Lady Gaga is the great name of Vma 2025; See the complete list of winners

Singer took four prizes at night, including Artist of the Year; Rosé, Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter also distinguished themselves in the prize

The 2025 edition of MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) It was held this Sunday, 7, in New York, bringing together the main names of music on one night marked by shows, surprises and great victories. With presentation of the rapper LL Cool JThe ceremony celebrated the diversity of genres and styles, as well as rewarding both veterans and debutants.

Lady Gaga performs “Abracadabra” and “The Dead Dance” @Thegarden #Vamas @Lady Gaga pic.twitter.com/7qg2bjtpwj

– Video Music Awards (@vmas) 8 September 2025

Guiding the nominations with 12 nominations, Lady Gaga He was one of the great winners of the night. The singer won the prizes of the artist of the year, the best direction, the best artistic direction and a better collaboration, the latter next to Bruno Marswith the song Do you die with a smile.

Rosé also shone, winning in music of the year with Apt.His partnership with Bruno Mars.

Among the neophytes, Alex Warren He distinguished himself as an artist of the Apocalypse. Sabrina CarpenterWhich was consolidated as pop force, took three trophies: the best pop artist, the best album and the best visual effects.

Ariana Grande won in three categories: video of the year, best pop and best long, with the project Brighter days.

VMA 2025 have also assigned representatives of specific genres such as Shakira (Best Latin), Dochii (Best hip hop and best choreography), Coldplay (Best Rock), Tyla (Best Afrobeat) e Lisa with Doja Cat AND Raye (Best K-Pop).

Take a look at the full list of the nominated and winners of VMA 2025 (in bold):

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
• Gentleman – What was that
• Rosé and Bruno Mars – Apt.
• Tate McRae – Sports machine
• 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 song (Tipsy)
• September 2024 – Ayra Starr – Last song by Heartbreak
• October 2024 – Mark Ambour – Belong together
• November 2024 – Lay Bankz – Searard
• December 2024 – Dasha – Bye bye bye
• January 2025 – Katseye – Touch
• February 2025 – Jordan Adventunji – Kehlani
• March 2025 – Leon Thomas – Yes
• 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 group

• Aespa
• Always low
• Backstreet Boys
• Blackpink
• Coldplay
• Evanescence
• Fuerza Regida
• Border group
• imagine Dragons
• Jonas Brothers
• Katseye
• My chemical love story
• Seventeen
• Stray children
• The marías
• Twenty -one pilots

Better collaboration

• Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs – Backup
• Kendrick Lamar and Sza – Luther
• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – Do you die with a smile
• Post Malone with 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 with jelly – Someone saves me
• Glorilla with Red Sexyy – Whatchu Kno on me
• Kendrick Lamar – Not like us
• LL Cool J with Eminem – Murdergram Deux
• Travis Scott – 4×4

The best R&B

• Chris Brown – Residues
• Leon Thomas and Freddie Gibbs – Mutt (remix)
• Mariah Carey – Type dangerous
• Partynextdoor – N oc hill
• Summer Walker – Heart of a woman
• Sza – Guide
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – Timeless

The 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

Better rock

• Coldplay – All my love
• EvaneScence – Adifife
• Green day – Bastard with eyes
• Lenny Kravitz – Honey
• Linkin Park – The emptiness machine
• Twenty -one pilots – The contract

Best Latin

• Bad Bunny – Baile forwarding
• J Balvin – River
• Karol G – Yes, first of Hubiera Foscoido
• Weight weight – The patul
• Rauw Alejandro and Romeo Santos – Ké?
• Shakira – Soltera

The best k-pop

• AESPA – Wiplash
• Jennie – Like Jennie
• Jimin – Who
• Jisoo – Earthquake
• Lisa ft. Doja Cat & Raye – Born again
• Stray children – CHK CHK BOOM
• Rose – Toxic to the end

Best Afrobeat

• Asake and Travis Scott – Active
• Burno Boy with Travis Scott – Taper
• Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillebeng and Shenseea – Shake it to the maximum (remix)
• Rema – Baby (it’s crime)
• Having with Asake – Do it well
• Tyla – Push 2 begins
• Wizkid with Brent Fair – Piece of my heart

Best country

• Chris Stapleton – I think I’m in love with you
• Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood – I will love you
• Gelatin – Liar
• Lainey Wilson – 4x4xu
• Megan Moroney – I am fine?
• Morgan Wallen – Smile

Summer music

• Addison Rae – Headphones
• Alex Warren – Ordinary
• BENSON BOONE – Magical mystical
• Bigxthaplug feat. Bailey Zimmerman – All the way
• Chappell Roan – The subway
• Demi Lovato – Fast
• Doja Cat – Jealous
• Huntr/X: Ejae, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami – Golden
• Jessie Murph – Blue stripes
• Justin Bieber – Margherite
• Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillebeng and Shenseea – Shake it at most (Moscow) (remix)
• Morgan Wallen feat. Tate McRae – What I want
• Ravyn Lanae feat. Rex Orange County – I don’t love me
• Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
• Sombr – From 12 to 12
• Tate McRae – Only Kep looking

Best Album

• Bad Bunny – I took more photos
• Kendrick Lamar – Methane
• Lady Gaga – Mayhem
• Morgan Wallen – They are the problem
• Sabrina Carpenter – Sweet short n ‘
• The Weeknd – Hurry up tomorrow

Better feature

• Ariana Grande – Brighter days
• Bad Bunny – I have to take bad photos (short film)
• Damiano David – Small fun stories
• Mac Miller – Pale
• Miley Cyrus – Something beautiful
• The Weeknd – Hurry up tomorrow

Best video forever

• Burna Boy – Higher
• Charli XCX – Guess With Billie Eilish
• Dochii – Anxiety
• Eminem Ft. Jelly Roll – Someone saves me
• Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco – Younger and warmer than me
• Zach Hood Ft. Sasha Alex Sloan – Sleepwalking

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
• Gentleman – Man of the year
• Miley Cyrus – End of the world
• Rosé and Bruno Mars – Apt.

Best cinematography

• 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 – Only Kep looking

Better choreography

• Dochii – Anxiety
• Twigs Fka – Eusexua
• Kendrick Lamar – Not like us
• Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
• Tyla – Push 2 begins
• Zara Larsson – Quite bad

Best visual effects

• Ariana Grande – Brighter days
• Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
• Rosé & Bruno Mars – Apt.
• Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
• Tate McRae – Only Kep looking
• The Weeknd – Hurry up tomorrow

Source: Terra

Earl

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