The Nominees Have Officially Been Announced For The 2025 Video Music Awards
The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards are shaping up to be a star-studded showdown, with Lady Gaga leading the nominations with 12 nods. Her chart-topping duet “Die With a Smile” with Bruno Mars helped secure her spot at the top, while Mars isn’t far behind with 11 nominations of his own.
Other nominees include Kendrick Lamar, ROSÉ and Sabrina Carpenter.
With 18 MTV Video Music Awards to her name, Lady Gaga is inching closer to the top of the all-time leaderboard. Currently, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé share the record for most VMA wins, tied at 30 each.
Country Music Finds Its Place At The VMAs
A number of country stars have found themselves nominated for awards, including Ella Langley, Luke Combs and Morgan Wallen for Artist of the Year.
For the first time in its 42-year history, the MTV Video Music Awards are also honoring country music with a brand-new Best Country category.
The nominees include Chris Stapleton’s “Think I’m in Love With You,” Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood’s “I’m Gonna Love You,” Jelly Roll’s “Liar,” Lainey Wilson’s “4x4xU,” Megan Moroney’s “Am I Okay?” and Morgan Wallen’s “Smile.”
Last Year’s VMAs Was Dominated By Post Malone & Taylor Swift
Post Malone and Taylor Swift walked away as two of the biggest winners at last year’s VMAs, after the duo’s music video for their hit collaboration, “Fortnight,” won multiple trophies.
When accepting the award for Best Collaboration at the top of the ceremony, Taylor praised her duet partner. She said:
“There is a very clear reason why Post Malone is everyone in music’s favorite person to collaborate with. It is because you are so ridiculously talented. You are so versatile, and you’re the most down-to-earth person.”
Post praised Taylor for “the amount of work, and care, and love that she puts into everything she does.”