Lorde, Taylor Swift up for MTV Europe nods

Lorde and Taylor Swift are both nominees in the MTV Europe Music Awards. Photo/AP

Taylor Swift has been nominated for an incredible nine prizes at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2015 - while her bestie, Lorde, has just the one.

The pop superstar leads the way at the annual ceremony with the huge haul of nominations and among the accolades she is up for are Best Song, Best Video and Best Collaboration for Bad Blood, her track with Kendrick Lamar, and Best Female, Best Pop and Best Live Act.

Lorde's nomination is for 'best alternative act', a category in which she'll face up against
Lana Del Rey, Florence + The Machine, Fall Out Boy and Twenty One Pilots.

The Kiwi pop star topped Billboard's alternative charts in 2013 with Royals - the first woman to do so in 17 years.

In the Best Female category Taylor will battle it out with Ellie Goulding, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna, while to take home the prestigious Best Song statuette she'll have to wrestle with Goulding for Love Me Like You Do, Major Lazer and DJ Snake's Lean On, Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's See You Again and Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars.

The next most nominated artist at this EMAs is Justin Bieber who is up for six accolades in total, including Best Pop, Best Male and Best Collaboration with Diplo and Skrillex on Where Are U Now.

Ed Sheeran is up for two gongs - Best Male and Best Live Act - and other double nominees are Ellie, Katy Perry, Jess Glynne, James Bay, Kanye West, Pharrell, One Direction, Major Lazer and Mark and Bruno for their worldwide smash Uptown Funk.

The winners will be announced at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan, Italy, on October 25 and broadcast in New Zealand on MTV NZ from 8am, October 26.

Full list of nominations

Best Song
Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
Major Lazer & DJ Snake - Lean On
Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
Taylor Swift Feat. Kendrick Lamar - Bad Blood
Wiz Khalifa Feat. Charlie Puth - See You Again

Best Pop
5 Seconds Of Summer
Ariana Grande
Justin Bieber
One Direction
Taylor Swift

Best Female
Ellie Goulding
Taylor Swift
Miley Cyrus
Nicki Minaj
Rihanna

Best Male
Pharrell
Kanye West
Justin Bieber
Jason Derulo
Ed Sheeran

Best Live Act
Ed Sheeran
Taylor Swift
Katy Perry
Foo Fighters
Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett

Best New Act
Tori Kelly
Shawn Mendes
Jess Glynne
James Bay
Echosmith

Best Video
Kendrick Lamar - Alright
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Downtown
Sia - Elastic Heart
Pharrell - Freedom
Taylor Swift Feat. Kendrick Lamar - Bad Blood

Best Hip-Hop
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
Nicki Minaj
Wiz Khalifa
Drake

Best Electronic
Avicii
Calvin Harris
Martin Garrix
David Guetta
Major Lazer

Best Rock
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Muse
Royal Blood
AC/DC

Best Alternative
Lorde
Lana Del Rey
Florence + The Machine
Fall Out Boy
Twenty One Pilots

Best Collaboration
David Guetta Feat. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rhexa & Afrojack - Hey Mama
Justin Bieber, Skrillex & Diplo - Where Are You Now?
Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
Taylor Swift & Kendrick Lamar - Bad Blood
Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth - See You Again

Biggest Fans
5 Seconds Of Summer
Justin Bieber
Katy Perry
One Direction
Taylor Swift

Best Look
Justin Bieber
Nicki Minaj
Rita Ora
Taylor Swift
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Best Push
James Bay
Jess Glynne
Echosmith
Kwabs
Natalie La Rose
Royal Blood
Shawn Mendes
Shamir
Tori Kelly
Years & Years
Zara Karsson

Best World Stage
Afrojack
Alicia Keys
B.o.B.
Biffy Clyro
Charli XCX
Dizzee Rascal
Ed Sheeran
Iggy Azalea
Jason Derulo
Jessie Ware
Kaiser Chiefs
Slash
Tomorrowland
YG

- Bang! Showbiz