Nella serata di ieri, 7 settembre, si sono svolti gli MTV Video Music Awards 2025. La cerimonia, ospitata dalla UBS Arena di Elmont, New York, è stata presentatata da LL Cool J e ha visto Lady Gaga guidare la classifica con il maggior numero di nomination, totalizzandone 12. Altri artisti in testa alle candidature includevano Kendrick Lamar con 10 nomination; Rosé e Sabrina Carpenter con otto ciascuna; Ariana Grande e The Weeknd con sette a testa; Billie Eilish con sei; e Charli XCX con cinque. Da Gaga a Ricky Martin, Mariah Carey, Alex Warren e altri ancora, ecco tutti i vincitori della serata nelle varie categorie.
Video of the year
- Ariana Grande - "brighter days ahead" - 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"
- Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars - "Die With A Smile"
Artist of the year
- Lady Gaga - WINNER
- Bad Bunny
- Beyoncé
- Kendrick Lamar
- Morgan Wallen
Best new artist
- Alex Warren - WINNER
- Ella Langley
- Gigi Perez
- Lola Young
- sombr
- The Marías
Latin Icon Award
- Ricky Martin - WINNER
Best Country
- Megan Moroney - "Am I Okay?" - WINNER
- Chris Stapleton - "Think I'm In Love With You"
- Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood - "I'm Gonna Love You"
- Jelly Roll - "Liar"
- Lainey Wilson - "4x4xU"
- Morgan Wallen - "Smile"
Song of the year
- ROSÉ and Bruno Mars - "APT." - WINNER
- 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"
- Tate McRae - "Sports Car"
- The Weeknd, Playboi Carti - "Timeless"
Best R&B
- Mariah Carey - "Type Dangerous" - WINNER
- Chris Brown - "Residuals"
- Leon Thomas and Freddie Gibbs - "MUTT (REMIX)"
- PARTYNEXTDOOR - "N o C h i l l"
- Summer Walker - "Heart Of A Woman"
- SZA - "Drive"
- The Weeknd, Playboi Carti - "Timeless"
Video Vanguard Award
- Mariah Carey - WINNER
Best alternative
- Sombr - "Back to Friends" - WINNER
- Gigi Perez - "Sailor Song"
- Imagine Dragons - "Wake Up"
- Lola Young - "Messy"
- mgk and Jelly Roll - "Lonely Road"
- The Marías - "Back to Me"
Song of summer
- Tate McRae - "Just Keep Watching" - WINNER
- Addison Rae - "Headphones On"
- Alex Warren - "Ordinary"
- Benson Boone - "Mystical Magical"
- Chappell Roan - "The Subway"
- BigXthaPlug ft. Bailey Zimmerman - "All the Way"
- Sombr - "12 to 12"
- Sabrina Carpenter - "Manchild"
- Ravyn Lenae ft. Rex Orange County - "Love Me Not"
- Morgan Wallen ft. Tate McRae - "What I Want"
- Demi Lovato - "Fast"
- Doja Cat - "Jealous Type"
- 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 Performance of the Year
- Katseye - "Touch" - WINNER
- Shaboozey - "A Bar Song (Tipsy)"
- Ayra Starr - "Last Heartbreak Song"
- Mark Ambor - "Belong Together"
- Lay Bankz - "Graveyard"
- Dasha - "Bye Bye Bye"
- Jordan Adetunji - "KEHLANI"
- Leon Thomas - "YES IT IS"
- Livingston - "Shadow"
- Role Model - "Sally, When the Wine Runs Out"
- Damiano David - "Next Summer"
- Gigi Perez - "Sailor Song"
Best K-pop
- LISA ft. Doja Cat and RAYE - "Born Again" - WINNER
- aespa - "Whiplash"
- JENNIE - "like JENNIE"
- Jimin - "Who"
- JISOO - "earthquake"
- ROSÉ - "toxic till the end"
- Stray Kids - "Chk Chk Boom"
Best Afrobeats
- Tyla - "PUSH 2 START" - WINNER
- Asake and Travis Scott - "Active"
- Burna Boy ft. Travis Scott - "TaTaTa"
- Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shenseea - "Shake It To The Max (FLY)" (Remix)
- Rema - "Baby (Is It A Crime)"
- Tems ft. Asake - "Get It Right"
- Wizkid ft. Brent Faiyaz - "Piece Of My Heart"
Best album
- Sabrina Carpenter - "Short n' Sweet" - WINNER
- Bad Bunny- "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS"
- Kendrick Lamar - "GNX"
- Lady Gaga - "Mayhem"
- Morgan Wallen - "I'm The Problem"
- The Weeknd - "Hurry Up Tomorrow"
Best collaboration
- Lady 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"
- Post Malone ft. Blake Shelton - "Pour Me A Drink"
- ROSÉ and Bruno Mars - "APT."
- Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco - "Sunset Blvd"
Best pop
- Ariana Grande - "brighter days ahead" - WINNER
- Alex Warren - "Ordinary"
- 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 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 - "4X4"
Best pop artist
- Sabrina Carpenter - WINNER
- Ariana Grande
- Tate McRae
- Charli xcx
- Justin Bieber
- Lorde
- Miley Cyrus
Best Latin
- Shakira - "Soltera" - WINNER
- Bad 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?"
Best group
- Blackpink - WINNER
- aespa
- All Time Low
- Backstreet Boys
- Coldplay
- Evanescence
- Fuerza Regida
- Grupo Frontera
- Jonas Brothers
- Imagine Dragons
- Katseye
- My Chemical Romance
- Seventeen
- Stray Kids
- The Marías
- Twenty One Pilots
Best rock
- Coldplay - "ALL MY LOVE" - WINNER
- Evanescence - "Afterlife"
- Green Day - "One Eyed Bastard"
- Lenny Kravitz - "Honey"
- Linkin Park - "The Emptiness Machine"
- Twenty One Pilots - "The Contract"