MTV Europe Music Award for Best Artist

MTV Europe Music Award
for Best Artist
MTV Europe Music Award; for Best Artist
Country	Europe
Presented by	MTV
First awarded	2007
Currently held by	Taylor Swift (2024)
Most awards	Taylor Swift (3)
Most nominations	Taylor Swift (5)
Website	ema.mtv.tv/

The following is a list of the MTV Europe Music Award winners and nominees for Best Artist.

Winners and nominees

2007 award winner, Avril Lavigne

2017 & 2019 award winner, Shawn Mendes

2018 award winner, Camila Cabello

2022 & 2023 award winner, Taylor Swift

The statistic holder of the 2018 award.

Artist
23	11	Female
23	8	Male

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