MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song

Lady Gaga is the only artist to win this award in two consecutive years: "Bad Romance" won in 2010 and "Born This Way" in 2011

The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song is the main award of the MTV Europe Music Awards. It was first awarded in 1994, when "7 Seconds" won it, and has been given out every year since. The category was renamed Most Addictive Track for the 2007 and 2008 shows. The artists with the most nominations in this category are Ariana Grande and Beyoncé (both with five). Beyoncé, Jungkook, Lady Gaga and Pink have won the award twice (one of Pink's wins coming when it was called Most Addictive Track). Sabrina Carpenter is the most recent winner, winning in 2024 for “Espresso”

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold

† indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Song of the Year–winning artist.

‡ indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Song of the Year–nominated artist that same year.

1990s

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
1994
	Youssou N’Dour and Neneh Cherry	"7 Seconds"	[1]
	Aerosmith	"Cryin'"
	Beck	"Loser"
	Björk	"Big Time Sensuality"
	Blur	"Girls & Boys"
1995
	The Cranberries	"Zombie"	[2]
	Michael Jackson	"You Are Not Alone"
	The Offspring	"Self Esteem"
	Seal	"Kiss from a Rose"
	TLC	"Waterfalls"
1996
	Oasis	"Wonderwall"	[3]
	The Fugees	"Killing Me Softly"
	Garbage	"Stupid Girl"
	Alanis Morissette	"Ironic"
	Pulp	"Disco 2000"
1997
	Hanson	"Mmmbop"	[4]
	The Cardigans	"Lovefool"
	Puff Daddy and Faith Evans	"I'll Be Missing You"
	No Doubt	"Don't Speak"
	Will Smith	"Men In Black"
1998
	Natalie Imbruglia	"Torn"	[5]
	All Saints	"Never Ever"
	Cornershop	"Brimful of Asha"
	Savage Garden	"Truly Madly Deeply"
	Robbie Williams	"Angels"
1999
	Britney Spears	"...Baby One More Time"	[6]
	Backstreet Boys	"I Want It That Way"
	Madonna	"Beautiful Stranger"
	George Michael with Mary J. Blige	"As" [a]
	TLC	"No Scrubs"

2000s

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
2000
	Robbie Williams	"Rock DJ" [a]	[7]
	Melanie C and Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes	"Never Be the Same Again"
	Madonna	"Music"
	Sonique	"It Feels So Good"
	Britney Spears	"Oops!... I Did It Again"
2001
	Gorillaz	"Clint Eastwood" [a]	[8]
	Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink	"Lady Marmalade"
	Crazy Town	"Butterfly"
	Destiny's Child	"Survivor"
	Eminem (feat. Dido)	"Stan"
2002
	Pink	"Get the Party Started"	[9]
	Enrique Iglesias	"Hero"
	Nelly	"Hot in Herre"
	Nickelback	"How You Remind Me"
	Shakira	"Whenever, Wherever"
2003
	Beyoncé (feat. Jay Z)	"Crazy in Love"	[10]
	Christina Aguilera	"Beautiful"
	Evanescence	"Bring Me to Life"
	Sean Paul	"Get Busy"
	Justin Timberlake	"Cry Me a River"
2004
	Outkast	"Hey Ya!" [a]	[11]
	Anastacia	"Left Outside Alone"
	Maroon 5	"This Love"
	Britney Spears	"Toxic"
	Usher (feat. Lil' Jon and Ludacris)	"Yeah!"
2005
	Coldplay	"Speed of Sound"	[12]
	James Blunt	"You're Beautiful"
	The Chemical Brothers	"Galvanize"
	Gorillaz	"Feel Good Inc." [a]
	Snoop Dogg (feat. Justin Timberlake and Charlie Wilson)	"Signs"
2006
	Gnarls Barkley	"Crazy" [a]	[13]
	Nelly Furtado	"Maneater"
	Red Hot Chili Peppers	"Dani California"
	Rihanna	"S.O.S."
	Shakira (feat. Wyclef Jean)	"Hips Don't Lie"
2007
	Avril Lavigne	"Girlfriend"	[14]
	Beyoncé and Shakira	"Beautiful Liar"
	Nelly Furtado	"All Good Things (Come To An End)"
	Mika	"Grace Kelly"
	Rihanna (feat. Jay Z)	"Umbrella"
	Amy Winehouse	"Rehab"
2008
	Pink	"So What"	[15]
	Coldplay	"Viva la Vida"
	Duffy	"Mercy"
	Katy Perry	"I Kissed a Girl"
	Kid Rock	"All Summer Long"
2009
	Beyoncé	"Halo"	[16]
	The Black Eyed Peas	"I Gotta Feeling"
	David Guetta (feat. Kelly Rowland)	"When Love Takes Over"
	Kings of Leon	"Use Somebody"
	Lady Gaga	"Poker Face"

2010s

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
2010
	Lady Gaga	"Bad Romance"	[17]
	Eminem (feat. Rihanna)	"Love the Way You Lie" [a]
	Katy Perry (feat. Snoop Dogg)	"California Gurls" [a]
	Rihanna	"Rude Boy"
	Usher (feat. will.i.am)	"OMG"
2011
	Lady Gaga	"Born This Way" [a]	[18]
	Adele	"Rolling in the Deep" [a]
	Bruno Mars	"Grenade"
	Jennifer Lopez (feat. Pitbull)	"On the Floor"
	Katy Perry	"Firework"
2012
	Carly Rae Jepsen	"Call Me Maybe"	[19]
	Fun (feat. Janelle Monáe)	"We Are Young"
	Gotye (feat. Kimbra)	"Somebody That I Used to Know"
	Pitbull (feat. Chris Brown)	"International Love"
	Rihanna (feat. Calvin Harris)	"We Found Love" [a]
2013
	Bruno Mars	"Locked Out of Heaven"	[20]
	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat. Wanz)	"Thrift Shop"
	Daft Punk (feat. Pharrell Williams)	"Get Lucky"
	Robin Thicke (feat. T.I. and Pharrell Williams)	"Blurred Lines" [a]
	Rihanna	"Diamonds"
2014
	Ariana Grande (feat. Iggy Azalea)	"Problem"	[21]
	Eminem and Rihanna	"The Monster"
	Katy Perry (feat. Juicy J)	"Dark Horse" [a]
	Pharrell Williams	"Happy" [a]
	Sam Smith	"Stay With Me"
2015
	Taylor Swift (feat. Kendrick Lamar)	"Bad Blood" [a]	[22]
	Ellie Goulding	"Love Me Like You Do"
	Major Lazer and DJ Snake (feat. MØ)	"Lean On"
	Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars)	"Uptown Funk"
	Wiz Khalifa (feat. Charlie Puth)	"See You Again"
2016
	Justin Bieber	"Sorry"	[23]
	Adele	"Hello"
	Lukas Graham	"7 Years"
	Mike Posner	"I Took a Pill in Ibiza (Seeb Remix)"
	Rihanna (feat. Drake)	"Work"
2017
	Shawn Mendes	"There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"	[24]
	Clean Bandit (feat. Sean Paul and Anne-Marie)	"Rockabye"
	DJ Khaled (feat. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller)	"Wild Thoughts"
	Ed Sheeran	"Shape of You"
	Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee (feat. Justin Bieber)	"Despacito (Remix)"
2018
	Camila Cabello (feat. Young Thug)	"Havana ‡"	[25]
	Bebe Rexha (feat. Florida Georgia Line)	"Meant to Be"
	Ariana Grande	"No Tears Left to Cry"
	Drake	"God's Plan ‡"
	Post Malone (feat. 21 Savage)	"Rockstar †"
2019
	Billie Eilish	"Bad guy"	[26]
	Ariana Grande	"7 Rings"
	Lil Nas X (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus)	"Old Town Road (Remix) †"
	Post Malone and Swae Lee	"Sunflower"
	Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello	"Señorita"

2020s

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
2020
	BTS	"Dynamite ‡"	[27]
	DaBaby (feat. Roddy Ricch)	"Rockstar"
	Dua Lipa	"Don't Start Now"
	Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande	"Rain on Me †" [a]
	Roddy Ricch	"The Box"
	The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights" [a]
2021
	Ed Sheeran	"Bad Habits"	[28]
	Doja Cat (feat. SZA)	"Kiss Me More"
	Justin Bieber (feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon)	"Peaches"
	Lil Nas X	"Montero (Call Me By Your Name)"
	Olivia Rodrigo	"Drivers License †"
	the Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber	"Stay ‡"
2022
	Nicki Minaj	"Super Freaky Girl" [a]	[29]
	Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone	"Me Porto Bonito"
	Harry Styles	"As It Was"
	Jack Harlow	"First Class"
	Lizzo	"About Damn Time ‡"
	Rosalía	"Despechá"
2023
	Jung Kook (feat. Latto)	"Seven"	[30]
	Doja Cat	"Paint the Town Red"
	Miley Cyrus	"Flowers ‡"
	Olivia Rodrigo	"Vampire ‡"
	SZA	"Kill Bill ‡"
	Taylor Swift	"Anti-Hero †"
	Rema and Selena Gomez	"Calm Down ‡"
2024
	Sabrina Carpenter	"Espresso †"
	Ariana Grande	"We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)"
	Benson Boone	"Beautiful Things"
	Beyoncé	"Texas Hold 'Em ‡"
	Billie Eilish	"Birds of a Feather"
	Chappell Roan	"Good Luck, Babe!"

^{^[a]} Nominated With MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video

Statistic

As of 2018.

Number of European Nominations	Total Number
31	105

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