The 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards were held in Western Harbour in Edinburgh, Scotland. The awards ceremony was held in a 6,000-capacity big top arena constructed specifically for the main event. On the night, Justin Timberlake notably received a total of three awards, for Best Male, Best Pop and Best Album. Presenters included André 3000, Justin Timberlake, The Black Eyed Peas and Ludacris. Nominations Winners are in bold text. Regional nominations Winners are in bold text. Performances Pre show Jane's Addiction — "True Nature" Main show Christina Aguilera — "Dirrty" Beyoncé (featuring Sean Paul) — "Baby Boy" Kylie Minogue — "Slow" Missy Elliott — "Work It / Pass That Dutch" The Black Eyed Peas (featuring Justin Timberlake) — "Where Is the Love?" Travis — "The Beautiful Occupation" The Chemical Brothers and The Flaming Lips — "Hey Boy Hey Girl (intro) / The Golden Path" Dido — "White Flag" Kraftwerk — "Aerodynamik" The Darkness — "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" The White Stripes — "Seven Nation Army" Pink — "Trouble" Appearances Pink — presented Best Album Justin Timberlake — introduced Kylie Minogue Shirley Manson and Sharleen Spiteri — presented Best Dance Michael Stipe — introduced Dido Andre 3000 — presented Best R&B Dave Navarro and Perry Farrell — presented Best Rock Kelly Osbourne — presented Best Pop Billy Boyd and Gerard Butler — presented Best Hip-Hop Kylie Minogue — introduced Kraftwerk Christina Aguilera — presented the Free Your Mind Award Sean Paul — presented Best Female Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo — presented Best Male Minnie Driver — presented Best Video Chris Pontius and Preston Lacy — presented Best Group Chingy and Ludacris — presented Best New Act Vin Diesel — presented Best Song Live technical difficulties During the live performance of Beyoncé and Sean Paul's "Baby Boy" (near to Paul's rap), the back tracking of vocals ("Baby boy you are so damn fine") started to malfunction to repeat as well as losing the instrumental part of the song. Through the technical difficulties, Paul sang for a bit and Beyoncé asked the crowd how they were doing tonight in which received applause and cheers. The airing of the back tracking vocals were cut off from the live airing on TV, but was still being played through the venue. Both artist and the dancers exited off the stage in which also then resulted confusion among the presenters in which Christina