You've Seen Here: 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards (part 1)

MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS

Next Sunday, London is hosting the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards (for the first time since 1996). As usual, Sounds European! takes the chance to remember all the nominees who have been presented on our site throughout the past year. It's a nice way to stress: if you read SE!, you are basically updated with the best of pop music.

On the first part of this special series, we will list all the artists who are running for the main categories and whose music has been posted here. Then, on the following two parts, we'll focus on the regional nominations.

So, if you read SE! during the past year, you've seen:

Anne-Marie (second post and third post): best song (feat. Clean Bandit and Sean Paul).

Bruno Mars: best live act.

Calvin Harris: best electronic.

Clean Bandit (second post and third post): best song (feat. Anne-Marie and Sean Paul).

Coldplay: best rock and best live act.

Daddy Yankee: best song (feat. Justin Bieber and Luis Fonsi, shown below).

David Guetta: best electronic.

Dua Lipa (second post): best new act and best look.

Ed Sheeran (second post, third post and fourth post): best song, best artist and best live act.

Harry Styles: best look.

Imagine Dragons (second post): best alternative.

Julia Michaels: best new act and best Push Act.

Katy Perry: best video (feat. Migos) and biggest fans.

Kendrick Lamar: best video, best artist and best hip-hop.

Luis Fonsi: best song (feat. Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber, shown below).

Rag'n'Bone Man (second post): best new act and best Push Act.

Rita Ora: best look.

Sean Paul: best song (feat. Anne-Marie and Clean Bandit).

Shawn Mendes (second post): best song, best artist, best pop and biggest fans.

Taylor Swift: best video, best artist, best pop, biggest fans and best look.

The Chainsmokers (second post): best electronic and best World Stage Performance.

U2: best rock and best live act.

ZAYN (second post): best look.

United Kingdom | Paloma Faith - "Guilty"

BRAND NEW

British singer Paloma Faith has recently released one more bombastic single. "Guilty" explodes in classic instruments right from the beginning, and envolves you in a delicious atmosphere that climaxes in the chorus.

Netherlands | Iris Verhoek - "Battlecry"

BRAND NEW

Iris Verhoek is a 16-year-old Dutch singer from Zeewolde. She has just won this year's edition of the Dutch The Voice Kids. Iris's new single "Battlecry" is simply wonderful. It offers a contagious melody and a very catchy chorus. We love it!

Updated on January 3rd, 2018, with the official video.

France | Slimane - "Viens on s'aime"

BRAND NEW

French singer Slimane returns to Sounds European! with a fantastic new single. "Viens on s'aime" presents the artist's signature exotic sounds into a pop base. The result is an addictive song!

Updated on November 20th, 2017, with the official video.

North Macedonia | Thea Trajkovska - "Pekol"

BRAND NEW

Sounds European! remeets Macedonian star Thea Trajkovska, who has just released an outstanding new single. What an entertaining song "Pekol" is! It offers classy instrumentals, an exciting melody and, we can never stress enough, a wonderful vocal performance by Thea. And the chorus is as catchy as one can be!

Updated on December 11th, 2018, with the new stage name of the artist.

Denmark | Bryan Rice - "Tell it to my body"

RECENT

Our friend Bryan Rice is unveiling new works, and we couldn't be more excited about it! His EP "Bryan" (which, by now, counts with two parts) includes his most recent single, "Tell it to my body". The song is a blend of pop, R&B and synth elements which combine in a captivating way!

Italy | Le Deva - "Semplicemente io e te"

BRAND NEW

Italian super group Le Deva are back with a new single. And we couldn't be more thrilled about it! "Semplicemente io e te" is pop as it should always be. It's an exciting, entertaining and highly addictive song. Its chorus sticks to the head after the very first listen! It's our song of the week.

Cyprus | Giorgos Papadopoulos - "Mpravo sou"

BRAND NEW

Giorgos Papadopoulos is synonymous of amazing music. And his latest single is no exception to this rule. In "Mpravo sou", the singer appeals to a dramatic ballad full of ethnic power to create a song that will give you goosebumps from start to end.

Ukraine | Slava Kaminska - "Khorosho"

RECENT

Slava Kaminska is a Ukrainian singer who was born in Odessa in 1984. She is also known for being a member of neAngely. Slava is beginning a solo career, without leaving the group, with "Khorosho". What an intense and addictive song it is! We absolutely love the chorus.

United Kingdom | Steps - "Dancing with a broken heart"

BRAND NEW

British group Steps is having one of the hottest comebacks in recent years. Their new album, "Tears on the dancefloor", became a huge hit, and their singles all caused a great impression. Recently, they released a deluxe version for their album, in which they included a cover of Delta Goodrem's "Dancing with a broken heart". The rendition keeps the uptempo beat and adds some of the '90s pop realness that only Steps can convey!