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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The British star Adele's latest album 25 has gone diamond platinum in the US within a year after it was released. It has sold more than 10 million copies in America alone and she was awarded with a diamond plaque in New York after performing the last of six sell-out shows in Madison Square Garden.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 28 September 2016.

Earlier, her 2011 album, 21, had also reached diamond status and as per the Recording Industry Association of America, that album has sold more than 14 million copies to date. It is a record of sorts because no other artist has managed to go diamond platinum once, let alone twice, in 12 years.
Before Adele, the last person to sell 10 million copies of one album was Usher in 2004 - with Eminem and Norah Jones also securing diamond status with their 2002 records.
Adele's decision to keep '25' off streaming services for seven months after its release could have given her sales a boost.
The success of her third studio album, which features singles including Hello and Send My Love (To Your New Lover), has helped cement her status as the century's top-selling artist and, it has been announced that Adele was nominated in four categories at MTV's Europe Music Awards. These include best song for Hello, and best female act.


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