MTV VMAs 2025: See the full winners list

The 2025 MTV VMAs featured some of music’s biggest stars taking home a coveted Moon Person trophy.

LL Cool J hosted the event, which took place this year on Sunday, Sept. 7, at the UBS Arena in New York.

Going into the show, Lady Gaga led with most nominations, scoring 12 nominations total. Other leading nominees included Kendrick Lamar with 10 nods; ROSÉ and Sabrina Carpenter with eight each; Ariana Grande and The Weeknd with seven apiece; Billie Eilish with six; and Charli XCX with five.

From Gaga to Ricky Martin, Mariah Carey, Alex Warren and more, here are all the night’s winners.

Video of the year

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead” – WINNER
• ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”

Artist of the year

• Lady Gaga – WINNER
• Bad Bunny
• Beyoncé
• Kendrick Lamar
• Morgan Wallen

Best new artist

• Alex Warren – WINNER
• Ella Langley
• Gigi Perez
• Lola Young
• sombr
• The Marías

Latin Icon Award

Ricky Martin – WINNER

Best country

• Megan Moroney – “Am I Okay?” – WINNER
• 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”
• Morgan Wallen – “Smile”

Song of the year

• ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.” – WINNER
• Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
• Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”
• Doechii – “Anxiety”
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
• Gracie Abrams – “I Love You, I’m Sorry”
• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
• Lorde – “What Was That”
• Tate McRae – “Sports Car”
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

Best R&B

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

Video Vanguard Award

Mariah Carey – WINNER

Best alternative

• Sombr – “Back to Friends” – WINNER
• Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”
• Imagine Dragons – “Wake Up”
• Lola Young – “Messy”
• mgk and Jelly Roll – “Lonely Road”
• The Marías – “Back to Me”

Song of summer

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

Rock the Bells Visionary Award

Busta Rhymes

PUSH Performance of the Year

• Katseye – “Touch” – WINNER
• Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
• Ayra Starr – “Last Heartbreak Song”
• Mark Ambor – “Belong Together”
• Lay Bankz – “Graveyard”
• Dasha – “Bye Bye Bye”
• Jordan Adetunji – “KEHLANI”
• Leon Thomas – “YES IT IS”
• Livingston – “Shadow”
• Role Model – “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out”
• Damiano David – “Next Summer”
• Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”

Best K-pop

• LISA ft. Doja Cat and RAYE – “Born Again” – WINNER
• aespa – “Whiplash”
• JENNIE – “like JENNIE”
• Jimin – “Who”
• JISOO – “earthquake”
• ROSÉ – “toxic till the end”
• Stray Kids – “Chk Chk Boom”

Best Afrobeats

• Tyla – “PUSH 2 START” – WINNER
• Asake and Travis Scott – “Active”
• Burna Boy ft. Travis Scott – “TaTaTa”
• Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shenseea – “Shake It To The Max (FLY)” (Remix)
• Rema – “Baby (Is It A Crime)”
• Tems ft. Asake – “Get It Right”
• Wizkid ft. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece Of My Heart”

Best album

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

Best collaboration

• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile” – WINNER
• Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs – “Backup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)”
• Kendrick Lamar and SZA – “luther”
• Post Malone ft. Blake Shelton – “Pour Me A Drink”
• ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco – “Sunset Blvd”

Best pop

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead” – WINNER
• Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
• ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Best hip-hop

• Doechii – “Anxiety” – WINNER
• 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 pop artist

• Sabrina Carpenter – WINNER
• Ariana Grande
• Tate McRae
• Charli xcx
• Justin Bieber
• Lorde
• Miley Cyrus

Best Latin

• Shakira – “Soltera” – WINNER
• Bad Bunny – “BAILE INoLVIDABLE”
• J Balvin – “Rio”
• KAROL G – “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido”
• Peso Pluma and Netón Vega – “LA PATRULLA”
• Rauw Alejandro and Romeo Santos – “Khé?”

Best group

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

Best rock

• Coldplay – “ALL MY LOVE” – WINNER
• Evanescence – “Afterlife”
• Green Day – “One Eyed Bastard”
• Lenny Kravitz – “Honey”
• Linkin Park – “The Emptiness Machine”
• Twenty One Pilots – “The Contract”

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​GMA  The 2025 MTV VMAs featured some of music’s biggest stars taking home a coveted Moon Person trophy.LL Cool J hosted the event, which took place this year on Sunday, Sept. 7, at the UBS Arena in New York.Going into the show, Lady Gaga led with most nominations, scoring 12 nominations total. Other leading nominees included Kendrick Lamar with 10 nods; ROSÉ and Sabrina Carpenter with eight each; Ariana Grande and The Weeknd with seven apiece; Billie Eilish with six; and Charli XCX with five.From Gaga to Ricky Martin, Mariah Carey, Alex Warren and more, here are all the night’s winners.Video of the yearAriana Grande accepts the Video of the Year Award for Brighter Days Ahead onstage during the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on Sept. 7, 2025, in Elmont, New York.Manny Carabel/Getty Images for MTVAriana Grande – “brighter days ahead” – WINNERROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”Artist of the yearLady Gaga accepts the Artist of the Year award from Lenny Kravitz on stage during the MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, on Sept. 7, 2025.Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty ImagesLady Gaga – WINNERBad BunnyBeyoncéKendrick LamarMorgan WallenBest new artistAlex Warren wins the Best New Artist Award at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on Sept. 7, 2025, in Elmont, New York.Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for MTVAlex Warren – WINNERElla LangleyGigi PerezLola YoungsombrThe MaríasLatin Icon AwardRicky Martin accepts the “Latin Icon Award” during the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on Sept. 7, 2025, in Elmont, New York.Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for MTVRicky Martin – WINNER Best countryMegan Moroney attends the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on Sept. 7, 2025, in Elmont, New York.Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for MTVMegan Moroney – “Am I Okay?” – WINNERChris Stapleton – “Think I’m In Love With You”Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood – “I’m Gonna Love You”Jelly Roll – “Liar”Lainey Wilson – “4x4xU”Morgan Wallen – “Smile”Song of the yearRose accepts the Song of the Year Award for “APT” with Bruno Mars onstage during the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on Sept. 7, 2025, in Elmont, New York.Manny Carabel/Getty Images for MTVROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.” – WINNERAlex Warren – “Ordinary”Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”Doechii – “Anxiety”Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”Gracie Abrams – “I Love You, I’m Sorry”Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”Lorde – “What Was That”Tate McRae – “Sports Car”The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”Best R&BMariah Carey – “Type Dangerous” – WINNERChris Brown – “Residuals”Leon Thomas and Freddie Gibbs – “MUTT (REMIX)”PARTYNEXTDOOR – “N o C h i l l”Summer Walker – “Heart Of A Woman”SZA – “Drive”The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”Video Vanguard AwardMariah Carey accepts the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award from Ariana Grande during the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on Sept. 7, 2025, in Elmont, New York.Manny Carabel/Getty Images for MTVMariah Carey – WINNERBest alternativeSombr – “Back to Friends” – WINNERGigi Perez – “Sailor Song”Imagine Dragons – “Wake Up”Lola Young – “Messy”mgk and Jelly Roll – “Lonely Road”The Marías – “Back to Me”Popular ReadsSong of summerTate McRae – “Just Keep Watching” – WINNERAddison Rae – “Headphones On”Alex Warren – “Ordinary”Benson Boone – “Mystical Magical”Chappell Roan – “The Subway”BigXthaPlug ft. Bailey Zimmerman – “All the Way”Sombr – “12 to 12″Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”Ravyn Lenae ft. Rex Orange County – “Love Me Not”Morgan Wallen ft. Tate McRae – “What I Want”Demi Lovato – “Fast”Doja Cat – “Jealous Type”Jessie Murph – “Blue Strips”Justin Bieber – “Daisies”MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shenseea – “Shake It to the Max (FLY)” (Remix)HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI – “Golden”Rock the Bells Visionary AwardBusta Rhymes reacts as he receives the Rock the Bells Visionary Award at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, New York, Sept. 7, 2025.Brendan McDermid/ReutersBusta RhymesPUSH Performance of the YearMegan Skiendiel, Manon Bannerman, Daniela Avanzini, Yoonchae Jeong, Sophia Laforteza, and Lara Raj of “Katseye”, winners of the MTV Push Performance Of The Year Award for “Touch” pose in the press room during the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on Sept. 7, 2025, in Elmont, New York.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesKatseye – “Touch” – WINNERShaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”Ayra Starr – “Last Heartbreak Song”Mark Ambor – “Belong Together”Lay Bankz – “Graveyard”Dasha – “Bye Bye Bye”Jordan Adetunji – “KEHLANI”Leon Thomas – “YES IT IS”Livingston – “Shadow”Role Model – “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out”Damiano David – “Next Summer”Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”Best K-popLISA ft. Doja Cat and RAYE – “Born Again” – WINNERaespa – “Whiplash”JENNIE – “like JENNIE”Jimin – “Who”JISOO – “earthquake”ROSÉ – “toxic till the end”Stray Kids – “Chk Chk Boom”Best AfrobeatsTyla – “PUSH 2 START” – WINNERAsake and Travis Scott – “Active”Burna Boy ft. Travis Scott – “TaTaTa”Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shenseea – “Shake It To The Max (FLY)” (Remix)Rema – “Baby (Is It A Crime)”Tems ft. Asake – “Get It Right”Wizkid ft. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece Of My Heart”Best albumSabrina Carpenter, winner of the Best Album Award for “Short n’ Sweet” attends the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on Sept. 7, 2025, in Elmont, New York.Noam Galai/Getty Images for MTVSabrina Carpenter – “Short n’ Sweet” – WINNERBad Bunny- “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS”Kendrick Lamar – “GNX”Lady Gaga – “Mayhem”Morgan Wallen – “I’m The Problem”The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”Best collaborationLady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile” – WINNER Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs – “Backup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)”Kendrick Lamar and SZA – “luther”Post Malone ft. Blake Shelton – “Pour Me A Drink”ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco – “Sunset Blvd”Best popAriana Grande accepts the award for best pop for “Brighter Days Ahead” during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 7, 2025, at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y.Charles Sykes/Invision via APAriana Grande – “brighter days ahead” – WINNERAlex Warren – “Ordinary”Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”Best hip-hopDoechii – “Anxiety” – WINNERDrake – “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 pop artistSabrina Carpenter – WINNERAriana GrandeTate McRaeCharli xcxJustin BieberLordeMiley CyrusBest LatinShakira – “Soltera” – WINNERBad Bunny – “BAILE INoLVIDABLE”J Balvin – “Rio”KAROL G – “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido”Peso Pluma and Netón Vega – “LA PATRULLA”Rauw Alejandro and Romeo Santos – “Khé?”Best groupBlackpink – WINNERaespaAll Time LowBackstreet BoysColdplayEvanescenceFuerza RegidaGrupo FronteraJonas BrothersImagine DragonsKatseye My Chemical RomanceSeventeenStray KidsThe MaríasTwenty One PilotsBest rockColdplay – “ALL MY LOVE” – WINNEREvanescence – “Afterlife”Green Day – “One Eyed Bastard”Lenny Kravitz – “Honey”Linkin Park – “The Emptiness Machine”Twenty One Pilots – “The Contract”Adblock test (Why?) 

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