Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars lead the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards nominations

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MTV has revealed the list of nominees for the 2025 Video Music Awards. Lady Gaga leads with the most potential awards. Right behind her are Bruno Mars and Kendrick Lamar, each with 10 nominations.

Rosé and Sabrina Carpenter received 8 nominations each, while Ariana Grande and The Weeknd have 7. Billie Eilish is nominated in 6 categories, and Charli XCX in 5. Several artists, including Bad Bunny, Doechii, Ed Sheeran, Jelly Roll, Miley Cyrus, and Tate McRae, received 4 nominations each. The ceremony will take place on September 8.

2025 MTV Video Music Awards — Main Categories

Video of the Year

Ariana Grande — Brighter Days Ahead
Billie Eilish — Birds of a Feather
Kendrick Lamar — Not 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
Beyoncé
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, Iʼm Sorry
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — Die With a Smile
Lorde — What Was That
Rosé & Bruno Mars — Apt.
ae — Sports Car
The Weeknd & Playboi Carti — Timeless

Best New Artist

Alex Warren
Ella Langley
Gigi Perez
Lola Young
Sombr
The Marías

Best Pop Artist

Ariana Grande
Charli XCX
Justin Bieber
Lorde
Miley Cyrus
Sabrina Carpenter
Tate McRae

Best Collaboration

Bailey Zimmerman & Luke Combs — Backup Plan
Kendrick Lamar & SZA — Luther
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — Die With a Smile
Post Malone Featuring Blake Shelton — Pour Me a Drink
Rosé & Bruno Mars — Apt.
Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco — Sunset Blvd

Best Pop Video

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 Video

Doechii — Anxiety
Drake — Nokia
Eminem Featuring Jelly Roll — Somebody Save Me
Glorilla Featuring Sexyy Red — Whatchu Kno About Me
Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us
LL Cool J Featuring Eminem — Murdergram Deux
Travis Scott — 4×4

Best R&B Video

Chris Brown — Residuals
Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs — Mutt (Remix)
Mariah Carey — Type Dangerous
PartyNextDoor — No Chill
Summer Walker — Heart of a Woman
SZA — Drive
The Weeknd & Playboi Carti — Timeless

Best Alternative Video

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

Best Rock Video

Coldplay — All My Love
Evanescence — Afterlife (from the Netflix series «Devil May Cry»)
Green Day — One Eyed Bastard
Lenny Kravitz — Honey
Linkin Park — The Emptiness Machine
Twenty One Pilots — The Contract

Best K-pop Video

Aespa — Whiplash
Jennie — Like Jennie
Jimin — Who
Jisoo — Earthquake
Lisa Featuring Doja Cat & Raye — Born Again
Stray Kids — Chk Chk Boom
Rosé — Toxic Till the End

Album of the Year

Bad Bunny — Debí Tirar Más Fotos
Kendrick Lamar — GNX
Lady Gaga — Mayhem
Morgan Wallen — Iʼm the Problem
Sabrina Carpenter — Short n» Sweet
The Weeknd — Hurry Up Tomorrow

The MTV Video Music Awards is an annual ceremony recognizing excellence in music videos. Originally created as an alternative to the Grammy Awards (in the video category), the first VMA ceremony was held in 1984 at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.