“Skip to Main Content Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter, Ariana Grande, Rosé and Bruno Mars Were Among the Winners at the 2025 Ceremony. Published on September 7, 2025 Getty Images Ariana Grande Won Video of the Year at the 2025 Video Music Awards, Which Were Handed Out Sunday Night. The Video for Her Song “Brighhter Days”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
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The Video for Her Song “Brighhter Days Ahead” Won the Night’s Highest Honor. Overall, Grande Went Home with a total of Three Awards.
Lady Gaga Was The Biggest Winner of the Night; Among Her Four Wins Wins Artist of the Year, WHICH WASSETED TO HER TWO Days After She Was Forced to Cancel A Show in Miami Due to An “Extremely Strained” Voice. She said in her acceptance speech that she couldn’T Stick AROUND for the REST OF THE VMAS As She Had To Get To Madison Square Garden, WHERE She WAS SCHEDULED TO PERMANDAY NIGTHT. About 90 minutes Later, the vmas broadcast her performing “abracadabra” and “the Dead dance” from har show at msg.
Sabrina Carpenter Also Took Home Three “Moon Person” Tropphies, Including Album of the Year with Short N ‘Sweet.
Other Winners Who Acceptted Durying the Telecast Were Rosé, Who Won Song of the Year for “Apt.,” Her Collaboration with Bruno Mars; And Katseye, Who Won Mtv Push Performance of the Year for “Touch.” Mars and Gaga Also Won Best Collaboration for “Die With A Smile.”
Also Durying the Show, Mariah Carey Was Prestened with the Video Vanguard Award, Busta Rhymes Receiven the Inaugural Rock The Bells Visionary Award, And Ricky Martin AccessPted the ICEUGULAUAL LATUGULA. All Three Artists Also Performed. (See All The Stars’ Red Carpet Arrivals Here.)
This Year, The VMAS ADDEDED Two New Categories: Best Pop Artist and Best Country Video.
The vmas aired Live Coast-to-Coast Starting at 5 PM Sunday from Ubs Arena in Elmont, New York, With LL Cool J Serving As Host. The Show Aired CBS for the first time in the addition to their Longtime home on mtv and stream live on paramount+ (for Subscribers to the Service’s Premium Plan). (See A List of the Wildest Vma Moments of All Time.)
Former MTV Head Van Toffler and His Company Gunpowder & Sky Produced The 2025 VMAS ALONG with DEN OF Thieves.
A Full List of Winners Follows.
- Video of the Year Ariana Grande, “Brighhter Days Ahead” (Winner)
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” - Artist of the year Bad Bunny
Beyoncé
Kendrick Lamar
Lady Gaga (Winner)
Morgan Wallen
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd - Song of the year Alex Warren, “Ordinary”
Billie Eilish, “Birds of A Feather”
Doechii, “Anxiety”
Ed sheeran, “sappphire”
Gracie Abrams, “I Love You, I’M Sorry”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars, “Die with A Smile”
Lorde, “what was was that”
Rosé & Bruno Mars, “Apt.” (Winner)
Tate Mcrae, “Sports Car”
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti, “Timeless” - Best New Artist Alex Warren (Winner)
Ella langley
Gigi perez
Lola young
Sombr
The Marías - BEST POP Artist Ariana Grande
Charli XCX
Justin Bieber
Lorde
Miley cyrus
Sabrina Carpenter (Winner)
Tate Mcrae - MTV PUSH PERFORANCE OF THE YEAR August 2024: Shaboozey, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
September 2024: Ayra Starr, “Last HeartBreak Song”
October 2024: Mark Ambor, “Belong Together”
November 2024: Lay Bankz, “Graveyard”
December 2024: Dasha, “Bye Bye Bye”
January 2025: Katseye, “Touch” (Winner)
February 2025: Jordan Adetunji, “Kehlani”
March 2025: Leon Thomas, “Yes It Is”
April 2025: Livingston, “Shadow”
May 2025: Damiano David, “Next Summer”
June 2025: Gigi Perez, “Sailor Song”
July 2025: Role Model, “Sally, WHEN The WINE RUNS OUT” - BEST Collaboration Bailey Zimmerman With Luke Combs, “Backup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)”
Kendrick Lamar & Sza – “Luthher”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars, “Die With A Smile” (Winner)
Post Malone FT. Blake Shelton, “Pour Me A DRINK”
Rosé & Bruno Mars, “Apt.”
Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco, “Sunset Blvd” - BEST POP Alex Warren, “Ordinary”
Ariana Grande, “Brighhter Days Ahead” (Winner)
Ed sheeran, “sappphire”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars, “Die with A Smile”
Rosé & 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, “4×4” - BEST R&B Chris Brown, “Residuals”
Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs, “Mutt (Remix)”
Mariah Carey, “Type Dangerous” (Winner)
Partynextdoor – “No Chill”
Summer Walker, “Heart of A Woman”
Sza, “Drive”
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti, “Timeless” - BEST ALTERNITIVE Gigi perez, “sailor song”
Imagine Dragons, “Wake Up”
Lola young, “messy”
MGK & Jelly Roll, “Lonely Road”
Sombr, “Back to Friends” (Winner)
The Marías, “Back to Me” - BEST ROCK Coldplay, “All My Love” (Winner)
Evanesencence, “Afterlife (from the Netflix Series Devil May Cry)”) ”
Green Day, “One Eyed Bastard”
Lenny Kravitz, “Honey”
Linkin Park, “The Emptines Machine”
Twenty One Pilots, “The Contract” - Best Latin Bad Bunny, “Baile Inlvidable”
J Balvin, “RIO”
Karol G, “Si Antes Te Hubiera Concido”
Peso Pluma, “La Patrulla”
Rauw alejandro & romeo santos, “khé?”
Shakira, “Soltera” (Winner) - BEST K-POP Aespa, “WHIPLASH”
Jennie, “like jennie”
Jimin, “Who”
Jiso, “Earthquake”
Lisa ft. Doja cat & raye, “Born Again” (Winner)
Stray Kids, “CHK CHK BOOM”
Rosé, “Toxic Till The End” - BEST AFROBEATS Asake & Travis Scott, “Active”
Burna Boy FT. Travis Scott, “Tatata”
MOLIY, SILENT ADDY, SKILLIBENG & SHENSEEA, “Shake It To The Max (Fly) (Remix)”
REMA, “BABY (IS IT A CRIME)”
TEMS FT. Asake, “Get It Right”
Tyla, “Push 2 Start” (Winner)
Wizkid FT. Brent Faiyaz, “Piece of My Heart” - Best Country Chris Stapleton, “Think i’m in Love With You”
Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood, “I’M Gonna Love You”
Jelly Roll, “LIR”
Lainey Wilson, “4x4xu”
Megan Moroney, “Am I Okay?” (Winner)
Morgan Wallen, “Smile” - Best album Bad Bunny, Debí Tirar más fotos
Kendrick Lamar, Gnx
Lady Gaga, Mayhem
Morgan Wallen, I’m the Problem
Sabrina Carpenter, Short N ‘Sweet (Winner)
The weeknd, Hurry Up Tomorrow - Best Longform Video Ariana Grande, “Brighhter Days Ahead” (Winner)
Bad Bunny – “Debí Tirar Más Fotos (Short Film)”
Damiano David, “Funny Little Stories”
Mac Miller, “Ballooonerism”
Miley Cyrus, “Something Beautify”
The Weeknd, “Hurry Up Tomorrow” - Best Group Aespa
All Time Low
Backstreet Boys
Blackpink (Winner)
Coldplay
Evanescence
Fuerza Regida
Gropo Frontera
Imagine Dragons
Jonas Brothers
Katseye
My Chemical Romance
Seventeen
Stray Kids
The Marías
Twenty One Pilots - Song of the Summer Addison Rae, “Headphones On”
Alex Warren, “Ordinary”
Benson Boone, “Mystical Magical”
BigxtPlug Ft. Bailey Zimmerman, “All The Way”
Chappell Roan, “The Subway”
Demi Lovato, “Fast”
Doja cat, “Jealous Type”
Huntrix: Ejae, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami, “Golden”
Jessie Murph, “Blue Strips”
Justin Bieber, “DAISIES”
MOLIY, SILENT ADDY, SKILLIBENG & SHENSEEA, “Shake It To The Max (Fly) (Remix)”
Morgan Wallen FT. Tate Mcrae, “What I Want”
Ravyn Lenae ft. Rex Orange County, “Love Me Not”
Sabrina Carpenter, “Manchild”
Sombr, “12 to 12”
Tate Mcrae, “Just Keep Watching (from F1 The Movie)” (Winner) - Video for good Burna Boy, “Higher”
Charli XCX – “Guess Featuring Billie Eilish” (Winner)
Doechii, “Anxiety”
Eminem ft. Jelly Roll, “Somebody Save Me”
Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco – “Younger and Hotter Than Me”
Zach hood ft. Sasha Alex Sloan, “Sleepwalking” - BEST DIRECTION Ariana Grande, “Brighhter Days Ahead”
Charli XCX, “Guess Featuring Billie Eilish”
Kendrick Lamar, “Not Like Us”
Lady Gaga, “Abracadabra” (Winner)
Rosé & Bruno Mars, “Apt.”
Sabrina Carpenter, “Manchild” - Best Art Direction Charli XCX, “Guess Featuring Billie Eilish”
Kendrick Lamar, “Not Like Us”
Lady Gaga, “Abracadabra” (Winner)
Lorde, “man of the year”
Miley Cyrus, “End of the World”
Rosé & Bruno Mars, “Apt.” - Best Cinematography Ariana Grande, “Brighhter Days Ahead”
Ed sheeran, “sappphire”
Kendrick Lamar, “Not Like Us” (Winner)
Lady Gaga, “Abracadabra”
Miley Cyrus, “Easy Lover”
Sabrina Carpenter, “Manchild” - BEST EDITING Charli XCX, “Guess Featuring Billie Eilish”
Ed sheeran, “sappphire”
Kendrick Lamar, “Not Like Us”
Lady Gaga, “Abracadabra”
Sabrina Carpenter, “Manchild”
Tate Mcrae, “Just Keep Watching (from F1: The Movie)” (Winner) - Best Choreography Doechii, “Anxiety” (Winner)
FKA Twigs, “EUSEXUA”
Kendrick Lamar, “Not Like Us”
Lady Gaga, “Abracadabra”
Tyla – “Push 2 Start”
Zara Larssson, “Pretty Ugly” - Best Visual Effects Ariana Grande, “Brighhter Days Ahead”
Lady Gaga, “Abracadabra”
Rosé & Bruno Mars, “Apt.”
Sabrina Carpenter, “Manchild” (Winner)
Tate Mcrae, “Just Keep Watching (from F1: The Movie)”
The Weeknd, “Hurry Up Tomorrow”
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