Full list of nominees and winners

MTV’s Video Music Awards 2025 is here!

While the winners continue to roll in during the live broadcast from New York’s UBS Arena on September 5, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, some victors have already been announced.

Rapper Busta Rhymes and singer Ricky Martin have already been declared winners, being this year’s artists to claim the first-ever MTV VMA Rock the Bells Visionary Award and the inaugural MTV Latin Icon Award, respectively, for breaking boundaries in their music genres.

Lady Gaga leads the VMA 2025 nominations with a whopping 12, including major categories like Video of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Album. The show started with her accepting the Artist of the Year award ahead of her Madison Square Garden performance. Bruno Mars, who collaborated with Lady Gaga on their hit “Die With a Smile,” trails right behind her with 11 nods.

Other front-running nominees are Kendrick Lamar with 10 noms, Sabrina Carpenter and BLACKPINK member Rosé with eight, Ariana Grande and The Weeknd with seven, and Billie Eilish with six. Charli xcx has five nominations stemming from her brat summer, while Bad Bunny, Doechii, Ed Sheeran, Jelly Roll, Miley Cyrus, and Tate McRae have four each.

LL Cool J serves as host for the VMAs 2025, airing on CBS and MTV and streaming on Paramount+.

Scroll to see the VMA nominees and winners, which will be updated throughout the night.

Video of the Year

Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead”

Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”

Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”

Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die with a Smile”

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”

Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

Song of the Year

Alex Warren – “Ordinary”

Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”

Doechii – “Anxiety”

Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”

Gracie Abrams – “I Love You, I’m Sorry”

Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”

Lorde – “What Was That”

Tate McRae – “Sports Car”

The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

WINNER: ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”

Artist of the Year

Bad Bunny

Beyoncé

Kendrick Lamar

Morgan Wallen

Taylor Swift

The Weeknd

WINNER: Lady Gaga

Best New Artist

Ella Langley

Gigi Perez

Lola Young

sombr

The Marías

WINNER: Alex Warren

Best Pop Artist

Ariana Grande

Charli xcx

Justin Bieber

Lorde

Miley Cyrus

Sabrina Carpenter

Tate McRae

MTV Push Performance of the Year

Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”

Ayra Starr – “Last Heartbreak Song”

Mark Ambor – “Belong Together”

Lay Bankz – “Graveyard”

Dasha – “Bye Bye Bye”

Jordan Adetunji – “KEHLANI”

Leon Thomas – “YES IT IS”

Livingston – “Shadow”

Damiano David – “Next Summer”

Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”

ROLE MODEL – “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out”

WINNER: KATSEYE – “Touch”

Best Collaboration

Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs – “Backup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)”

Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “luther”

Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die with a Smile”

Post Malone ft. Blake Shelton – “Pour Me a Drink”

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”

Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco – “Sunset Blvd”

Best Pop

Alex Warren – “Ordinary”

Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead”

Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”

Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die with a Smile”

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”

Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Best Hip-Hop

Doechii – “Anxiety”

Drake – “NOKIA” Eminem ft. Jelly Roll – “Somebody Save Me”

GloRilla ft. Sexyy Red – “WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME”

Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”

LL COOL J ft. Eminem – “Murdergram Deux”

Travis Scott – “4X4”

Best R&B

Chris Brown – “Residuals” 

Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs – “MUTT (REMIX)”

PARTYNEXTDOOR – “N o C h i l l”

Summer Walker – “Heart of a Woman” 

SZA – “Drive”

The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless” 

WINNER: Mariah Carey – “Type Dangerous”

Best Alternative

Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”

Imagine Dragons – “Wake Up”

Lola Young – “Messy”

mgk & Jelly Roll – “Lonely Road”

The Marías – “Back to Me”

WINNER: sombr – “back to friends”

Best Rock

Coldplay – “ALL MY LOVE”

Evanescence – “Afterlife (From the Netflix Series ‘Devil May Cry’)”

Green Day – “One Eyed Bastard”

Lenny Kravitz – “Honey”

Linkin Park – “The Emptiness Machine”

twenty one pilots – “The Contract”

Best Latin

Bad Bunny – “BAILE INoLVIDABLE”

J Balvin – “Rio”

KAROL G – “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido”

Peso Pluma – “LA PATRULLA”

Rauw Alejandro & Romeo Santos – “Khé?”

Shakira – “Soltera”

Best K-Pop

aespa – “Whiplash”

JENNIE – “like JENNIE”      

Jimin – “Who”

JISOO – “earthquake”  

LISA ft. Doja Cat & RAYE – “Born Again”

Stray Kids – “Chk Chk Boom”     

ROSÉ – “toxic till the end”    

Best Afrobeats

Asake & Travis Scott – “Active”

Burna Boy ft. Travis Scott – “TaTaTa”

MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea – “Shake It to the Max (FLY) (Remix)”

Rema – “Baby (Is It a Crime)”

Tems ft. Asake – “Get It Right”

Tyla – “PUSH 2 START”

Wizkid ft. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece of My Heart”

Best Country

Chris Stapleton – “Think I’m in Love with You”

Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood – “I’m Gonna Love You”

Jelly Roll – “Liar”

Lainey Wilson – “4x4xU”

Megan Moroney – “Am I Okay?”

Morgan Wallen – “Smile”

Best Album

Bad Bunny – DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

Kendrick Lamar – GNX

Lady Gaga – Mayhem

Morgan Wallen – I’m the Problem

Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet

The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow

Best Long Form Video

Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead”

Bad Bunny – “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Short Film)”

Damiano David – “FUNNY little STORIES”

Mac Miller – “Balloonerism”

Miley Cyrus – “Something Beautiful”

The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”

Video for Good

Burna Boy – “Higher”

Charli xcx – “Guess featuring Billie Eilish”

Doechii – “Anxiety”

Eminem ft. Jelly Roll – “Somebody Save Me”

Selena Gomez, benny blanco – “Younger and Hotter Than Me”

Zach Hood ft. Sasha Alex Sloan – “Sleepwalking”

Song of the Summer

Addison Rae – “Headphones On”

Alex Warren – “Ordinary”

Benson Boone – “Mystical Magical”

BigXthaPlug & Bailey Zimmerman – “All the Way”

Chappell Roan – “The Subway”

Demi Lovato – “Fast”

Doja Cat – “Jealous Type”

Huntr/x – “Golden”

Jessie Murph – “Blue Strips”

Justin Bieber – “Daisies”

Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea – “Shake It to the Max (Fly) (Remix)”

Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae – “What I Want”

Ravyn Lenae Featuring Rex Orange County – “Love Me Not”

Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Sombr – “12 to 12”

WINNER: Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching (From F1® the Movie)“

Best Direction

Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead”

Charli xcx – “Guess featuring Billie Eilish”

Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”

Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”

Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Best Art Direction

Charli xcx – “Guess featuring Billie Eilish”

Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”

Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”

Lorde – “Man of the Year”

Miley Cyrus – “End of the World”

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”

Best Cinematography

Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead”

Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”

Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”

Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”

Miley Cyrus – “Easy Lover”

Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Best Editing

Charli xcx – “Guess featuring Billie Eilish”

Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”

Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”

Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”

Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching (from ‘F1® The Movie’)”

Best Choreography

Doechii – “Anxiety”

FKA twigs – “Eusexua”

Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”

Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”

Tyla – “PUSH 2 START”

Zara Larsson – “Pretty Ugly”

Best Visual Effects

Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead”

Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”

Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching (from ‘F1® The Movie’)”

The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”