MTV Europe Music Award for Best Male

The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Male was one of the original general awards that has been handed out every year since the inaugural 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 Male was again eliminated from the EMAs, but it was revived again in 2009 with its original name.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

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

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

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1994
	Bryan Adams
	MC Solaar
	Prince
	Seal
	Bruce Springsteen ‡
1995
	Michael Jackson
	Dr. Dre
	Lenny Kravitz
	Scatman John
	Neil Young
1996
	George Michael
	Bryan Adams ‡
	Beck
	Nick Cave
	Eros Ramazzotti
1997
	Jon Bon Jovi
	Babyface ‡
	Beck †
	Michael Jackson
	George Michael
1998
	Robbie Williams
	Eagle Eye Cherry
	Puff Daddy
	Ricky Martin
	Will Smith †
1999
	Will Smith †
	Ricky Martin ‡
	George Michael
	Sasha
	Robbie Williams

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2000
	Ricky Martin ‡
	Eminem †
	Ronan Keating
	Sisqo
	Robbie Williams
2001
	Robbie Williams ‡
	Craig David
	Eminem ‡
	Ricky Martin
	Shaggy
2002
	Eminem †
	Enrique Iglesias ‡
	Lenny Kravitz
	Nelly ‡
	Robbie Williams
2003
	Justin Timberlake †	^[citation needed]
	Craig David
	Eminem ‡
	Sean Paul
	Robbie Williams
2004
	Usher †
	Jay Z ‡
	Nelly
	Justin Timberlake ‡
	Robbie Williams
2005
	Robbie Williams	^[citation needed]
	50 Cent
	Eminem
	Moby
	Snoop Dogg
2006
	Justin Timberlake
	Sean Paul
	Kanye West ‡
	Pharrell Williams
	Robbie Williams
2007 – 2008	—N/a
2009
	Eminem ‡
	Jay Z
	Kanye West ‡
	Mika
	Robbie Williams

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010
	Justin Bieber
	Eminem †
	Enrique Iglesias
	Usher ‡
	Kanye West
2011
	Justin Bieber †
	Bruno Mars ‡
	David Guetta
	Eminem ‡
	Kanye West ‡
2012
	Justin Bieber ‡
	Flo Rida
	Jay Z
	Kanye West
	Pitbull
2013
	Justin Bieber	—N/a
	Eminem
	Jay Z
	Bruno Mars †
	Justin Timberlake ‡
2014
	Justin Bieber
	Ed Sheeran †
	Eminem ‡
	Justin Timberlake
	Pharrell Williams ‡
2015
	Justin Bieber
	Jason Derulo
	Ed Sheeran ‡
	Kanye West
	Pharrell Williams
2016
	Shawn Mendes
	Calvin Harris †
	Drake ‡
	Justin Bieber
	The Weeknd ‡

Statistics

Number of European Nominations	Total Number
25	95

See also

• MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video