Rihanna and Taylor Swift lead the nominations for the 2012 MTV EMAs with six and five nods each, respectively. MTV sent over these details and the list of nominees:Justin Bieber and Katy Perry have each scored four EMA nominations, followed by a slew of buzzworthy acts, including Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Lana Del Rey and newcomers Carly Rae Jepsen and fun., earning three nominations each. The 19th annual MTV EMA will broadcast live on Sunday, 11th November at 9PM CET* from Frankfurt's historic Festhalle on MTV channels around the world.
Rihanna and Taylor Swift will both compete for the Best Female and Best Pop titles, and will vie against other well-known trend-setters in the brand new Best Look category, which highlights the most unique and eye-catching personal styles emanating from the music world. Rihanna is also up for Best Song and Best Video for her smash hit "We Found Love" and Biggest Fans, while Swift received nods for Best Live and Best World Stage. Hot off his wins last year for Best Male and Best Pop, Justin Bieber could repeat in those two categories, and he also landed nods for Best World Stage and Biggest Fans, while two-time EMA host Katy Perry will battle for Best Female, Best Pop, Best Video for "Wide Awake" and Biggest Fans. Also, given the resurgence of electronic music, MTV is reintroducing the Best Electronic category to honor the biggest names in that genre.
Other notable EMA nominees include Lady Gaga, Carly Rae Jepsen, fun., Lana Del Rey, Nicki Minaj, Jay Z and Kanye West, who are each up for three EMA nominations, while Green Day, Gotye, Pitbull, Rita Ora, Flo Rida, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Jack White and One Direction are up for two awards. MTV will announce EMA performers and presenters at a later date.
BEST SONG
Carly Rae Jepsen  'Call Me Maybe'
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris  'We Found Love'
Gotye  'Somebody That I Used To Know'
fun. feat. Janelle Monαe  'We Are Young'
 
BEST NEW
Rita Ora
fun.
One Direction
Lana Del Rey
Carly Rae Jepsen
 
BEST FEMALE 
Rihanna
Katy Perry
P!nk
Taylor Swift
Nicki Minaj
 
BEST MALE
Justin Bieber
Kanye West
Flo Rida
Jay Z 
 
BEST POP
Justin Bieber
No Doubt
Katy Perry
Taylor Swift
Rihanna
 
BEST LIVE
Taylor Swift
Lady Gaga
Jay Z & Kanye West
Green Day
Muse
 
BEST HIP HOP
Jay Z & Kanye West
Nas
Rick Ross
Drake
Nicki Minaj
 
BEST ROCK 
Linkin Park
Green Day 
Muse
The Killers
Coldplay
 
BEST ELECTRONIC
David Guetta
Swedish House Mafia
Avicii
Skrillex
Calvin Harris
 
BEST ALTERNATIVE 
Jack White
The Black Keys
Arctic Monkeys
Florence + The Machine
Lana Del Rey
 
BEST VIDEO
Lady Gaga  'Marry The Night'
Katy Perry  'Wide Awake'
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris  'We Found Love'
PSY  'Gangnam Style'
 
BEST LOOK
Nicki Minaj
Rihanna
Jack White
Taylor Swift
A$AP Rocky
 
BIGGEST FANS 
Justin Bieber
One Direction
Lady Gaga
Rihanna
Katy Perry
 
BEST WORLD STAGE
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
B.o.B 
Evanescence 
Flo Rida 
Jason Derulo 
Joe Jonas 
Justin Bieber 
Kasabian 
Ke$ha
LMFAO
Nelly Furtado 
Red Hot Chili Peppers 
Sean Paul 
Snoop Dogg 
Snow Patrol 
Taylor Swift 
  
BEST PUSH
Nov  Foster The People
Dec  Lana Del Rey
Jan  Mac Miller
Feb  Michael Kiwanuka
March  Gotye
April  Rebecca Ferguson
May  fun.
June  Rita Ora
July  Conor Maynard
August  Of Monsters And Men
September  Carly Rae Jepsen
*A few nominations are not listed above, you can see the full list here.