in
Hungary,
despite
the
country
passing
anti-LGBTQ+
laws
in
June.
The
award
was
accepted
by
Viktoria
Radvanyi,
a
board
member
of
Budapest
Pride,
Hungary's
first
feminist
and
anti-racist
LGBTQ+
NGO
on
behalf
of
the
winners.
Best
Video
-
Lil
Nas
X
-
'MONTERO
(Call
Me
By
Your
Name)'
Best
Collaboration
-
Doja
Cat
ft.
SZA
-
'Kiss
Me
More'
Best
New
Artist
-
Saweetie
Best
Electronic
-
David
Guetta
Best
Rock
-
Maneskin
Best
Alternative
-
YUNGBLUD
Best
Latin
-
Maluma
Best
Hip-Hop
-
Nicki
Minaj
Best
K-POP
-
BTS
Best
Group
-
BTS
Best
Push
-
Olivia
Rodrigo
Biggest
Fans
-
BTS
Video
For
Good
-
Billie
Eilish
-
'Your
Power'
MTV
EMA
Generation
Change
Award
Amir
Ashour
Matthew
Blaise
Sage
Dolan-Sandrino
Erika
Hilton
Viktoria
Radvanyi
The
awards
ceremony
also
presented
local
act
winners
for
regional
and
culturally
diverse
artists.
Best
African
Act
-
Wizkid
(Nigeria)
Best
Australian
Act
-
Ruel
Best
Brazilian
Act
-
Manu
Gavassi
Best
Canadian
Act
-
Johnny
Orlando
Best
Caribbean
Act
-
Bad
Bunny
Best
French
Act
-
Amel
Bent
Best
German
Act
-
Badmomzjay
Best
Hungarian
Act
-
Azahriah
Best
India
Act
-
DIVINE
Best
Italian
Act
-
Aka
7even
Best
Israeli
Act
-
Noa
Kirel
Best
Japan
Act
-
Sakurazaka46
Best
Korea
Act
-
Aespa
Best
Latin
America-North
Act
-
Aleman
Best
Latin
America-South
Act
-
Tini
Best
Latin
America-Central
Act
-
Sebastian
Yatra
Best
New
Zealand
Act
-
Teeks
Best
Nordic
Act
-
Tessa
(Denmark)
Best
Polish
Act
-
Daria
Zawialow
Best
Portuguese
Act
-
Diogo
Picarra
Best
MTV
Russia
Act
-
Max
Barskih
Best
Southeast
Asia
Act
-
JJ
Lin
(Singapore)
Best
Spanish
Act
-
Aitana
Best
Swiss
Act
-
Gjon's
Tears
Best
UK
and
Ireland
Act
-
Little
Mix
Best
US
Act
-
Taylor
Swift
Apart
from
Ed,
OneRepublic,
Maluma,
Imagine
Dragons,
Maneskin,
Griff
and
Girl
in
Red
also
took
to
the
stage.
Meanwhile,
YUNGBLUD
closed
the
night
with
a
performance
of
his
latest
single
'Fleabag'
that
ended
with
him
and
his
band
trashing
the
stage.