AWARDS > Justin Timberlake to host MTV Awards in Denmark

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - The Red Hot Chili Peppers were nominated in four categories, including best album, for the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards, to be hosted by Justin Timberlake on Nov. 2.

Madonna, Shakira, Nelly Furtado, Christina Aguilera, Kanye West and Muse had three nominations each, the music network said Tuesday.

Nominations in the best album category included the Red Hot Chili Peppers for "Stadium Arcadium," Madonna for "Confessions on a Dance Floor" and Nelly Furtado for "Loose."

The Red Hot Chili Peppers also were nominated in the best rock and best group categories. Madonna and Shakira were nominated in the best pop category.

Lars Berhard Joergensen, head of the Copenhagen tourist organization announces Tuesday Sept. 19, 2006 that the MTV Europe Music Awards will be held in Copenhagen in November. Justin Timberlake will host the 13th edition of the MTV Europe Music Awards to be held Nov. 2 MTV said Tuesday. Nelly Furtado and Muse also will help presenting the annual event.

MTV's Europe Music Awards are held in a different city every year. The winners are selected by fans across Europe.

This year's show will be split between the Bella Center convention hall and Copenhagen's City Hall Square "to bring more people to it," MTV Europe's Simon Guild told a news conference.

The convention hall on the city outskirts would have 3,000 people, while some 10,000 were expected at the outdoor venue on Copenhagen's main square.

Guild said the show will be broadcast to 17 countries with a potential 1.4 billion viewers.

Assisting Timberlake with his hosting duties will be Furtado and Muse.

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