2025 MTV VMAs full winners list: Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande take top prizes

Lady Gaga emerged as the biggest winner at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night, collecting four honors during the ceremony broadcast from New York’s UBS Arena on CBS.

Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter tied for the second-most with three each, News.Az reports, citing Variety.

Gaga appeared early in the show to pick up what would likely have been one of the climactic awards, Artist of the Year, which clearly had been bumped up to allow for her attendance. She was doing a headline show nearby at Madison Square Garden, and her start time at that gig was bumped back about an hour to allow her to stop by the VMAs first.

Grande’s three wins included VIdeo of the Year for “Brighter Days Ahead.” Grande also had a big look on the telecast because of presenting the Video Vanguard Award to Mariah Carey.

 

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”

 

Best Pop Artist

 

Sabrina Carpenter

Ariana Grande
Charli XCX
Justin Bieber
Lorde
Miley Cyrus
Tate McRae

 

Best Hip-Hop

 

Doechii – “Anxiety”

Drake – “Nokia”
Eminem Featuring Jelly Roll – “Somebody Save Me”
Glorilla Featuring Sexyy Red – “Whatchu Kno About Me”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
LL Cool J Featuring Eminem – “Murdergram Deux”
Travis Scott – “4×4”

 

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

 

Shakira – “Soltera”

Bad Bunny – “Baile Inolvidable”
J Balvin – “Rio”
Karol G – “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido”
Peso Pluma – “La Patrulla”
Rauw Alejandro & Romeo Santos – “Khé?”

 

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

 

Charli XCX – “Guess” ft. Billie Eilish

Burna Boy – “Higher”
Doechii – “Anxiety”
Eminem Featuring Jelly Roll – “Somebody Save Me”
Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco – “Younger and Hotter Than Me”
Zach Hood Featuring Sasha Alex Sloan – “Sleepwalking”

 

Best Direction

 

Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”

Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead”
Charli XCX – “Guess” ft. Billie Eilish
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Rosé & Bruno Mars – “Apt.”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

 

Best Art Direction

 

Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”

Charli XCX – “Guess” ft. Billie Eilish
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Lorde – “Man of the Year”
Miley Cyrus – “End of the World”
Rosé & Bruno Mars – “Apt.”

 

Best Cinematography

 

Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”

Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead”
Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Miley Cyrus – “Easy Lover”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

 

Best Editing

 

Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching”

Charli XCX – “Guess” ft. Billie Eilish
Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

 

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

 

Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead”
Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Rosé & Bruno Mars – “Apt.”
Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching”
The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”

 

Best Group

 

Blackpink

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

 

Best Collaboration

 

Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”

Bailey Zimmerman & Luke Combs – “Backup Plan” (Stagecoach Official Music Video)
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “Luther”
Post Malone Featuring Blake Shelton – “Pour Me a Drink”
Rosé & Bruno Mars – “Apt.”
Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco – “Sunset Blvd”

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