MTV Europe Music Awards 1998

MTV Europe Music Awards 1998
Awarded for	MTV Europe Music Awards
date	November 12, 1998
Moderation	Jenny McCarthy
Loan location	Fila Forum , Assago
Country	Italy
Awarded by	MTV Europe
Most awards	Spice Girls & Madonna (2 each)
website	https://www.mtvema.com/de-de
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The 1998 MTV Europe Music Awards were presented on November 12, 1998 at the Fila Forum , Assago , near Milan , Italy . The moderator was the model Jenny McCarthy . The winners of the evening were Madonna and the Spice Girls , who each won two awards.

Mel C ("Sporty Spice") and Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice") named the award for the Spice Girls because Mel B and Victoria Adams were both pregnant and therefore stayed away from the event.

As in previous years, new categories were added to make the award more “European”. The MTV Select Award was divided into UK and Ireland , Northern , Central and Southern . The categories Best Album and Best Pop have also been added

Winners and nominees

Main categories (jury evaluation)

category	winner	Nominees
Best song	- Natalie Imbruglia - Torn	- All Saints - Never Ever Cornershop - Brimful of Asha Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply Robbie Williams - Angels
Best video	Massive attack - teardrop	Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy Beastie Boys - Intergalactic Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight Garbage - Push It
Best album	Madonna - Ray of Light	- All Saints - All Saints Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty Massive Attack - Mezzanine Robbie Williams - Life thru a Lens
Best Female	Madonna	Mariah Carey Celine Dion - Natalie Imbruglia Janet Jackson
Best times	Robbie Williams	Eagle-Eye Cherry Ricky Martin Puff Daddy Will Smith
Best Group	Spice Girls	- All Saints Backstreet Boys Beastie Boys Garbage
Best New Act	- All saints	- Aqua Eagle-Eye Cherry Five - Natalie Imbruglia
Best pop	Spice Girls	- Aqua Backstreet Boys Boyzone Five
Best dance	The Prodigy	Dario G Faithless Fatboy Slim Madonna
Best rock	Aerosmith	Garbage Marilyn Manson Rammstein The Smashing Pumpkins
Best alternative	The Prodigy	Beck Blur Radiohead The Verve
Best rap	Beastie Boys	Busta Rhymes Missy Elliot Pras Puff Daddy
Free Your Mind Award	B92

MTV Select - Regional Awards

category	winner	Nominees
UK and Ireland	Five - When the Lights Go Out	Another Level B * Witched Billie Steps
Northern	Eagle-Eye Cherry - Falling in Love Again
Central	Franka Potente & Thomas D - Wish
Southern	Bluvertigo	99 Posse Articolo 31 Ligabue Vasco Rossi

Appearances

• Faithless (featuring Sally Bradshaw ) - God is a DJ
• Madonna - The Power of Good-Bye
• Busta Rhymes - Turn It Up / Gimme Some More
• Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
• Aqua - Turn Back Time / Barbie Girl / Lollipop (Candyman) / Doctor Jones
• Pras (featuring Destiny's Child and The Product G&B ) - Blue Angels / Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)
• Five - Everybody Get Up
• Rammstein - you have
• All Saints - Lady Marmalade
• REM - Daysleeper
• Robbie Williams - Millennium / Let Me Entertain You

Presenters

• George Michael - presented Best Male
• Donatella Versace and Alessandro Del Piero - presented Best Group
• Fun Lovin 'Criminals - presented Best Rock
• Ronan Keating and Dolce & Gabbana - presented Best Female
• B * Witched and Ulf Ekberg - presented MTV Select — Northern
• Eagle-Eye Cherry and Busta Rhymes - presented Best Pop
• Nek and Saffron - presented MTV Select — Central
• Zucchero and Renzo Rosso - presented MTV Select — Southern
• REM - presented the Free Your Mind award
• Jean Paul Gaultier and Giorgio Armani - presented Breakthrough Artist
• RZA and Ultra Naté - presented Best Rap
• Natalie Imbruglia and Gavin Rossdale - presented Best Dance
• Cleopatra - presented by MTV Select — UK & Ireland
• Skunk Anansie ( Skin and Mark Richardson ) and The Cranberries ( Dolores O'Riordan and Fergal Lawler) - presented Best Song
• Sarah, Duchess of York - presented Best Video
• Damon Albarn and Ronaldo - presented Best Album

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Why Don't the MTV European Music Awards Support European Music? Vice , September 19, 2014, accessed October 3, 2019 . 
2. ^ MTV Europe Music Awards Winners 1994–2000. In: Billboard of November 10, 2001, p. 50. Online: [1]
3. ↑ Madonna, Spice Girls Take Top Honors At 1998 MTV Europe Music Awards. MTV.com, November 13, 1998, accessed October 3, 2019 .