Britney Spears wins two prizes at the MTV Europe Music Awards.
Britney Spears scooped two prizes at the MTV Europe Music Awards.
The ‘Womanizer’ singer – who did not attend the event in Liverpool, England,
because she was performing a one-off concert with Madonna in the US – was
awarded Act of 2008 and Album of the Year for ‘Blackout’.
Britney – whose new album ‘Circus’ is out in December – accepted the gongs
via a video message, urging the audience to “party hard”.
The double win follows the star’s triumph at the MTV Video Music Awards in
September where she picked up three accolades.
Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney – who is originally from Liverpool –
accepted the Ultimate Legend award from his U2 frontman friend Bono.
Paul used his acceptance speech to thank the American people for electing
the country’s first black President, Barack Obama.
Pink won Most Addictive Track for ‘So What’, which she performed on the
night and started a pillow fight on stage with around 30 fans, sending
feathers flying.
The show’s host Katy Perry – who won Best New Act – wowed the crowd when she
rode a giant cherry lip balm onto the stage in reference to the lyric from
her hit song ‘I Kissed A Girl‘: “The taste of her cherry Chapstick”.
She shouted out to her Gym Class Heroes boyfriend Travis McCoy: “I must say
I’ve seen bigger – hi baby.”
Former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona – who was recently accused of being
drunk on air during an appearance on UK TV show ‘This Morning’ – was booed
when she arrived on stage to present an award.
A surprise Best Act Ever win came for 80s star Rick Astley after 25 million
people were tricked into watching the video of Rick's biggest single 'Never
Gonna Give You Up', which reached number one in 16 countries in 1987.
The promo was posted under the title of several other popular music artists
on video sharing website YouTube, and the prank became known as
'Rickrolling'.
30 Seconds to Mars – fronted by actor Jared Leto - won the Video Star award.
The night also saw performances from Kid Rock, Beyonce, Kanye West, Estelle,
Duffy and The Killers.
MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 winners in full:
Most Addictive Track: Pink - ‘So What’
Video Star: 30 Seconds to Mars – ‘A Beautiful Life’
Headliner: Tokio Hotel
Ultimate Urban: Kanye West
Rock Out: 30 Seconds to Mars
Artists Choice: Lil Wayne
Act of 2008: Britney Spears
Ultimate Legend: Sir Paul McCartney
Album Of The Year: Britney Spears – ‘Blackout’
Europe's Favourite Act: Emre Aydin (Turkey)
New Act: Katy Perry
Best Act Ever: Rick Astley
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