MTV VMAs 2025: See the full winners list

The 2025 MTV VMAs featured a few of music’s largest stars taking residence a coveted Moon Particular person trophy.

LL Cool J hosted the occasion, which passed off this 12 months on Sunday, Sept. 7, on the UBS Enviornment in New York.

Going into the present, Lady Gaga led with most nominations, scoring 12 nominations complete. Different main nominees included Kendrick Lamar with 10 nods; ROSÉ and Sabrina Carpenter with eight every; Ariana Grande and The Weeknd with seven apiece; Billie Eilish with six; and Charli XCX with 5.

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

Video of the 12 months

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days forward” – 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”
• Woman Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”

Artist of the 12 months

• Woman Gaga – WINNER
• Dangerous Bunny
• Beyoncé
• Kendrick Lamar
• Morgan Wallen

Greatest new artist

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

Latin Icon Award

Ricky Martin – WINNER

Greatest nation

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

Track of the 12 months

• ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.” – WINNER
• Alex Warren – “Atypical”
• Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”
• Doechii – “Anxiousness”
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
• Gracie Abrams – “I Love You, I am Sorry”
• Woman Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
• Lorde – “What Was That”
• Tate McRae – “Sports activities Automobile”
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

Greatest R&B

• Mariah Carey – “Kind Harmful” – WINNER
• Chris Brown – “Residuals”
• Leon Thomas and Freddie Gibbs – “MUTT (REMIX)”
• PARTYNEXTDOOR – “N o C h i l l”
• Summer time Walker – “Coronary heart Of A Girl”
• SZA – “Drive”
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

Video Vanguard Award

Mariah Carey – WINNER

Greatest various

• Sombr – “Again to Pals” – WINNER
• Gigi Perez – “Sailor Track”
• Think about Dragons – “Wake Up”
• Lola Younger – “Messy”
• mgk and Jelly Roll – “Lonely Highway”
• The Marías – “Again to Me”

Track of summer time

• Tate McRae – “Simply Hold Watching” – WINNER
• Addison Rae – “Headphones On”
• Alex Warren – “Atypical”
• Benson Boone – “Mystical Magical”
• Chappell Roan – “The Subway”
• BigXthaPlug ft. Bailey Zimmerman – “All of the Means”
• Sombr – “12 to 12”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
• Ravyn Lenae ft. Rex Orange County – “Love Me Not”
• Morgan Wallen ft. Tate McRae – “What I Need”
• Demi Lovato – “Quick”
• Doja Cat – “Jealous Kind”
• 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 Efficiency of the 12 months

• Katseye – “Contact” – WINNER
• Shaboozey – “A Bar Track (Tipsy)”
• Ayra Starr – “Final Heartbreak Track”
• Mark Ambor – “Belong Collectively”
• Lay Bankz – “Graveyard”
• Dasha – “Bye Bye Bye”
• Jordan Adetunji – “KEHLANI”
• Leon Thomas – “YES IT IS”
• Livingston – “Shadow”
• Function Mannequin – “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out”
• Damiano David – “Subsequent Summer time”
• Gigi Perez – “Sailor Track”

Greatest Okay-pop

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

Greatest Afrobeats

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

Greatest album

• Sabrina Carpenter – “Brief n’ Candy” – WINNER
• Dangerous Bunny- “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS”
• Kendrick Lamar – “GNX”
• Woman Gaga – “Mayhem”
• Morgan Wallen – “I am The Drawback”
• The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”

Greatest collaboration

• Woman 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”
• Publish Malone ft. Blake Shelton – “Pour Me A Drink”
• ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco – “Sundown Blvd”

Greatest pop

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

Greatest hip-hop

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

Greatest pop artist

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

Greatest Latin

• Shakira – “Soltera” – WINNER
• Dangerous 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?”

Greatest group

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

Greatest rock

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