MTV Europe Music Award for Best UK & Ireland Act

The MTV European Music Awards for the best UK & Ireland act has been a regional category since 1998 and have been won by 15 different acts

The last Irish winners in the category was Westlife in 2000. In 2003 The Irish band, The Thrills were the last Irish nominees in the Category, although the category is still called "Best UK & Ireland Act". British Boy band One Direction which includes an Irish Member, Niall Horan have won the Awards in 2012, 2013 & 2014, a winning record broken in 2019 when Little Mix won for a fourth time in five years.

The following is a list of the MTV Europe Music Award winners and nominees for Best UK & Ireland Act.

MTV Europe Music Award for Best UK and Ireland Act
Country	Europe
Presented by	MTV
First awarded	1994
Currently held by	Little Mix (2019)
Most awards	Little Mix (4)
Most nominations	Little Mix Ed Sheeran (5 each)
Website	ema.mtv.tv/

1990s

Year	Winner	Nominees
1994	Oasis [a] An Emotional Fish [b]
1998	5ive [c]	Another Level B*Witched Billie Steps
1999	Boyzone	Basement Jaxx Lynden David Hall Manic Street Preachers Texas Westlife

2000s

Year	Winner	Nominees
2000	Westlife	Craig David Sonique Travis Robbie Williams
2001	Craig David	Artful Dodger Feeder Gorillaz S Club 7
2002	Coldplay	Atomic Kitten Ms. Dynamite Sugababes Underworld
2003	The Darkness [d]	The Coral Funeral for a Friend The Libertines The Thrills
2004	Muse	Natasha Bedingfield Franz Ferdinand Jamelia The Streets
2005	Coldplay	James Blunt Gorillaz Kaiser Chiefs Stereophonics
2006	The Kooks	Lily Allen Arctic Monkeys Muse Corrine Bailey Rae
2007	Muse	Arctic Monkeys Klaxons Mark Ronson Amy Winehouse
2008	Leona Lewis [e]	Adele Duffy The Ting Tings The Wombats
2009	Pixie Lott [e]	Florence and the Machine La Roux The Saturdays Tinchy Stryder

2010s

Year	Winner	Nominees	Pre-nomination
2010	Marina and the Diamonds [e]	Delphic Ellie Goulding Rox Tinie Tempah
2011	Adele	Coldplay Florence and the Machine Jessie J Kasabian
2012	One Direction	Conor Maynard Jessie J Ed Sheeran Rita Ora
2013	One Direction	Ellie Goulding Calvin Harris Olly Murs Rudimental
2014	One Direction	Sam Smith Calvin Harris Ed Sheeran Cheryl Cole	Rita Ora Clean Bandit Coldplay Arctic Monkeys The Vamps
2015	Little Mix	Jess Glynne One Direction Years & Years Ed Sheeran	Sam Smith Ellie Goulding Tinie Tempah Calvin Harris James Bay
2016	Little Mix	Adele Years & Years Coldplay Zayn
2017	Louis Tomlinson	Dua Lipa Ed Sheeran Little Mix Stormzy
2018	Little Mix	Anne-Marie Dua Lipa George Ezra Stormzy
2019	Little Mix	Lewis Capaldi Dave Mabel Ed Sheeran

Performers with multiple awards

4 awards

• Little Mix (2 consecutive, twice)

3 awards

• One Direction (consecutive)

2 awards

• Coldplay
• Muse

Performers with multiple nominations

5 nominations

• Little Mix
• Ed Sheeran

4 nominations

• One Direction
• Coldplay

3 nominations

• Adele
• Muse

2 nominations

• Jessie J
• Florence and the Machine
• Ellie Goulding
• Calvin Harris
• Years & Years
• Dua Lipa
• Stormzy
• Craig David
• Gorillaz
• Arctic Monkeys

^{^[a]} Local Hero Award — UK

^{^[b]} Local Hero Award — Ireland

^{^[c]} MTV Select — UK and Ireland

^{^[d]} Best MTV2 UK Act

^{^[e]} Best UK & Ireland New Act

See also

• Best UK Video at MTV Video Music Awards