MTV Reveals Winners for 2025 “Video Music Awards” (“VMAs”)

Lady Gaga Commands the Night with 4 Wins, Closely Followed by Ariana Grande (VIDEO OF THE YEAR) and Sabrina Carpenter with 3 Wins

WINNERS IN EACH CATEGORY BELOW:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR, Presented by Burger King®

• Ariana Grande - “brighter days ahead” - Republic Records

ARTIST OF THE YEAR 

• Lady Gaga - Interscope Records 

SONG OF THE YEAR 

• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - “APT.” - Atlantic Records   

BEST NEW ARTIST

• Alex Warren - Atlantic Records

BEST POP ARTIST 

• Sabrina Carpenter - Island

MTV PUSH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR, presented by BACARDÍ® Rum 

• KATSEYE - “Touch” - HYBE/Geffen Records (Jan 2025)      

BEST COLLABORATION, presented by Under Armour 

• Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - “Die With A Smile” - Interscope Records

BEST POP

• Ariana Grande - “brighter days ahead” - Republic Record              

BEST HIP-HOP

• Doechii - “Anxiety” - Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records  

BEST R&B

• Mariah Carey - “Type Dangerous” - gamma.        

BEST ALTERNATIVE

• sombr - “back to friends” - SMB Music/Warner Records  

BEST ROCK

• Coldplay - “ALL MY LOVE” - Atlantic Records

BEST LATIN

• Shakira - “Soltera“ - Sony Music US Latin

BEST AFROBEATS

• Tyla - “PUSH 2 START” - FAX Records/Epic Records           

BEST K-POP

• LISA ft. Doja Cat & RAYE - “Born Again” - Lloud Co./RCA Records 

BEST COUNTRY

• Megan Moroney - “Am I Okay?” - Columbia Records       

BEST ALBUM

• Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet - Island           

BEST LONG FORM VIDEO

• Ariana Grande - “brighter days ahead” - Republic Records

VIDEO FOR GOOD

• Charli xcx - “Guess featuring Billie Eilish” - Atlantic Records

BEST DIRECTION

• Lady Gaga - “Abracadabra” - Interscope Records

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Kendrick Lamar - “Not Like Us” - pgLang/Interscope Records

BEST EDITING

• Tate McRae - “Just Keep Watching (From F1® The Movie)” - Atlantic Records

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

• Doechii - “Anxiety” - Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Sabrina Carpenter - “Manchild” - Island

BEST ART DIRECTION

• Lady Gaga - “Abracadabra” - Interscope Records

SOCIAL CATEGORIES:

BEST GROUP 

• BLACKPINK

SONG OF THE SUMMER

• Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching (From F1® The Movie)” – Atlantic Records

SPECIAL AWARDS: 

VIDEO VANGUARD

• Mariah Carey

MTV VMA Rock The Bells Visionary Award

• Busta Rhymes

LATIN ICON AWARD

• Ricky Martin

The 2025 “VMAs” are produced by Gunpowder & Sky. Bruce Gillmer, Den of Thieves co-founder Jesse Ignjatovic, and Barb Bialkowski are executive producers. Alicia Portugal is co-executive producer. Jackie Barba is executive in charge of production. Wendy Plaut is executive in charge of celebrity talent. Lisa Lauricella is executive in charge of music talent.

Official sponsors of the 2025 “VMAs” include BACARDÍ® Rum, Burger King®, DORITOS®, Downy Unstopables, Dunkin’®, The General Insurance®, PANTENE and Under Armour.