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The MTV Video Music Awards<\/a> is making its debut on CBS for the 2025 edition with a star-studded lineup of performers led by host LL Cool J<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Sunday, September 7, awards show is taking place at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, for the second year in a row. This year\u2019s edition marks LL Cool J\u2019s first time emceeing the MTV ceremony solo, as he previously hosted in 2022 alongside Nicki Minaj<\/strong> and Jack Harlow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Back in 1997, the \u201cMurdergram\u201d rapper, 57, became the first hip-hop artist to win the Video Vanguard Award<\/a>. This year, that honor \u2014 which has since been renamed in honor of the late Michael Jackson<\/strong> \u2014 will go to Mariah Carey<\/strong>, who in a full-circle moment presented LL Cool J with his Video Vanguard Moon Person nearly 20 years ago.<\/p>\n

Scroll down for the complete list of 2025 MTV Video Music Awards nominees<\/a> \u2014 and look for the bold names to see who won:<\/p>\n

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Video of the Year<\/strong>
Ariana Grande – \u201cBrighter Days Ahead\u201d<\/strong>
Billie Eilish – \u201cBirds of a Feather\u201d
Kendrick Lamar – \u201cNot Like Us\u201d
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – \u201cDie With a Smile\u201d
Ros\u00e9 & Bruno Mars – \u201cApt.\u201d
Sabrina Carpenter – \u201cManchild\u201d
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – \u201cTimeless\u201d<\/p>\n

Artist of the Year<\/strong>
Bad Bunny
Beyonc\u00e9
Kendrick Lamar
Lady Gaga<\/strong>
Morgan Wallen
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd<\/p>\n

Song of the Year<\/strong>
Alex Warren – \u201cOrdinary\u201d
Billie Eilish – \u201cBirds of a Feather\u201d
Doechii – \u201cAnxiety\u201d
Ed Sheeran – \u201cSapphire\u201d
Gracie Abrams – \u201cI Love You, I’m Sorry\u201d
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – \u201cDie With a Smile\u201d
Lorde – \u201cWhat Was That\u201d
Ros\u00e9 & Bruno Mars – \u201cApt.\u201d<\/strong>
Tate McRae – \u201cSports Car\u201d
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – \u201cTimeless\u201d<\/p>\n

Best New Artist<\/strong>
Alex Warren<\/strong>
Ella Langley
Gigi Perez
Lola Young
Sombr
The Mar\u00edas<\/p>\n

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Best Pop Artist<\/strong>
Ariana Grande
Charli XCX
Justin Bieber
Lorde
Miley Cyrus
Sabrina Carpenter<\/strong>
Tate McRae<\/p>\n

MTV Push Performance of the Year<\/strong>
August 2024: Shaboozey – \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy)\u201d
September 2024 – Ayra Starr – \u201cLast Heartbreak Song\u201d
October 2024 – Mark Ambor – \u201cBelong Together\u201d
November 2024 – Lay Bankz – \u201cGraveyard\u201d
December 2024 – Dasha – \u201cBye Bye Bye\u201d
January 2025 – Katseye – \u201cTouch\u201d<\/strong>
February 2025 – Jordan Adetunji – \u201cKehlani\u201d
March 2025 – Leon Thomas – \u201cYes It Is\u201d
April 2025 – Livingston – \u201cShadow\u201d
May 2025 – Damiano David – \u201cNext Summer\u201d
June 2025 – Gigi Perez – \u201cSailor Song\u201d
July 2025 – Role Model – \u201cSally, When the Wine Runs Out\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Collaboration<\/strong>
Bailey Zimmerman With Luke Combs – \u201cBackup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)\u201d
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – \u201cLuther\u201d
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – \u201cDie With a Smile\u201d<\/strong>
Post Malone ft. Blake Shelton – \u201cPour Me a Drink\u201d
Ros\u00e9 & Bruno Mars – \u201cApt.\u201d
Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco – \u201cSunset Blvd\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Pop<\/strong>
Alex Warren – \u201cOrdinary\u201d
Ariana Grande – \u201cBrighter Days Ahead\u201d<\/strong>
Ed Sheeran – \u201cSapphire\u201d
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – \u201cDie With a Smile\u201d
Ros\u00e9 & Bruno Mars – \u201cApt.\u201d
Sabrina Carpenter – \u201cManchild\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Hip-Hop<\/strong>
Doechii – \u201cAnxiety\u201d<\/strong>
Drake – \u201cNokia\u201d
Eminem ft. Jelly Roll – \u201cSomebody Save Me\u201d
GloRilla ft. Sexyy Red – \u201cWhatchu Kno About Me\u201d
Kendrick Lamar – \u201cNot Like Us\u201d
LL Cool J ft. Eminem – \u201cMurdergram Deux\u201d
Travis Scott – \u201c4X4\u201d<\/p>\n

Best R&B<\/strong>
Chris Brown – \u201cResiduals\u201d
Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs – \u201cMutt (Remix)\u201d
Mariah Carey – \u201cType Dangerous\u201d<\/strong>
Partynextdoor – \u201cNo Chill\u201d
Summer Walker – \u201cHeart of a Woman\u201d
SZA – \u201cDrive\u201d
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – \u201cTimeless\u201d<\/p>\n

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Best Alternative<\/strong>
Gigi Perez – \u201cSailor Song\u201d
Imagine Dragons – \u201cWake Up\u201d
Lola Young – \u201cMessy\u201d
MGK & Jelly Roll – \u201cLonely Road\u201d
Sombr – \u201cBack to Friends\u201d<\/strong>
The Mar\u00edas – \u201cBack to Me\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Rock<\/strong>
Coldplay – \u201cAll My Love\u201d<\/strong>
Evanescence – \u201cAfterlife (From the Netflix Series Devil May Cry)\u201d
Green Day – \u201cOne Eyed Bastard\u201d
Lenny Kravitz – \u201cHoney\u201d
Linkin Park – \u201cThe Emptiness Machine\u201d
Twenty One Pilots – \u201cThe Contract\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Latin<\/strong>
Bad Bunny – \u201cBaile Inolvidable\u201d
J Balvin – \u201cRio\u201d
Karol G – \u201cSi Antes Te Hubiera Conocido\u201d
Peso Pluma – \u201cLa Patrulla\u201d
Rauw Alejandro & Romeo Santos – \u201cKh\u00e9?\u201d
Shakira – \u201cSoltera\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best K-Pop<\/strong>
Aespa – \u201cWhiplash\u201d
Jennie – \u201cLike Jennie\u201d
Jimin – \u201cWho\u201d
Jisoo – \u201cEarthquake\u201d
Lisa ft. Doja Cat & Raye – \u201cBorn Again\u201d<\/strong>
Stray Kids – \u201cChk Chk Boom\u201d
Ros\u00e9 – \u201cToxic Till the End\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Afrobeats<\/strong>
Asake & Travis Scott – \u201cActive\u201d
Burna Boy ft. Travis Scott – \u201cTaTaTa\u201d
Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea – \u201cShake It to the Max (Fly) (Remix)\u201d
Rema – \u201cBaby (Is It a Crime)\u201d
Tems ft. Asake – \u201cGet It Right\u201d
Tyla – \u201cPush 2 Start\u201d<\/strong>
Wizkid ft. Brent Faiyaz – \u201cPiece of My Heart\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Country<\/strong>
Chris Stapleton – \u201cThink I’m in Love With You\u201d
Cody Johnson With Carrie Underwood – \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Love You\u201d
Jelly Roll – \u201cLiar\u201d
Lainey Wilson – \u201c4x4xU\u201d
Megan Moroney – \u201cAm I Okay?\u201d<\/strong>
Morgan Wallen – \u201cSmile\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Album<\/strong>
Bad Bunny – Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos
Kendrick Lamar – GNX
Lady Gaga – Mayhem
Morgan Wallen – I’m the Problem
Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet<\/strong>
The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow<\/p>\n

Best Long Form Video<\/strong>
Ariana Grande – \u201cBrighter Days Ahead\u201d<\/strong>
Bad Bunny – \u201cDeb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos (Short Film)\u201d
Damiano David – \u201cFunny Little Stories\u201d
Mac Miller – \u201cBalloonerism\u201d
Miley Cyrus – \u201cSomething Beautiful\u201d
The Weeknd – \u201cHurry Up Tomorrow\u201d<\/p>\n

Video for Good<\/strong>
Burna Boy – \u201cHigher\u201d
Charli XCX – \u201cGuess featuring Billie Eilish\u201d<\/strong>
Doechii – \u201cAnxiety\u201d
Eminem ft. Jelly Roll – \u201cSomebody Save Me\u201d
Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco – \u201cYounger and Hotter Than Me\u201d
Zach Hood ft. Sasha Alex Sloan – \u201cSleepwalking\u201d<\/p>\n

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Best Direction<\/strong>
Ariana Grande – \u201cBrighter Days Ahead\u201d
Charli XCX – \u201cGuess featuring Billie Eilish\u201d
Kendrick Lamar – \u201cNot Like Us\u201d
Lady Gaga – \u201cAbracadabra\u201d<\/strong>
Ros\u00e9 & Bruno Mars – \u201cApt.\u201d
Sabrina Carpenter – \u201cManchild\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Art Direction<\/strong>
Charli XCX – \u201cGuess featuring Billie Eilish\u201d
Kendrick Lamar – \u201cNot Like Us\u201d
Lady Gaga – \u201cAbracadabra\u201d<\/strong>
Lorde – \u201cMan of the Year\u201d
Miley Cyrus – \u201cEnd of the World\u201d
Ros\u00e9 & Bruno Mars – \u201cApt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Cinematography<\/strong>
Ariana Grande – \u201cBrighter Days Ahead\u201d
Ed Sheeran – \u201cSapphire\u201d
Kendrick Lamar – \u201cNot Like Us\u201d<\/strong>
Lady Gaga – \u201cAbracadabra\u201d
Miley Cyrus – \u201cEasy Lover\u201d
Sabrina Carpenter – \u201cManchild\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Editing<\/strong>
Charli XCX – \u201cGuess featuring Billie Eilish\u201d
Ed Sheeran – \u201cSapphire\u201d
Kendrick Lamar – \u201cNot Like Us\u201d
Lady Gaga – \u201cAbracadabra\u201d
Sabrina Carpenter – \u201cManchild\u201d
Tate McRae – \u201cJust Keep Watching (From F1\u00ae The Movie)\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Choreography<\/strong>
Doechii – \u201cAnxiety\u201d<\/strong>
FKA Twigs – \u201cEusexua\u201d
Kendrick Lamar – \u201cNot Like Us\u201d
Lady Gaga – \u201cAbracadabra\u201d
Tyla – \u201cPush 2 Start\u201d
Zara Larsson – \u201cPretty Ugly\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Visual Effects<\/strong>
Ariana Grande – \u201cBrighter Days Ahead\u201d
Lady Gaga – \u201cAbracadabra\u201d
Ros\u00e9 & Bruno Mars – \u201cApt.\u201d
Sabrina Carpenter – \u201cManchild\u201d<\/strong>
Tate McRae – \u201cJust Keep Watching (From F1\u00ae The Movie)\u201d
The Weeknd – \u201cHurry Up Tomorrow\u201d<\/p>\n

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Best Group<\/strong>
Aespa
All Time Low
Backstreet Boys
Blackpink<\/strong>
Coldplay
Evanescence
Fuerza Regida
Grupo Frontera
Imagine Dragons
Jonas Brothers
Katseye
My Chemical Romance
Seventeen
Stray Kids
The Mar\u00edas
Twenty One Pilots<\/p>\n

Song of Summer<\/strong>
Addison Rae – \u201cHeadphones On\u201d
Alex Warren – \u201cOrdinary\u201d
Benson Boone – \u201cMystical Magical\u201d
BigXthaPlug ft. Bailey Zimmerman – \u201cAll the Way\u201d
Chappell Roan – \u201cThe Subway\u201d
Demi Lovato – \u201cFast\u201d
Doja Cat – \u201cJealous Type\u201d
Huntr\/x: Ejae, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami – \u201cGolden\u201d
Jessie Murph – \u201cBlue Strips\u201d
Justin Bieber – \u201cDaisies\u201d
Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea \u2013 \u201cShake It to the Max (Fly) (Remix)\u201d
Morgan Wallen ft. Tate McRae – \u201cWhat I Want\u201d
Ravyn Lenae ft. Rex Orange County – \u201cLove Me Not\u201d
Sabrina Carpenter – \u201cManchild\u201d
Sombr – \u201c12 to 12\u201d
Tate McRae – \u201cJust Keep Watching (From F1\u00ae The Movie)\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award<\/strong>
Mariah Carey<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rock the Bells Visionary Award<\/strong>
Busta Rhymes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Latin Icon Award<\/strong>
Ricky Martin<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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