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The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards ended up being Lady Gaga’s night. Coming in with 12 nominations, she walked away as the evening’s top winner, taking home Video of the Year for her Bruno Mars collaboration ‘Die with a Smile’. The track also won Best Collaboration and Best Pop.

Gaga didn’t just shine in music categories—her solo single ‘Abracadabra’ cleaned up in the visuals, winning Best Art Direction and Best Visual Effects.

Bruno Mars, who followed Gaga with 11 nominations, also won Best R&B for his collab with ROSÉ, ‘APT’. Kendrick Lamar, with 10 nominations, scored wins in Best Hip-Hop and Best Direction for ‘Not Like Us,’ solidifying his reputation as one of the most respected visual and lyrical storytellers in music.

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A Night of Global Sounds and Firsts

The 2025 VMAs didn’t just celebrate pop and hip-hop—they embraced Afrobeats, K-pop, and Latin music, underscoring how global the music industry has become.

From Gaga’s domination to breakout wins for newcomers, the 2025 VMAs reflected a year where music blurred genres, crossed borders, and delivered unforgettable moments.

2025 MTV Video Music Awards Winners

Video of the Year

• Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead” – WINNER
• 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”

Artist of the Year

• Bad Bunny
• Beyoncé
• Kendrick Lamar
• Lady Gaga – WINNER
• Morgan Wallen
• Taylor Swift
• The Weeknd

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”
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.” – WINNER
• Tate McRae – “Sports Car”
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

Best New Artist

• Alex Warren – WINNER
• sombr
• The Marías

Best Pop Artist

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

MTV Push Performance of the Year

• August 2024 – Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
• September 2024 – Ayra Starr – “Last Heartbreak Song”
• October 2024 – Mark Ambor – “Belong Together”
• November 2024 – Lay Bankz – “Graveyard”
• December 2024 – Dasha – “Bye Bye Bye”
• January 2025 – KATSEYE – “Touch” – WINNER
• February 2025 – Jordan Adetunji – “Kehlani”
• March 2025 – Leon Thomas – “Yes It Is”
• April 2025 – Livingston – “Shadow”
• May 2025 – Damiano David – “Next Summer”
• June 2025 – Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”
• July 2025 – Role Model “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out”

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” – WINNER
• Post Malone feat. Blake Shelton – “Pour Me A Drink”
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Selena Gomez, benny blanco – “Sunset Blvd”

Pop

• Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
• Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead” – WINNER
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
• Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Hip-Hop

• Doechii – “Anxiety” – WINNER
• Drake – “NOKIA”
• Eminem feat. Jelly Roll – “Somebody Save Me”
• GloRilla ft. Sexyy Red – “Whatchu Kno About Me”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
• LL Cool J feat. Eminem – “Murdergram Deux”
• Travis Scott – “4X4”

R&B

• Chris Brown – “Residuals”
• Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs – “MUTT (REMIX)”
• Mariah Carey – “Type Dangerous” – WINNER
• PARTYNEXTDOOR – “N o C h i l l”
• Summer Walker – “Heart of a Woman”
• SZA – “Drive”
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

Alternative

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

Rock

• Coldplay – “All My Love” – WINNER
• 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”

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“ – WINNER

K-pop

• aespa – “Whiplash”
• JENNIE – “like JENNIE”
• Jimin – “Who”
• JISOO – “earthquake”
• LISA ft. Doja Cat & RAYE – “Born Again” – WINNER
• 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 feat. Asake – “Get It Right”
• Tyla – “Push 2 Start” – WINNER
• Wizkid feat. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece of My Heart”

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?” – WINNER
• Morgan Wallen – “Smile”

Album

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

Long-Form Video

• Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead” – WINNER
• 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” – WINNER
• Doechii – “Anxiety”
• Eminem feat. Jelly Roll – “Somebody Save Me”
• Selena Gomez, benny blanco – “Younger And Hotter Than Me”
• Zach Hood ft. Sasha Alex Sloan – “Sleepwalking”

Direction

• Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead”
• Charli xcx – “Guess featuring Billie Eilish”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
• Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra” – WINNER
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Art Direction

• Charli xcx – “Guess featuring Billie Eilish”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us
• Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra” – WINNER
• Lorde – “Man of the Year”
• Miley Cyrus – “End of the World”
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”

Cinematography

• Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead”
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” – WINNER
• 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) – WINNER

Choreography

• Doechii – “Anxiety” – WINNER
• 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” – WINNER
• Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching “(From F1 The Movie)
• The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”

Song of the Summer

• Addison Rae – “Headphones On”
• Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
• Benson Boone – “Mystical Magical”
• BigXthaPlug feat. Bailey Zimmerman – “All the Way”
• Chappell Roan – “The Subway”
• Demi Lovato – “Fast”
• Doja Cat – “Jealous Type”
• HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI – “Golden”
• Jessie Murph – “Blue Strips”
• Justin Bieber – “Daisies”
• MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea – “Shake It to the Max (FLY) (Remix)”
• Morgan Wallen feat. Tate McRae – “What I Want”
• Ravyn Lenae feat. Rex Orange County – “Love Me Not”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
• sombr – “12 to 12”
• Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching (From F1 The Movie)” – WINNER

Best group

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