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Lady Gaga leads 2025 MTV VMAs with 12 nods
The 2025 MTV VMAs nominees are out and Lady Gaga is out in front with 12 nods.
The "Mother Monster" received the most nominations which includes the major categories Video of the Year, Artist of the Year and Best Album.
Gaga's "Die With A Smile" collaborator, Bruno Mars, followed suit with 11 nominations and Kendrick Lamar with 10.
K-pop star Rosé and Sabrina Carpenter are tied with 8 nominations each.
Two new categories, Best Country and Best Pop Artist, are added this year.
The 2025 MTV VMAs will air live from the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, on 7 September at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS. The show will be simulcast on MTV and stream on Paramount+.
See full list of nominees below:
Video of the Year
Ariana Grande — “brighter days ahead”
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
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.”
Tate McRae — “Sports Car”
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti — “Timeless”
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
The Weeknd — Hurry Up Tomorrow
Best New Artist
Alex Warren
Ella Langley
Gigi Perez
Lola Young
sombr
The Marías
Best Pop Artist
Ariana Grande
Charli XCX
Justin Bieber
Lorde
Miley Cyrus
Sabrina Carpenter
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”
Feb. 2025 — Jordan Adetunji — “KEHLANI”
March 2025 — Leon Thomas — “YES IT IS” — EZMNY
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”
Post Malone featuring 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”
Ed Sheeran — “Sapphire”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — “Die with a Smile”
Rosé & Bruno Mars — “APT.”
Sabrina Carpenter — “Manchild”
Best Hip Hop
Doechii — “Anxiety”
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 featuring Eminem — “Murdergram Deux”
Travis Scott — “4X4”
Best R&B
Chris Brown — “Residuals”
Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs — “MUTT (REMIX)”
Mariah Carey — “Type Dangerous”
PARTYNEXTDOOR — "No Chill"
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”
The Marías — “Back to Me”
Best Rock
Coldplay — “ALL MY LOVE”
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”
Best K-Pop
aespa — “Whiplash”
Jennie — “like JENNIE”
Jimin — “Who”
Jisso — “earthquake”
Lisa featuring Doja Cat & Raye — “Born Again”
Stray Kids — “Chk Chk Boom”
Rosé — “toxic till the end”
Best Afrobeats
Asake & Travis Scott — “Active”
Burna Boy featuring Travis Scott — “TaTaTa”
MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea — “Shake It to the Max (FLY) (Remix)”
Rema — “Baby (Is It a Crime)”
Tems featuring Asake — “Get It Right”
Tyla — “PUSH 2 START”
Wizkid featuring 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?”
Morgan Wallen — “Smile”
Best Long Form Video
Ariana Grande — “brighter days ahead”
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”
Doechii — “Anxiety”
Eminem featuring Jelly Roll — “Somebody Save Me”
Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco — “Younger and Hotter Than Me”
Zach Hood featuring 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”
Rosé & Bruno Mars — “APT.”
Sabrina Carpenter — “Manchild”
Best Art Direction
Charli XCX — “Guess featuring Billie Eilish”
Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
Lady Gaga — “Abracadabra”
Lorde — "Man of the Year"
Miley Cyrus — "End of the World"
Rosé and Bruno Mars — "APT"
Best Cinematography
Ariana Grande — “brighter days ahead”
Ed Sheeran — “Sapphire”
Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
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)”
Best Choreography
Doechii — “Anxiety”
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”
Tate McRae — “Just Keep Watching (from F1 The Movie)”
The Weeknd — “Hurry Up Tomorrow”