1997 MTV Europe Music Awards

The 1997 MTV Europe Music Awards were held at The Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands on 6 November 1997 and were hosted by Ronan Keating. The Prodigy were the big winners of the night winning three awards including Best Video.

1997 MTV Europe Music Awards
Date	6 November 1997
Location	Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Hosted by	Ronan Keating
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV Networks International (Europe)

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Song	Best Video
Hanson — "Mmmbop" No Doubt — "Don't Speak" Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans and 112) — "I'll Be Missing You" The Cardigans — "Lovefool" Will Smith — "Men in Black"	The Prodigy — "Breathe" Blur — "Song 2" Daft Punk — "Around the World" Radiohead — "Paranoid Android" The Chemical Brothers — "Block Rockin' Beats"
Best Female	Best Male
Janet Jackson Björk Madonna Sheryl Crow Toni Braxton	Jon Bon Jovi Babyface Beck George Michael Michael Jackson
Best Group	Breakthrough Artist
Spice Girls Oasis Radiohead The Prodigy U2	Hanson Meredith Brooks No Doubt Puff Daddy Spice Girls
Best Dance	Best Rock
The Prodigy Backstreet Boys Daft Punk Spice Girls The Chemical Brothers	Oasis Aerosmith Bush Jon Bon Jovi Skunk Anansie
Best Alternative	Best R&B
The Prodigy Beck Blur Radiohead The Verve	Blackstreet Ginuwine Michael Jackson R. Kelly Toni Braxton
Best Rap	Best Live Act
Will Smith Blackstreet Coolio Puff Daddy The Notorious B.I.G.	U2 Aerosmith Michael Jackson Radiohead Skunk Anansie
MTV Select
Backstreet Boys — "As Long as You Love Me" Hanson — "Where's the Love" Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans and 112) — "I'll Be Missing You" Spice Girls — "Spice Up Your Life"
Free Your Mind
Landmine Survivors Network

Performances

• U2 — "Mofo"
• Björk — "Bachelorette"
• Spice Girls — "Spice Up Your Life"
• Skunk Anansie — "Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)"
• LL Cool J — "Phenomenon"
• Blackstreet (featuring Slash) — "Fix"
• Jon Bon Jovi — "Janie, Don't Take Your Love To Town"
• Aerosmith — "Pink / Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)"
• Backstreet Boys — "As Long as You Love Me / Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
• Jovanotti — "L'ombelico del mondo"

Appearances

• Dennis Hopper — introduced U2
• Alicia Silverstone — presented Best Dance
• Backstreet Boys — presented Best Male
• Tony Mortimer and Karen Mulder — presented Best Rock
• Stephen Dorff and Saffron — presented Best Song
• Missy Elliott and David Arquette — presented Best Rap
• Louise and Mark Owen — presented Best Female
• Peter Andre and Eternal — presented Best Alternative
• Dennis Hopper — presented Free Your Mind Award
• Caprice Bourret and Steven Tyler — presented Best Group
• Nina Persson, Peter Svensson and Katja Schuurman — presented MTV Select
• Robbie Williams and Gena Lee Nolin — presented Best New Act
• Shola Ama and MC Solaar — presented Best R&B
• Prince Naseem and Björk — presented Best Live Act
• Hanson — presented Best Video

See also

• 1997 MTV Video Music Awards

External links

• Nominees