MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song

The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song is the main award of the EMA's. It was first awarded in 1994, when "7 Seconds" won it, and has been given out since. Lady Gaga, Pink and Beyoncé have been the big winners with two awards. In 2007 and 2008 the category was named Most Addictive Track, but in 2009 called again Best Song.

1990s

Year	Winner	Nominees	Ref
1994	Youssou N’Dour and Neneh Cherry — "7 Seconds"	Aerosmith — "Cryin'" Beck — "Loser" Björk — "Big Time Sensuality" Blur — "Girls & Boys"	[1]
1995	The Cranberries — "Zombie"	Michael Jackson — "You Are Not Alone" The Offspring — "Self Esteem" Seal — "Kiss from a Rose" TLC — "Waterfalls"	[2]
1996	Oasis — "Wonderwall"	The Fugees — "Killing Me Softly" Garbage — "Stupid Girl" Alanis Morissette — "Ironic" Pulp — "Disco 2000"	[3]
1997	Hanson — "Mmmbop"	The Cardigans — "Lovefool" Puff Daddy and Faith Evans — "I'll Be Missing You" No Doubt — "Don't Speak" Will Smith — "Men In Black"	[4]
1998	Natalie Imbruglia — "Torn"	All Saints — "Never Ever" Cornershop — "Brimful Of Asha" Savage Garden — "Truly Madly Deeply" Robbie Williams — "Angels"	[5]
1999	Britney Spears — "...Baby One More Time"	Backstreet Boys — "I Want It That Way" Madonna — "Beautiful Stranger" George Michael with Mary J. Blige — "As" TLC — "No Scrubs"	[6]

2000s

Year	Winner	Nominees	Ref
2000	Robbie Williams — "Rock DJ"	Melanie C and Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes — "Never Be the Same Again" Madonna — "Music" Sonique — "It Feels So Good" Britney Spears — "Oops!... I Did It Again"	[7]
2001	Gorillaz — "Clint Eastwood"	Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink — "Lady Marmalade" Crazy Town — "Butterfly" Destiny's Child — "Survivor" Eminem (featuring Dido) — "Stan"	[8]
2002	Pink — "Get the Party Started"	Enrique Iglesias — "Hero" Nelly — "Hot in Herre" Nickelback — "How You Remind Me" Shakira — "Whenever, Wherever"	[9]
2003	Beyoncé (featuring Jay-Z) — "Crazy In Love"	Christina Aguilera — "Beautiful" Evanescence — "Bring Me To Life" Sean Paul — "Get Busy" Justin Timberlake — "Cry Me A River"	[10]
2004	Outkast — "Hey Ya!"	Anastacia — "Left Outside Alone" Maroon 5 — "This Love" Britney Spears — "Toxic" Usher (featuring Lil' Jon and Ludacris) — "Yeah!"	[11]
2005	Coldplay — "Speed of Sound"	James Blunt — "You're Beautiful" The Chemical Brothers — "Galvanize" Gorillaz — "Feel Good Inc." Snoop Dogg (featuring Justin Timberlake and Charlie Wilson) — "Signs"	[12]
2006	Gnarls Barkley — "Crazy"	Nelly Furtado — "Maneater" Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Dani California" Rihanna — "S.O.S." Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) — "Hips Don't Lie"	[13]
2007 ^[a]	Avril Lavigne — "Girlfriend"	Beyoncé and Shakira — "Beautiful Liar" Nelly Furtado — "All Good Things (Come To An End)" Mika — "Grace Kelly" Rihanna (featuring Jay-Z) — "Umbrella" Amy Winehouse — "Rehab"	[14]
2008 ^[a]	Pink — "So What"	Coldplay — "Viva la Vida" Duffy — "Mercy" Kid Rock — "All Summer Long" Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl"	[15]
2009	Beyoncé — "Halo"	The Black Eyed Peas — "I Gotta Feeling" David Guetta (featuring Kelly Rowland) — "When Love Takes Over" Kings of Leon — "Use Somebody" Lady Gaga — "Poker Face"	[16]

^{^[a]} Most Addictive Track

2010s

Year	Winner	Nominees	Ref
2010	Lady Gaga — "Bad Romance"	Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — "Love the Way You Lie" Katy Perry (featuring Snoop Dogg) — "California Gurls" Rihanna — "Rude Boy" Usher (featuring will.i.am) — "OMG"	[17]
2011	Lady Gaga — "Born This Way"	Adele — "Rolling in the Deep" Bruno Mars — "Grenade" Jennifer Lopez (featuring Pitbull) — "On the Floor" Katy Perry — "Firework	[18]
2012	Carly Rae Jepsen — "Call Me Maybe"	Fun (featuring Janelle Monáe) — "We Are Young" Gotye (featuring Kimbra) — "Somebody That I Used to Know" Pitbull (featuring Chris Brown) — "International Love" Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) — "We Found Love"	[19]
2013	Bruno Mars — "Locked Out of Heaven"	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (featuring Wanz) — "Thrift Shop" Daft Punk (featuring Pharrell Williams) — "Get Lucky" Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams) — "Blurred Lines" Rihanna — "Diamonds"
2014	Ariana Grande (featuring Iggy Azalea) — "Problem"	Eminem & Rihanna — "The Monster" Katy Perry featuring Juicy J — "Dark Horse" Pharrell Williams — "Happy" Sam Smith — "Stay With Me"	[20]
	Beyoncé - "Pretty Hurts" ^[a]	Hozier - "Take Me to Church" Meghan Trainor - "All About That Bass" Arcade Fire - "We Exist" Alicia Keys - "We Are Here"	[21]
2015	Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood"	Ellie Goulding — "Love Me Like You Do" Major Lazer and DJ Snake (featuring MØ) — "Lean On" Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Uptown Funk" Wiz Khalifa (featuring Charlie Puth) — "See You Again"	[22]

^{^[a]} Song with a Social Message

Statistic

Number of European Nominations	Total Number
31	105

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