Canadian pop singer Shawn Mendes led the pack at the MTV Europe Music awards on Sunday night, taking home “Best Song,” “Best Artist,” and “Biggest Fans” awards, in a show that featured performances from French Montana, The Killers and Kesha.
LONDON (Reuters) – Canadian pop singer Shawn Mendes led the pack at the MTV Europe Music awards on Sunday night, taking home &ldquo-Best Song,&rdquo- &ldquo-Best Artist,&rdquo- and &ldquo-Biggest Fans&rdquo- awards, in a show that featured performances from French Montana, The Killers and Kesha.
British R&B singer Rita Ora performed the hosting duties, as well as a mashup of her 2017 hit &ldquo-Your Song,&rdquo- alongside her new single &ldquo-Anywhere.&rdquo-
U.S. rap star Eminem opened the show with a performance of his new song &ldquo-Walk on Water,&rdquo- with Skylar Grey standing in for Beyonce to sing the other part in the duet.
The Detroit rapper also took the award for &ldquo-Best Hip Hop,&rdquo- an honor which he appeared to find slightly baffling.
&rdquo-I&lsquo-m not really sure how I got this, &lsquo-cause I haven&rsquo-t had an album out in a few years” he quipped in his acceptance speech, adding &ldquo-I got one coming though.&rdquo-
&ldquo-Look What You Made Me Do,&rdquo- singer Taylor Swift had been the most-nominated star of the evening, with six nominations, but failed to win any awards.
Mendes performed &ldquo-There&rsquo-s Nothing Holdin&rsquo- Me Back,&rdquo- the winner of &ldquo-Best Song.&rdquo-
Some big names from film and television were on hand to lend Hollywood sparkle to proceedings, including &ldquo-Game of Thrones&rdquo- star Natalie Dormer and Oscar winner Jared Leto, also the front man of the band Thirty Seconds to Mars that took home the award for &ldquo-Best Alternative&rdquo- act.
Irish rockers U2 were presented with a &ldquo-Global Icon&rdquo- award, in recognition of their decades at the top of the music industry.
The band played a concert at an MTV event in London&rsquo-s Trafalgar Square the previous evening, footage of which was shown in lieu of a performance.
Other winners included Camila Cabello, who took the &ldquo-Best Pop,&rdquo- and rapper Kendrick Lamar won &ldquo-Best Video&rdquo- for &ldquo-Humble.&rdquo-
Notable performances included local London grime star Stormzy, who took to the stage poking out of the sunroof of a police car, and Travis Scott, who entered standing atop what looked like a floating hawk.
Security was tight at the event, with airport-style scanners at entrances, following a series of attacks that have hit the U.K. this year, including a suicide bomb attack at an Arianna Grande concert in Manchester in May, which left 22 people dead.
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