Diantara musisi/band yang masuk dalam kategori yaitu Linkin Park dan Coldplay bertemu kembali dalam kategori Best Rock yang kali ini bersaing dengan Muse, The Killers dan Green Day.
Rihanna unggul mendapat enam nominasi termasuk Best Song, Best Pop, Best Female, Best Video, Best Look, dan Biggest Fan. Penyanyi solo wanita yang mendapat lima nominasi jatuh kepada Taylor Swift. Sedangkan, Justin Bieber dan Katy Perry masing-masing raih empat nominasi.
Video "Gangnam Style" yang dipopulerkan PSY juga masuk dalam nominasi Best Video bersaing dengan M.I.A., Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, dan Rihanna. Nominasi lain juga ditempati oleh Skrillex, Drake, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Jay-Z and Kanye West, Arcade Fire dan Kasabian.
Voting dapat dilakukan melalui situs resmi MTV EMA, paling lambat 9 November 2012. <pohan
Berikut nominasi MTV EMA 2012:
Best Song
Carly Rae Jepsen – "Call Me Maybe"
Rihanna ft Calvin Harris – "We Found Love"
Gotye – "Somebody That I Used To Know"
Pitbull ft Chris Brown – "International Love"
fun. ft Janelle Monáe – "We Are Young"
Best New Artist
Rita Ora
fun.
One Direction
Lana Del Rey
Carly Rae Jepsen
Best Female
Rihanna
Katy Perry
P!nk
Taylor Swift
Nicki Minaj
Best Male
Justin Bieber
Kanye West
Flo Rida
Pitbull
Jay-Z
Best Pop Artist
Justin Bieber
No Doubt
Katy Perry
Taylor Swift
Rihanna
Best Live
Taylor Swift
Lady Gaga
Jay Z & Kanye West
Green Day
Muse
Best Hip Hop
Jay Z & Kanye West
Nas
Rick Ross
Drake
Nicki Minaj
Best Rock
Linkin Park
Green Day
Muse
The Killers
Coldplay
Best Electronic
David Guetta
Swedish House Mafia
Avicii
Skrillex
Calvin Harris
Best Alternative
Jack White
The Black Keys
Arctic Monkeys
Florence + The Machine
Lana Del Rey
Best Video
M.I.A. – 'Bad Girls'
Lady Gaga – 'Marry The Night'
Katy Perry – 'Wide Awake'
Rihanna ft Calvin Harris – 'We Found Love'
PSY – 'Gangnam Style'
Best Look
Nicki Minaj
Rihanna
Jack White
Taylor Swift
A$AP Rocky
Biggest Fans
Justin Bieber
One Direction
Lady Gaga
Rihanna
Katy Perry
Best World Stage Performance
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
B.o.B
Evanescence
Flo Rida
Jason Derulo
Joe Jonas
Justin Bieber
Kasabian
Ke$ha
LMFAO
Maroon 5
Nelly Furtado
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sean Paul
Snoop Dogg
Snow Patrol
Taylor Swift
Best Push
Nov – Foster The People
Dec – Lana Del Rey
Jan – Mac Miller
Feb – Michael Kiwanuka
March – Gotye
April – Rebecca Ferguson
May – fun.
June – Rita Ora
July – Conor Maynard
August – Of Monsters And Men
September – Carly Rae Jepsen
