And that’s a wrap!
The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards kicked off awards season on September 7. The most important names in music made their option to Lengthy Island’s UBS Enviornment on Sunday for a night of awards and performances, all hosted by LL Cool J.
Girl Gaga led the pack with 12 nominations, and because the night time got here to a detailed, she walked away with 4 Moon Individual trophies. One award she didn’t win, nevertheless, was Video of the Yr, which went to Ariana Grande for “Brighter Days Forward.” She received two different awards, with Sabrina Carpenter additionally taking dwelling three trophies.
Mariah Carey was introduced with the Vanguard award for her lifetime of hits. She carried out a medley that included “Sugar Candy,” “Fantasy (Dangerous Boy Remix),” “Obsessed,” and “We Belong Collectively.”
Busta Rhymes additionally carried out a medley of his hits to have fun being the primary ever MTV VMA Rock The Bells Visionary Award.
Gunna saved the social gathering going with a particular VMA Halftime present efficiency of “Gained’t Cease.”
Forward of her new album, Doja Cat lit up the room with a efficiency of her newest single, “Jealous Sort.”
Performances weren’t the one factor dominating the night at this yr’s VMAs, try a full record of winners from this yr’s present down under:
Video of the Yr
WINNER: Ariana Grande – Brighter Days Forward
Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Girl Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With a Smile
Rosé & Bruno Mars – Apt.
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
The Weeknd & Playboi Carti – Timeless
Artist of the Yr
Dangerous Bunny
Beyoncé
Kendrick Lamar
WINNER: Girl Gaga
Morgan Wallen
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd
Music of the Yr
Alex Warren – Extraordinary
Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather
Doechii – Anxiousness
Ed Sheeran – Sapphire
Gracie Abrams – I Love You, I’m Sorry
Girl 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
Finest New Artist
WINNER: Alex Warren
Ella Langley
Gigi Perez
Lola Younger
Sombr
The Marías
Finest Pop Artist
Ariana Grande
Charli XCX
Justin Bieber
Lorde
Miley Cyrus
WINNER: Sabrina Carpenter
Tate McRae
MTV Push Efficiency of the Yr, Offered by Bacardí® Rum
Ayra Starr – Final Heartbreak Music
Damiano David – Subsequent Summer time
Dasha – Bye Bye Bye
Gigi Perez – Sailor Music
Jordan Adetunji – Kehlani
WINNER: Katseye – Contact
Lay Bankz – Graveyard
Leon Thomas – Sure It Is
Livingston – Shadow
Mark Ambor – Belong Collectively
Position Mannequin – Sally, When the Wine Runs Out
Shaboozey – A Bar Music (Tipsy)
Finest Collaboration, Offered by Beneath Armour
Bailey Zimmerman & Luke Combs – Backup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – Luther
WINNER: Girl Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With a Smile
Publish Malone That includes Blake Shelton – Pour Me a Drink
Rosé & Bruno Mars – Apt.
Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco – Sundown Blvd
Finest Pop
Alex Warren – Extraordinary
WINNER: Ariana Grande – Brighter Days Forward
Ed Sheeran – Sapphire
Girl Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With a Smile
Rosé & Bruno Mars – Apt.
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
Finest Hip-Hop
WINNER: Doechii – Anxiousness
Drake – Nokia
Eminem That includes Jelly Roll – Any individual Save Me
Glorilla That includes Sexyy Crimson – Whatchu Kno About Me
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
LL Cool J That includes Eminem – Murdergram Deux
Travis Scott – 4×4
Finest R&B
Chris Brown – Residuals
Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs – Mutt (Remix)
WINNER: Mariah Carey – Sort Harmful
PartyNextDoor – No Chill
Summer time Walker – Coronary heart of a Girl
SZA – Drive
The Weeknd & Playboi Carti – Timeless
Finest Various
Gigi Perez – Sailor Music
Think about Dragons – Wake Up
Lola Younger – Messy
MGK & Jelly Roll – Lonely Highway
WINNER: Sombr – Again to Pals
The Marías – Again to Me
Finest 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
Finest 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
Finest Afrobeats
Asake & Travis Scott – Lively
Burna Boy That includes Travis Scott – TaTaTa
Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea – Shake It to the Max (Fly) (Remix)
Rema – Child (Is It A Crime)
Tems That includes Asake – Get It Proper
WINNER: Tyla – Push 2 Begin
Wizkid That includes Brent Faiyaz – Piece of My Coronary heart
Finest Okay-Pop
Aespa – Whiplash
Jennie – Like Jennie
Jimin – Who
Jisoo – Earthquake
WINNER: Lisa That includes Doja Cat & Raye – Born Once more
Stray Youngsters – Chk Chk Growth
Rosé – Poisonous Until the Finish
Finest Nation
Chris Stapleton – Assume I’m in Love With You
Cody Johnson & Carrie Underwood – I’m Gonna Love You
Jelly Roll – Liar
Lainey Wilson – 4x4xU
WINNER: Megan Moroney – Am I Okay?
Morgan Wallen – Smile
Finest Album
Dangerous Bunny – Debí Tirar Más Fotos
Kendrick Lamar – GNX
Girl Gaga – Mayhem
Morgan Wallen – I’m the Downside
WINNER: Sabrina Carpenter – Brief n’ Candy
The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow
Finest Lengthy Type Video
WINNER: Ariana Grande – Brighter Days Forward
Dangerous Bunny – Debí Tirar Más Fotos (Brief Movie)
Damiano David – Humorous Little Tales
Mac Miller – Balloonerism
Miley Cyrus – One thing Stunning
The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow
Video for Good
Burna Boy – Greater
WINNER: Charli XCX – Guess That includes Billie Eilish
Doechii – Anxiousness
Eminem That includes Jelly Roll – Any individual Save Me
Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco – Youthful and Hotter Than Me
Zach Hood That includes Sasha Alex Sloan – Sleepwalking
Finest Route
Ariana Grande – Brighter Days Forward
Charli XCX – Guess That includes Billie Eilish
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
WINNER: Girl Gaga – Abracadabra
Rosé & Bruno Mars – Apt.
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
Finest Cinematography
Ariana Grande – Brighter Days Forward
Ed Sheeran – Sapphire
WINNER: Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Girl Gaga – Abracadabra
Miley Cyrus – Simple Lover
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
Finest Modifying
Charli XCX – Guess That includes Billie Eilish
Ed Sheeran – Sapphire
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Girl Gaga – Abracadabra
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
WINNER: Tate McRae – Simply Hold Watching (From F1® the Film)
Finest Choreography
WINNER: Doechii – Anxiousness
FKA twigs – Eusexua
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Girl Gaga – Abracadabra
Tyla – Push 2 Begin
Zara Larsson – Fairly Ugly
Finest Visible Results
Ariana Grande – Brighter Days Forward
Girl Gaga – Abracadabra
Rosé & Bruno Mars – Apt.
WINNER: Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
Tate McRae – Simply Hold Watching (From F1® the Film)
The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow
Finest Artwork Route
Charli XCX – Guess That includes Billie Eilish
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
WINNER: Girl Gaga – Abracadabra
Lorde – Man of the Yr
Miley Cyrus – Finish of the World
Rosé & Bruno Mars – Apt.
Finest Group
Aespa
All Time Low
Backstreet Boys
WINNER: Blackpink
Coldplay
Evanescence
Fuerza Regida
Grupo Frontera
Think about Dragons
Jonas Brothers
Katseye
The Marías
My Chemical Romance
Seventeen
Stray Youngsters
Twenty One Pilots
Music of the Summer time
Addison Rae – Headphones On
Alex Warren – Extraordinary
Benson Boone – Mystical Magical
BigXthaPlug & Bailey Zimmerman – All of the Approach
Chappell Roan – The Subway
Demi Lovato – Quick
Doja Cat – Jealous Sort
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 Need
Ravyn Lenae That includes Rex Orange County – Love Me Not
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
Sombr – 12 to 12
WINNER: Tate McRae – Simply Hold Watching (From F1® the Film)
Video Vanguard Award
WINNER: Mariah Carey
MTV VMA Rock the Bells Visionary Award
WINNER: Busta Rhymes
Latin Icon Award
WINNER: Ricky Martin
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