Shawn Mendes wins big, Eminem opens big at MTV EMAs

Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty ImagesShawn Mendes was the big winner at Sunday’s MTV EMAs in London, taking home three awards — Best Artist, Biggest Fans and Best song, for “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back,” which he performed on the show.

But the night belonged to Eminmen, who opened the show with an orchestral-backed debut performance of his new single, “Walk on Water,” with Skylar Grey substituting for Beyonce on the hook. Eminem also won the Best Hip Hop award, despite, as he noted, not having had an album out for a while.

Camila Cabello, who won the Best Pop award, was on hand to deliver a multi-part, highly choreographed performance of “Havana.” Demi Lovato offered a medley of “Sorry Not Sorry and “Tell Me You Love Me,” and Kesha performed a moving rendition of “Learn to Let Go”

Liam Payne also was among the show’s performers, offering a version of “Strip That Down.”

Rita Ora hosted and performed two songs — “Your Song” and “Anywhere” — and accepted the first ever MTV EMA Power of Music Award on behalf of all the artist who contributed to the charitable efforts to aid the victims of the Grenfell tower fire in London.

David Guetta closed the show, joined by Charli XCX and French Montana, for a version of “Dirty Sexy Money.”

The EMAs, also recognized local acts in various regions. Fifth Harmony was the Local Act winner for the U.S.

Here’s the full list of winners:

BEST SONG
Shawn Mendes – “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back”

BEST ARTIST
Shawn Mendes

BEST LOOK
ZAYN

BEST NEW
Dua Lipa

BEST POP
Camila Cabello

BEST VIDEO
Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”

BEST LIVE
Ed Sheeran

BEST ELECTRONIC
David Guetta

BEST ROCK
Coldplay

BEST HIP HOP
Eminem

BEST ALTERNATIVE
Thirty Seconds to Mars

BIGGEST FANS
Shawn Mendes

BEST PUSH
Hailee Steinfeld

BEST WORLD STAGE
The Chainsmokers – Live from Isle of MTV Malta 2017

WORLDWIDE ACT WINNERS
Lil’ Kleine – The Netherlands
C. Tangana – Spain
BABYMETAL – Japan
ALMA – Finland
DaVido – Nigeria
Stormzy – UK & Ireland
Lali – Argentina

BEST LOCAL ACT (US)
Fifth Harmony