The nominations for the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards are right here, with Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, and Sabrina Carpenter amongst this yr’s most-nominated artists.
Gaga led all contenders with a powerful 12 nominations, thanks largely to her collaboration with Bruno Mars, “Die With a Smile,” which is up for Video and Track of the Yr, in addition to Finest Collaboration. Gaga can be nominated for Artist of the Yr, whereas her generate income LP, Mayhem, is up for Album of the Yr. In the meantime, the eye-popping visible for Gaga’s Mayhem single “Abracadabra” racked up a slew of artistic and technical award nominations, together with Finest Directing, Cinematography, and Choreography.
In the meantime, Lamar notched 10 nominations, most of them for his smash, Grammy-winning Drake diss “Not Like Us,” although he’s additionally up for Artist of the Yr and Finest Collaboration for “Luther,” that includes SZA. And Carpenter, who gained her first VMA final yr for “Espresso,” earned eight nominations, together with Video of the Yr for her current single “Manchild.”
In Video of the Yr, Gaga and Mars’ “Die With a Smile,” Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” and Carpenter’s “Manchild” will compete towards Ariana Grande’s “Brighter Days Forward,” Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather,” Rosé and Mars’ “APT,” and the Weeknd and Playboi Carti’s “Timeless.” Artist of the Yr boasts Gaga, Lamar, Unhealthy Bunny, Beyoncé, Morgan Wallen, Taylor Swift, and the Weeknd.
And the opening slate of nominees for Track of the Yr consists of Gaga and Mars’ “Die With a Smile,” Rosé and Mars’ “APT,” the Weeknd and Carti’s “Timeless,” Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather,” Alex Warren’s “Bizarre,” Doechii’s “Anxiousness,” Ed Sheeran’s “Sapphire,” Gracie Abrams’ “I Love You, I’m Sorry,” Lorde’s “What Was That,” and Tate McRae’s “Sports activities Automobile.” This crop of songs will likely be narrowed down to 6 nominees by Aug. 18, with voting persevering with via Sept. 5.
Fan voting for all 19 gender-neutral VMA classes is open now and can finish on Sept. 5. Solely voting for Finest New Artist will proceed into the present itself, which is about to air dwell, Sept. 7, at 8 p.m. ET on CBS, MTV, and Paramount+.
Different highlights from this yr’s VMAs are first nominations for a slew of artists, together with Rosé, Warren, Lola Younger, the Marias, Gigi Perez, and Damiano David. Mac Miller earned his first VMA nomination posthumously, along with his “Baloonerism” visible up for Finest Lengthy Type Video. The 2025 VMAs can even see the introduction of two new classes, Finest Nation and Finest Pop Artist.
2025 MTV Video Music Awards Nominations
Video of the Yr
Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Forward”
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Woman 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
Woman 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”
Gracie Abrams – “I Love You, I’m Sorry”
Woman Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
Lorde – “What Was That”
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
Tate McRae – “Sports activities Automobile”
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
Finest New Artist
Alex Warren
Ella Langley
Gigi Perez
Lola Younger
sombr
The Marías
Finest Pop Artist
Ariana Grande
Charli xcx
Justin Bieber
Lorde
Miley Cyrus
Sabrina Carpenter
Tate McRae
MTV Push Efficiency of the Yr
Aug. 2024 – Shaboozey – “A Bar Track (Tipsy)”
Sept. 2024 – Ayra Starr – “Final Heartbreak Track”
Oct 2024 – Mark Ambor – “Belong Collectively”
Nov. 2024 – Lay Bankz – “Graveyard”
Dec. 2024 – Dasha – “Bye Bye Bye”
Jan. 2025 – KATSEYE – “Contact”
Feb. 2025 – Jordan Adetunji – “KEHLANI”
March 2025 – Leon Thomas – “YES IT IS”
April 2025 – Livingston – “Shadow”
Could 2025 – Damiano David – “Subsequent Summer season”
June 2025 – Gigi Perez – “Sailor Track”
July 2025 – Function Mannequin – “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out”
Finest Collaboration
Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs – “Backup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)”
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “luther”
Woman Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
Publish Malone ft. Blake Shelton – “Pour Me A Drink”
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
Selena Gomez, benny blanco – “Sundown Blvd”
Finest Pop
Alex Warren – “Bizarre”
Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Forward”
Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
Woman Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Finest Hip-Hop
Doechii – “Anxiousness”
Drake – “NOKIA”
Eminem ft. Jelly Roll – “Any individual Save Me”
GloRilla ft. Sexyy Pink – “Watch Kno About Me”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
LL COOL J ft. Eminem – “Murdergram Deux”
Travis Scott – “4X4”
Finest R&B
Chris Brown – “Residuals”
Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs – “MUTT (REMIX)”
Mariah Carey – “Kind Harmful”
PARTYNEXTDOOR – “N o C h i l l”
Summer season Walker – “Coronary heart Of A Lady”
SZA – “Drive”
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
Finest Different
Gigi Perez – “Sailor Track”
Think about Dragons – “Wake Up”
Lola Younger – “Messy”
mgk & Jelly Roll – “Lonely Highway”
sombr – “again to associates”
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 ft. Doja Cat & RAYE – “Born Once more”
Stray Children – “Chk Chk Growth”
ROSÉ – “poisonous until the tip”
Finest Afrobeats
Asake & Travis Scott – “Energetic
Burna Boy ft. Travis Scott – “TaTaTa”
MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea – “Shake It To The Max (FLY) (Remix)”
Rema – “Child (Is It A Crime)”
Tems ft. Asake – “Get It Proper”
Tyla – “PUSH 2 START”
Wizkid ft. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece Of My Coronary heart”
Finest Nation
Chris Stapleton – “Assume 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 Album
Unhealthy Bunny – DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
Kendrick Lamar – GNX
Woman Gaga – Mayhem
Morgan Wallen – I’m The Downside
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 – “Greater”
Charli xcx – “Guess that includes Billie Eilish”
Doechii – “Anxiousness”
Eminem ft. Jelly Roll – “Any individual Save Me”
Selena Gomez, benny blanco – “Youthful And Hotter Than Me”
Zach Hood ft. Sasha Alex Sloan – “Sleepwalking”
Finest Course
Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Forward”
Charli xcx – “Guess” that includes Billie Eilish
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Woman Gaga – “Abracadabra”
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Finest Artwork Course
Charli xcx – “Guess that includes Billie Eilish”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Woman 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”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Woman Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Miley Cyrus – “Straightforward Lover”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Finest Enhancing
Charli xcx – “Guess that includes Billie Eilish”
Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Woman Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Tate McRae – “Simply Maintain Watching”
Finest Choreography
Doechii – “Anxiousness”
FKA twigs – “Eusexua”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Woman Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Tyla – “PUSH 2 START”
Zara Larsson – “Fairly Ugly”
Finest Visible Results
Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Forward”
Woman Gaga – “Abracadabra”
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Tate McRae – “Simply Maintain Watching“
The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”
From Rolling Stone US.