2025 MTV VMAs – The Complete Winners List

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Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter, Ariana Grande, Rosé and Bruno Mars were among the winners at the 2025 ceremony.

Ariana Grande won video of the year at the 2025 Video Music Awards, which were handed out Sunday night.

The video for her song “brighter 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 was artist of the year, which was presented 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 perform Sunday night. About 90 minutes later, the VMAs broadcast her performing “Abracadabra” and “The Dead Dance” from her show at MSG.

Sabrina Carpenter also took home three “Moon Person” trophies, including album of the year with Short n’ Sweet.

Other winners who accepted during 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 during the show, Mariah Carey was presented with the Video Vanguard Award, Busta Rhymes received the inaugural Rock the Bells Visionary Award, and Ricky Martin accepted the inaugural Latin Icon Award. All three artists also performed. (See all the stars’ red carpet arrivals here.)

This year, the VMAs added two new categories: best pop artist and best country video.

The VMAs aired live coast-to-coast starting at 5 p.m. Sunday from UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, with LL Cool J serving as host. The show aired on CBS for the first time in 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.

Check out the full list of 2025 MTV Video Music Award winners below:

Video of the Year, Presented by Burger King®
Ariana Grande, “Brighter Days Ahead”

Artist of the Year
Lady Gaga

Song of the Year
Rosé & Bruno Mars, “APT.”

Best New Artist
Alex Warren

Best Pop Artist
Sabrina Carpenter

MTV Push Performance of the Year
January 2025: KATSEYE, “Touch”

Best Collaboration
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars, “Die With a Smile”

Best Pop
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars, “Die With a Smile”

Best Hip-Hop
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars, “Die With a Smile”

Best R&B
Mariah Carey, “Type Dangerous”