MTV VMAs 2025: See the full winners list

The 2025 MTV VMAs featured some of music’s biggest stars taking home a coveted Moon Person trophy.

LL Cool J hosted the event, which took place this year on Sunday, Sept. 7, at the UBS Arena in New York.

Going into the show, Lady Gaga led with most nominations, scoring 12 nominations total. Other leading nominees included Kendrick Lamar with 10 nods; ROSÉ and Sabrina Carpenter with eight each; Ariana Grande and The Weeknd with seven apiece; Billie Eilish with six; and Charli XCX with five.

From Gaga to Ricky Martin, Mariah Carey, Alex Warren and more, here are all the night’s winners.

Video of the year

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead” – WINNER
• ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”

Artist of the year

• Lady Gaga – WINNER
• Bad Bunny
• Beyoncé
• Kendrick Lamar
• Morgan Wallen

Best new artist

• Alex Warren – WINNER
• Ella Langley
• Gigi Perez
• Lola Young
• sombr
• The Marías

Latin Icon Award

Ricky Martin – WINNER

Best country

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

Song of the year

• ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.” – WINNER
• Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
• Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”
• Doechii – “Anxiety”
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
• Gracie Abrams – “I Love You, I’m Sorry”
• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
• Lorde – “What Was That”
• Tate McRae – “Sports Car”
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

Best R&B

• Mariah Carey – “Type Dangerous” – WINNER
• Chris Brown – “Residuals”
• Leon Thomas and Freddie Gibbs – “MUTT (REMIX)”
• PARTYNEXTDOOR – “N o C h i l l”
• Summer Walker – “Heart Of A Woman”
• SZA – “Drive”
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

Video Vanguard Award

Mariah Carey – WINNER

Best alternative

• Sombr – “Back to Friends” – WINNER
• Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”
• Imagine Dragons – “Wake Up”
• Lola Young – “Messy”
• mgk and Jelly Roll – “Lonely Road”
• The Marías – “Back to Me”

Song of summer

• Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching” – WINNER
• Addison Rae – “Headphones On”
• Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
• Benson Boone – “Mystical Magical”
• Chappell Roan – “The Subway”
• BigXthaPlug ft. Bailey Zimmerman – “All the Way”
• Sombr – “12 to 12”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
• Ravyn Lenae ft. Rex Orange County – “Love Me Not”
• Morgan Wallen ft. Tate McRae – “What I Want”
• Demi Lovato – “Fast”
• Doja Cat – “Jealous Type”
• Jessie Murph – “Blue Strips”
• Justin Bieber – “Daisies”
• MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shenseea – “Shake It to the Max (FLY)” (Remix)
• HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI – “Golden”

Rock the Bells Visionary Award

Busta Rhymes

PUSH Performance of the Year

• Katseye – “Touch” – WINNER
• Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
• Ayra Starr – “Last Heartbreak Song”
• Mark Ambor – “Belong Together”
• Lay Bankz – “Graveyard”
• Dasha – “Bye Bye Bye”
• Jordan Adetunji – “KEHLANI”
• Leon Thomas – “YES IT IS”
• Livingston – “Shadow”
• Role Model – “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out”
• Damiano David – “Next Summer”
• Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”

Best K-pop

• LISA ft. Doja Cat and RAYE – “Born Again” – WINNER
• aespa – “Whiplash”
• JENNIE – “like JENNIE”
• Jimin – “Who”
• JISOO – “earthquake”
• ROSÉ – “toxic till the end”
• Stray Kids – “Chk Chk Boom”

Best Afrobeats

• Tyla – “PUSH 2 START” – WINNER
• Asake and Travis Scott – “Active”
• Burna Boy ft. Travis Scott – “TaTaTa”
• Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shenseea – “Shake It To The Max (FLY)” (Remix)
• Rema – “Baby (Is It A Crime)”
• Tems ft. Asake – “Get It Right”
• Wizkid ft. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece Of My Heart”

Best album

• Sabrina Carpenter – “Short n’ Sweet” – WINNER
• Bad Bunny- “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS”
• Kendrick Lamar – “GNX”
• Lady Gaga – “Mayhem”
• Morgan Wallen – “I’m The Problem”
• The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”

Best collaboration

• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile” – WINNER
• Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs – “Backup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)”
• Kendrick Lamar and SZA – “luther”
• Post Malone ft. Blake Shelton – “Pour Me A Drink”
• ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco – “Sunset Blvd”

Best pop

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead” – WINNER
• Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
• ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Best hip-hop

• Doechii – “Anxiety” – WINNER
• Drake – “NOKIA”
• Eminem ft. Jelly Roll – “Somebody Save Me”
• GloRilla ft. Sexyy Red – “WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
• LL COOL J ft. Eminem – “Murdergram Deux”
• Travis Scott – “4X4”

Best pop artist

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

Best Latin

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

Best group

• Blackpink – WINNER
• aespa
• All Time Low
• Backstreet Boys
• Coldplay
• Evanescence
• Fuerza Regida
• Grupo Frontera
• Jonas Brothers
• Imagine Dragons
• Katseye 
• My Chemical Romance
• Seventeen
• Stray Kids
• The Marías
• Twenty One Pilots

Best rock

• Coldplay – “ALL MY LOVE” – WINNER
• Evanescence – “Afterlife”
• Green Day – “One Eyed Bastard”
• Lenny Kravitz – “Honey”
• Linkin Park – “The Emptiness Machine”
• Twenty One Pilots – “The Contract”