All who won great in the VMA 2025: the complete list
The wildest night in the world of music took place on Sunday at the UBS Arena in New York, where veterans creators of successes and ascent stars competed for one of the iconic trophies of the lunar person of the VMA.
Lady Gaga was the main contender, entering the night with 12 nominations.
Starting strongly, he received the honor of the artist of the year at the top of the show before moving to his concert of “Mayhem Ball” at Madison Square Garden.
The singer of “Born This Way” also caught the best collaboration for her Bruno Mars duo “Die with a Smile”, while her music video for “Abracadabra” seized the best direction and the best art direction.
Ariana Grande won the coveted video of the year, along with the best pop and the best video in a long way.
This year, VMA introduced two new categories. The best country went to Megan Moroney for his song “Am I okay?” While Sabrina Carpenter won the best pop artist.
Diva Mariah Carey received the estimated Video Vanguard award, while rapper Busta Rhymes received the first Vma Rock the Bells Visionary prize. Ricky Martin was honored with the Latin Icon inaugural Prize.
The VMA of 2025 MTV were housed by LL Cool J and were broadcast live on News and MTV, with transmission available through Paramount+.
Check out all the nominees and winners here:
Video of the year
Winner – Ariana Grande – “Blind days ahead”
Billie Eilish – “Birds of A Feather”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not like us”
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die with a smile”
Rosé and Bruno Mars – “APT”.
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
Artist of the year
Damn bunny
Beyoncé
Kendrick Lamar
Winner – Lady Gaga
Morgan Wallen
The Weeknd
Manny Carabel through Getty Images
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 and Bruno Mars – “Die with a smile”
Lorde – “What was that”
Winner – Rosé and Bruno Mars – “APT”.
Tate McRAE – “Auto Deportivo”
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
Best new artist
Winner – Alex Warren
She Langley
Pérez teeth
Lola Young
Umbrer
The Marías
Best pop artist
Ariana Grande
Charli XCX
Justin Bieber
Lorde
Miley Cyrus
Winner – Sabrina Carpenter
Tate mcrae
MTV Push Performance of the Year
August 2024 – Shaboozey – “A bar Song (Tipsy)”
September 2024 – Ayra Starr – “Last Heartbreak Song”
Oct 2024 – Mark Ambor – “Belong Together”
Nov 2024 – Lay Bankz – “Sergeyard”
Dec 2024 – Dasha – “Bye Bye”
Winner – Jan 2025 – Katseye – “Touch”
February 2025 – Jordan Adetunji – “Kehlani”
Mar 2025 – Leon Thomas – “Yes, it’s”
APR 2025 – Livingston – “Shadow”
May 2025 – Damiano David – “next summer”
June 2025 – Gigi Pérez – “Sailor Song”
July 2025 – Model to follow – “Sally, when the wine is over”
Better collaboration
Bailey Zimmerman with Luke combs – “Backup Plan (Official music video of Stagecoach)”
Kendrick Lamar y Sza – “Luther”
Winner – Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die with a smile”
Post Malone Ft. Blake Shelton – “Pour a drink”
Rosé and Bruno Mars – “APT”.
Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco – “Sunset Blvd”
Angela Weiss through Getty Images
Manny Carabel through Getty Images
Best Pop
Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
Winner – Ariana Grande – “Blind days ahead”
Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die with a smile”
Rosé and Bruno Mars – “APT”.
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Best Hip-Hop
Winner – Doechii – “Anxiety”
Drake – “Nokia”
Eminem FT. Jelly Roll – “Sub on Save Me”
Glorilla Ft. Sexyy Red – “Whatchu Kno about me”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not like us”
Ll cool J ft. Eminem – “Murdergram Deux”
Travis Scott – “4×4”
Better R&B
Chris Brown – “Waste”
Leon Thomas and Freddie Gibbs – “Mutt (Remix)”
Winner – Mariah Carey – “Dangerous type”
Partynextdoor – “Noc Hill”
Summer Walker – “Heart of A Woman”
SA – “Drive”
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
Best alternative
Gigi Pérez – “Sailor Song”
Imagine dragons – “Wake up”
Lola Young – “Dissalized”
MGK & JELLY Roll – “Lonely Road”
Winner – Umbr – “Back to friends”
The Marías – “Back To Me”
Angela Weiss through Getty Images
Manny Carabel through Getty Images
Best rock
Winner – Coldplay – “All my love”
Evanescence – “Afterlife (from the Netflix series” Devil May Cry “)”
Green Day – “Bastard of one eye”
Lenny Kravitz – “Honey”
Linkin Park – “The vacuum machine”
Twenty -one pilots – “The contract”
Best Latin
Bad Bunny – “unforgettable dance”
J Ballvin – “Reo”
Karol G – “If I had known you before”
Pen weight – “The patrol”
Rauw Alejandro and Romeo Santos – “Khé?”
Winner – Shakira – “Single”
Better K-Pop
AESPA – “Cervical whistle”
Jennie – “Like Jennie”
Jimin – “Who”
Jisoo – “earthquake”
Winner – Lisa Ft. Doja Cat & Raye – “Born Again”
Stray Kids – “Chk Chk Boom”
Rosé – “Toxic until the end”
Best Afrobeats
Asake and Travis Scott – “Active”
Burna Boy Ft. Travis Scott – “Tot”.
Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shensea – “Make the maximum (fly) (Remix)”
Rema – “Baby (it’s a crime)”
Tems ft. ASKE – “Do it well”
Winner – Tyla – “Push 2 Start”
Wizkid FT. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece of My Heart”
Best country
Chris Stapleton – “I think I’m in love with you”
Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood – “I’m going to love you”
Gelatin roll – “Liar”
Lainey Wilson – “4x4xu”
Winner – Megan Moroney – “Am I okay?”
Morgan Wallen – “Smile”
Manny Carabel through Getty Images
Manny Carabel through Getty Images
Best album
Bad Bunny – “I had to throw more photos”
Kendrick Lamar – “GNX”
Lady Gaga – “Mayhem”
Morgan Wallen – “I’m the problem”
Winner – Sabrina Carpenter – “Short N ‘Sweet”
The Weeknd – “Hurry tomorrow”
Best video long
Winner – Ariana Grande – “Blind days ahead”
Bad Bunny – “I had to throw more photos (short film)”
Damiano David – “Funny Stories”
Mac Miller – “Balloonerism”
Miley Cyrus – “Something Beautiful”
The Weeknd – “Hurry tomorrow”
Video for good
Burna Boy – “Superior”
Winner – Charli XCX – “Guess with Billie Eilish”
Doechii – “anxiety”
Eminem FT. Jelly Roll – “Sub on Save Me”
Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco – “younger and hotter than me”
Zach Hood FT. Sasha Alex Sloan – “Sleepwalking”
Best address
Ariana Grande – “Blind days ahead”
Charli XCX – “Guess with Billie Eilish”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not like us”
Winner – Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Rosé and Bruno Mars – “APT”.
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Best art direction
Charli XCX – “Guess with Billie Eilish”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not like us”
Winner – Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Lorde – “Man of the year”
Miley Cyrus – “End of the world”
Rosé and Bruno Mars – “APT”.
Roy Rochlin through Getty Images
Best cinematography
Ariana Grande – “Blind days ahead”
Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
Winner – Kendrick Lamar – “Not like us”
Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Miley Cyrus – “Easy Lover”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Best edition
Charli XCX – “Guess with Billie Eilish”
Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not like us”
Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Winner – Tate McRAE – “Just keep watching (from F1® the movie)”
Best choreography
Winner – Doechii – “Anxiety”
FKA TWIGS – “Eusexua”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not like us”
Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Tyla – “Push 2 Start”
Zara Larsson – “Pretty ugly”
Better visual effects
Ariana Grande – “Blind days ahead”
Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Rosé and Bruno Mars – “APT”.
Winner – Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Tate McRAE – “Keep looking (from F1® the movie)”
The Weeknd – “Hurry tomorrow”
Best group
AESPA
All the time low
Backstreet Boys
Winner – Blackpink
Choles game
Evanescence
Girdle force
Border Group
Imagine Dragons
Jonas Brothers
Katseye
The Marías
My chemical romance
Seventeen
Street children
Twenty -one pilots
Summer song
Addison RAE – headphones in
Alex Warren – Ordinary
Benson Boone – Mystic Magic
Bigxthaplug and Bailey Zimmerman – All the way
Chappel L Roan – The Metro
Demi Lovato – Fast
DOJA CAT – Jealous Type
Gor/x – gold
Jessie Murph – Firas Azules
Justin Bieber – Daisies
Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shensea – Shake it to the maximum (fly) (Remix)
Morgan Wallen and Tate McRAE – What I want
Ravyn Lenae with Rex Orange
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
Ombar – 12 to 12
Winner – Tate McRAE – Keep watching (from F1® the movie)