The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Female was one of the original general awards that has been handed out every year since the first annual MTV Europe Music Awards in 1994. In 2007 the award was renamed to Best Solo Artist rewarding the soloists of both sexes, in 2008 the award for Best Female was again eliminated from the EMAs, but it was revived again in 2009 with its original name. Lady Gaga is the biggest winner of the category with three awards.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
† indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video–winning artist. ‡ indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video–nominated artist that same year.
1990s Year Artist Ref 1994 Mariah Carey Tori Amos Björk ‡ Neneh Cherry Marusha 1995 Björk Sheryl Crow PJ Harvey ‡ Janet Jackson Madonna † 1996 Alanis Morissette † Björk ‡ Toni Braxton Neneh Cherry Joan Osborne 1997 Janet Jackson Björk Toni Braxton ‡ Sheryl Crow Madonna 1998 Madonna † Mariah Carey ‡ Celine Dion Natalie Imbruglia ‡ Janet Jackson 1999 Britney Spears ‡ Geri Halliwell Lauryn Hill † Whitney Houston Madonna ‡
2000s Year Artist Ref 2000 Madonna Melanie C Janet Jackson Jennifer Lopez Britney Spears ‡ 2001 Jennifer Lopez ‡ Mariah Carey Dido ‡ Janet Jackson ‡ Madonna ‡ 2002 Jennifer Lopez Kylie Minogue Pink † Shakira ‡ Britney Spears ‡ 2003 Christina Aguilera ‡ Beyoncé † Madonna Kylie Minogue Pink 2004 Britney Spears ‡ Anastacia Beyoncé † Alicia Keys ‡ Avril Lavigne 2005 Shakira ‡ Mariah Carey ‡ Missy Elliott Alicia Keys Gwen Stefani ‡ 2006 Christina Aguilera ‡ Beyoncé Nelly Furtado ‡ Madonna ‡ Shakira ‡ 2007 – 2008 colspan="2" 2009 Beyoncé ‡ Katy Perry ‡ Lady Gaga ‡ Leona Lewis Shakira
2010s Year Artist Ref 2010 Lady Gaga † Miley Cyrus Katy Perry ‡ Rihanna Shakira 2011 Lady Gaga † Adele ‡ Beyoncé ‡ Jennifer Lopez Katy Perry ‡ 2012 Taylor Swift Katy Perry ‡ Nicki Minaj † Pink Rihanna ‡ 2013 Katy Perry rowspan="6" Miley Cyrus ‡ Selena Gomez Lady Gaga Taylor Swift † 2014 Ariana Grande ‡ Beyoncé ‡ Katy Perry † Nicki Minaj Taylor Swift 2015 Rihanna Ellie Goulding ‡ Miley Cyrus Nicki Minaj ‡ Taylor Swift † 2016 Lady Gaga Adele ‡ Beyoncé † Rihanna ‡ Sia ‡
Statistics Number of European Nominations Total Number 13 95
See also MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video
References