2025 MTV Video Music Awards: Full List of Winners

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VIDEO OF THE YEAR
(Presented by Burger King)

Ariana Grande – Brighter Days Ahead - WINNER
Billie Eilish – "Birds of a Feather"
Kendrick Lamar – "Not Like Us"
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – "Die with a Smile"
Rosé and Bruno Mars – "Apt."
Sabrina Carpenter – "Manchild"
The Weeknd and Playboi Carti – "Timeless"

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Bad Bunny
Beyoncé
Kendrick Lamar
Lady Gaga - WINNER
Taylor Swift
Morgan Wallen
The Weeknd

SONG OF THE YEAR

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"
Rosé and Bruno Mars – "Apt." - WINNER
Tate McRae – "Sports Car"
The Weeknd and 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

PUSH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
(Presented by Bacardi)

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
(Presented by Under Armour)

Bailey Zimmerman and Luke Combs – "Backup Plan"
Kendrick Lamar and SZA – "Luther"
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – "Die with a Smile" - WINNER
Post Malone featuring Blake Shelton – "Pour Me a Drink"
Rosé and Bruno Mars – "Apt."
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco – "Sunset Blvd"

BEST POP

Alex Warren – "Ordinary"
Ariana Grande – Brighter Days Ahead - WINNER
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 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 – "4x4"

BEST R&B

Chris Brown – "Residuals"
Leon Thomas and Freddie Gibbs – "Mutt (Remix)"
Mariah Carey – "Type Dangerous" - WINNER
PartyNextDoor – "No Chill"
SZA – "Drive"
Summer Walker – "Heart of a Woman"
The Weeknd and Playboi Carti – "Timeless"

BEST ALTERNATIVE

Gigi Perez – "Sailor Song"
Imagine Dragons – "Wake Up"
Lola Young – "Messy"
MGK and Jelly Roll – "Lonely Road"
Sombr – "Back to Friends" - WINNER
The Marías – "Back To Me"

BEST ROCK

Coldplay – "All My Love" - WINNER
Evanescence – "Afterlife (From the Netflix Series Devil May Cry)"
Green Day – "One Eyed Bastard"
Lenny Kravitz – "Honey"
Linkin Park – "The Emptiness Machine"
Twenty One Pilots – "The Contract"

BEST LATIN

Bad Bunny – "Baile Inolvidable"
J Balvin – "Rio"
Karol G – "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido"
Peso Pluma – "La Patrulla"
Rauw Alejandro and Romeo Santos – "Khé?"
Shakira – "Soltera" - WINNER

BEST K-POP

Aespa – "Whiplash"
Jennie – "Like Jennie"
Jimin – "Who"
Jisoo – "Earthquake"
Lisa featuring Doja Cat and Raye – "Born Again" - WINNER
Rosé – "Toxic Till the End"
Stray Kids – "Chk Chk Boom"

BEST AFROBEATS

Asake and Travis Scott – "Active"
Burna Boy and Travis Scott – "TaTaTa"
Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng, and Shenseea – "Shake It to the Max (Fly) (remix)"
Rema – "Baby (Is It a Crime)"
Tems and Asake – "Get It Right"
Tyla – "Push 2 Start" - WINNER
Wizkid and Brent Faiyaz – "Piece of My Heart"

BEST COUNTRY

Chris Stapleton – "Think I'm in Love with You"
Cody Johnson and Carrie Underwood – "I'm Gonna Love You"
Jelly Roll – "Liar"
Megan Moroney – "Am I Okay?" - WINNER
Morgan Wallen – "Smile"
Lainey Wilson – "4x4xU"

VIDEO FOR GOOD

Burna Boy – "Higher"
Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish – "Guess" - WINNER
Doechii – "Anxiety"
Eminem featuring Jelly Roll – "Somebody Save Me"
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco – "Younger and Hotter Than Me"
Zach Hood featuring Sasha Alex Sloan – "Sleepwalking"

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 LONG FORM VIDEO

Ariana Grande – Brighter Days Ahead - WINNER
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

BEST GROUP

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

SONG OF SUMMER

Addison Rae – "Headphones On"
Alex Warren – "Ordinary"
Benson Boone – "Mystical Magical"
BigXthaPlug ft. Bailey Zimmerman – "All the Way"
Chappell Roan – "The Subway"
Demi Lovato – "Fast"
Doja Cat – "Jealous Type"
Huntr/x: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami – "Golden"
Jessie Murph – "Blue Strips"
Justin Bieber – "Daisies"
Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng, and 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" - WINNER

Technical Awards

BEST DIRECTION

Ariana Grande – Brighter Days Ahead (Director: Christian Breslauer)
Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish – "Guess" (Director: Aidan Zamiri)
Kendrick Lamar – "Not Like Us" (Directors: Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar)
Lady Gaga – "Abracadabra" (Directors: Lady Gaga, Bethany Vargas and Parris Goebel) - WINNER
Rosé and Bruno Mars – "Apt." (Directors: Bruno Mars and Daniel Ramos)
Sabrina Carpenter – "Manchild" (Directors: Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Ariana Grande – Brighter Days Ahead (Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth)
Ed Sheeran – "Sapphire" (Director of Photography: Nic Minns)
Kendrick Lamar – "Not Like Us" (Director of Photography: Xiaolong Liu) - WINNER
Lady Gaga – "Abracadabra" (Director of Photography: Xiaolong Liu)
Miley Cyrus – "Easy Lover" (Director of Photography: Benoît Debie)
Sabrina Carpenter – "Manchild" (Director of Photography: Chris Ripley)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Ariana Grande – Brighter Days Ahead (Visual Effects: Mathematic)
Lady Gaga – "Abracadabra" (Visual Effects: Yeap Crew, Yura Karikh and Igor Eyth)
Rosé and Bruno Mars – "Apt." (Visual Effects: Maksymilian Rafal Ojster)
Sabrina Carpenter – "Manchild" (Visual Effects: Vania Heymann and Tal Baltuch) - WINNER
Tate McRae – "Just Keep Watching" (Visual Effects: Daniel Saldivar and White Rhino VFX)
The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow (Visual Effects: Zeke Faust)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Doechii – "Anxiety" (Choreographer: Robbie Blue) - WINNER
FKA Twigs – "Eusexua" (Choreographer: Zoi Tatopoulos)
Kendrick Lamar – "Not Like Us" (Choreographer: Charm La'Donna)
Lady Gaga – "Abracadabra" (Choreographer: Parris Goebel)
Tyla – "Push 2 Start" (Choreographer: Lee-ché Janecke)
Zara Larsson – "Pretty Ugly" (Choreographer: Zoi Tatopoulos)

BEST ART DIRECTION

Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish – "Guess" (Art Director: Daniel Lane)
Kendrick Lamar – "Not Like Us" (Art Director: Freyja Bardell)
Lady Gaga – "Abracadabra" (Art Director: Wesley Goodrich) - WINNER
Lorde – "Man of the Year" (Art Directors: Chad Keith and Jenny Lass)
Miley Cyrus – "End of the World" (Art Director: David Meyer)
Rosé and Bruno Mars – "Apt." (Art Director: Elizabet Puksto)

BEST EDITING

Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish – "Guess" (Editor: Neal Farmer)
Ed Sheeran – "Sapphire" (Editor: Liam Pethick)
Kendrick Lamar – "Not Like Us" (Editors: Chaz Smedley and Eddy Street Post)
Lady Gaga – "Abracadabra" (Editor: Sofia Kerpan)
Sabrina Carpenter – "Manchild" (Editors: Vania Heymann, Gal Muggia and Nick Rondeau)
Tate McRae – "Just Keep Watching" (Editors: William Town and Modern Post) - WINNER

Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

Mariah Carey

Latin Icon Award

Ricky Martin