Viewers tuned in for the spectacle, however on Sunday night time at New York’s UBS Area, the highlight was firmly on the music business’s brightest stars because the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) handed out its signature Moon Particular person trophies. The annual celebration of popular culture moments, chart-toppers, and visible artistry delivered no scarcity of standout wins — with Woman Gaga main the cost.
Gaga, who entered the night time because the most-nominated artist with 12 nods, proved her dominance as soon as once more by taking house 4 trophies, together with the coveted MTV VMAs Artist of the 12 months. Her Bruno Mars collaboration “Die With a Smile” additionally secured Greatest Collaboration, whereas her imaginative and prescient behind the music earned her each Greatest Course and Greatest Artwork Course.ok
The night time additionally noticed Ariana Grande gather three Moon Individuals — together with Video of the 12 months for “Brighter Days Forward” — and Sabrina Carpenter emerge as one other large winner with a trio of honors spanning Greatest Pop and MTV VMAs Album of the 12 months for Brief n’ Candy. In the meantime, ROSÉ scored Track of the 12 months for her Bruno Mars duet “APT.” and BLACKPINK’s Lisa saved Okay-pop within the highlight together with her win for “Born Once more” alongside Doja Cat and RAYE.
Legends have been celebrated as properly: Mariah Carey acquired the career-defining Video Vanguard Award, Ricky Martin grew to become the first-ever recipient of the Latin Icon Award, and Busta Rhymes was honored with the Rock the Bells Visionary Award — every punctuating their recognition with powerhouse medley performances.
Maintain studying for the whole checklist of winners from the 2025 MTV VMAs.
Video of the 12 months
- WINNER: Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Forward”
- Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
- Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
- Woman Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
- ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
- The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
Artist of the 12 months
- Dangerous Bunny
- Beyoncé
- Kendrick Lamar
- WINNER: Woman Gaga
- Morgan Wallen
- Taylor Swift
- The Weeknd
Track of the 12 months
- Alex Warren – “Strange”
- Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
- Doechii – “Anxiousness”
- Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire” (feat. Arijit Singh)
- Gracie Abrams – “I Love You, I’m Sorry”
- Woman Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
- Lorde – “What Was That”
- WINNER: ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
- Tate McRae – “Sports activities Automobile”
- The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
Greatest New Artist
- WINNER: Alex Warren
- Ella Langley
- Gigi Perez
- Lola Younger – Island
- sombr
- The Marías
Greatest Collaboration
- Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs – “Backup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)”
- Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “luther”
- WINNER: Woman Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
- Put up Malone feat. Blake Shelton – “Pour Me a Drink”
- ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
- Selena Gomez, benny blanco – “Sundown Blvd”
Greatest Album
- Dangerous Bunny – DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
- Kendrick Lamar – GNX
- Woman Gaga – Mayhem
- Morgan Wallen – I’m the Drawback
- WINNER: Sabrina Carpenter – Brief n’ Candy
- The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow
Greatest Lengthy Kind Video
- WINNER: Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Forward”
- Dangerous Bunny – “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Brief Movie)”
- Damiano David – “FUNNY little STORIES”
- Mac Miller – “Balloonerism”
- Miley Cyrus – “One thing Stunning”
- The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”
Video for Good
- Burna Boy – “Increased”
- WINNER: Charli xcx – “Guess that includes Billie Eilish”
- Doechii – “Anxiousness”
- Eminem feat. Jelly Roll – “Any individual Save Me”
- Selena Gomez, benny blanco – “Youthful and Hotter Than Me”
- Zach Hood feat. Sasha Alex Sloan – “Sleepwalking”
MTV VMAs Push Efficiency of the 12 months
- August 2024 – Shaboozey – “A Bar Track (Tipsy)”
- September 2024 – Ayra Starr – “Final Heartbreak Track”
- October 2024 – Mark Ambor – “Belong Collectively”
- November 2024 – Lay Bankz – “Graveyard”
- December 2024 – Dasha – “Bye Bye Bye”
- WINNER: January 2025 – KATSEYE – “Contact”
- February 2025 – Jordan Adetunji – “KEHLANI”
- March 2025 – Leon Thomas – “YES IT IS”
- April 2025 – Livingston – “Shadow”
- Could 2025 – Damiano David – “Subsequent Summer season”
- June 2025 – Gigi Perez – “Sailor Track”
- July 2025 – ROLE MODEL – “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out”
Greatest Pop Artist
- Ariana Grande
- Charli xcx
- Justin Bieber
- Lorde
- Miley Cyrus
- WINNER: Sabrina Carpenter
- Tate McRae
Greatest Pop
- Alex Warren – “Strange”
- WINNER: Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Forward”
- Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
- Woman Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
- ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Greatest Hip-Hop
- WINNER: Doechii – “Anxiousness”
- Drake – “NOKIA”
- Eminem feat. Jelly Roll – “Any individual Save Me”
- GloRilla feat. Sexyy Crimson – “WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME”
- Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
- LL COOL J feat. Eminem – “Murdergram Deux”
- Travis Scott – “4X4”
Greatest R&B
- Chris Brown – “Residuals”
- Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs – “MUTT (REMIX)” – EZMNY Information/Motown Information
- WINNER: Mariah Carey – “Kind Harmful”
- PARTYNEXTDOOR – “N o C h i l l”
- Summer season Walker – “Coronary heart of a Girl”
- SZA – “Drive”
- The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
Greatest Different Artist
- Gigi Perez – “Sailor Track”
- Think about Dragons – “Wake Up”
- Lola Younger – “Messy”
- mgk & Jelly Roll – “Lonely Street”
- WINNER: sombr – “Again to Associates”
- The Marías – “Again to Me”
Greatest Rock
- WINNER: Coldplay – “All My Love”
- Evanescence – “Afterlife (From the Netflix Sequence Satan Could Cry)”
- Inexperienced Day – “One Eyed Bastard”
- Lenny Kravitz – “Honey”
- Linkin Park – “The Vacancy Machine”
- twenty one pilots – “The Contract”
Greatest Latin
- Dangerous Bunny – “BAILE INoLVIDABLE”
- J Balvin – “Rio”
- KAROL G – “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido”
- Peso Pluma – “LA PATRULLA”
- Rauw Alejandro & Romeo Santos – “Khé?”
- WINNER: Shakira – “Soltera“
Greatest Okay-Pop
- aespa – “Whiplash”
- JENNIE – “like JENNIE”
- Jimin – “Who”
- JISOO – “earthquake”
- WINNER: LISA ft. Doja Cat & RAYE – “Born Once more”
- Stray Youngsters – “Chk Chk Increase”
- ROSÉ – “poisonous until the top”
Greatest Afrobeats
- Asake & Travis Scott – “Energetic”
Burna Boy feat. Travis Scott – “TaTaTa” - MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea – “Shake It To The Max (FLY) (Remix)”
- Rema – “Child (Is It a Crime)”
- Tems feat. Asake – “Get It Proper”
- WINNER: Tyla – “Push 2 Begin”
- Wizkid feat. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece Of My Coronary heart” – Starboy/RCA Information
Greatest Nation
- Chris Stapleton – “Suppose I’m In Love With You”
- Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood – “I’m Gonna Love You”
- Jelly Roll – “Liar”
- Lainey Wilson – “4x4xU”
- WINNER: Megan Moroney – “Am I Okay?”
- Morgan Wallen – “Smile”
Greatest Course
- Ariana Grande – “brighter days forward”
- Charli xcx – “Guess” that includes Billie Eilish
- Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
- WINNER: Woman Gaga – “Abracadabra”
- ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Greatest Artwork Course
- Charli xcx – “Guess” that includes Billie Eilish
- Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
- WINNER: Woman Gaga – “Abracadabra”
- Lorde – “Man Of The 12 months”
- Miley Cyrus – “Finish of the World”
- ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
Greatest Cinematography
- Ariana Grande – “brighter days forward”
- Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire” (that includes Arijit Singh)
- WINNER: Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
- Woman Gaga – “Abracadabra”
- Miley Cyrus – “Straightforward Lover”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Greatest Enhancing
- Charli xcx – “Guess” that includes Billie Eilish
- Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire” (that includes Arijit Singh)
- Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
- Woman Gaga – “Abracadabra”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
- WINNER: Tate McRae – “Simply Maintain Watching “(From F1 The Film)
Greatest Choreography
- WINNER: Doechii – “Anxiousness”
- FKA twigs – “Eusexua”
- Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
- Woman Gaga – “Abracadabra”
- Tyla – “PUSH 2 START”
- Zara Larsson – “Fairly Ugly”
Greatest Visible Results
- Ariana Grande – “brighter days forward”
- Woman Gaga – “Abracadabra”
- ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
- WINNER: Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
- Tate McRae – “Simply Maintain Watching (From F1 The Film)”
- The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”
Track of the Summer season
- Addison Rae – “Headphones On”
- Alex Warren – “Strange”
- Benson Boone – “Mystical Magical”
- BigXthaPlug feat. Bailey Zimmerman – “All of the Means”
- Chappell Roan – “The Subway”
- Demi Lovato – “Quick”
- Doja Cat – “Jealous Kind”
- 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 Need”
- Ravyn Lenae feat. Rex Orange County – “Love Me Not”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
- sombr – “12 to 12”
- WINNER: Tate McRae – “Simply Maintain Watching (From F1® The Film)”
Greatest Group
- aespa
- All Time Low
- Backstreet Boys
- WINNER: BLACKPINK
- Coldplay
- Evanescence
- Fuerza Regida
- Grupo Frontera
- Think about Dragons
- Jonas Brothers
- KATSEYE
- My Chemical Romance
- SEVENTEEN
- Stray Youngsters
- The Marías
- Twenty One Pilots
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