Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift were the big winners at the 2012 MTV European Music Awards held in Frankfurt, Germany on November 11th. Heidi Klum hosted the music-filled event which found Bieber and Swift tying with three wins a piece.
Swift earned the Best Female, Best Live and Best Look awards, and performed her hit “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” during the show’s finale. Bieber took home the Best World Stage, Best Pop and Best Male trophies.
Carly Rae Jepsen won her first EMA awards for Best PUSH and Best Song for “Call Me Maybe.” Also collecting two awards was the boy band One Direction who were named ‘Best New’ and awarded a win in the Biggest Fans category.
2012 MTV EMA Winners:
BEST FEMALE
Taylor Swift
BEST SONG
Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
BEST MALE
Justin Bieber
BEST LIVE
Taylor Swift
BEST LOOK
Taylor Swift
GLOBAL ICON
Whitney Houston
BEST VIDEO
PSY – “Gangnam Style”
BEST WORLDWIDE ACT
Han Geng (Asia Pacific)
BIGGEST FANS
One Direction
BEST WORLD STAGE
Justin Bieber
BEST PUSH
Carly Rae Jepsen
BEST ALTERNATIVE
Lana Del Rey
BEST ELECTRONIC
David Guetta
BEST HIP HOP
Nicki Minaj
BEST NEW
One Direction
BEST POP
Justin Bieber
BEST ROCK
Linkin Park