Nicki Minaj will host this year’s MTV EMAs ceremony in Glasgow, the singer announced via Instagram.
The annual MTV Europe Music Awards will take place in Glasgow’s SSE Hyrdo.
Nicki Minaj wrote: “So excited to announce that I will not only perform, but I have the honorable task of HOSTING this year’s MTV European Music Awards!!!!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! The show will shoot in GLASGOW, SCOTLAND for its 20th Anniversary ON NOVEMBER 9th!!!! Find us @mtvema and Vote at mtvema.com.”
Nicki Minaj will host this year’s MTV EMAs ceremony in Glasgow (photo Instagram)
She will also be performing, and she is up for four awards herself.
One Direction will be going head to head with 5SOS for the biggest fans award, and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini is up for best UK & Ireland act.
The 20th anniversary of the MTV EMAs ceremony takes place on November 9.
Katy Perry is leading the nominations for this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) with seven nods, including Best Female, Best Pop Act, Best Video and Best Live act.
Katy Perry will be going head to head in most categories with Ariana Grande, who has six nominations for the awards being held in Glasgow in November.
5 Seconds of Summer and Pharrell Williams have five each, one more than One Direction.
Nicki Minaj, Iggy Azalea, Eminem, Sam Smith and Kiesza have all received four nominations each.
Katy Perry is leading the nominations for this year’s MTV EMAs with seven nods (photo Twitter)
The biggest battleground may well be between 5Seconds of Summer and One Direction as they go head-to-head in the Biggest Fans category.
Cheryl Cole won the wildcard vote to be in the running for Best UK & Ireland Act, the winner of which will enter the Best Worldwide category.
Voting has begun now on the official MTV EMA site, and will remain open until November 8.
The MTV EMAs ceremony will take place at Glasgow’s Hydro venue on Sunday, November 9.
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Full list of nominations for 2014 MTV EMAs in Glasgow:
Best Song
Ariana Grande – Problem ft. Iggy Azalea
Eminem – The Monster ft. Rihanna
Katy Perry – Dark Horse ft. Juicy J
Pharrell Williams – Happy
Sam Smith – Stay With Me
Best Pop
5 Seconds of Summer
Ariana Grande
Katy Perry
Miley Cyrus
One Direction
Best Female
Ariana Grande
Beyoncé
Katy Perry
Nicki Minaj
Taylor Swift
Best Male
Ed Sheeran
Eminem
Justin Bieber
Justin Timberlake
Pharrell Williams
Best Live
Beyoncé
Bruno Mars
Justin Timberlake
Katy Perry
One Direction
Best New
MTV Europe Music Awards 2014
5 Seconds of Summer
Ariana Grande
Charli XCX
Kiesza
Sam Smith
Best Video
Iggy Azalea – Black Widow ft. Rita Ora
Katy Perry – Dark Horse ft. Juicy J
Kiesza – Hideaway
Pharrell Williams – Happy
Sia – Chandelier
Best Rock
Arctic Monkeys
The Black Keys
Coldplay
Imagine Dragons
Linkin Park
Best Alternative
Fall Out Boy
Lana Del Rey
Lorde
Paramore
Thirty Seconds To Mars
Best Hip Hop
Drake
Eminem
Iggy Azalea
Kanye West
Nicki Minaj
Best Electronic
Afrojack
Avicii
Calvin Harris
David Guetta
Hardwell
Biggest Fans
5 Seconds of Summer
Ariana Grande
Justin Bieber
Nicki Minaj
One Direction
Best Look
Iggy Azalea
Katy Perry
Nicki Minaj
Rita Ora
Taylor Swift
Best Push
5 Seconds of Summer
Ariana Grande
Charli XCX
Cris Cab
John Newman
Jungle
Kid Ink
Kiesza
Lorde
Sam Smith
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