Madonna and Eminem triumph at MTV awards

Madonna won two awards - best female and best dance

LONDON, England -- Madonna and rapper Eminem have both won two awards at the seventh annual MTV Europe music awards in Stockholm, Sweden on Thursday.

Madonna won the award for best female, beating younger contenders Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears and Melanie C.

She also took the best dance award for "Music," which she performed at the awards. She had last performed at the MTV Europe awards in 1998 when she won best female and best album for "Ray of Light".

Eminem won the best album award for The Marshall Mathers L.P., beating off competition from veteran rockers Bonjovi ("Crush") , Moby ("Play"), Macy Gray ("On how life is") and Scottish pop band Travis ("The man who").

Eminem was also named best hiphop artist.

Ricky Martin, making his debut performance at the music "Oscars," won the award for best male artist, beating Robbie Williams, Eminem, Ronan Keating, and Sisqo.

The award for best group went to the Backstreet Boys, who said when accepting their award: "We beg you not to have a recount," referring to the U.S. presidential elections.

Red Hot Chilli Peppers won the best rock group title, with Blink 182 scoring the best new act award and All Saints winning best pop award.

Lopez, who premiered the first single from her forthcoming album live at the awards, won the award for best R&B.

Ricky Martin scooped the award for best male

Williams, who is suffering from severe stomach disorder and exhaustion, defied doctors' orders to rest and instead performed a duet with Australian disco diva Kylie Minogue.

Nominated for four awards, he managed to win only one -- for best song.

Irish rock group U2, Backstreet Boys, Bomfunk MC's, Guano Apes, and The Spice Girls, performed. Moby took to the stage shortly before he won the award for best video.

The "Free Your Mind" humanitarian award was given to Serbian student activist group for their resistance to the regime of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.

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