1998 MTV Europe Music Awards

MTV Europe Music Awards, 1998, Italy

1998 MTV Europe Music Awards

Date| 12 November 1998
Location| Fila Forum, Assago (Province of Milan),[1] Italy
Hosted by| Jenny McCarthy
Television/radio coverage
Network| MTV Networks International (Europe)
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The 1998 MTV Europe Music Awards took place in Assago, near Milan, Italy. The ceremony was hosted by former Playboy model, actress and comedian Jenny McCarthy.

On this year 6 new categories were introduced including the MTV Selects; UK and Ireland, Northern, Central and Southern. The big winner of the night were the Spice Girls and Madonna with two awards. Melanie C, alias Sporty Spice, and Emma Bunton, known as Baby Spice, collected the trophy on behalf of the group. On receiving the award, Mel C shouted: "We've done it again". "And a big hello from the other two", she added, referring to Mel B and Victoria Adams, both of whom were pregnant and did not attend the ceremony.

## Nominations

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Winners are in bold text.

Best Song | Best Video

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Natalie Imbruglia — "Torn"

* All Saints — "Never Ever"
* Cornershop — "Brimful of Asha"
* Robbie Williams — "Angels"
* Savage Garden — "Truly Madly Deeply"

Massive Attack — "Teardrop"

* Aphex Twin — "Come to Daddy"
* Beastie Boys — "Intergalactic"
* Eagle-Eye Cherry — "Save Tonight"
* Garbage — "Push It"

Best Album |

Madonna — Ray of Light

* All Saints — All Saints
* Beastie Boys — Hello Nasty
* Massive Attack — Mezzanine
* Robbie Williams — Life thru a Lens

Best Female | Best Male

Madonna

* Celine Dion
* Janet Jackson
* Mariah Carey
* Natalie Imbruglia

Robbie Williams

* Eagle-Eye Cherry
* Puff Daddy
* Ricky Martin
* Will Smith

Best Group | Breakthrough Artist

Spice Girls

* All Saints
* Backstreet Boys
* Beastie Boys
* Garbage

All Saints

* Aqua
* Eagle-Eye Cherry
* Five
* Natalie Imbruglia

Best Pop | Best Dance

Spice Girls

* Aqua
* Backstreet Boys
* Boyzone
* Five

The Prodigy

* Dario G
* Faithless
* Fatboy Slim
* Madonna

Best Rock | Best Rap

Aerosmith

* Garbage
* Marilyn Manson
* Rammstein
* The Smashing Pumpkins

Beastie Boys

* Busta Rhymes
* Missy Elliott
* Pras
* Puff Daddy

Free Your Mind
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## Regional nominations

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Winners are in bold text.

MTV Select — Central | MTV Select — Southern[2]

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Franka Potente and Thomas D

* Die Ärzte
* Guano Apes
* Liquido
* Oli.P

Bluvertigo

* 99 Posse
* Articolo 31
* Ligabue
* Vasco Rossi

MTV Select — Northern | MTV Select — UK and Ireland

Eagle-Eye Cherry

* Aqua
* Cue
* Drömhus
* Robyn

Five

* Another Level
* B*Witched
* Billie
* Steps

## Performances

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* Faithless (featuring Sally Bradshaw) — "God is a DJ"
* Madonna — "The Power of Good-Bye"
* Busta Rhymes — "Turn It Up / Gimme Some More"
* Manic Street Preachers — "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next"
* Aqua — "Turn Back Time / Barbie Girl / Lollipop (Candyman) / Doctor Jones"
* Pras (featuring Destiny's Child and The Product G&B) — "Blue Angels / Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)"
* Five — "Everybody Get Up"
* Rammstein — "Du Hast"
* All Saints — "Lady Marmalade"
* R.E.M. — "Daysleeper"
* Robbie Williams — "Millennium / Let Me Entertain You"

## Appearances

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* George Michael — presented Best Male
* Donatella Versace and Alessandro Del Piero — presented Best Group
* Fun Lovin' Criminals — presented Best Rock
* Ronan Keating and Dolce & Gabbana — presented Best Female
* B*Witched and Ulf Ekberg — presented MTV Select—Northern
* Eagle-Eye Cherry and Busta Rhymes — presented Best Pop
* Nek and Saffron — presented MTV Select—Central
* Zucchero and Renzo Rosso — presented MTV Select—Southern
* R.E.M. — presented the Free Your Mind award
* Jean Paul Gaultier and Giorgio Armani — presented Breakthrough Artist
* RZA and Ultra Naté — presented Best Rap
* Natalie Imbruglia and Gavin Rossdale — presented Best Dance
* Cleopatra — presented MTV Select—UK & Ireland
* Skunk Anansie (Skin and Mark Richardson) and The Cranberries (Dolores O'Riordan and Fergal Lawler) — presented Best Song
* Sarah, Duchess of York — presented Best Video
* Damon Albarn and Ronaldo — presented Best Album

## See also

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* 1998 MTV Video Music Awards

## References

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1. ^ "Mediolanum Forum". Archived from the original on 2019-07-21. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
2. ^ "√ MTV Europe Music Awards: Premio MTV Select ai Bluvertigo". Archived from the original on 2022-08-22. Retrieved 2012-07-16.

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