«This year has been the best of my life,» said Camila Cabello, a native of Cuba, who opened the ceremony on Sunday the MTV Europe Awards in Bilbao in the company of american actress Hailee Steinfeld. And in fact, even before these awards by the variation of a european chain, american music, 2018 will have been a good year for the young 21-year old woman just. The song Havana , performed in a duo with the rapper Young Thug, has reached the head of sales at the end of January in the United States while the audio version of the title, without video, has been viewed over 1.3 billion times on YouTube.
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at the End of August, Camila Cabello had already won two of the most prestigious awards at the MTV Video Music Awards, the trophies of the music videos the most popular in the United States, being a sacred artist of the year and video of the year. In 2017, the former participant of the group Fifth Harmony had already received the award for best pop artist. With six nominations, Cabello was a figure of great favorite of these MTV Europe Awards.
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Except for Camila Cabello, american singer Ariana Grande, the rapper texan Post Malone, the rapper and canadian singer Drake, and the british artist Dua Lipa were nominated for the title of best artist. For the title of best song, Cabello was in competition with Ariana Grande ( No tears left to cry ), Post Malone ( Rockstar ), Drake ( God’s Plan ) and Bebe Rexha ( Meant to be ). Ariana Grande and Post Malone had been the most nominated behind Cabello with five nominations each, ahead of Drake and Dua Lipa, selected in four categories.
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With two awards, best hip-hop artist and best look, the rapper american Nicki Minaj has been one of the protagonists of the evening during which she has performed twice on the stage, in particular with the DJ David Guetta and american singer Jason Derulo. In other categories, Dua Lipa has been nominated as «best pop artist», the american group Panic! at the Disco best artist alternative and DJ Marshmello best artist electro.
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«I am one of those women who have been gagged, in the proper sense, but also emotionally, these women who are being abused, intimidated, of these women, who have lived in fear»
the Big winner of the MTV Video Music Awards in 2017 with three awards including best artist, the canadian singer Shawn Mendes has won the title of best artist live. The american singer Janet Jackson, for more than three decades on the stage, was crowned the title of»icon global», an award already assigned in previous editions to U2, Queen, Whitney Houston, or Eminem. In his acceptance speech, the sister of Michael Jackson said, speaking in the name «of those women whose voices have been silenced». «I am one of those women who have been gagged, in the proper sense, but also emotionally, these women who have been abused, bullied, of those women who have lived in fear. I’m with you, you are my sisters,» she started.
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The duo of brothers rappers Bigflo and Oli was awarded the title of best French artist. The musicians from toulouse have largely outstripped their competitors, Orelsan, Vianney, Louane and Dadju. Florian Ordonez, alias, Bigflo, and Olivio, Oli, have already recorded several records. Their album big , released in 2015, has been gold disc in four months, and then platinum. Born in 1993 and 1996, they are the youngest rappers to hold these awards. Their second album, Real Life , has sold more than 300,000 copies since its release in June 2017. A third album, The Life you dream of , will be available on the 23rd of November.
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Created in 1994, the MTV EMA is one of the two major events organized by MTV, with the Video Music Awards (VMA), held each year in the United States since 1984.
