MTV Europe Music Awards 1994

The MTV Europe Music Awards 1994 were presented on November 24, 1994 on Pariser Platz in the German capital Berlin . The two and a half hour show started at 8 p.m. CET and was hosted by British singer Tom Jones . The most frequently nominated were Aerosmith , Beck , Björk , Neneh Cherry , Rage Against the Machine , Therapy? and Whale (twice each).

Winners and nominees

category	winner	Nominees
Best Group	Take that	Aerosmith Crowded House Rage Against the Machine Beastie Boys
Best times	Bryan Adams	Seal MC Solaar Bruce Springsteen Prince
Best Female	Mariah Carey	Björk Tori Amos Neneh Cherry Marusha
Breakthrough Artist	Crash test dummies	Beck Whale Therapy? dEuS
Best cover	Gun - Word Up!	Pet Shop Boys - Go West Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around Big Mountain - Baby, I Love Your Way Ace of Base - Don't Turn Around
Best rock	Aerosmith	Rage Against the Machine Therapy? Soundgarden Metallica
Best dance	The Prodigy	Jam & Spoon Reel 2 Real 2 Unlimited DReam
Best song	Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds	Aerosmith - Cryin ' Beck - Loser Björk - Big Time Sensuality Blur - Girls & Boys
Best Director	Whale - Hobo Humpin 'Slobo Babe (Director: Mark Pellington )	U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!) (Direction: Wim Wenders , Mark Neale )
Free Your Mind Award	Amnesty International , received by Bono (front man of the band U2 )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} U2 @ MTV Awards history , in: macphisto.net (English), accessed on November 11, 2014.
2. ^ MTV Europe Music Awards Winners 1994–2000. In: Billboard, November 10, 2001, p. 50.
3. ^ Dominic Pride: Brandenburg Gate Setting For First MTV Euro Awards. In: Billboard, November 5, 1994, pp. 10, 22-23.