The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards may be over, but more than a few of the evening\u2019s big numbers are still winning fans over the next morning.<\/p>\n
Lady Gaga<\/a> walked away with the highest number of Moon People at the annual ceremony held on Sunday night (Sept. 7), earning four more trophies \u2014 including for artist of the year \u2014 and bringing her career VMAs wins to a staggering 22. Meanwhile, Mariah Carey<\/a> took home the evening\u2019s coveted Video Vanguard award, while Ariana Grande snagged video of the year for her expansive video project \u201cBrighter Days Ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n But as is often the case with the VMAs, fans remain fixated on the high-octane performances that took place over the course of Sunday night\u2019s festivities. Tate McRae<\/a> wowed audiences with her dance-fueled rendition of \u201cSports Car\u201d and \u201cRevolving Door\u201d at the ceremony, where she and a group of scantily clad male dancers gyrated their way through a head-turning number.<\/p>\n Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>, meanwhile, used her \u201cTears\u201d performance as an opportunity to not only highlight the drag artistry she featured in the song\u2019s music video, but to send a potent political message about defending the trans community from attacks, as she and her dancers held up signs declaring \u201cProtect Trans Rights.\u201d<\/p>\n And even if Gaga wasn\u2019t in the building \u2014 she had a show to perform at New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden last night \u2014 Mother Monster gave audiences at home a glimpse of The Mayhem Ball with her pre-filmed rendition of \u201cAbracadabra\u201d and her new song \u201cThe Dead Dance\u201d with an expertly choreographed performance.<\/p>\n Other performers throughout the evening included Ricky Martin, who delivered a cavalcade of his past hits in a massive medley; Doja Cat, who kicked the show off with an \u201980s-inspired rendition of \u201cJealous Type\u201d; and a tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne from Yungblud, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and Nuno Bettencourt.<\/p>\n Billboard wants to know: Which performance at the 2025 VMAs was your favorite? Let us know by voting in our poll below.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Billboard VIP Pass<\/p>\n Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Billboard’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards may be over, but more than a few of the evening\u2019s big numbers are still winning fans over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1991803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[24076,29110,25405,312296,337128,25890],"class_list":["post-2007453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-ariana-grande","tag-billboard","tag-lady-gaga","tag-mariah-carey","tag-mtv-video-music-awards","tag-performance"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sabrina-Carpenters-Lover-Faces-New-Grisly-Fate-in-Alternate-Ending.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1991803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/div>\n