Lady Gaga leads 2025 MTV Video Music Awards nominations
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The nominations for the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, known as the VMAs, were announced Tuesday, and it's a crowded playing field.
Lady Gaga leads this year's nominees with 12, including nominations in the video of the year, artist of the year and best album categories.
She is followed by Bruno Mars with 11; Kendrick Lamar with 10; and ROSÉ and Sabrina Carpenter, tied with eight each.
It marks the third time the 'Abracadabra' singer and 'House of Gucci' actress has led VMA nominations, having previously done it in 2010 with 13 nods and in 2020 when she tied with nine.
This year, Ariana Grande and The Weeknd have seven nominations each; Billie Eilish has six; Charli XCX scored five nods and Bad Bunny, Doechii, Ed Sheeran, Jelly Roll, Miley Cyrus and Tate McRae tied with four each.
Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, who are both nominated for artist of the year, are once again vying for the title of the most VMA wins ever.
The show has also added the best country and best pop artist categories.
Here are some of this year's nominations:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Ariana Grande - 'brighter days ahead' - Republic Records
Billie Eilish - 'BIRDS OF A FEATHER' - Darkroom/Interscope Records
Kendrick Lamar - 'Not Like Us' - pgLang/Interscope Records
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - 'Die With A Smile' - Interscope Records
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - 'APT.' - Atlantic Records
Sabrina Carpenter - 'Manchild' - Island
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti - 'Timeless' - XO/Republic Records
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Bad Bunny - Rimas Entertainment
Beyoncé - Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records
Kendrick Lamar - pgLang/Interscope Records
Lady Gaga - Interscope Records
Morgan Wallen - Big Loud Records/Mercury Records
Taylor Swift - Republic Records
The Weeknd - XO/Republic Records
SONG OF THE YEAR
Alex Warren - 'Ordinary' - Atlantic Records
Billie Eilish - 'BIRDS OF A FEATHER' - Darkroom/Interscope Records
Doechii - 'Anxiety' - Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records
Ed Sheeran - 'Sapphire' - Gingerbread Man Records/Atlantic Records
Gracie Abrams - 'I Love You, I'm Sorry' - Interscope Records
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - 'Die With A Smile' - Interscope Records
Lorde - 'What Was That' - Republic Records
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - 'APT.' - Atlantic Records
Tate McRae - 'Sports Car' - RCA Records
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti - 'Timeless' - XO/Republic Records
BEST NEW ARTIST
Alex Warren - Atlantic Records
Ella Langley - SAWGOD/Columbia Records
Gigi Perez - Island
Lola Young - Island
sombr - SMB Music/Warner Records
The Marías - Nice Life/Atlantic Records
BEST POP ARTIST
Ariana Grande - Republic Records
Charli xcx - Atlantic Records
Justin Bieber - Def Jam Recordings
Lorde - Republic Records
Miley Cyrus - Columbia Records
Sabrina Carpenter - Island
Tate McRae - RCA Records
BEST ALBUM
Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS - Rimas Entertainment
Kendrick Lamar - GNX - pgLang/Interscope Records
Lady Gaga - Mayhem - Interscope Records
Morgan Wallen - I'm The Problem - Big Loud Records/Mercury Records
Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet - Island
The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow - XO/Republic Records
BEST COLLABORATION, presented by Under Armour
Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs - 'Backup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)' - Atlantic Records/Warner Music Nashville
Kendrick Lamar & SZA - 'luther' - pgLang/Interscope Records
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - 'Die With A Smile' - Interscope Records
Post Malone ft. Blake Shelton - 'Pour Me A Drink' - Mercury Records
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - 'APT.' - Atlantic Records
Selena Gomez, benny blanco - 'Sunset Blvd' - SMG Music/Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope Records
BEST POP
Alex Warren - 'Ordinary' - Atlantic Records
Ariana Grande - 'brighter days ahead' - Republic Record
Ed Sheeran - 'Sapphire' - Gingerbread Man Records/Atlantic Records
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - 'Die With A Smile' - Interscope Records
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - 'APT.' - Atlantic Records
Sabrina Carpenter - 'Manchild' - Island
BEST HIP-HOP
Doechii - 'Anxiety' - Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records
Drake - 'NOKIA' - OVO/Santa Anna/Republic
Eminem ft. Jelly Roll - 'Somebody Save Me' - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records
GloRilla ft. Sexyy Red - 'WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME' - CMG/Interscope Records
Kendrick Lamar - 'Not Like Us' - pgLang/Interscope Records
LL COOL J ft. Eminem - 'Murdergram Deux' - Def Jam Recordings
Travis Scott - '4X4' - Cactus Jack/Epic Records
BEST R&B
Chris Brown - 'Residuals' - Chris Brown Entertainment/RCA Records
Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs - 'MUTT (REMIX)' - EZMNY Records/Motown Records
Mariah Carey - 'Type Dangerous' - gamma.
PARTYNEXTDOOR - 'N o C h i l l' - OVO Sound
Summer Walker - 'Heart Of A Woman' - LVRN/Interscope Records
SZA - 'Drive' - Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA Records
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti - 'Timeless' - XO/Republic Records
Fan voting is now open for 19 gender-neutral categories by visiting vote.mtv.com through September 5.
The VMAs will air live from UBS Arena on Sunday, September 7th at 8PM ET/5PM PT on CBS, and will stream on Paramount+.
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