MTV Europe Music Awards 1996

The 1996 MTV Europe Music Awards were presented on November 14, 1996 at Alexandra Palace in the British capital, London . The two and a half hour show began at 8 p.m. CET and was hosted by British musician Robbie Williams . The most frequently nominated were the Fugees and Oasis (four times each) and Garbage and Pulp (three times each).

Winners and nominees

category	winner	Nominees
Best Group	Oasis	Fugees The Smashing Pumpkins Garbage Pulp
Best times	George Michael	Beck Eros Ramazzotti Nick Cave Bryan Adams
Best Female	Alanis Morissette	Björk Neneh Cherry Joan Osborne Toni Braxton
Breakthrough Artist	Garbage	Fugees Pulp Skunk Anansie The Cardigans
Best rock	The Smashing Pumpkins	Metallica Oasis Die Toten Hosen Bon Jovi
Best dance	The Prodigy	Los del Río Robert Miles Everything but the Girl Mark Morrison
Best song	Oasis - Wonderwall	Alanis Morissette - Ironic Fugees - Killing Me Softly with His Song Garbage - Stupid Girl Pulp - Disco 2000
MTV Amour	Fugees	D'Angelo Madonna feat. Massive Attack George Michael TLC
MTV Select (audience vote)	Backstreet Boys - Get Down (You're the One for Me)	Boyzone - Words Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger Spice Girls - Wannabe
Free Your Mind Award	The Buddies & Carers of Europe

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 20 Years of EMA Hosts - MTV EMA 2014 , in: mtvema.com , accessed on November 14, 2014.
2. ^ MTV Europe Music Awards Winners 1994–2000. In: Billboard, November 10, 2001, p. 50.
3. ↑ MTV Europe announces the nominations for the 1996 MTV Europe Music Awards , in: gminfopage.com (English), accessed on November 14, 2014.
4. ↑ MTV Europe Music Awards 1996 No Ads Part Eight , in: youtube.com (English), accessed on November 14, 2014.