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1997 MTV Europe Music Awards

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Hosted by
  
Ronan Keating

Date
  
1997

Other ceremonies
  
1996, 1998

Host
  
Ronan Keating

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Location
  
Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Network
  
MTV Networks International (Europe)

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 3 awards including Best Video.

Contents

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Song

  • The Cardigans — "Lovefool"
  • Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans and 112) — "I'll Be Missing You"
  • Hanson — "Mmmbop"
  • No Doubt — "Don't Speak"
  • Will Smith — "Men in Black"

    • Best Video

  • Blur — "Song 2"
  • The Chemical Brothers — "Block Rockin' Beats"
  • Daft Punk — "Around the World"
  • The Prodigy — "Breathe"
  • Radiohead — "Paranoid Android"

    • Best Female

  • Björk
  • Toni Braxton
  • Sheryl Crow
  • Janet Jackson
  • Madonna

    • Best Male

  • Babyface
  • Beck
  • Jon Bon Jovi
  • Michael Jackson
  • George Michael

    • Best Group

  • Oasis
  • The Prodigy
  • Radiohead
  • Spice Girls
  • U2

    • Best New Act

  • Meredith Brooks
  • Hanson
  • Puff Daddy
  • No Doubt
  • Spice Girls

    • Best Dance

  • Backstreet Boys
  • The Chemical Brothers
  • Daft Punk
  • The Prodigy
  • Spice Girls

    • Best Rock

  • Aerosmith
  • Jon Bon Jovi
  • Bush
  • Oasis
  • Skunk Anansie

    • Best Alternative

  • Beck
  • Blur
  • The Prodigy
  • Radiohead
  • The Verve

    • Best R&B

  • Blackstreet
  • Toni Braxton
  • Ginuwine
  • Michael Jackson
  • R. Kelly

    • Best Rap

  • Blackstreet
  • Coolio
  • Puff Daddy
  • The Notorious B.I.G.
  • Will Smith

    • Best Live Act

  • Aerosmith
  • Michael Jackson
  • Radiohead
  • Skunk Anansie
  • U2

    • 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
  • Louise and Mark Owen — presented Best Female
  • Dennis Hopper — presented Free Your Mind Award
  • Caprice Bourret and Steven Tyler — presented Best Group
  • Robbie Williams and Gena Lee Nolin — presented Best New Act
  • Prince Naseem and Björk — presented Best Live Act
  • Nina Persson and Katja Schuurman — presented MTV Select
  • Missy Elliott and David Arquette — presented Best Rap
  • Stephen Dorff and Saffron — presented Best Song

    • References

    1997 MTV Europe Music Awards Wikipedia
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