The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Male was one of the original general awards that has been handed out every year since the inaugural MTV Europe Music Awards in 1994. In 2007 the award was renamed to Best Solo Artist rewarding the soloists of both sexes, in 2008 the award for Best Male was again eliminated from the EMAs, but it was revived again in 2009 with its original name.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.