Coldplay and Gorillaz top the MTV Europe Awards nominations

Coldplay and Gorillaz have topped the nominations for this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards.

The two bands, along with Robbie Williams, Foo Fighters, Green Day and Black Eyed Peas, are also set to perform at the event, which is due to take place at Lisbon’s Atlantic Pavilion on November 3.

The animated band Gorillaz are up for the Best Group, Best Song, Best Pop, Best UK & Ireland Act and Best Video for ‘Feel Good Inc.’, while Coldplay are nominated in the Best Group, Best Rock, Best UK & Ireland Act categories, plus Best Song for ‘Speed Of Sound’ and Best Album for ‘X&Y’.

Coldplay said: " We're delighted to be nominated for five categories in this years' MTV Europe Music Awards. Our European fans have given us incredible support over the years. We're looking forward to an amazing night in Lisbon on November 3."

Gwen Stefani is tipped in four categories – Best Female, Best Pop, Best Album for ‘Love. Angel. Music. Baby.’ and Best Video for ‘What You Waiting For?’.

50 Cent, Green Day, Snoop Dogg, U2 and James Blunt have also been nominated three times each.

The MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 will be hosted by Sacha Baron Cohen in his guise of the Khazakstan television journalist Borat Sagdiyev.

The nominations for the MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 are:

Best Male
50 Cent
Eminem
Moby
Robbie Williams
Snoop Dogg

Best Female
Alicia Keys
Gwen Stefani
Mariah Carey
Missy Elliott
Shakira

Best Group
Coldplay
Green Day
Gorillaz
The Black Eyed Peas
U2

Best Rock
Coldplay
Green Day
Foo Fighters
Franz Ferdinand
U2

Best Hip-Hop
50 Cent
Akon
Kanye West
Missy Elliott
Snoop Dogg

Best Alternative
Beck
Bloc Party
Goldfrapp
System Of A Down
The White Stripes

Best Song
Coldplay - ‘Speed Of Sound’
Gorillaz - ‘Feel Good Inc’
James Blunt - ‘You’re Beautiful’
Snoop Dogg (ft Justin Timberlake) - ‘Signs’
The Chemical Brothers - ‘Galvanise’

Best R&B
Alicia Keys
John Legend
Mariah Carey
Mario
Usher

Best Pop
Gorillaz
Gwen Stefani
Robbie Williams
Shakira
The Black Eyed Peas

Best Album
50 Cent - ‘The Massacre’
Coldplay - ‘X&Y’
Green Day - ‘American Idiot’
Gwen Stefani - ‘Love. Angel. Music. Baby.’
U2 - ‘How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb’

Best New Act
Akon
Daniel Powter
James Blunt
Kaiser Chiefs
Rihanna

Best Video
Beck - ‘E-Pro’
Gorillaz - ‘Feel Good Inc’
Gwen Stefani - ‘What You Waiting For’
Rammstein - ‘Keine Lust’
The Chemical Brothers - ‘Believe’

Best UK & Ireland Act
Coldplay
Gorillaz
Kaiser Chiefs
James Blunt
Stereophonics

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