Justin Bieber wins three out of five nominations in MTV Europe Music Awards

Justin Bieber bagged three out of five nominations at the MTV Europe Music Awards. He won awards for the biggest fans, best Canadian act and best song for Sorry. He edged out Lady Gaga. Bieber, whose fans got him the award for the third year in succession, was not present at the ceremony. Neither was Lady Gaga since she is currently on tour in Japan.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 7 November 2016.

Lady Gaga was the night's second biggest winner - she took home best female and best look at Sunday's Rotterdam show.
Justin Bieber lost out to 20-year-old Shawn Memdes for best male but his 2015 track Sorry trumped Adele's Hello to win best song.
In spite of being nominated for three awards, including best female, Adele left empty handed. The biggest surprise was, of course, Beyonce - she lost out in all five categories that she was nominated in.
The ceremony was painted purple as a tribute to Prince, who died in April. In the course of the ceremony host Bebe Rexha revealed that the EMA trophies had also been turned purple in memory of the Purple Rain star.


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Shake It Off star Taylor Swift made most of her gains from her 1989 World Tour and netted a quarter of a billion dollars worldwide.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 2 November 2016.

Forbes has listed her lucrative marketing deals with well known brands like Diet Coke, Apple and Keds - these were a few sources of her income. She has completely overtaken everyone else because of the phenomenal success of her 1989 World Tour. She played nearly twice as many dates as her competitors like Adele and Rihanna during our scoring period, and she also managed to fill stadiums - the largest type of building one can play - throughout lucrative North American markets and beyond. The complete list of top-earning female musicians for 2016
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2 Adele - $80.5m
3 Madonna - $76.5m
4 Rihanna - $75m
5 Beyonce - $54m
6 Katy Perry - $41m
7 Jennifer Lopez - $39.5m
8 Britney Spears - $30.5m
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This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 30 August 2016.

After winning the award Beyonce thanked her daughter and "incredible" husband Jay Z for their support. Rihanna, the 28-year-old Barbadian singer, performed four separate medleys of her biggest songs throughout the show after she was given the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award - this is the MTV equivalent of a lifetime achievement honor. Drake presented her with the Moonman trophy - Drake is her long-time collaborator and there are rumors of a love interest.
Rihanna, on her part, thanked her family, friends and hometown of Saint Michael in Barbados for helping her succeed throughout her 11-year-career.
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