MTV Europe Music Award for MTV Select explained

The MTV Europe Music Award for MTV Select was created in 1996. The five nominations in this category was selected by the viewers during a special MTV Select Weekend, a nine-hour marathon. Europe's favourite 100 videos were compiled and then were reduced, by viewer votes, to the five nominations for The MTV Europe Music Awards Select category. In 1998 the category was divided into four; MTV Select UK and Ireland, MTV Select Northern, MTV Select Central and MTV Select Southern.

1990s

Year	Winner	Nominees
	Backstreet Boys — "Get Down (You're the One for Me)"	Boyzone — "Words" Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity" Oasis — "Don't Look Back in Anger" Spice Girls — "Wannabe"
1997	Backstreet Boys — "As Long as You Love Me"	Hanson — "Where's the Love" Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans and 112) — "I'll Be Missing You" Spice Girls — "Spice Up Your Life"
		Another Level^[1] B*Witched Billie Steps
	MTV Select — Southern: Bluvertigo	99 Posse Articolo 31 Ligabue Vasco Rossi

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pop Up For MTV Awards . 2022-10-05 . . 5 . 1998-10-31 . Billie, Steps, Another Level, Five and B*Witched have all been nominated in the UK and Ireland regional category of the MTV Europe Music Awards, which take place in Milan on November 12..