MTV VMAs 2025: the full list of winners

The latest edition of the MTV Video Music Awards 2025 was held at the UBS Arena in New York, with LL Cool J as host. Lady Gaga entered the night as the favourite with 12 nominations and was one of the evening’s main protagonists.

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. – (WINNERS)
• Tate McRae – “Sports Car”
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

BEST NEW ARTIST

• Alex Warren – (WINNER)
• Ella Langley
• Gigi Perez
• Lola Young
• 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

• Aug 2024 – Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
• Sept 2024 – Ayra Starr – Last Heartbreak Song
• Oct 2024 – Mark Ambor – Belong Together
• Nov 2024 – Lay Bankz – Graveyard
• Dec 2024 – Dasha – Bye Bye Bye
• Jan 2025 – KATSEYE – Touch – (WINNER)
• Feb 2025 – Jordan Adetunji – KEHLANI
• Mar 2025 – Leon Thomas – YES IT IS
• Apr 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 – (GANADORES)
• Post Malone ft. Blake Shelton – Pour Me A Drink
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – APT.
• Selena Gomez, benny blanco – Sunset Blvd

BEST POP

• Alex Warren – Ordinary
• Ariana Grande – brighter days ahead – (GANADORA)
• Ed Sheeran – Sapphire
• Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – APT.
• Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild

BEST HIP-HOP

• Doechii – Anxiety – (GANADORA)
• 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 R&B

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

BEST ALTERNATIVE

• Gigi Perez – Sailor Song
• Imagine Dragons – Wake Up
• Lola Young – Messy
• mgk & Jelly Roll – Lonely Road
• sombr – back to friends – (GANADOR)
• The Marías – Back To Me

BEST ROCK

• Coldplay – ALL MY LOVE – (GANADOR)
• 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

BEST 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“ – (GANADORA)

BEST K-POP

• aespa – “Whiplash”
• JENNIE – “like JENNIE”
• Jimin – “Who”
• JISOO – “earthquake”
• LISA ft. Doja Cat & RAYE – “Born Again” – (GANADOR)
• 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 ft. Asake – “Get It Right”
• Tyla – “PUSH 2 START” – (GANADORA)
• Wizkid ft. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece Of My Heart”

BEST 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?” – (GANADORA)
• Morgan Wallen – “Smile”

BEST ALBUM

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

BEST LONG FORM VIDEO

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead” – (GANADORA)
• 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” – (GANADORA)
• Doechii – “Anxiety”
• Eminem ft. Jelly Roll – “Somebody Save Me”
• Selena Gomez, benny blanco – “Younger And Hotter Than Me”
• Zach Hood ft. Sasha Alex Sloan – “Sleepwalking”

BEST DIRECTION

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead”
• Charli xcx – “Guess featuring Billie Eilish”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
• Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra” – (GANADORA)
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

BEST ART DIRECTION

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

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead”
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” – (GANADOR)
• 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” – (GANADORA)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

• Doechii – “Anxiety” – (GANADORA)
• 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” – (GANADORA)
• Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching”
• The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”

BEST GROUP

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

SONG OF SUMMER

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

The honorary awards went to Mariah Carey (Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award), Busta Rhymes (Rock The Bells Visionary Award) and Ricky Martin (Latin Icon Award).

The 2025 VMAs consolidate themselves as a global showcase where music, fashion and image function as a cultural and market strategy.