MTV VMAs 2025: See the full winners list

Lady Gaga was the most nominated artist heading into the 2025 MTV VMAs.

​Lady Gaga was the most nominated artist heading into the 2025 MTV VMAs.   

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead” – WINNER
• ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”

Artist of the year

• Lady Gaga – WINNER
• Bad Bunny
• Beyoncé
• Kendrick Lamar
• Morgan Wallen

Best new artist

• Alex Warren – WINNER
• Ella Langley
• Gigi Perez
• Lola Young
• sombr
• The Marías

Latin Icon Award

Ricky Martin – WINNER

Best country

• Megan Moroney – “Am I Okay?” – WINNER
• 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”
• Morgan Wallen – “Smile”

Song of the year

• ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.” – WINNER
• Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
• Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”
• Doechii – “Anxiety”
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
• Gracie Abrams – “I Love You, I’m Sorry”
• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
• Lorde – “What Was That”
• Tate McRae – “Sports Car”
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

Best R&B

• Mariah Carey – “Type Dangerous” – WINNER
• Chris Brown – “Residuals”
• Leon Thomas and 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”

Video Vanguard Award

Mariah Carey – WINNER

Best alternative

• Sombr – “Back to Friends” – WINNER
• Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”
• Imagine Dragons – “Wake Up”
• Lola Young – “Messy”
• mgk and Jelly Roll – “Lonely Road”
• The Marías – “Back to Me”

Song of summer

• Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching” – WINNER
• Addison Rae – “Headphones On”
• Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
• Benson Boone – “Mystical Magical”
• Chappell Roan – “The Subway”
• BigXthaPlug ft. Bailey Zimmerman – “All the Way”
• Sombr – “12 to 12”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
• Ravyn Lenae ft. Rex Orange County – “Love Me Not”
• Morgan Wallen ft. Tate McRae – “What I Want”
• Demi Lovato – “Fast”
• Doja Cat – “Jealous Type”
• Jessie Murph – “Blue Strips”
• Justin Bieber – “Daisies”
• MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shenseea – “Shake It to the Max (FLY)” (Remix)
• HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI – “Golden”

Rock the Bells Visionary Award

Busta Rhymes

PUSH Performance of the Year

• Katseye – “Touch” – WINNER
• 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”
• Role Model – “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out”
• Damiano David – “Next Summer”
• Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”

Best K-pop

• LISA ft. Doja Cat and RAYE – “Born Again” – WINNER
• aespa – “Whiplash”
• JENNIE – “like JENNIE”
• Jimin – “Who”
• JISOO – “earthquake”
• ROSÉ – “toxic till the end”
• Stray Kids – “Chk Chk Boom”

Best Afrobeats

• Tyla – “PUSH 2 START” – WINNER
• Asake and Travis Scott – “Active”
• Burna Boy ft. Travis Scott – “TaTaTa”
• Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shenseea – “Shake It To The Max (FLY)” (Remix)
• Rema – “Baby (Is It A Crime)”
• Tems ft. Asake – “Get It Right”
• Wizkid ft. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece Of My Heart”

Best album

• Sabrina Carpenter – “Short n’ Sweet” – WINNER
• Bad Bunny- “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS”
• Kendrick Lamar – “GNX”
• Lady Gaga – “Mayhem”
• Morgan Wallen – “I’m The Problem”
• The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”

Best collaboration

• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile” – WINNER
• Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs – “Backup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)”
• Kendrick Lamar and SZA – “luther”
• Post Malone ft. Blake Shelton – “Pour Me A Drink”
• ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco – “Sunset Blvd”

Best pop

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead” – WINNER
• Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
• ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Best hip-hop

• Doechii – “Anxiety” – WINNER
• 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 pop artist

• Sabrina Carpenter – WINNER
• Ariana Grande
• Tate McRae
• Charli xcx
• Justin Bieber
• Lorde
• Miley Cyrus

Best Latin

• Shakira – “Soltera” – WINNER
• Bad Bunny – “BAILE INoLVIDABLE”
• J Balvin – “Rio”
• KAROL G – “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido”
• Peso Pluma and Netón Vega – “LA PATRULLA”
• Rauw Alejandro and Romeo Santos – “Khé?”

Best group

• Blackpink – WINNER
• aespa
• All Time Low
• Backstreet Boys
• Coldplay
• Evanescence
• Fuerza Regida
• Grupo Frontera
• Jonas Brothers
• Imagine Dragons
• Katseye 
• My Chemical Romance
• Seventeen
• Stray Kids
• The Marías
• Twenty One Pilots

Best rock

• Coldplay – “ALL MY LOVE” – WINNER
• Evanescence – “Afterlife”
• Green Day – “One Eyed Bastard”
• Lenny Kravitz – “Honey”
• Linkin Park – “The Emptiness Machine”
• Twenty One Pilots – “The Contract”

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