MTV Europe Music Award for Best UK & Ireland Act

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MTV Europe Music Award
for Best UK and Ireland Act
CountryEurope
Presented byMTV
First awarded1994
Currently held byLittle Mix (2021)
Most awards
  • Little Mix (6)
Most nominations
  • Little Mix (7)
Websiteema.mtv.tv/

The MTV European Music Awards for the best UK & Ireland act has been a regional category since 1998 and have been won by 15 different acts

The last Irish winners to win in this category was Westlife in 2000. In 2003 The Irish band, The Thrills were the last Irish nominees in the Category, although the category is still called "Best UK & Ireland Act". British boy band One Direction which includes an Irish member, Niall Horan won the Awards in 2012, 2013 & 2014. British girl group Little Mix, are currently the most awarded and nominated act and female group in this category, winning a of total six times out of seven nominations.

The following is a list of the MTV Europe Music Award winners and nominees for Best UK & Ireland Act.

Winners and nominees[]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

† indicates the Wildcard–winning artist.

1990s[]

Year Artist Nationality Ref
1994
Oasis [a]  England [1]
An Emotional Fish [b]  Ireland
1998
Five [c]  England [2]
Another Level  England
B*Witched  Ireland
Billie  England
Steps  England
1999
Boyzone  Ireland [3]
Basement Jaxx  England
Lynden David Hall  England
Manic Street Preachers  Wales
Texas  Scotland
Westlife  Ireland

2000s[]

Year Artist Nationality Ref
2000
Westlife  Ireland [4]
Craig David  England
Sonique  England
Travis  Scotland
Robbie Williams  England
2001
Craig David  England [5]
Artful Dodger  England
Feeder  Wales
Gorillaz  England
S Club 7  England
2002
Coldplay  England [6]
Atomic Kitten  England
Ms. Dynamite  England
Sugababes  England
Underworld  England
2003
The Darkness [d]  England [7]
The Coral  England
Funeral for a Friend  Wales
The Libertines  England
The Thrills  Ireland
2004
Muse  England [8]
Natasha Bedingfield  England
Franz Ferdinand  Scotland
Jamelia  England
The Streets  England
2005
Coldplay  England [9]
James Blunt  England
Gorillaz  England
Kaiser Chiefs  England
Stereophonics  Wales
2006
The Kooks  England [10]
Lily Allen  England
Arctic Monkeys  England
Muse  England
Corrine Bailey Rae  England
2007
Muse  England [11]
Arctic Monkeys  England
Klaxons  England
Mark Ronson  England
Amy Winehouse  England
2008
Leona Lewis [e]  England [12]
Adele  England
Duffy  Wales
The Ting Tings  England
The Wombats  England
2009
Pixie Lott [e]  England [13]
Florence and the Machine  England
La Roux  England
The Saturdays  England
Tinchy Stryder  England

2010s[]

Year Artist Nationality Ref
2010
Marina and the Diamonds [e]  Wales [14]
Delphic  England
Ellie Goulding  England
Rox  England
Tinie Tempah  England
2011
Adele  England [15]
Coldplay  England
Florence and the Machine  England
Jessie J  England
Kasabian  England
2012
One Direction  Europe [16]
Conor Maynard  England
Jessie J  England
Ed Sheeran  England
Rita Ora  England
2013
One Direction  Europe [17]
Ellie Goulding  England
Calvin Harris  Scotland
Olly Murs  England
Rudimental  England
2014
One Direction  Europe [18]
Sam Smith  England
Calvin Harris  Scotland
Ed Sheeran  England
Cheryl Cole †  England
Wildcard nominations:
2015
Little Mix †  England [19]
Jess Glynne  England
One Direction  Europe
Years & Years  England
Ed Sheeran  England
Wildcard nominations:
  • Sam Smith
  • Ellie Goulding
  • Tinie Tempah
  • Calvin Harris
  • James Bay
2016
Little Mix  England [20][21]
Adele  England
Years & Years †  England
Coldplay  England
Zayn  England
Wildcard nominations:
2017
Louis Tomlinson †  England [22][23]
Dua Lipa  England
Ed Sheeran  England
Little Mix  England
Stormzy  England
Wildcard nominations:
2018
Little Mix †  England [24][25]
Anne-Marie  England
Dua Lipa  England
George Ezra  England
Stormzy  England
Wildcard nominations:
2019
Little Mix †  England [26][27]
Lewis Capaldi  Scotland
Dave  England
Mabel  England
Ed Sheeran  England
Wildcard nominations:

2020s[]

Year Artist Nationality Ref
2020
Little Mix †  England [28][29]
Dave  England
Dua Lipa  England
Harry Styles  England
Stormzy  England
Wildcard nominations:
^[a] Local Hero Award — UK
^[b] Local Hero Award — Ireland
^[c] MTV Select — UK and Ireland
^[d] Best MTV2 UK Act
^[e] Best UK & Ireland New Act

Performers with multiple awards[]

6 awards
  • Little Mix (4 consecutive)
3 awards
  • One Direction (consecutive)
2 awards

Performers with multiple nominations[]

7 nominations
  • Little Mix
5 nominations
4 nominations
  • One Direction
  • Coldplay
3 nominations
2 nominations

See also[]

References[]

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