Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars guide the nominations at the VMA 2025; See complete list

MTV prizes will take place on 7 September at the Ubs Arena in New York

THE MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) Published Tuesday 5, candidates for the 2025 edition of the prize. The ceremony takes place on September 7 in UBS ArenaIn New Yorkus United States.

Among the competitors, the singer Lady Gaga Guide the list with 12 nominations. Right away, Come the singer Bruno Marswith 11 nominations e Kendrick LamarWith 10.

Closing the top 5, Rose AND Sabrina Carpenter they were indicated in 8 categories. Other names such as Ariana Grande (7), The weekend (7), Billie Eilish (6), Charli xcx (5) e Bad Bunny (4) They are also salient points of the prize.

See the complete list of nominated in Vma 2025:

Video of the year

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days”
• Billie Eilish – “Birds of a feather”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not like us”
• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Do you die with a smile”
• Rosé and Bruno Mars – “apt.”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
• The Weeknd, Playboy Carti – “Timeless”

Artist of the year

• Bad Bunny
• Beyoncé
• Kendrick Lamar
• Lady Gaga
• Morgan Wallen
• Taylor Swift
• The weekend

Year of the year

• Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
• Billie Eilish – “Birds of a feather”
• Dochii – “Anxiety”
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
• Gracie Abrams – “I love you, I’m sorry”
• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Do you die with a smile”
• Lord – “What was that”
• Rosé and Bruno Mars – “apt.”
• Tate McRae – “Sports car”
• The Weeknd, Playboy Carti – “Timeless”

Artist of revelation

• Alex Warren
• Ella Langley
• Gigi Perez
• Lola Young
• Sombr
• The marías

Best pop artist

• Ariana Grande
• Charli xcx
• Justin Bieber
• Gentleman
• Miley Cyrus
• Sabrina Carpenter
• Tate McRae

Performance of the Year – Mtv Push

• August 2024 – Shaboozey – “A Bar Sond (Raxsy)”
• September 2024 – Ayra Starr – “Last Heartbreak Song”
• October 2024 – Mark Ambour – “Belonging together”
• November 2024 – Lay Bankz – “Serayard”
• December 2024 – Dasha – “Bye Bye Bye”
• January 2025 – Katseye – “Touch”
• February 2025 – Jordan Adventunji – “Kehlani”
• March 2025 – Leon Thomas – “Yes, it is”
• April 2025 – Livingston – “Shadow”
• 2025 May – Damiano David – “next summer”
• June 2025 – Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”
• July 2025 – Role model – “Sally, when the wine runs out”

Better collaboration

• Bailey Zimmerman and Luke Combs – “Backup plan”
• Kendrick Lamar and Sza – “Luther”
• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Do you die with a smile”
• Post Malone and Blake Shelton – “Pour me to drink”
• Rosé and Bruno Mars – “apt.”
• Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco – “Sunset Blvd”

Best pop

• Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
• Ariana Grande – “brighter days”
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Do you die with a smile”
• Rosé and Bruno Mars – “apt.”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

The best hip-hop

• Dochii – “Anxiety”
• Drake – “Nokia”
• Eminem and Jelly Roll – “Someone saves me”
• Glorilla and Sexyy Red – “Whatchu Kno About Me”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not like us”
• LL Cool J and Eminem – “Murdergram Deux”
• Travis Scott – “4×4”

The best R&B

• Chris Brown – “Residuis”
• Leon Thomas and Freddie Gibbs – “Mutt (remix)”
• Mariah Carey – “Digita dangerous”
• Partynextdoor – “NoC Hill”
• Summer Walker – “Heart of a Woman”
• Sza – “Drive”
• The Weeknd and Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

The best alternative

• Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”
• Imagine Dragons – “alarm clock”
• Lola Young – “Messy”
• MGK & Jelly Roll – “Lonely Road”
• Sombr – “Back to friends”
• The Marías – “Back to me”

Better rock

• Coldplay – “All my love”
• EvaneScence – “Afterlife”
• Green Day – “Bastard with eyes”
• Lenny Kravitz – “Honey”
• Linkin Park – “The Emptness Machine”
• Twenty One Pilots – “The contract”

Best Latin

• Bad Bunny – “Baile forwardvidable”
• J Balvin – “Rio”
• Karol G – “YES First of you Hubiera FidaCido”
• Weight weight – “The patul”
• Rauw Alejandro and Romeo Santos – “Ké?”
• Shakira – “Soltera”

The best k-pop

• ASPA – “Whiplash”
• Jennie – “Like Jennie”
• Jimin – “Who”
• Jisoo – “earthquake”
• Lisa ft. Doja Cat & Raye – “Born Again”
• Stray Kids – “CHK CHK BOOM”
• Rosé – “Toxic to the end”

Best Afrobeat

• Asake and Travis Scott – “Active”
• Burno Boy and Travis Scott – “Tata”
• Moly, Silent Addy, Skillebeng and Shezian – “Shake up to the maximum (Fly) (Remix)”
• Rema – “Baby (is it to crime)”
• Tempo and aske – “do well”
• Tyla – “Push 2 Start”
• Wizkid and Brent Fair – “piece of my heart”

Best country

• Chris Stapleton – “Think I’m in love with you”
• Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood – “I’m love you”
• Gelatina – “liar”
• Lainey Wilson – “4x4xu”
• Megan Moroney – “I’m fine?”
• Morgan Wallen – “Smile”

Best Album

• Bad Bunny – “you discover more photos”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Gnx”
• Lady Gaga – “Mayhem”
• Morgan Wallen – “I’m the problem”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Short n ‘Sweet”
• The Weeknd – “hurry up tomorrow”

Best long video

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days”
• Bad Bunny – “Debí takes bad photos”
• Damiano David – “Funny Stories”
• Mac Miller – “Balloonerism”
• Miley Cyrus – “Something Beautiful”
• The Weeknd – “hurry up tomorrow”

Best video forever

• Burno Boy – “higher”
• Charli XCX – “Guess with Billie Eilish”
• Dochii – “Anxiety”
• Eminem and Jelly Roll – “Someone saves me”
• Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco – “younger and warmer than me”
• Zach Hood and Sasha Alex Sloan – “Sleewalking”

Best direction

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days”
• Charli XCX – “Guess with Billie Eilish”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not like us”
• Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
• Rosé and Bruno Mars – “apt.”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Best artistic direction

• Charli XCX – “Guess with Billie Eilish”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not like us”
• Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
• Lord – “Man of the Year”
• Miley Cyrus – “End of the World”
• Rosé and Bruno Mars – “apt.”

Best photography

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days”
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
• 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”
• Tate McRae – “Keep watching”

Better choreography

• Dochii – “Anxiety”
• Twigs Fka – “Eusexua”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not like us”
• Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
• Tyla – “Push 2 Start”
• Zara Larsson – “Pretty Ugly”

Best visual effects

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days”
• Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
• Rosé and Bruno Mars – “apt.”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
• Tate McRae – “Keep watching”
• The Weeknd – “hurry up tomorrow”

Source: Terra

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