It’s Here! Kendrick Sabrina Carpenter & Gaga Lead 2025 MTV VMA Nominations.

The nominations for the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards have officially landed. And deservingly so, the ever-iconic Lady Gaga, lyrical genius Kendrick Lamar, and rising pop darling Sabrina Carpenter sit atop the list as this year’s most-nominated artists.

Scope out thee entire list right below

2025 MTV Video Music Awards Nominations

🎬 Video of the Year

• 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”

🎤 Artist of the Year

• Bad Bunny
• Beyoncé
• Kendrick Lamar
• Lady Gaga
• Morgan Wallen
• Taylor Swift
• 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 & Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
• Lorde – “What Was That”
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Tate McRae – “Sports Car”
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

🌟 Best New Artist

• Alex Warren
• Ella Langley
• Gigi Perez
• Lola Young
• sombr
• The Marías

🎧 Best Pop Artist

• Ariana Grande
• Charli XCX
• Justin Bieber
• Lorde
• Miley Cyrus
• Sabrina Carpenter
• Tate McRae

🚀 MTV Push Performance of the Year

• Aug. 2024 – Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
• Sept. 2024 – Ayra Starr – “Last Heartbreak Song”
• Oct. 2024 – Mark Ambor – “Belong Together”
• Nov. 2024 – Lay Bankz – “Graveyard”
• Dec. 2024 – Dasha – “Bye Bye Bye”
• Jan. 2025 – KATSEYE – “Touch”
• Feb. 2025 – Jordan Adetunji – “KEHLANI”
• Mar. 2025 – Leon Thomas – “YES IT IS”
• Apr. 2025 – Livingston – “Shadow”
• May 2025 – Damiano David – “Next Summer”
• Jun. 2025 – Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”
• Jul. 2025 – Role Model – “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out”

🤝 Best Collaboration

• Bailey Zimmerman & Luke Combs – “Backup Plan” (Stagecoach Official Video)
• Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “luther”
• Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
• 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 – “Brighter Days Ahead”
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
• Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

🔥 Best Hip-Hop

• Doechii – “Anxiety”
• Drake – “NOKIA”
• Eminem ft. Jelly Roll – “Somebody Save Me”
• GloRilla ft. Sexyy Red – “Watch Kno About Me”
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
• LL COOL J ft. Eminem – “Murdergram Deux”
• Travis Scott – “4X4”

💜 Best R&B

• Chris Brown – “Residuals”
• Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs – “MUTT (REMIX)”
• Mariah Carey – “Type Dangerous”
• PARTYNEXTDOOR – “N o C h i l l”
• Summer Walker – “Heart Of A Woman”
• SZA – “Drive”
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

🌈 Best Alternative

• Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”
• Imagine Dragons – “Wake Up”
• Lola Young – “Messy”
• MGK & Jelly Roll – “Lonely Road”
• sombr – “back to friends”
• The Marías – “Back To Me”

🎸 Best Rock

• Coldplay – “All My Love”
• Evanescence – “Afterlife” (from 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 & Romeo Santos – “Khé?”
• Shakira – “Soltera”

🇰🇷 Best K-Pop

• aespa – “Whiplash”
• JENNIE – “like JENNIE”
• Jimin – “Who”
• JISOO – “earthquake”
• LISA ft. Doja Cat & RAYE – “Born Again”
• 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 (Remix)”
• Rema – “Baby (Is It A Crime)”
• Tems ft. Asake – “Get It Right”
• Tyla – “PUSH 2 START”
• Wizkid ft. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece Of My Heart”

🤠 Best Country

• Chris Stapleton – “Think I’m In Love With You”
• Cody Johnson & Carrie Underwood – “I’m Gonna Love You”
• Jelly Roll – “Liar”
• Lainey Wilson – “4x4xU”
• Megan Moroney – “Am I Okay?”
• 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
• The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow

🎥 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”