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Lady Gaga, Perry in MTV awards duel

LADY Gaga and Katy Perry go head-to-head at the MTV Europe Music Awards in November, with five nominations apiece.

The US pop princesses are both shortlisted in four categories - best pop act, best song, best female act and best video. Completing the nominations for Lady Gaga is best live act and for Perry "best world stage performance".

In the best female category, Lady Gaga and Perry are up against Miley Cyrus, Shakira, and Rihanna while Cyrus and Rihanna join Usher to challenge the former duo in the best pop category.

Elsewhere in the nominations list, rapper Eminem has four nominations, including best song, best male act, best hip hop and best video for his Rihanna collaboration "Love the Way You Lie".

British stadium rockers Muse, along with Thirty Seconds to Mars, Linkin Park and Kings of Leon, find themselves up against "Prince of Darkness" Ozzy Osbourne in the best rock category.

Pop phenomenon Justin Bieber, Ke$ha, B.o.B, Plan B and Jason Derulo are nominated for best new act.

Perry and Linkin Park are confirmed to perform at the annual event, one of pop music's biggest nights outside the United States.

The other nominations for the MTV Europe Music Awards to be held in Madrid on November 7 are:

- Best Alternative: Gorillaz; Gossip; Paramore; Vampire Weekend; Arcade Fire

- Best Hip Hop: T.I.; Eminem; Kanye West; Lil Wayne; Snoop Dogg




 

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