{"id":31221,"date":"2014-11-10T09:56:27","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T01:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=31221"},"modified":"2014-11-10T09:56:27","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T01:56:27","slug":"nicki-minaj-ariana-grande-grand-winners-at-mtv-emas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/11\/10\/nicki-minaj-ariana-grande-grand-winners-at-mtv-emas\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande grand winners at MTV EMAs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nicki Minaj hosting the MTV EMAs in Glasgow (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

GLASGOW, Scotland — Nicki Minaj rapped about shortbread and Ariana Grande capped a breakthrough year with two trophies as the MTV Europe Music Awards celebrated its 20th anniversary Sunday with a Scottish-accented show in Glasgow.<\/p>\n

Grande was named best female artist and also took the best-single prize for “Problem,” one of a string of hits she’s had this year. The 21-year-old American singer said she was doubly grateful to the EMAs – meeting Iggy Azalea at last year’s awards show led directly to working with the Australian rapper on “Problem.”<\/p>\n

“This is absolutely crazy,” Grande said after her second win of the night.<\/p>\n

It was a good result for a performer who admitted she was too excited to sleep the night before the ceremony, and said was shaking after walking past a gaggle of photographers on the red carpet.<\/p>\n

Minaj proved a confident if conventional host for the show at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro arena, and she also took home the prize for best hip-hop artist.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been learning so much about your beautiful country and culture … I’ve pretty much become Scottish,” Minaj said. She illustrated it by rapping about whiskey and shortbread and singing a snippet of The Proclaimers’ anthem “500 Miles.”<\/p>\n

Minaj’s more provocative side was kept under tight control. There were writhing dancers during a performance of her bum-centric hit “Anaconda,” a putt into derriere-shaped mini-golf hole in tribute to Scotland’s love of golf, and a couple of F-bomb obscenities directed at – of all things – an animatronic dinosaur. But on the whole the event stuck to a standard awards-show script.<\/p>\n

Beyonce did not appear as widely rumored, and Scottish DJ Calvin Harris had to pull out due to illness. But thousands of young Scottish music fans in the arena – and a global TV audience – saw a high-energy show featuring performances from acts including Ed Sheeran, Alicia Keys, Enrique Iglesias and U2, who brought their own string section.<\/p>\n

Rising talent was represented by the likes of crunchy British rock duo Royal Blood and singer Charli XCX, while former “Baywatch” star David Hasselhoff got a rousing cheer when he took the stage in a kilt.<\/p>\n

Winners of the awards are selected by fans across the continent. The EMAs are held in a different European city each year.<\/p>\n

Ubiquitous boy band One Direction won three awards, including best pop act. Katy Perry and Australian punk-poppers 5 Seconds of Summer each won two, and wayward heartthrob Justin Bieber was named best male artist.<\/p>\n

None of those acts was on hand to accept their prizes in person.<\/p>\n

Linkin Park won the rock category, and Chinese singer Bibi Zhou was proclaimed best worldwide act.<\/p>\n

The awards, founded in 1994, adopted a time-travel theme for their 20th anniversary. Giant balloons of the planets floated in the arena, and Grande performed her song “Break Free” from a flying pod while wearing a white mini-dress reminiscent of the animated TV show “The Jetsons.”<\/p>\n

But there were few of the unscripted-feeling moments that made past shows stick in the memory – Kanye West crashing the stage after losing in 2006, Miley Cyrus smoking a joint in Amsterdam last year.<\/p>\n

Even former bat-chomping hell-raiser Ozzy Osbourne – introduced by guitar hero Slash as a man who “scares the hell out of most people, and all bats” – seemed an elder statesman as he accepted a Global Icon accolade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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