MTV Europe Music Award for Best Alternative

MTV Europe Music Award
for Best Alternative
MTV Europe Music Award; for Best Alternative
Country	Europe
Presented by	MTV
First awarded	1997
Currently held by	Imagine Dragons (2024)
Most awards	Thirty Seconds to Mars (4);
Website	ema.mtv.tv/

The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Alternative has been awarded since 1997.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

† indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video–winning artist.

‡ indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video–nominated artist that same year.

Hayley Williams of Paramore and Lana Del Rey are the only female artists that have won more than once.

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1997
	The Prodigy	^[1]
	Beck ‡
	Blur ‡
	Radiohead
	The Verve

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2004
	Muse	^[2]
	Björk
	Franz Ferdinand
	The Hives
	The Prodigy
2005
	System of a Down	^[3]
	Beck
	Bloc Party
	Goldfrapp
	The White Stripes
2006
	Muse	^[4]
	Arctic Monkeys
	Korn
	The Raconteurs
	System of a Down
2009
	Placebo	^[5]
	Muse
	Paramore
	The Killers
	The Prodigy

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010
	Paramore	^[6]
	Arcade Fire
	The Black Keys
	Gorillaz
	Vampire Weekend
2011
	Thirty Seconds to Mars	^[7]
	Arcade Fire
	Arctic Monkeys
	My Chemical Romance
	The Strokes
2012
	Lana Del Rey	^[8]
	The Black Keys
	Florence + The Machine
	Foster The People
	Jack White
2013
	Thirty Seconds to Mars	^[9]
	Arctic Monkeys
	Fall Out Boy
	Franz Ferdinand
	Paramore
2014
	Thirty Seconds to Mars	^[10]
	Arcade Fire
	Lana Del Rey
	Lorde
	Paramore
2015
	Lana Del Rey	^[11]
	Björk
	Fall Out Boy
	Florence and the Machine
	Twenty One Pilots
2016
	Twenty One Pilots	^[12]
	Kings of Leon
	Radiohead
	Tame Impala
	The 1975
2017
	Thirty Seconds to Mars	^[13]
	Imagine Dragons
	Lana Del Rey
	Lorde
	The xx
2018
	Panic! at the Disco	^[14]
	Fall Out Boy
	The 1975
	Thirty Seconds to Mars
	Twenty One Pilots
2019
	FKA Twigs	^[15]
	Lana Del Rey
	Solange
	Twenty One Pilots
	Vampire Weekend

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020
	Hayley Williams	^[16]
	Blackbear
	FKA Twigs
	Machine Gun Kelly †
	Twenty One Pilots ‡
	The 1975 ‡
2021
	Yungblud	^[17]
	Halsey
	Lorde
	Machine Gun Kelly †
	Twenty One Pilots ‡
	Willow ‡
2022
	Gorillaz	^[18]
	Imagine Dragons ‡
	Panic! At The Disco ‡
	Tame Impala
	Twenty One Pilots ‡
	Yungblud
2023
	Lana Del Rey †
	Blur
	Fall Out Boy ‡
	Paramore ‡
	Thirty Seconds to Mars ‡
	Yungblud
2024
	Imagine Dragons ‡	^[19]
	Hozier ‡
	Fontaines D.C.
	Lana Del Rey
	Twenty One Pilots
	Yungblud

References

^ "Puffy, Radiohead Lead MTV Europe Nominees". MTV News. September 19, 1997. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
^ "MTV Europe Awards 2004: The winners". BBC News. November 18, 2004. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
^ "COLDPLAY, GORILLAZ LEAD MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS NOMINATIONS". MTV Networks. September 28, 2005. Archived from the original on December 6, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
^ Rawson-Jones, Ben (September 20, 2006). "MTV Europe Awards 2006: The Nominees". Digital Spy. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
^ "US artists lead MTV Europe awards". BBC News. September 21, 2009. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
^ "We Announce Our First Two Performers: Katy Perry & Linkin Park!". MTV Networks Europe. September 20, 2010. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
^ "Lady GaGa Leads 2011 MTV EMA Nominations". MTV UK. September 19, 2011. Archived from the original on September 23, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
^ Hardie, Beth (September 17, 2012). "A total sex pot (Rihanna) and a sweet innocent lass (Taylor Swift) are going to have a fight". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
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[1] "Puffy, Radiohead Lead MTV Europe Nominees". MTV News. September 19, 1997. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

[2] "MTV Europe Awards 2004: The winners". BBC News. November 18, 2004. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

[3] "COLDPLAY, GORILLAZ LEAD MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS NOMINATIONS". MTV Networks. September 28, 2005. Archived from the original on December 6, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

[4] Rawson-Jones, Ben (September 20, 2006). "MTV Europe Awards 2006: The Nominees". Digital Spy. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

[5] "US artists lead MTV Europe awards". BBC News. September 21, 2009. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

[6] "We Announce Our First Two Performers: Katy Perry & Linkin Park!". MTV Networks Europe. September 20, 2010. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010.

[7] "Lady GaGa Leads 2011 MTV EMA Nominations". MTV UK. September 19, 2011. Archived from the original on September 23, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.

[8] Hardie, Beth (September 17, 2012). "A total sex pot (Rihanna) and a sweet innocent lass (Taylor Swift) are going to have a fight". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved September 17, 2012.

[9] "JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, MACKLEMORE LEAD 2013 MTV EMA NOMINATIONS". MTV News. September 17, 2013. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2020.

[10] Ehrlich, Brenna (September 16, 2014). "2014 MTV EMA Nominations: Get The Full List". MTV. Archived from the original on September 19, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2016.

[11] Szalai, George (September 15, 2015). "Taylor Swift Leads MTV EMAs With 9 Nominations". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2016.

[12] "justin bieber & beyoncé lead the 2016 mtv ema nominations – see the full list!". MTV UK. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

[13] "Here Are All the Winners From the 2017 MTV EMAs". Billboard. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

[14] "2018 MTV EMA WINNERS: SEE THE FULL LIST". MTV. Archived from the original on November 5, 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

[15] "ARIANA GRANDE, BILLIE EILISH, LIL NAS X, AND MORE: THE 2019 EMA NOMINATIONS ARE HERE". MTV. Archived from the original on October 2, 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[16] "READY, SET, VOTE! THE 2020 MTV EMA NOMINEES ARE HERE!". MTV Networks Europe. October 6, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2020.

[17] "November 14, 2021". MTV. November 14, 2021. Archived from the original on November 14, 2021. Retrieved November 14, 2021.

[18] Grein, Paul (November 13, 2022). "Taylor Swift Is Top Winner at 2022 MTV EMAs: Full Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

[19] Pilley, Max (November 10, 2024). "Here are all the winners from the 2024 MTV EMAs". NME. Retrieved November 11, 2024.

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