1997 MTV Europe Music Awards

Nominations

Best Song

• The Cardigans — "Lovefool"
• Puff Daddy — "I'll Be Missing You"
• Hanson — "Mmmbop"
• No Doubt — "Don't Speak"
• Will Smith — "Men in Black"

  Best Video

• Blur — "Song 2"
• The Chemical Brothers — "Block Rockin' Beats"
• Daft Punk — "Around the World"
• The Prodigy — "Breathe"
• Radiohead — "Paranoid Android"

  Best Female

• Björk
• Toni Braxton
• Sheryl Crow
• Janet Jackson
• Madonna

  Best Male

• Babyface
• Beck
• Jon Bon Jovi
• Michael Jackson
• George Michael

  Best Group

• Oasis
• The Prodigy
• Radiohead
• Spice Girls
• U2

  Best New Act

• Meredith Brooks
• Hanson
• Puff Daddy
• No Doubt
• Spice Girls

  Best Dance

• Backstreet Boys
• The Chemical Brothers
• Daft Punk
• The Prodigy
• Spice Girls

  Best Rock

• Aerosmith
• Jon Bon Jovi
• Bush
• Oasis
• Skunk Anansie

  Best Alternative

• Beck
• Blur
• The Prodigy
• Radiohead
• The Verve

  Best R&B

• Blackstreet
• Toni Braxton
• Ginuwine
• Michael Jackson
• R. Kelly

  Best Rap

• Blackstreet
• Coolio
• Puff Daddy
• The Notorious B.I.G.
• Will Smith

  Best Live Act

• Aerosmith
• Michael Jackson
• Radiohead
• Skunk Anansie
• U2

  MTV Select

• Backstreet Boys — "As Long as You Love Me"
• Hanson — "Where's the Love"
• Puff Daddy — "I'll Be Missing You"
• Spice Girls — "Spice Up Your Life"

  Free Your Mind

• Landmine Survivors Network

  Performances

• U2 — "Mofo"
• Björk — "Bachelorette"
• Spice Girls — "Spice Up Your Life"
• Skunk Anansie — "Hedonism "
• LL Cool J — "Phenomenon"
• Blackstreet — "Fix"
• Jon Bon Jovi — "Janie, Don't Take Your Love To Town"
• Aerosmith — "Pink / Falling in Love "
• Backstreet Boys — "As Long as You Love Me / Everybody "
• Jovanotti — "L'ombelico del Mondo"

  Appearances

• Dennis Hopper — introduced U2
• Alicia Silverstone — presented Best Dance
• Backstreet Boys — presented Best Male
• presented Best Rock
• Stephen Dorff and Saffron — presented Best Song
• Missy Elliott and David Arquette — presented Best Rap
• Louise and Mark Owen — presented Best Female
• Peter Andre and Eternal — presented Best Alternative
• Dennis Hopper — presented Free Your Mind Award
• Caprice Bourret and Steven Tyler — presented Best Group
• Robbie Williams and Gena Lee Nolin — presented Best New Act
• presented Best R&B
• Prince Naseem and Björk — presented Best Live Act
• Nina Persson and Katja Schuurman — presented MTV Select
• Hanson — presented Best Video