Lady Gaga wins big at the 2025 MTV VMAs, Mariah Carey honored with Video Vanguard title
Pop divas were having a moment at the MTV Video Music Awards last night.
Lady Gaga was the big winner, taking home four Moonmen awards out of her 12 nominations, including Artist of the Year, Best Collaboration with Bruno Mars for their track “Die with a Smile” and both Best Direction and Best Art Direction for the music video for her hit “Abracadabra.”
Gaga briefly attended the ceremony, hosted by LL Cool J, performing “Abracadabra” and her new single, “The Dead Dance,” both of which were livestreamed from Madison Square Garden during the show.
Other big winners included Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter, who both took home three prizes each.
Ariana won the Video of the Year, Best Pop and Best Long Form Video gongs for her track “Brighter Days Ahead,” while Sabrina claimed the prizes of Best Pop Artist, Best Album for Short n' Sweet and Best Visual Effects for the video to her hit “Manchild.”
Others winners included Rosé - who won the Song of the Year prize for her track Apt with Bruno Mars - and Alex Warren in the Best New Artist category.
Mariah Carey was also honored with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, while Busta Rhymes took home the Rock the Bells Visionary prize and Ricky Martin was awarded the VMAs first-ever Latin Icon Award.
Meanwhile, Yungblud and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry joined forces to pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne following the Black Sabbath icon's death at the age of 76 in July.
Check out the full list of winners below!
Video of the Year:
Ariana Grande - Brighter Days Ahead
Artist of the Year:
Lady Gaga
Song of the Year:
Rosé and Bruno Mars - Apt
Best New Artist:
Alex Warren
Best Pop Artist:
Sabrina Carpenter
MTV Push Performance of the Year:
January 2025: Katsye - Touch
Best Pop:
Ariana Grande - Brighter Days Ahead
Best Album:
Sabrina Carpenter - Short n’ Sweet
Best Collaboration:
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars - Die with a Smile
Best Hip Hop:
Doechii - Anxiety
Best R+B:
Mariah Carey - Type Dangerous
Best Alternative:
Sombr - Back to Friends
Best Rock:
Coldplay - All My Love
Best Latin:
Shakira - Soltera
Best K-Pop:
Lisa featuring Doja Cat and RAYE - Born Again
Best Afrobeats:
Tyla - Push 2 Start
Best Country:
Megan Moroney - Am I Okay?
Video for Good:
Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish - Guess
Best Long Form Video:
Ariana Grande - Brighter Days Ahead
Best Group:
Blackpink
Song of Summer:
Tate McRae - Just Keep Watching
Best Direction:
Lady Gaga - Abracadabra
Best Art Direction:
Lady Gaga - Abracadabra
Best Cinematography:
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
Best Editing:
Tate McRae - Just Keep Watching
Best Choreography:
Doechii - Anxiety
Best Visual Effects:
Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild
Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award:
Mariah Carey
Rock the Bells Visionary Award:
Busta Rhymes
Latin Icon Award:
Ricky Martin
