Liam Gallagher at EMAs: "Thank you MTV for recognizing my brilliance"

It was an innovation at the MTV Europe Music Awards ceremony: for the first time, a prize was awarded in the "Rock Icon" category - and went to former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher . He accepted the trophy by saying, "I want to thank MTV for recognizing my brilliance."

Our #MTVEMA Rock Icon, @liamgallagher gave us all the feel and MORE with this biblical performance !!! pic.twitter.com/rIlKJi54bK

Other big winners of the evening include Taylor Swift , newcomer Billie Eilish and the South Korean band BTS . They all won two prizes each. Swift won Best American Act and was also voted Best Video. Eilish has presented the best song in the judges' opinion and is the best newcomer. And the K-pop band BTS was ahead in the categories "Most Fans" and "Best Live Show".

The big loser at this year's awards ceremony was Ariana Grande . She had been nominated a total of seven times - and ended up empty-handed. In the category of "Best Artist" she had to let the - six times nominated - Canadian pop singer Shawn Mendes the precedence. As "Best Song", "Bad Guy" was awarded by Eilish (a list of all nominees and winners can be found here).

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In the category "Best German Act" rapper Juju prevailed against AnnenMayKantereit, Luciano, Rammstein and the duo Marteria and Casper. The 26th edition of the show in Sevilla, Spain was moderated by US singer and actress Becky G. Fans were able to vote online about the winners.

Not only did @iambeckyg kill it as our host, she made sure to bring the Latin heat to the #MTVEMA stage! pic.twitter.com/fpLeNCOto7

The MTV Europe Music Awards have been around since 1994. After 2002 (Barcelona), 2010 (Madrid) and 2018 (Bilbao), the music gala took place in Spain for the fourth time this year. Last year, the Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello was the winner of the evening with four prizes.