Viewers tuned in for the spectacle, however on Sunday evening at New York’s UBS Area, the highlight was firmly on the music trade’s brightest stars because the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) handed out its signature Moon Individual trophies. The annual celebration of popular culture moments, chart-toppers, and visible artistry delivered no scarcity of standout wins — with Girl Gaga main the cost.

Gaga, who entered the evening because the most-nominated artist with 12 nods, proved her dominance as soon as once more by taking residence 4 trophies, together with the coveted MTV VMAs Artist of the 12 months. Her Bruno Mars collaboration “Die With a Smile” additionally secured Finest Collaboration, whereas her imaginative and prescient behind the music earned her each Finest Route and Finest Artwork Route.okay

The evening additionally noticed Ariana Grande gather three Moon Individuals — together with Video of the 12 months for “Brighter Days Forward” — and Sabrina Carpenter emerge as one other large winner with a trio of honors spanning Finest Pop and MTV VMAs Album of the 12 months for Brief n’ Candy. In the meantime, ROSÉ scored Track of the 12 months for her Bruno Mars duet “APT.” and BLACKPINK’s Lisa stored Okay-pop within the highlight together with her win for “Born Once more” alongside Doja Cat and RAYE.

Legends have been celebrated as effectively: Mariah Carey obtained the career-defining Video Vanguard Award, Ricky Martin turned the first-ever recipient of the Latin Icon Award, and Busta Rhymes was honored with the Rock the Bells Visionary Award — every punctuating their recognition with powerhouse medley performances.

Maintain studying for the whole record of winners from the 2025 MTV VMAs.

Video of the 12 months

• WINNER: Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Forward”
• Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
• Girl Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

Artist of the 12 months

• Unhealthy Bunny
• Beyoncé
• Kendrick Lamar
• WINNER: Girl Gaga
• Morgan Wallen
• Taylor Swift
• The Weeknd

Track of the 12 months

• Alex Warren – “Abnormal”
• Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
• Doechii – “Nervousness”
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire” (feat. Arijit Singh)
• Gracie Abrams – “I Love You, I’m Sorry”
• Girl Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
• Lorde – “What Was That”
• WINNER: ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Tate McRae – “Sports activities Automotive”
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

Finest New Artist

• WINNER: Alex Warren
• Ella Langley
• Gigi Perez
• Lola Younger – Island
• sombr
• The Marías

Finest Collaboration

• Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs – “Backup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)”
• Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “luther”
• WINNER: Girl Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
• Put up Malone feat. Blake Shelton – “Pour Me a Drink”
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Selena Gomez, benny blanco – “Sundown Blvd”

Finest Album

• Unhealthy Bunny – DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
• Kendrick Lamar – GNX
• Girl Gaga – Mayhem
• Morgan Wallen – I’m the Downside
• WINNER: Sabrina Carpenter – Brief n’ Candy
• The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow

Finest Lengthy Kind Video

• WINNER: Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Forward”
• Unhealthy Bunny – “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Brief Movie)”
• Damiano David – “FUNNY little STORIES”
• Mac Miller – “Balloonerism”
• Miley Cyrus – “One thing Lovely”
• The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”

Video for Good

• Burna Boy – “Larger”
• WINNER: Charli xcx – “Guess that includes Billie Eilish”
• Doechii – “Nervousness”
• Eminem feat. Jelly Roll – “Any individual Save Me”
• Selena Gomez, benny blanco – “Youthful and Hotter Than Me”
• Zach Hood feat. Sasha Alex Sloan – “Sleepwalking”

MTV VMAs Push Efficiency of the 12 months

• August 2024 – Shaboozey – “A Bar Track (Tipsy)”
• September 2024 – Ayra Starr – “Final Heartbreak Track”
• October 2024 – Mark Ambor – “Belong Collectively”
• November 2024 – Lay Bankz – “Graveyard”
• December 2024 – Dasha – “Bye Bye Bye”
• WINNER: January 2025 – KATSEYE – “Contact”
• February 2025 – Jordan Adetunji – “KEHLANI”
• March 2025 – Leon Thomas – “YES IT IS”
• April 2025 – Livingston – “Shadow”
• Could 2025 – Damiano David – “Subsequent Summer time”
• June 2025 – Gigi Perez – “Sailor Track”
• July 2025 – ROLE MODEL – “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out”

Finest Pop Artist

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

Finest Pop

• Alex Warren – “Abnormal”
• WINNER: Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Forward”
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
• Girl Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Finest Hip-Hop

• WINNER: Doechii – “Nervousness”
• Drake – “NOKIA”
• Eminem feat. Jelly Roll – “Any individual Save Me”
• GloRilla feat. Sexyy Pink – “WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
• LL COOL J feat. Eminem – “Murdergram Deux”
• Travis Scott – “4X4”

Finest R&B

• Chris Brown – “Residuals”
• Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs – “MUTT (REMIX)” – EZMNY Data/Motown Data
• WINNER: Mariah Carey – “Sort Harmful”
• PARTYNEXTDOOR – “N o C h i l l”
• Summer time Walker – “Coronary heart of a Lady”
• SZA – “Drive”
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

Finest Different Artist

• Gigi Perez – “Sailor Track”
• Think about Dragons – “Wake Up”
• Lola Younger – “Messy”
• mgk & Jelly Roll – “Lonely Street”
• WINNER: sombr – “Again to Buddies”
• The Marías – “Again to Me”

Finest Rock

• WINNER: Coldplay – “All My Love”
• Evanescence – “Afterlife (From the Netflix Collection Satan Could Cry)”
• Inexperienced Day – “One Eyed Bastard”
• Lenny Kravitz – “Honey”
• Linkin Park – “The Vacancy Machine”
• twenty one pilots – “The Contract”

Finest Latin

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

Finest Okay-Pop

• aespa – “Whiplash”
• JENNIE – “like JENNIE”
• Jimin – “Who”
• JISOO – “earthquake”
• WINNER: LISA ft. Doja Cat & RAYE – “Born Once more”
• Stray Youngsters – “Chk Chk Growth”
• ROSÉ – “poisonous until the tip”

Finest Afrobeats

• Asake & Travis Scott – “Energetic”
  Burna Boy feat. Travis Scott – “TaTaTa”
• MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea – “Shake It To The Max (FLY) (Remix)”
• Rema – “Child (Is It a Crime)”
• Tems feat. Asake – “Get It Proper”
• WINNER: Tyla – “Push 2 Begin”
• Wizkid feat. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece Of My Coronary heart” – Starboy/RCA Data

Finest Nation

• Chris Stapleton – “Suppose I’m In Love With You”
• Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood – “I’m Gonna Love You”
• Jelly Roll – “Liar”
• Lainey Wilson – “4x4xU”
• WINNER: Megan Moroney – “Am I Okay?”
• Morgan Wallen – “Smile”

Finest Route

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days forward”
• Charli xcx – “Guess” that includes Billie Eilish
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
• WINNER: Girl Gaga – “Abracadabra”
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Finest Artwork Route

• Charli xcx – “Guess” that includes Billie Eilish
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
• WINNER: Girl Gaga – “Abracadabra”
• Lorde – “Man Of The 12 months”
• Miley Cyrus – “Finish of the World”
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”

Finest Cinematography

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days forward”
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire” (that includes Arijit Singh)
• WINNER: Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
• Girl Gaga – “Abracadabra”
• Miley Cyrus – “Simple Lover”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Finest Enhancing

• Charli xcx – “Guess” that includes Billie Eilish
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire” (that includes Arijit Singh)
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
• Girl Gaga – “Abracadabra”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
• WINNER: Tate McRae – “Simply Maintain Watching “(From F1 The Film)

Finest Choreography

• WINNER: Doechii – “Nervousness”
• FKA twigs – “Eusexua”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
• Girl Gaga – “Abracadabra”
• Tyla – “PUSH 2 START”
• Zara Larsson – “Fairly Ugly”

Finest Visible Results

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days forward”
• Girl Gaga – “Abracadabra”
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• WINNER: Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
• Tate McRae – “Simply Maintain Watching (From F1 The Film)”
• The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”

Track of the Summer time

• Addison Rae – “Headphones On”
• Alex Warren – “Abnormal”
• Benson Boone – “Mystical Magical”
• BigXthaPlug feat. Bailey Zimmerman – “All of the Means”
• Chappell Roan – “The Subway”
• Demi Lovato – “Quick”
• Doja Cat – “Jealous Sort”
• HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI – “Golden”
• Jessie Murph – “Blue Strips”
• Justin Bieber – “Daisies”
• MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea – “Shake It to the Max (FLY) (Remix)”
• Morgan Wallen feat. Tate McRae – “What I Need”
• Ravyn Lenae feat. Rex Orange County – “Love Me Not”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
• sombr – “12 to 12”
• WINNER: Tate McRae – “Simply Maintain Watching (From F1® The Film)”

Finest Group

• aespa
• All Time Low
• Backstreet Boys
• WINNER: BLACKPINK
• Coldplay
• Evanescence
• Fuerza Regida
• Grupo Frontera
• Think about Dragons
• Jonas Brothers
• KATSEYE
• My Chemical Romance
• SEVENTEEN
• Stray Youngsters
• The Marías
• Twenty One Pilots

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