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Everybody’s Working for the Weekend, Including MTV. AFTER LAST YEAR’S Presidential Schedule Changes, The 2025 Video Music Awards Are Returning to a Weekend-Night Broadcast, Live From Ubs on Long Island This September. Lady Gaga Leads The Pack with 12 nominationsIncluding for the artist of the year, where she’s up Against Bad Bunny, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Morgan Wallen, Taylor Swift, and the Weeknd. New this year is the best pop artist Category, which has justin bieber Competing Against Six Pop Girlies (or Five, Depending on How Lorde is Feeling About Her Gender Today). Also, The Vmas Are Introducing A Best Country Award. Below, everything to know the 2025 ceremony, Including who’s hosting, How and use to tune in and who Might take the Moonman.

Deepest, Bluest, This Host is like a Shark Fin. Ll Cool J Will Be Doing His First Solo Stint Hosting The video Music Awards. Ll previously co-hosted the event with nicki mines and jack harlowing in 2022. That’s the one we can yung made out with Addison rae, if you’ll recall. Oh, and Taylor Swift Announched Midnights. What insane hook-ups or swiftie easter EGGS AWAIT US THIS September?

Video of the Year, Presented by Burger King®
Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead”
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not like US”
Lady Gaga & Bruno March – “Die With a smile”
Rosé & Bruno March – “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”
Doightii – “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 March – “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
Lord
Miley Cyrus
Sabrina Carpenter
Tate mcrae

MTV Push Performance of the Year, Presented by Bacardí® Rum
Shaboosey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Ayra Starr – “Last Heartbreak Song”
Mark Ambor – “Belong Together”
Lay Bankz – “GRAYARD”
Dasha – “Bye Bye”
Katseye – “Touch”
Jordan Adetunji – “Kehlan”
Leon Thomas – “Yes it is”
Livingston – “Shadow”
Damiano David – “Next Summer”
Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”
Model Role – “Sally, when the Wine Runs Out”

Best Collaboration, Presented by Under Armour
Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs – “Backup Plan (StageCoach Official Music Video)”
Kendrick Lamar & Sza – “Luther”
Lady Gaga & Bruno March – “Die With a smile”
Post Malone ft. Blake Shelton – “Pour with A Drink”
Rosé & Bruno March – “APT.”
Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco – “Sunset Blvd”

Best pop pop
Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead”
Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
Lady Gaga & Bruno March – “Die With a smile”
Rosé & Bruno March – “APT.”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Best hip-hop
Doightii – “Anxiety”
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 – “Murderram Deux”
Travis Scott – “4×4”

Best r & b
Chris Brown – “Residals”
Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs – “Mutt (Remix)”
Mariah Carey – “Type Dangerous”
PartyNextdoor – “N O C Hill”
Summer Walker – “Heart of a Woman”
SZA – “Drive”
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

Best alternate
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 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 – “As antes to Hubiera Conocido”
Peso Pluma – “La Patrol”
Rauw Alejandro & Romeo Santos – “Khé?”
Shakira – “Soltera”

Best K-Pop
AESPA – “Whiplash”
Jennie – “Like Jennie”
Jimin – “Who”
Jesoo – “Earthquake”
Lisa ft. I loved cat & raye – “Born Again”
Stray Kids – “CHK CHK BOOM”
Rosé – “Toxic til the end”

Best Afrobeats
Asake & Travis Scott – “Active”
Burna Boy ft. Travis Scott – “Tatata”
Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea – “Shake It to the Max (Fly)”
Rema – “Baby (is it a crime)”
Tems ft. Asake – “Get it right”
Tulla – “Push 2 Start”
Wizkid ft. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece of My Heart”

Best Country
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”
Megan Moroney – “AM I Okay?”
Morgan Wallen – “Smile”

Best album
Bad Bunny – Debit tirar más photo
Kendrick Lamar – Gnx
Lady Gaga – May
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 Photos (Short Film)”
Damiano David – “Funny Little Stories”
Mac Miller – “Balloonerism”
Miley Cyrus – “Something Beautiful”
The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”

Video for Good
Burna Boy – “Higher”
Charli XCX – “GUESS Featuring Billie Eilish”
Doightii – “Anxiety”
Eminem ft. Jelly Roll – “Somebody Save Me”
Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco – “Younger and Hotter than Me”
Zach Hood ft. Sasha Alex Sloan – “Sleepwalking”

Best Direction
Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead”
Charli XCX – “GUESS Featuring Billie Eilish”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not like US”
Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Rosé & Bruno March – “APT.”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Best Art Direction
Charli XCX – “GUESS Featuring Billie Eilish”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not like US”
Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Lorde – “Man of the year”
Miley Cyrus – “End of the World”
Rosé & Bruno March – “APT.”

Best cinematography
Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead”
Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not like US”
Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Miley Cyrus – “Easy Lover”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

Best editing
Charli XCX – “GUESS Featuring Billie Eilish”
Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not like US”
Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Tate Mcrae – “JUST KEEP WATCHING (From F1 the Movie) ”

Best Choreography
Doightii – “Anxiety”
FKA Twigs – “Eusexua”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not like US”
Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Tulla – “Push 2 Start”
Zara Larsson – “Pretty Ugly”

Best Visual Effects
Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead”
Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
Rosé & Bruno March – “APT.”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Tate Mcrae – “JUST KEEP WATCHING (From F1 the Movie) ”
The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”

You Can Fill Out Your Balot Daily On Mtv’s WEBSITES UNIL September 5 at 6 pm et, though the best new artist Category will Also be Accepting Votes During the Show.

We don’t know yet, but we’ll update you once we find out. The recipient of the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award is historically announed in august prior to the awards ceremony, so watch this space.

If you Only have basic carable (or an antenna), you’re in Luck. For the first time, CBS will air the vmas as a simulcast with mtv. Otherwise, Stream it on Paramount+. The 2025 vmas are live on Sunday, September 7, at 8 pm et, with a one-hour Presheshow starting at 7 pm et.