MTV EMA 2017: Shawn Mendes beat Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and Others, Bags 3 Awards to become the Biggest winner as Davido wins Best African Act [Full List of Winners]

Shawn Mendes lead the victors with multiple wins across the night
Shawn Mendes was the bigger winner at MTV EMA 2017 tonight (November 12).

The ceremony, which took place at London’s SSE Arena Wembley, saw the Canadian artist pick up four trophies. He received the awards for Biggest Fans, Best Song for ‘There’s Nothing Holding Me Back’, Best Artist and Best Canadian Act.

Despite leading the nominations with six nods, Taylor Swift did not win any awards at the event. Her rumoured performance also did not come to fruition.

Instead, Eminem kicked off the ceremony with a performance of his new single, ‘Walk On Water’, while Stormzy performed ‘Big For Your Boots’ from a police car. The Killers , Kesha ,
Travis Scott, host Rita Ora , and David Guetta were among the other performers on the night.

U2 were crowned the Global Icon, with
Bono singing a burst of Stormzy’s ‘Blinded By Your Grace’ as they collected the trophy.

One of Nigeria ’ s biggest pop star, Davido has been named the winner of the Best African Act category at the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards .

Davido beat Wizkid , Babes Wodumo , C 4 Pedro , Nyashinki and Nasty C to the award.

The 2017 MTV EMAs was held at The SSE Arena in Wembley , London, United Kingdom , on Sunday.

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The DMW boss had a good run in 2017, following the success of his songs “ IF” and “ FALL “
He released a new single , FIA , produced by Fresh on Friday.

See the full list of MTV EMA 2017 winners below:

BIGGEST FANS – Shawn Mendes

BEST HIP-HOP – Eminem

BEST VIDEO – Kendrick Lamar, ‘Humble’

BEST ALTERNATIVE – 30 Seconds To Mars

BEST POP – Camila Cabello

BEST SONG – Shawn Mendes, ‘There’s Nothing Holding Me Back’

BEST NEW – Duo Lipa

BEST LIVE – Ed Sheeran

BEST ELECTRONIC – David Guetta

BEST ARTIST – Shawn Mendes

BEST ROCK – Coldplay

BEST LOOK – Zayn

BEST PUSH – Hailee Steinfeld

BEST WORLD STAGE – The Chainsmokers

WORLDWIDE ACT WINNERS:
THE NETHERLANDS – Lil’ Kleine
SPAIN – Tangana
JAPAN – BabyMetal
FINLAND – Alma
NIGERIA – DaVido
UK & IRELAND – Stormzy
ARGENTINA – Lali

REGIONAL LOCAL ACT WINNERS:

BEST UK & IRELAND ACT – Louis Tomlinson

BEST US ACT – Fifth Harmony

BEST CANADIAN ACT – Shawn Mendes

BEST SPANISH ACT – Miguel Bosé

BEST SWISS ACT – Mimiks

BEST SWEDISH ACT – Zara Larsson

BEST MTV RUSSIA ACT – Ivan Dorn

BEST PORTUGUESE ACT – Overule

BEST NORWEGIAN ACT – TAPZ

BEST POLISH ACT – Dawid Kwiatkowski

BEST LATAM CENTRAL ACT – J Balvin