MTV Video Music Awards - September 7th, 2025

[Embach]

 

[takemybreath]

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, 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 / The Marías

 

Best Pop Artist  
Ariana Grande / Charli XCX / Justin Bieber / Lorde / Miley Cyrus / Sabrina Carpenter / Tate McRae

 

MTV Push Performance of the Year  
Shaboozey — "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" / Ayra Starr — "Last Heartbreak Song" / Mark Ambor — "Belong Together" / Lay Bankz — "Graveyard" / Dasha — "Bye Bye Bye" / KATSEYE — "Touch" / Jordan Adetunji — "KEHLANI" / Leon Thomas — "YES IT IS" / Livingston — "Shadow" / Damiano David — "Next Summer" / Gigi Perez — "Sailor Song" / ROLE MODEL — "Sally, When the Wine Runs Out"

 

Best Collaboration  
Bailey Zimmerman & Luke Combs — "Backup Plan" / Kendrick Lamar & SZA — "luther" / Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — "Die with a Smile" / Post Malone & 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 — "Anxiety" / Drake — "NOKIA" / Eminem & Jelly Roll — "Somebody Save Me" / GloRilla & Sexyy Red — "WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME" / Kendrick Lamar — "Not Like Us" / LL Cool J & Eminem — "Murdergram Deux" / Travis Scott — "4X4"

 

Best R&B  
Chris Brown — "Residuals" / Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs — "MUTT (REMIX)" / Mariah Carey — "Type Dangerous" / PARTYNEXTDOOR — "N o C h i l l" / Summer Walker — "Heart of a Woman" / SZA — "Drive" / The Weeknd & Playboi Carti — "Timeless"

 

Best Alternative  
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  
Coldplay — "ALL MY LOVE" / Evanescence — "Afterlife" / Green Day — "One Eyed Bastard" / Lenny Kravitz — "Honey" / Linkin Park — "The Emptiness Machine" / Twenty One Pilots — "The Contract"

 

Best Latin  
Bad Bunny — "BAILE INoLVIDABLE" / J Balvin — "Rio" / Karol G — "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido" / Peso Pluma — "LA PATRULLA" / Rauw Alejandro & Romeo Santos — "Khé?" / Shakira — "Soltera"

 

Best K-Pop  
aespa — "Whiplash" / JENNIE — "like JENNIE" / Jimin — "Who" / JISOO — "earthquake" / LISA & Doja Cat & RAYE — "Born Again" / Stray Kids — "Chk Chk Boom" / ROSÉ — "toxic till the end"

 

Best Afrobeats  
Asake & Travis Scott — "Active" / Burna Boy & Travis Scott — "TaTaTa" / MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea — "Shake It to the Max (FLY) (Remix)" / Rema — "Baby (Is It a Crime)" / Tems & Asake — "Get It Right" / Tyla — "PUSH 2 START" / Wizkid & Brent Faiyaz — "Piece of My Heart"

 

Best Country  
Chris Stapleton — "Think I'm in Love with You" / Cody Johnson & Carrie Underwood — "I'm Gonna Love You" / Jelly Roll — "Liar" / Lainey Wilson — "4x4xU" / Megan Moroney — "Am I Okay?" / Morgan Wallen — "Smile"

 

Best Album  
Bad Bunny — "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS" / Kendrick Lamar — "GNX" / Lady Gaga — "Mayhem" / Morgan Wallen — "I'm the Problem" / Sabrina Carpenter — "Short n' Sweet" / The Weeknd — "Hurry Up Tomorrow"

 

Best Long Form Video  
Ariana Grande — "brighter days ahead" / Bad Bunny — "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Short Film)" / Damiano David — "FUNNY little STORIES" / Mac Miller — "Balloonerism" / Miley Cyrus — "Something Beautiful" / The Weeknd — "Hurry Up Tomorrow"

 

Video for Good  
Burna Boy — "Higher" / Charli XCX — "Guess" / Doechii — "Anxiety" / Eminem & Jelly Roll — "Somebody Save Me" / Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco — "Younger and Hotter Than Me" / Zach Hood & Sasha Alex Sloan — "Sleepwalking"

 

Best Direction  
Ariana Grande — "brighter days ahead" / Charli XCX — "Guess" / Kendrick Lamar — "Not Like Us" / Lady Gaga — "Abracadabra" / ROSÉ & Bruno Mars — "APT." / Sabrina Carpenter — "Manchild"

 

Best Art Direction  
Charli XCX — "Guess" / Kendrick Lamar — "Not Like Us" / Lady Gaga — "Abracadabra" / Lorde — "Man 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" / Ed Sheeran — "Sapphire" / Kendrick Lamar — "Not Like Us" / Lady Gaga — "Abracadabra" / Sabrina Carpenter — "Manchild" / Tate McRae — "Just Keep Watching"

 

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" / The Weeknd — "Hurry Up Tomorrow"
 

 

[takemybreath]

Are you watching this tonight? If so, who are your rooting for? Discuss the nominations and who will be the possible winners? Post your favorite moments and looks after the show! 

[Bluntiana come on]

Waiting for my third mother 

[dollanganger]

maybe im out of touch but these nominations are doodoo will not be watching. and also i dont know how MTV can afford to keep their lights on anymore let alone still do this every year when rob dyrdek still has all of the executives at gunpoint to produce a billion more episodes of ridiculousness for him which no one watches but i will say the marías better take everything 

[PipeDelRey]

I wish this was real, but I just made it with AI! 
 

 

[DeadSeaOfMercury]

Ending of Top Gun with Gaga is playing on MTV, Then VMAs are playing Abracadabra 

[DeadSeaOfMercury]

Never heard of cat’s eye 

and they’ve got a sold out us tour?

[Auburn Cuprum]

13 minutes ago, DeadSeaOfMercury said:

Never heard of cat’s eye 

and they’ve got a sold out us tour?

ive heard their names a few times but i thought they were a kpop group, i was so shocked when i found out they werent when their jeans ad came out 

[DeadSeaOfMercury]

Mariah never won a VMA before?!?

[details]

no shade to sabrina but she's giving him from the powerpuff girls tonight  gurl your skin is RED

[Bluntiana come on]

33 minutes ago, PipeDelRey said:

I wish this was real, but I just made it with AI! 
 

 

Oh my god I swear to god if Lana appeared on the VMAs with this I will be so gagged I think I could die from it

1 hour ago, Flopbird come on said:

Waiting for my third mother 

Finally I saw third mother but I still want my second mother

[DeadSeaOfMercury]

This Megan Stalter has never performed live before

[DeadSeaOfMercury]

I think Mr beast is / thinking about buying MTV

[DeadSeaOfMercury]

I don’t use Pantene, But I love that serving hair since 45 ad

[DeadSeaOfMercury]

The litter box.

Doja’s influence!

[ChaoticLipster]

So happy Lady Gaga won best artist,  makes a change from Taylor Swift 

[blueskiesforever]

Ricky Martin looks amazing for 53 

[DeadSeaOfMercury]

I think I’ve been brainwashed, I ordered Tate’s album…

[shadesofblue]

apt winning song of the year...

im sorry but that song fills me with rage whenever I hear it