Girl Gaga Leads 2025 MTV VMAs Nominations – See the Full Checklist

Different multi-category contenders embrace ROSÉ and Sabrina Carpenter, every with eight nominations, whereas Ariana Grande and The Weeknd comply with carefully with seven every. With nods spanning pop, rap, various and world genres, this 12 months’s VMAs mirror a dynamic and numerous musical panorama — one which additionally embraces change. For the primary time, the awards introduce two new classes: Finest Nation and Finest Pop Artist, acknowledging the rising crossover between genres and the increasing attain of the MTV VMAs.

The ceremony returns to UBS Enviornment in New York on September 7, airing reside on CBS with a simultaneous stream on Paramount+. Fan voting is now open throughout 19 classes, together with Video of the Yr, Artist of the Yr, and Finest New Artist. With blockbuster names, rising stars, and some sudden twists, the 2025 MTV VMAs promise an evening the place music, visuals and cultural moments collide.

Listed below are the nominees for the 2025 MTV VMAs:

Video of the Yr

• 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 Yr

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

Track of the Yr

• Alex Warren – “Bizarre”
• Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
• Doechii – “Anxiousness”
• 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”
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Tate McRae – “Sports activities Automotive”
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

Finest New Artist

• 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”
• 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 Drawback
• Sabrina Carpenter – Brief n’ Candy
• The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow

Finest Lengthy Type Video

• 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”
• Charli xcx – “Guess” that includes Billie Eilish
• Doechii – “Anxiousness”
• 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 Push Efficiency of the Yr

• 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”
• 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 – Republic Data
• Charli xcx – Atlantic Data
• Justin Bieber – Def Jam Recordings
• Lorde – Republic Data
• Miley Cyrus – Columbia Data
• Sabrina Carpenter – Island
• Tate McRae – RCA Data

Finest Pop

• Alex Warren – “Bizarre”
• 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

• Doechii – “Anxiousness”
• 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
• Mariah Carey – “Sort Harmful”
• PARTYNEXTDOOR – “N o C h i l l”
• Summer time Walker – “Coronary heart of a Girl”
• 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 Highway”
• sombr – “again to mates”
• The Marías – “Again to Me”

Finest Rock

• 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?”
• Shakira – “Soltera”

Finest Ok-Pop

• aespa – “Whiplash”
• JENNIE – “like JENNIE”
• Jimin – “Who”
• JISOO – “earthquake”
• LISA feat. Doja Cat & RAYE – “Born Once more”
• Stray Children – “Chk Chk Growth”
• ROSÉ – “poisonous until the top”

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”
• Tyla – “PUSH 2 START”
• 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”
• Megan Moroney – “Am I Okay?”
• Morgan Wallen – “Smile”

Finest Course

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

Finest Artwork Course

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

Finest Cinematography

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days forward”
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire” (that includes Arijit Singh)
• 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”
• Tate McRae – “Simply Hold Watching (From F1 The Film)”

Finest Choreography

• Doechii – “Anxiousness”
• 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.”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
• Tate McRae – “Simply Hold Watching (From F1 The Film)”
• The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”

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