Lady Gaga scoops four awards in Belfast

Mail & Guardian quotes Lady Gaga as saying that she new the song was very special when it was written and that it was the single most important song that she had ever written.

Young Canadian sensation Justin Bieber was among the other multiple winners, picking up the best pop act and the award for the top male singer. Bieber's girlfriend Selena Gomez, an actress and singer, hosted the MTV event.

Los Angeles rock group Thirty Seconds to Mars won two awards: one for the best alternative act and also for the best world stage act, as did Bruno Mars, who was honoured as the best new act and the best "push" artist who had been nominated by MTV as an up-and-coming talent.

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