One Direction swept with five awards in total at the 20th annual MTV European Music Awards on Sunday night, winning televised awards as Best Pop, Best Live and Biggest Fans. The group, who wasn't in attendance, thanked the Directioners for their support through a pre-recorded message. The show took place in Glasgow, Scotland.

Ariana Grande kicked off the show with a performance of her hits "Problem”, and "Break Free". She strutted back on stage to accept the award for Best Song for "Problem".

Host of the night Nicki Minaj made a grand entrance by floating down on to the stage, in a two-piece grey ensemble and combat boots.

Katy Perry, who won for Best Look and Best Video (for "Dark Horse") made a special appearance through a pre-recorded message. Justin Bieber and Linkin Park also thanked fans for their wins through pre-recorded messages. Bieber won for Best Male Artiste, while Linkin Park won for Best Rock Artiste.

Minaj took a break from her hosting duties to accept the award for Best Hip-Hop, beating out Drake, Kanye West, Eminem and Iggy Azalea, for her song "Anaconda".

BeyoncS, who wasn't in attendance, won Best Song with a Message for her emotional "Pretty Hurts".

Ed Sheeran crooned "Thinking Out Loud" while acrobatic dancers slid around him. Enrique Iglesias, who won the award for Best World Stage performance earlier in the night, performed "I'm a Freak" and "Bailando”, while U2 performed "Every Breaking Wave".

Grande won her second award

for Best Female. 5 Seconds of Summer won two back to back awards: Best Push and Best New, while Thirty Second to Mars won for Best Alternative.

Alicia Keys took to the piano to perform her latest single, "We Are Here".

Slash, Myles Kennedy, Simon Neil and the Conspirators closed the MTV EMAs with a tribute to the Global Icon, Ozzy Osbourne. Slash honoured the legendary Osbourne the Global Icon award earlier in the night.

Source: THR