Winners of the MTV Video Music Awards 2025: The MTV VMAs 2025 were held at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday night. Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga, Shakira and Bruno Mars were among the top winners.
American rapper LL Cool J hosted the event, which took place on Sunday, September 7, 2025. Lady Gaga was the first artist to receive an award this evening. She was awarded the Artist of the Year award, two days after cancelling the event in Miami due to her ‘very strained’ voice.
Mariah Carey received the Video Vanguard Award, Ricky Martin the first Latin Icon Award and Busta Rhymes the first Rock the Bells Visionary Award. At the awards ceremony, all three artists also gave performances. The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards proved to be a celebration of women in music, where global celebrities like Lady Gaga, Rosé, Ariana Grande and Mariah Carey took home top honors at the star-studded ceremony held in New York on Sunday.
2025 MTV VMA Winners Announced
The winners were announced on September 7 during a ceremony that gathered the biggest and brightest artists from all genres in the same room. The ceremony was held at New York’s UBS Arena. It was hosted by LL Cool J for the second year in a row.
MTV Video Music Awards 2025: Who won the coveted trophy?
Lady Gaga won the award for artist of the year and Rosé accepted the award for song of the year for her collaboration with Bruno Mars, APT.

Ariana Grande won best video of the year and best pop award for Brighter Days Ahead. Accepting the honor, she said on stage, “Thank you to my therapists and gay people,” and added, “I love you.”
winners of the MTV Video Music Awards 2025
Best Video of the Year – Ariana Grande (Brighter Days Ahead)
Best Artist of the Year – Lady Gaga
Best Song of the Year – Rose and Bruno Mars (APT)
Best New Artist – Alex Warren
Best Pop Artist – Sabrina Carpenter
MTV Push Performance of the Year – January 2025: Catseye (Touch)
Best Collaboration – Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars (Die With a Smile)
Best Pop – Ariana Grande (Brighter Days Ahead)
Best Hip-Hop – Deutsch (Anxiety)
Best R&B – Mariah Carey (Type Dangerous)
Best Alternative – Sombre (Back to Friends)
- Best Rock – Coldplay (All My Love)
Best Latin – Shakira (Soltera)
Best K-Pop – Lisa (photo Doja Cat and Raye) (Born Again)
Best Afrobeats – Tyla (Push 2 Start)
Best Country – Megan Moroney (Am I OK?)
Best Album – Sabrina Carpenter (for Short N Sweet)
Best Longform Video – Ariana Grande (for Brighter Days Ahead)
Best Group – Blackpink
Song of the Summer – Tate McRae (for Just Keep Watching) (from F1 The Movie)
Video for Good – Charli XCX (for Guess) (with Billie Eilish)
Best Direction – Lady Gaga (for Abracadabra)
Best Art Direction Lady Gaga (for Abracadabra)
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