2015-10-27



Diamond Platinumz with his MTV EMA plaque Wura

A few days ago we reported that Tanzanian pop star, Diamond Platnumz emerged winner of the 2015 MTV EMAs African act in a category that had Nigeria’s Davido and Yemi Alade, as well as South African rapper AKA and Ivorian pop act, DJ Arafat.

Diamond Platnumz wins 2015 MTV EMAs

Well, the Tanzanian artist made African proud as he went one better by winning the World Act: Africa/India, beating Indian star Priyanka Chopra to the title, which makes him the first African to win the coveted award.

The 2015 MTV EMAs was hosted by Ed Sheeran and Ruby Rose at the Mediolanum Forum in Assago, near Milan, Italy, and had performances from Justin Bieber who gave a rather laid back performance of his hit song, What Do You Mean?.

Bieber was also the biggest winner of the night with five MTV EMAs as he took home the award for Best Male for the sixth year in a row; he also won Best Look, Worldwide Act: North America, Best Collaboration for his work with Skrillex and Diplo on “Where Are You Now?”, and the biggest fan award.



Pharell Williams on stage at the 2015 MTV EMAS Wura

The highlight of the night was Pharell William’s inspiring performance of his track, Freedom, which was followed by a broadcast cut to Piazza Duomo in central Milan, where thousands of fans held up a massive 23 x 16 metre ‘Freedom’ flag. Incorporating national flags from all over the world, the flag symbolized the birth of a utopian country that knows no borders and kicked off the MTV Freedom campaign, which seeks to raise awareness, activism and donations in support of the current refugee crisis exacerbated by the Syrian crisis.

The city of Rotterdam will host the 2016 MTV EMAs and hopefully stars won’t boycott next year’s event like they did this year, and I’m still trying to figure out how Pharell lost out in the video of the year category to Ryan Lewis and Macklemore ( like seriously?). Well, check out a couple of pictures from the event and the full list of winners below.



2015 MTV EMA host, ED Sheeran and cos-host Ruby Wura

(From L to R) Justin Bieber, Ruby, Diamond Platinumz. Wura

BEST SONG

Winner -Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood”

Ellie Goulding – “Love Me Like You Do”

Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MØ – “Lean On”

Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk!”

Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – “See You Again”

BEST VIDEO

Winner –Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – “Downtown”

Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”

Pharrell Williams – “Freedom”

Sia – “Elastic Heart”

Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood”

BEST FEMALE

Winner –Rihanna

Ellie Goulding

Miley Cyrus

Nicki Minaj

Taylor Swift

BEST MALE

Winner – Justin Bieber

Ed Sheeran

Jason Derulo

Kanye West

Pharrell Williams

BEST NEW ACT

Winner – Shawn Mendes

Echosmith

James Bay

Jess Glynne

Tori Kelly

BEST POP

Winner – One Direction

5 Seconds of Summer

Ariana Grande

Justin Bieber

Taylor Swift

BEST ELECTRONIC

Winner – Martin Garrix

Avicii

Calvin Harris

David Guetta

Major Lazer

BEST ROCK

Winner – Coldplay

AC/DC

Foo Fighters

Muse

Royal Blood

BEST ALTERNATIVE

Winner – Lana Del Rey

Fall Out Boy

Florence + the Machine

Lorde

Twenty One Pilots

BEST HIP HOP

Winner – Nicki Minaj

Drake

Kanye West

Kendrick Lamar

Wiz Khalifa

BEST LIVE ACT

Winner – Ed Sheeran

Foo Fighters

Katy Perry

Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett

Taylor Swift

BEST WORLD STAGE

Winner – Ed Sheeran V Festival, Hylands Park, UK 2014

Afrojack Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK 2014

Alicia Keys O2 Academy Glasgow, Scotland, UK 2014

B.O.B. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2014

Biffy Clyro O2 Academy Glasgow, Scotland, UK 2014

Charli XCX Circus, Helsinki, Finland 2014

Dizzee Rascal Isle of MTV, Malta 2014

Iggy Azalea Wireless Festival, London, UK 2014

Jason Derulo Isle of MTV, Malta 2015

Jessie Ware Cork, Ireland 2014

Kaiser Chiefs MTV Crashes Plymouth, UK 2014

Slash O2 Academy Glasgow, Scotland, UK 2014

Tomorrowland Belgium & Brazil 2015

YG MTV Evolution, Manila, Philippines 2015

BEST PUSH

Winner – Shawn Mendes

Echosmith

James Bay

Jess Glynne

Kwabs

Natalie La Rose

Royal Blood

Shamir

Tori Kelly

Years & Years

Zara Larsson

BIGGEST FANS

Winner – Justin Bieber

5 Seconds of Summer

Katy Perry

One Direction

Taylor Swift

BEST LOOK

Winner – Justin Bieber

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Nicki Minaj

Rita Ora

Taylor Swift

BEST COLLABORATION

Winner – Justin Bieber Skrillex & Diplo – “Where Are Ü Now”

David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack – “Hey Mama”

Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”

Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick LamLamar – “Bad Blood”

Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – “See You Again”

VIDEO VISIONARY AWARD

Winner – Duran Duran

BEST U.S. ACT

Winner – Taylor Swift

Beyoncé

Kendrick Lamar

Nick Jonas

Nicki Minaj

BEST CANADIAN ACT

Winner – Justin Bieber

Carly Rae Jepsen

Drake

Shawn Mendes

The Weekend

BEST UK & IRELAND ACT

Winner – Little Mix

Jess Glynne

One Direction

Ed Sheeran

Years & Years

BEST DANISH ACT

Winner – Lukas Graham

Ankerstjerne

Christopher

Djämes Braun

Topgunn

BEST FINNISH ACT

Winner – Lukas Graham

Antti Tuisku

Kasmir

Mikael Gabriel

Robin

BEST NORWEGIAN ACT

Winner – Astrid S

Donkeyboy

Kygo

Madcon

Sandra Lyng

BEST SWEDISH ACT

Winner – The Foo Conspiracy

Alesso

Avicii

Tove Lo

Zara Larsson

BEST GERMAN ACT

Winner – Lena

Andreas Bourani

Cro

Revolverheld

Robin Schulz

BEST DUTCH ACT

Winner – Kensington

Dotan

Martin Garrix

Natalie La Rose

Oliver Heldens

BEST BELGIAN ACT

Winner – Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike

Lost Frequencies

Netsky

Oscar & The Wolf

Selah Sue

BEST SWISS ACT

Winner – Stefanie Heinzmann

DJ Antoine

Lo & Leduc

Can “Stress” Canatan

77 Bombay Street

BEST FRENCH ACT

Winner – Black M

The Dø

The Avener

Christine and the Queens

Fréro Delavega

BEST ITALIAN ACT

Winner –Marco Mengoni

Fedez

The Kolors

J-Ax

Tiziano Ferro

BEST SPANISH ACT

Winner – Sweet California

Alejandro Sanz

Leiva

Neuman

Rayden

BEST PORTUGUESE ACT

Winner – Agir

Carlão

Carolina Deslandes

D.A.M.A

Richie Campbell

BEST GREEK ACT

Winner – Giorgios Mazonakis

Stavento

Rec

Despina Vandi

Giorgos Sampanis

BEST POLISH ACT

Winner – Margaret

Natalia Nykiel

Sarsa

Tabb & Sound’n’Grace

Tede

BEST RUSSIAN ACT

Winner – MBand

IOWA

Quest Pistols

Serebro

Ivan Dorn

BEST ROMANIAN ACT

Winner – Inna

Dan Bittman

Feli

Randi

Smiley

BEST ADRIA ACT

Winner – Daniel Kajmakoski

2Cellos

Hladno pivo

Marčelo

Sassja

BEST ISRAELI ACT

Winner – Eliad

Café Shahor Hazak

Eden Ben Zaken

E-Z

Guy & Yahel

BEST AFRICAN/INDIAN ACT

Winner – Diamond Platnumz

Yemi Alade

AKA

Davido

DJ Arafat

Indus Creed

Monica Dogra

Priyanka Chopra

The Ska Vengers

Your Chin

Asia

BEST JAPANESE ACT

Winner – Dempagumi.inc

Babymetal

Sandaime J Soul Brothers

One Ok Rock

Sekai no Owari

BEST KOREAN ACT

Winner – Bangtan Boys

B1A4

Got7

GFriend

VIXX

BEST SOUTHEAST INDIA ACT

Winner – Sơn Tùng M-TP

Faizal Tahir

James Reid

Nadine Lustre

Noah

Slot Machine

The Sam Willows

BEST CHINESE & HONG KONG ACT

Winner – Jane Zhang

Han Geng

Leo Ku

Tan Weiwei

Uniq

BEST TAIWANESE ACT

Winner – Jay Chou

JJ Lin

Jolin Tsai

Kenji Wu

Leehom Wang

BEST AUSTRALIAN/NEW ZEALAND ACT

Winner – 5 Seconds Of Summer

Guy Sebastian

Peking Duk

Sia

Vance Joy

Avalanche City

Gin Wigmore

Savage

Six60

Broods

BEST BRAZILIAN/LATIN AMERICAN ACT

Winner –Anitta

Emicida

Ludmilla

MC Guime

Projota

Enjambre

Ha*Ash

Mario Bautista

Kinky

Natalia Lafourcade

ChocQuibTown

J Balvin

Javiera Mena

Pasabordo

Piso 21

Alex

Indios

Maxi Trusso

No Te Va Gustar

Tan Biónica

BEST EUROPEAN ACT

Winner – Marco Mengoni

Agir

Astrid S

Black M

Daniel Kajmakoski

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike

Eliad

Giorgios Mazonakis

Inna

JVG

Kensington

Lena Meyer-Landrut

Little Mix

Lukas Graham

Margaret

MBAND

Stefanie Heinzmann

Sweet California

The Foo Conspiracy

BEST ASIAN ACT

Winner – Jane Zhang

Dempagumi.inc

Bangtan Boys

Sơn Tùng M-TP

Jay Chou

BEST LATIN AMERICA ACT

Winner – Anitta

Axel

J Balvin

Mario Bautista

BEST NORTH AMERICAN ACT

Winner – Justin Bieber

Taylor Swift

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