MTV Europe Music Award for Best Female

The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Female was one of the original general awards that has been handed out every year since the first annual MTV Europe Music Awards in 1994. In 2007 the award was renamed to Best Solo Artist rewarding the soloists of both sexes, in 2008 the award for Best Female was again eliminated from the EMAs, but it was revived again in 2009 with its original name. Lady Gaga is the biggest winner of the category with three awards.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

† indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video–winning artist.

‡ indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video–nominated artist that same year.

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1994
	Mariah Carey
	Tori Amos
	Björk ‡
	Neneh Cherry
	Marusha
1995
	Björk
	Sheryl Crow
	PJ Harvey ‡
	Janet Jackson
	Madonna †
1996
	Alanis Morissette †
	Björk ‡
	Toni Braxton
	Neneh Cherry
	Joan Osborne
1997
	Janet Jackson
	Björk
	Toni Braxton ‡
	Sheryl Crow
	Madonna
1998
	Madonna †
	Mariah Carey ‡
	Celine Dion
	Natalie Imbruglia ‡
	Janet Jackson
1999
	Britney Spears ‡
	Geri Halliwell
	Lauryn Hill †
	Whitney Houston
	Madonna ‡

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2000
	Madonna
	Melanie C
	Janet Jackson
	Jennifer Lopez
	Britney Spears ‡
2001
	Jennifer Lopez ‡
	Mariah Carey
	Dido ‡
	Janet Jackson ‡
	Madonna ‡
2002
	Jennifer Lopez
	Kylie Minogue
	Pink †
	Shakira ‡
	Britney Spears ‡
2003
	Christina Aguilera ‡	^[citation needed]
	Beyoncé †
	Madonna
	Kylie Minogue
	Pink
2004
	Britney Spears ‡
	Anastacia
	Beyoncé †
	Alicia Keys ‡
	Avril Lavigne
2005
	Shakira ‡	^[citation needed]
	Mariah Carey ‡
	Missy Elliott
	Alicia Keys
	Gwen Stefani ‡
2006
	Christina Aguilera ‡
	Beyoncé
	Nelly Furtado ‡
	Madonna ‡
	Shakira ‡
2007 – 2008	—N/a
2009
	Beyoncé ‡
	Katy Perry ‡
	Lady Gaga ‡
	Leona Lewis
	Shakira

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010
	Lady Gaga †
	Miley Cyrus
	Katy Perry ‡
	Rihanna
	Shakira
2011
	Lady Gaga †
	Adele ‡
	Beyoncé ‡
	Jennifer Lopez
	Katy Perry ‡
2012
	Taylor Swift
	Katy Perry ‡
	Nicki Minaj †
	Pink
	Rihanna ‡
2013
	Katy Perry	—N/a
	Miley Cyrus ‡
	Selena Gomez
	Lady Gaga
	Taylor Swift †
2014
	Ariana Grande ‡
	Beyoncé ‡
	Katy Perry †
	Nicki Minaj
	Taylor Swift
2015
	Rihanna
	Ellie Goulding ‡
	Miley Cyrus
	Nicki Minaj ‡
	Taylor Swift †
2016
	Lady Gaga
	Adele ‡
	Beyoncé †
	Rihanna ‡
	Sia ‡

Statistics

Number of European Nominations	Total Number
13	95

See also

• MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video