Justin Bieber poses with his trophies in the photo room of the 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards on October 25 in Milan. (Photo courtesy: AFP)
Canadian popstar Justin Bieber led the pack of winners at the 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) in Milan on October 25, reports aceshowbiz.com.
The 21-year-old singer dominated the winners' list with the five awards he won in various categories, including Best Male, Best Look and North America's Worldwide Act.
"It's been a long couple of years. I just feel like this is pretty awesome to be recognised for my music," Justin said while accepting the Best Male honour.
He also took home the Best Collaboration trophy for his hit
Where Are U Now?, featuring Skrillex and Diplo.
Thanks to his massive fan following that he additionally achieved the Biggest Fans Award following a tough battle against bands like One Direction and 5 Seconds of Summer and solo competitors like singer Taylor Swift and Katy Perry. (Also Read:
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Other big winners at the annual event were Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes and Duran Duran.
The British singer, who also co-hosted the show, bagged two awards for Best Live Act and Best World Stage. Shawn won two honours as well in the categories - the Best Push and Best New Act.
Meanwhile, Duran Duran was honoured with the first ever MTV Video Visionary Award.
"Music lovers around the world, when we started, there was us and MTV and we blazed a trail and we were there for each other," said member Simon Le Bon as he took the stage alongside bandmates Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor.
The MTV EMAs aired live from the Mediolanum Forum in Milan with Ed Sheeran and
Orange Is the New Black actress Ruby Rose as co-hosts.
Taylor, One Direction, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Coldplay were the ones who made it into the winners list.
Despite being nominated for a record-breaking nine awards, the
Bad blood singer only won for the Best Song category for her Kendrick Lamar-assisted song. Taylor is currently on her massive "1989" tour and wasn't present to collect her prize.
Here is the full list of winners:
Best Song: Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar,
Bad BloodBest Pop: One Direction
Best Female: Rihanna
Best Male: Justin Bieber
Best Live Act: Ed Sheeran
Best New Act: Shawn Mendes
Best Video: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis,
DowntownBest Rock: Coldplay
Best Alternative: Lana Del Rey
Best Hip Hop: Nicki Minaj
Best Electronic: Martin Garrix
Best Push: Shawn Mendes
Best Collaboration: Justin Bieber, Skrillex and Diplo,
Where Are U Now?Biggest Fans: Justin Bieber
Best Look: Justin Bieber
Best World Stage: Ed Sheeran
Video Visionary Award: Duran Duran
Worldwide Act, North America: Canada/Justin Bieber
Worldwide Act, Latin America: Brazil/Anitta
Worldwide Act, Europe: Italy/Marco Mengoni
Worldwide Act, Africa/India: Africa/Diamond Platnumz
Worldwide Act, Asia: China/Jane Zhang
Worldwide Act, Australia/New Zealand: Australia/5 Seconds of Summer