Lady Gaga and Katy Perry lead nominations for the MTV European Music Awards (EMAs).

Both singers are in the running to win five categories and go head to head with each other and 'Russian Roulette' singer Rihanna in three of them: Best Pop, Best Female and Best Song - some of the night's biggest awards.

The three ladies they will be pitted against Miley Cyrus and Shakira in the Best Female category.

The Best Male section will see Eminem, Justin Bieber, Usher, Enrique Iglesias and Kanye West battle it out at the awards, which will be held in Madrid on November 7.

Katy's 'California Gurls' and Gaga's collaboration with Beyonce, 'Telephone,' are also featured in the Best Video category, which sees them up against Thirty Seconds To Mars' track 'Kings and Queens,' Plan B's 'Prayin' and Eminem's 'Love the Way You Lie' - which also features Rihanna.

Gaga was the big winner at last Saturday's MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) - the US Equivalent of the EMAs - taking home eight trophies from 13 nominations.

Accepting the trophy for Best Video for single 'Bad Romance,' Gaga said: "I was so nervous tonight that I'd let my fans down.

"I promised that if I won this tonight, I'd announce the name of my new record."

She then went on to tell the thrilled crowd her new album would be called Born This Way, before singing part of the title song.

2010 MTV European Music Awards (EMAs) main nominations:

Best Rock
Kings of Leon
Linkin Park
Thirty Seconds To Mars
Muse
Ozzy Osbourne

Best Alternative
Gorillaz
Gossip
Paramore
Vampire Weekend
Arcade Fire

Best Pop
Lady Gaga
Usher
Katy Perry
Miley Cyrus
Rihanna

Best Hip Hop
T.I.
Eminem
Kanye West
Lil Wayne
Snoop Dogg

Best Live Act
Bon Jovi
Lady Gaga
Muse
Kings of Leon
Linkin Park

Best Song
Usher: 'OMG'
Katy Perry ft Snoop Dogg: 'California Gurls'
Eminem ft Rihanna: 'Love The Way You Lie'
Rihanna: 'Rude Boy'
Lady Gaga: 'Bad Romance'

Best Male
Eminem
Justin Bieber
Usher
Enrique Iglesias
Kanye West

Best Female
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry
Miley Cyrus
Shakira
Rihanna

Best New Act
Ke$ha
B.o.B
Jason Derulo
Plan B
Justin Bieber

Best Video
Thirty Seconds To Mars: 'Kings and Queens'
Katy Perry: 'California Gurls'
Lady GaGa ft Beyonce: 'Telephone'
Plan B: 'Prayin'
Eminem ft Rihanna: 'Love the Way You Lie'

Best Push Act
Ke$ha
Alexandra Burke
Jason Derulo
Justin Bieber
Selena Gomez and The Scene
B.o.B
The Drums
Professor Green
Hurts
Mike Posner

Best World Stage Performance
Green Day
Muse
Thirty Seconds To Mars
Katy Perry
Gorillaz
Tokio Hotel