Watch who gets honored the year for a top music video at the 41st anniversary of the MTV VMAs.
This year, the date is set for Sunday September 7, 2025 at 8PM ET/PT.
New in 2025r? For the first time ever, the MTV VMAs will be broadcast on network CBS as we as on MTV and Paramount+. UBS Arena near NYC will repeat as the VMAs' home for the second year in a row.
Meanwhile, stay tuned for more on the 2025 VMAs, including a full list of nominees (expected to be released in August), along with who will host, performers and presenters, and the announcement of big winners on awards night.
2924 MTV VMAs rewind
Hosting the show for the first time ever was rapper Megan Thee Stallion.
2024 MTV VMA nominees (also see WINNERS, below) had Taylor Swift leading the pack with a total of 10 nominations including eight nods for her megahit, “Fortnight”
Following closely behind was Post Malone, with nine nominations, mostly for his collab with Taylor Swift on “Fortnight” along with another best collaboration nod with country music star Morgan Wallen) on “I Had Some Help.”
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Taylor Swift leads the pack with 10 nominations followed by Post Malone with nine.
More notable nominees included Ariana Grande with six nominations,for her song “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” including video of the year, best direction, best cinematography and best editing in addition to best visual effects nominations for “The Boy Is Mine” as well as a nod for artist of the year.
Other artists with multiple nominations included Sabrina Carpenter and Eminem with six nods, Megan Thee Stallion and SZA iwth 5, LISA and Teddy Swims with 4, amd Dua Lipa, Benson Boone. Anitta Tyla and GloRilla with three nods apiece.
MTV VMA PERFORMERS
Performers on the big night included Chappell Roan, Halsey, Sabrina Carpenter, Lenny Kravitz, Lisa and Benson Boone, along with GloRilla, Camila Cabello, and Rauw Alejandro. Joining them will be Karol G, Anitta with Fat Joe, DJ Khaled and Tiago PZK, LL Cool J, and Shawn Mendes.
Katy Perry, this year's recipient of the Video Vanguard Award, also gave a live performance.
MTV VMA PRESENTERS
Presenters on this year's show included Addison Rae, Alessandra Ambrosio, Amelia Dimoldenberg, Big Sean, Busta Rhymes, Damiano David (Måneskin), DANNA, DJ Khaled, Fat Joe, Flavor Flav, French Montana, Halle Bailey, Jordan Chiles, Lil Nas X, Miranda Lambert, Cindi Lauper, Naomi Scott, Paris Hilton, Suki Waterhouse, Thalía and Tinashe.
Just up ahead, check out the complete list of 2024 MTV VMA nominees and WINNERS plus fun facts, videos, and related resources about the MTV's music video "Oscars"...
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• More than a two dozen categories have been dropped by the VMA lineup over the years, including Best Artist Website and Best Video Game Soundtrack (and does anyone remember Ringtone of the Year?)
• The award for Quadruple Threat of the Year was given out just once, in 2007, to Justin Timberlake.
• Madonna is the winning-est music artist of all time with 20 Moonmen, more than Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson combined.
• American audiences were stunned by the twerkfest by Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke at the 2013 VMA's, wracking up more than 150 formal complaints to the FCC for their naughtier-than-thou performance.
• The first nominees for music videos in Spanish were announced at the 2005 VMAs that also featured live performances by Shakira, Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, and Tego Calderon.
• The most awarded music video of all time is Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer," which took home a total of nine Moonmen at the 1987 VMAs.
2024 MTV VMA Nominees & WINNERS
Video of the Year
Ariana Grande — we can’t be friends (wait for your love)
Billie Eilish — Lunch
Doja Cat — Paint The Town Red
Eminem — Houdini
SZA — Snooze Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — Fortnight
Ariana Grande — we can’t be friends (wait for your love)
Benson Boone — Beautiful Things
Billie Eilish — BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Chappell Roan — Good Luck, Babe!
Charli XCX & Billie Eilish — Guess featuring Billie Eilish
Eminem — Houdini
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar — Like That
GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion — Wanna Be
Hozier — Too Sweet
Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us
Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen — I Had Some Help
Sabrina Carpenter — Please Please Please
Shaboozey — A Bar Song (Tipsy)
SZA — Saturn Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — Fortnight Tommy Richman — MILLION DOLLAR BABY
VMAs Most Iconic Performance
Beyonce — Love On Top
Eminem — The Real Slim Shady / The Way I Am Katy Perry — Roar Lady Gaga — Paparazzi
Madonna — Like A Virgin
Madonna, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Missy Elliott — Like A Virgin / Hollywood
Taylor Swift — You Belong With Me
Artist of the Year
Ariana Grande
Bad Bunny
Eminem
Sabrina Carpenter
SZA Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
Beyonce — TEXAS HOLD ‘EM
Jack Harlow — Lovin On Me
Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us Sabrina Carpenter — Espresso Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — Fortnight
Teddy Swims — Lose Control
Performance of the Year
Kaliii — Area Codes
GloRilla — Lick or Sum
Benson Boone — In The Stars
Coco Jones — ICU
Victoria Monet — On My Mama
Jessie Murph — Wild Ones
Teddy Swims — Lose Control
Chappell Roan — Red Wine Supernova
Flyana Boss — yeaaa
Laufey — Goddess LE SSERAFIM — Easy The Warning — Automatic Sun
Best Group
*NSYNC
Coldplay
Imagine Dragons
NCT DREAM
NewJeans SEVENTEEN
TOMORROW X TOGETHER
Twenty One Pilots
Best Collaboration
Drake feat. Sexxy Red & SZA — Rich Baby Daddy
GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion — Wanna Be
Jessie Murph feat. Jelly Roll — Wild Ones
Jung Kook feat. Latto — Seven
Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen — I Had Some Help Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — Fortnight
Best Pop
Camila Cabello
Dua Lipa
Olivia Rodrigo
Sabrina Carpenter
Tate McRae Taylor Swift
Alicia Keys — Lifeline
Muni Long — Made For Me SZA — Snooze Tyla — Water
USHER, Summer Walker, 21 Savage — Good Good
Victoria Monet — On My Mama
Best Alternative
Benson Boone — Beautiful Things Bleachers — Tiny Moves
Hozier — Too Sweet
Imagine Dragons — Eyes Closed
Linkin Park — Friendly Fire
Teddy Swims — Lose Control (Live)
Best Rock
Bon Jovi — Legendary
Coldplay — feelslikeimfallinginlove
Green Day — Dilemma
Kings of Leon — Mustang Lenny Kravitz — Human U2 — Atomic City
Best Latin
Anitta — Mil Veces Bad Bunny — MONACO
Karol G — MI EX TENIA RAZON
Myke Towers — LALA
Peso Pluma & Anitta — BELLAKEO
Rauw Alejandro — Touching The Sky
Shakira & Cardi B — Punteria
Best K-Pop
Jung Kook feat. Latto — Seven Lisa — Rockstar NCT DREAM — Smoothie
NewJeans — Super Shy
Stray Kids — LALALALA
TOMORROW X TOGETHER — Deja Vu
Best Afrobeats
Ayra Starr feat. Giveon — Last Heartbreak Song
Burna Boy — City Boys
Chris Brown feat. Davido & Lojay — Sensational
Tems — Love Me JeJe Tyla — Water USHER, Pheelz — Ruin
Video for Good
Alexander Stewart — if you only knew Billie Eilish — What Was I Made For? Coldplay — feelslikeimfallinginlove
Joyner Lucas & Jelly Roll — Best For Me
RAYE — Genesis.
Tyler Childers — In Your Love
Best Trending Video
Beyonce — TEXAS HOLD ‘EM
Camila Cabello feat. Playboi Carti — I LUV IT
Chappell Roan — Hot To Go!
Charli XCX — Apple Megan Thee Stallion feat. Yuki Chiba — Mamushi Tinashe — Nasty
Best Direction
we can’t be friends (wait for your love) — Ariana Grande
Tiny Moves — Bleachers
Houdini — Eminem
BOA — Megan Thee Stallion
Please Please Please — Sabrina Carpenter Fortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
Best Cinematography
we can’t be friends (wait for your love) — Ariana Grande Von dutch — Charli XCX
Illusion — Dua Lipa
Obsessed — Olivia Rodrigo
Touching The Sky — Rauw Alejandro
Fortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
Best Visual Effects
the boy is mine — Ariana Grande Houdini — Eminem Selfish — Justin Timberlake
BOA — Megan Thee Stallion
get him back! — Olivia Rodrigo
Fortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
Best Choreography
Tiny Moves — Bleachers Houdini — Dua Lipa Rockstar — LISA
Touching The Sky — Rauw Alejandro
greedy — Tate McRae
Rush — Troye Sivan
Best Art Direction
360 — Charli XCX
Rockstar — LISA BOA — Megan Thee Stallion bad idea right? — Olivia Rodrigo
Please Please Please — Sabrina Carpenter
Fortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
Best Editing
Mil Veces — Anitta
we can’t be friends (wait for your love) — Ariana Grande
Houdini — Eminem
Rockstar — LISA
Espresso — Sabrina Carpenter Fortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
More about the MTV VMA's around the Web:
Elsewhere on the Web, check out major links to star profiles, red carpet fashion photos, and lots of history & fun facts behind the MTV Video Music Awards.
2024 MTV Video Music Awards - The official site with complete list of this year's nominees, winners, presenters and performers, photo galleries and video clips.
MTV Video Music Awards - Wikipedia - The online encyclopedia with a complete history of the awards, hyperlinks to lists of winners by year dating back to 1984, and related resources.