The 2025 MTV VMAs nominations have been announced, and Lady Gaga is this year’s leader with 12 nominations, including Artist of the Year, Best Album, Song of the Year, and Video of the Year.
Meanwhile, the next most nominated artists are Bruno Mars with 11 nominations, and Kendrick Lamar with 10. Rosé and Sabrina Carpenter are tied behind them with eight each.
In addition to the usual categories, MTV has added top artist categories for country and pop, nominating Chris Stapleton, Lainey Wilson, Megan Moroney and Morgan Wallen for the former. The nominees for top pop artist include Ariana Grande, Charli XCX, Justin Bieber, Lorde, Miley Cyrus, Sabrina Carpenter and Tate McRae.
The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards will air live on Sunday, September 7 at 8:00 p.m. ET on CBS, MTV and Paramount Plus. Fan voting is open until September 5 at 6:00 p.m. ET at vote.mtv.com. See the full list of nominees below.
Video of the year
Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead”
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
Kendrick Lamar – “Ain’t No One 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
Beyonce
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 New Artist
Alex Warren
Ella Langley
Gigi Perez
Lola Young
sombr
Marías
Best Pop Artist
Ariana Grande
Charli XCX
Justin Bieber
Lorde
Miley Cyrus
Sabrina Carpenter
Tate McRae
Best collaboration
Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs – “Backup Plan (Official Music Video for Stagecoach)”
Kendrick Lamar and SZA – “Luther”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die with a Smile”
Post Malone ft. 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 – “Alarm”
Drake – “Nokia”
Eminem – “Someal Save Me” feat. Jelly Roll
Glorilla – “Whatchu kno about me” feat. Sexy Red
Kendrick Lamar – “Ain’t Nothin’ Like Us”
LL Cool J – “Murdergram Deux” feat. Eminem
Travis Scott – “4×4”
Best R&B
Kriss Brauns – “atlikumi”
Leons Tomass un Fredijs Gibbs – “Mutt (remikss)”
Mariah Carey – “tips bīstams”
PartyNextDoor – “N O C Hill”
Summer Walker – “Sievietes sirds”
SZA – “Drive”
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
Labākā alternatīva
Gigi Perezs – “Sailor Song”
Iedomājieties pūķus – “Mosties”
Lola Young – “netīrs”
MGK & Jelly Roll – “Lonely Road”
sombr – “Atpakaļ pie draugiem”
Marías – “Atpakaļ pie manis”
Labākais klints
Coldplay – “Visa mana mīlestība”
Evanescence – “Pēcnāve (no Netflix sērijas Velns var raudāt) ”
Zaļā diena – “Viena acs bastards”
Lenny Kravitz – “Medus”
Linkin Park – “Tukšuma mašīna”
Divdesmit viens pilots – “Līgums”
Labākā latīņu valoda
Slikts zaķis – “Baile neizšķirams”
J Balvins – “Rio”
Karol G – “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido”
Peso pluma – “la Patrulla”
Rauw Alejandro & Romeo Santos – “Khé?”
Šakira – “Soltera”
Labākais k-pop
Aespa – “Whiplash”
Dženija – “kā Dženija”
Džimins – “kurš”
Jisoo – “zemestrīce”
Liza – “Born Again” varoņdarbs. Doja kaķis un raye
Klaiņojošie bērni – “chk chk uzplaukums”
Rosé – “toksisks līdz beigām”
Labākie Afrobeats
Asake & Travis Scott – “Active”
Burna Boy – “Tatata” feat. Travis Skots
Molija, Klusais Adijs, Skillibeng & Shenseea – “Sakratiet to līdz maksimālajam (mušu) (remikss)”
Rema – “Baby (vai tas ir noziegums)”
TEMS – “Get It Right” feat. Asināt
Tyla – “Push 2 start”
Wizkid – “My Heart” feat. Brents Faijazs
Labākā valsts
Kriss Stapletons – “domāju, ka esmu tevī iemīlējies”
Kodijs Džonsons ar Keriju Undervudu – “Es tevi mīlēšu”
Želejas rullītis – “melis”
Lainijs Vilsons – “4x4xu”
Megana Moroney – “Vai man viss ir kārtībā?”
Morgans Valens – “smaids”
Labākais albums
Slikts zaķis – Debí Tirar Más Fotos
Kendriks Lamārs – GNX
Lady Gaga – Mērītāja
Morgans Valens – Es esmu problēma
Sabrina galdniece – Īss n ‘salds
Weeknd – Pasteidzieties rīt
Labākais garās formas video
Ariana Grande – “gaišākas dienas priekšā”
Bad Bunny – “Debí Tirar Más Fotos (īsfilma)”
Damiano Deivids – “Smieklīgi mazi stāsti”
Mac Millers – “balonerisms”
Mailija Sairusa – “kaut kas skaists”
The Weeknd – “Pasteidzieties rīt”
Video par labu
Burna Boy – “Higher”
Charli XCX – “Guess” feat. Billie Eilish
Doechii – “Anxiety”
Eminem – “Someal Save Me” feat. Jelly Roll
Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco – “Younger and Hotter Than Me”
Zach Hood – “Sleepwalking” feat. Sasha Alex Sloan
Best direction
Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead”
Charli XCX – “Guess” Fe Billie Eilish)
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Rosé & Bruno Mars – “Apt.”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Best Art Direction
Charli XCX – “Guess” feat. Billie Eilish
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Lorde – “Person of the Year”
Miley Cyrus – “End of the World”
Rosé & 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 – “Ain’t No One Like Us”
Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching” (from the F1® 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 Movie)
The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”
MTV Push Performance of the Year
August 2024 – Shaboozey – “Bar Song (Tipsy)”
September 2024 – Ayra Starr – “Last Heartbreak Song”
October 2024 – Mark Ambor – “Belong Together”
November 2024 – Lay Bankz – “Graveyard”
December 2024 – Dasha – “Bye Bye Bye”
January 2025 – Katseye – “Touch”
February 2025 – Jordan Adetunji – “Kehlani”
March 2025 – Leon Thomas – “Yes It Is”
April 2025 – Livingston – “Shadow”
May 2025 – Damiano David – “Next Summer”
June 2025 – Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”
July 2025 – Sample – “Sally When “the wine is running out”
