
The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards were held on 7 September at UBS Arena in New York, with Lady Gaga emerging as the top winner.
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Leading with 12 nominations, she took home four awards, including Artist of the Year, Best Direction, Best Art Direction and Best Collaboration with Bruno Mars for “Die With a Smile.”
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Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter collected three awards each. Meanwhile, ROSÉ and her BLACKPINK bandmate LISA each earned one honour.
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Special honours went to Mariah Carey, who received the Video Vanguard Award, Ricky Martin, named the first Latin Icon, and Busta Rhymes, honoured with the Rock the Bells Visionary Award.
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Other winners included Doechii, Coldplay, Shakira, Tyla and Megan Moroney.
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2025 MTV VMAs - Full Winners List
Video of the Year: Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead”
Artist of the Year: Lady Gaga
Song of the Year: ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
Best New Artist: Alex Warren
Best Pop Artist: Sabrina Carpenter
MTV Push Performance of the Year: KATSEYE – “Touch”
Best Collaboration: Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
Best Pop Video: Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead”
Best Hip-Hop: Doechii – “Anxiety”
Best R&B: Mariah Carey – “Type Dangerous”
Best Alternative: sombr – “Back to Friends”
Best Rock: Coldplay – “All My Love”
Best Latin: Shakira – “Soltera”
Best K-pop: LISA ft. Doja Cat & RAYE – “Born Again”
Best Afrobeats: Tyla – “Push 2 Start”
Best Country: Megan Moroney – “Am I Okay?”
Best Album: Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet
Best Long-Form Video: Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead”
Video for Good: Charli XCX– “Guess” featuring Billie Eilish
Best Direction: Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Best Art Direction: Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Best Cinematography: Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Best Editing: Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching” (From F1 The Movie)
Best Choreography: Doechii – “Anxiety”
Best Visual Effects: Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Song of the Summer:Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching” (From F1 The Movie)
Best Group: BLACKPINK
Special Honours:
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Video Vanguard Award – Mariah Carey
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Latin Icon Award – Ricky Martin
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Rock the Bells Visionary Award – Busta Rhymes
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