Ieri sera, 7 settembre, si è svolta la cerimonia di assegnazione degli MTV Video Music Awards 2025. La serata, presentata da LL Cool J alla UBS Arena di Elmont, New York, ha visto il trionfo di Lady Gaga che ha portato a casa ben quattro premi a fronte di ben 12 nominations. Fra questi il più prestigioso: Artista dell’anno. Grande successo anche per Ariana Grande e Sabrina Carpernter vincitrici di tre premi ciascuna. Vincono anche i Coldplay, Alex Warren, Doechi e Mariah Carey.
Questo l’elenco completo dei vincitori delle rispettive categorie:
Video of the year
- Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead” – WINNER
- ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
- Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
- Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
- The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
- Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
Artist of the year
- Lady Gaga – WINNER
- Bad Bunny
- Beyoncé
- Kendrick Lamar
- Morgan Wallen
Best new artist
- Alex Warren – WINNER
- Ella Langley
- Gigi Perez
- Lola Young
- sombr
- The Marías
Latin Icon Award
- Ricky Martin – WINNER
Best Country
- Megan Moroney – “Am I Okay?” – WINNER
- 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”
- Morgan Wallen – “Smile”
Song of the year
- ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.” – WINNER
- Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
- Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”
- Doechii – “Anxiety”
- Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
- Gracie Abrams – “I Love You, I’m Sorry”
- Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
- Lorde – “What Was That”
- Tate McRae – “Sports Car”
- The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
Best R&B
- Mariah Carey – “Type Dangerous” – WINNER
- Chris Brown – “Residuals”
- Leon Thomas and Freddie Gibbs – “MUTT (REMIX)”
- PARTYNEXTDOOR – “N o C h i l l”
- Summer Walker – “Heart Of A Woman”
- SZA – “Drive”
- The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
Video Vanguard Award
- Mariah Carey – WINNER
Best alternative
- Sombr – “Back to Friends” – WINNER
- Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”
- Imagine Dragons – “Wake Up”
- Lola Young – “Messy”
- mgk and Jelly Roll – “Lonely Road”
- The Marías – “Back to Me”
Song of summer
- Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching” – WINNER
- Addison Rae – “Headphones On”
- Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
- Benson Boone – “Mystical Magical”
- Chappell Roan – “The Subway”
- BigXthaPlug ft. Bailey Zimmerman – “All the Way”
- Sombr – “12 to 12”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
- Ravyn Lenae ft. Rex Orange County – “Love Me Not”
- Morgan Wallen ft. Tate McRae – “What I Want”
- Demi Lovato – “Fast”
- Doja Cat – “Jealous Type”
- Jessie Murph – “Blue Strips”
- Justin Bieber – “Daisies”
- MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shenseea – “Shake It to the Max (FLY)” (Remix)
- HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI – “Golden”
Rock the Bells Visionary Award
- Busta Rhymes
PUSH Performance of the Year
- Katseye – “Touch” – WINNER
- Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
- Ayra Starr – “Last Heartbreak Song”
- Mark Ambor – “Belong Together”
- Lay Bankz – “Graveyard”
- Dasha – “Bye Bye Bye”
- Jordan Adetunji – “KEHLANI”
- Leon Thomas – “YES IT IS”
- Livingston – “Shadow”
- Role Model – “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out”
- Damiano David – “Next Summer”
- Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”
Best K-pop
- LISA ft. Doja Cat and RAYE – “Born Again” – WINNER
- aespa – “Whiplash”
- JENNIE – “like JENNIE”
- Jimin – “Who”
- JISOO – “earthquake”
- ROSÉ – “toxic till the end”
- Stray Kids – “Chk Chk Boom”
Best Afrobeats
- Tyla – “PUSH 2 START” – WINNER
- Asake and Travis Scott – “Active”
- Burna Boy ft. Travis Scott – “TaTaTa”
- Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shenseea – “Shake It To The Max (FLY)” (Remix)
- Rema – “Baby (Is It A Crime)”
- Tems ft. Asake – “Get It Right”
- Wizkid ft. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece Of My Heart”
Best album
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Short n’ Sweet” – WINNER
- Bad Bunny- “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS”
- Kendrick Lamar – “GNX”
- Lady Gaga – “Mayhem”
- Morgan Wallen – “I’m The Problem”
- The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”
Best collaboration
- Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile” – WINNER
- Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs – “Backup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)”
- Kendrick Lamar and SZA – “luther”
- Post Malone ft. Blake Shelton – “Pour Me A Drink”
- ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
- Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco – “Sunset Blvd”
Best pop
- Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead” – WINNER
- Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
- Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
- Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
- ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Best hip-hop
- Doechii – “Anxiety” – WINNER
- 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 – “Murdergram Deux”
- Travis Scott – “4X4”
Best pop artist
- Sabrina Carpenter – WINNER
- Ariana Grande
- Tate McRae
- Charli xcx
- Justin Bieber
- Lorde
- Miley Cyrus
Best Latin
- Shakira – “Soltera” – WINNER
- Bad Bunny – “BAILE INoLVIDABLE”
- J Balvin – “Rio”
- KAROL G – “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido”
- Peso Pluma and Netón Vega – “LA PATRULLA”
- Rauw Alejandro and Romeo Santos – “Khé?”
Best group
- Blackpink – WINNER
- aespa
- All Time Low
- Backstreet Boys
- Coldplay
- Evanescence
- Fuerza Regida
- Grupo Frontera
- Jonas Brothers
- Imagine Dragons
- Katseye
- My Chemical Romance
- Seventeen
- Stray Kids
- The Marías
- Twenty One Pilots
Best rock
- Coldplay – “ALL MY LOVE” – WINNER
- Evanescence – “Afterlife”
- Green Day – “One Eyed Bastard”
- Lenny Kravitz – “Honey”
- Linkin Park – “The Emptiness Machine”
- Twenty One Pilots – “The Contract”
