MTV Video Music Awards: List Of All 2025 VMA Winners
By Daniel Walker
The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards crowned the year's standout artists, videos, and creative teams in a night packed with memorable performances and surprise moments. From major category wins to technical awards that celebrate craft, this article compiles every winner announced at the VMAs so you can quickly find who took home the Moon Person trophies. Below you will find the complete winners list followed by a short guide on how to enhance your favorite VMA highlight clips using AI video enhancement tools.
Part 1. The Complete Winner List of MTV VMAs 2025
The full winners list captures pop hits, breakthrough artists, technical excellence, and genre-spanning achievements recognized at the 2025 VMAs. Whether you want to review who won the night's biggest prizes or check which artists scored technical awards for direction, cinematography, or visual effects, this list consolidates every category and outcome in one place for easy reference. The winners below reflect the official announcements made during the broadcast and reported by major outlets.
Video Of The Year
Ariana Grande - "brighter days ahead" - Republic Records (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
Tate McRae - "Sports Car" - RCA Records
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti - "Timeless" - XO/Republic Records
Best New Artist
Alex Warren - Atlantic Records (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
Tate McRae - RCA Records
MTV Push Performance Of The Year
Aug. 2024 - Shaboozey - "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" - American Dogwood/EMPIRE
Sept. 2024 - Ayra Starr - "Last Heartbreak Song" - Mavin Records/Republic Records
Oct. 2024 - Mark Ambor - "Belong Together" - Hundred Days Records/Virgin Music
Nov. 2024 - Lay Bankz - "Graveyard" - Artist Partner Group Inc.
Dec. 2024 - Dasha - "Bye Bye Bye" - Warner Records
Jan. 2025 - KATSEYE - "Touch" - HYBE/Geffen Records (WINNER)
Feb. 2025 - Jordan Adetunji - "KEHLANI" - 300 Entertainment
March 2025 - Leon Thomas - "YES IT IS" - EZMNY Records/Motown Records
April 2025 - Livingston - "Shadow" - Republic Records
May 2025 - Damiano David - "Next Summer" - Sony Italy/Arista Records
June 2025 - Gigi Perez - "Sailor Song" - Island
July 2025 - ROLE MODEL - "Sally, When the Wine Runs Out" - Interscope Records
Best Collaboration
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 (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
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. (WINNER)
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
Best Alternative
Gigi Perez - "Sailor Song" - Island
Imagine Dragons - "Wake Up" - KIDinaKorner/Interscope Records
Lola Young - "Messy" - Island
mgk & Jelly Roll - "Lonely Road" - EST 19XX/Interscope Records
sombr - "back to friends" - SMB Music/Warner Records (WINNER)
The Marías - "Back to Me" - Nice Life/Atlantic Records
Best Rock
Coldplay - "ALL MY LOVE" - Atlantic Records (WINNER)
Evanescence - "Afterlife (From the Netflix Series 'Devil May Cry')" - Netflix Music
Green Day - "One Eyed Bastard" - Reprise Records/Warner Records
Lenny Kravitz - "Honey" - Roxie Records Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management GmbH
Linkin Park - "The Emptiness Machine" - Warner Records
Twenty One Pilots - "The Contract" - Fueled By Ramen
Best Latin
Bad Bunny - "Baile Inolvidable" - Rimas Entertainment
J Balvin - "Rio" - Capitol Records
KAROL G - "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido" - Bichota Records/Interscope Records
Peso Pluma - "LA PATRULLA" - Double P Records
Rauw Alejandro & Romeo Santos - "Khé?" - Sony Music US Latin
Shakira - "Soltera" - Sony Music US Latin (WINNER)
Best K-Pop
aespa - "Whiplash" - SM Entertainment/Virgin Music Group
JENNIE - "like JENNIE" - OA Entertainment/Columbia Records
Jimin - "Who" - BIGHIT MUSIC
JISOO - "earthquake" - Warner Records
LISA ft. Doja Cat & RAYE - "Born Again" - Lloud Co./RCA Records (WINNER)
Stray Kids - "Chk Chk Boom" - JYP/IMPERIAL/Republic
ROSÉ - "toxic till the end" - Atlantic Records
Best Afrobeats
Asake & Travis Scott - "Active" - YBNL Nation/EMPIRE
Burna Boy ft. Travis Scott - "TaTaTa" - Spaceship/Bad Habit/Atlantic Records
MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea - "Shake It to the Max (FLY) (Remix)" - gamma.
Rema - "Baby (Is It a Crime)" - Mavin Global Holdings Ltd / Jonzing World Entertainment / Interscope Records
Tems ft. Asake - "Get It Right" - RCA Records/Since '93
Tyla - "PUSH 2 START" - FAX Records/Epic Records (WINNER)
Wizkid ft. Brent Faiyaz - "Piece of My Heart" - Starboy/RCA Records
Best Country
Chris Stapleton - "Think I'm in Love with You" - Mercury Nashville
Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood - "I'm Gonna Love You" - CoJo Music / Warner Music Nashville
Jelly Roll - "Liar" - BBR Music Group/BMG/Republic Records
Lainey Wilson - "4x4xU" - Broken Bow Records
Megan Moroney - "Am I Okay?" - Columbia Records (WINNER)
Morgan Wallen - "Smile" - Big Loud Records/Mercury 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 (WINNER)
The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow - XO/Republic Records
Best Long Form Video
Ariana Grande - "brighter days ahead" - Republic Records (WINNER)
Bad Bunny - "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Short Film)" - Rimas Entertainment
Damiano David - "FUNNY little STORIES" - Sony Italy/Arista Records
Mac Miller - "Balloonerism" - Warner Records
Miley Cyrus - "Something Beautiful" - Columbia Records
The Weeknd - "Hurry Up Tomorrow" - XO/Republic Records
Video For Good
Burna Boy - "Higher" - Spaceship/Bad Habit/Atlantic Records
Charli xcx - "Guess featuring Billie Eilish" - Atlantic Records (WINNER)
Doechii - "Anxiety" - Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records
Eminem ft. Jelly Roll - "Somebody Save Me" - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records
Selena Gomez, benny blanco - "Younger and Hotter Than Me" - SMG Music/Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope Records
Zach Hood ft. Sasha Alex Sloan - "Sleepwalking" - Arista Records
Best Direction
Ariana Grande - "brighter days ahead" - Republic Records
Charli xcx - "Guess featuring Billie Eilish" - Atlantic Records
Kendrick Lamar - "Not Like Us" - pgLang/Interscope Records
Lady Gaga - "Abracadabra" - Interscope Records (WINNER)
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - "APT." - Atlantic Records
Sabrina Carpenter - "Manchild" - Island
Best Art Direction
Charli xcx - "Guess featuring Billie Eilish" - Atlantic Records
Kendrick Lamar - "Not Like Us" - pgLang/Interscope Records
Lady Gaga - "Abracadabra" - Interscope Records (WINNER)
Lorde - "Man of the Year" - Republic Records
Miley Cyrus - "End of the World" - Columbia Records
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - "APT." - Atlantic Records
Best Cinematography
Ariana Grande - "brighter days ahead" - Republic Records
Ed Sheeran - "Sapphire" - Gingerbread Man Records/Atlantic Records
Kendrick Lamar - "Not Like Us" - pgLang/Interscope Records (WINNER)
Lady Gaga - "Abracadabra" - Interscope Records
Miley Cyrus - "Easy Lover" - Columbia Records
Sabrina Carpenter - "Manchild" - Island
Best Editing
Charli xcx - "Guess featuring Billie Eilish" - Atlantic Records
Ed Sheeran - "Sapphire" - Gingerbread Man Records/Atlantic Records
Kendrick Lamar - "Not Like Us" - pgLang/Interscope Records
Lady Gaga - "Abracadabra" - Interscope Records
Sabrina Carpenter - "Manchild" - Island
Tate McRae - "Just Keep Watching (from 'F1® The Movie')" - Atlantic Records (WINNER)
Best Choreography
Doechii - "Anxiety" - Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records (WINNER)
FKA twigs - "Eusexua" - Atlantic Records
Kendrick Lamar - "Not Like Us" - pgLang/Interscope Records
Lady Gaga - "Abracadabra" - Interscope Records
Tyla - "PUSH 2 START" - FAX Records/Epic Records
Zara Larsson - "Pretty Ugly" - Epic Records
Best Visual Effects
Ariana Grande - "brighter days ahead" - Republic Records
Lady Gaga - "Abracadabra" - Interscope Records
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - "APT." - Atlantic Records
Sabrina Carpenter - "Manchild" - Island (WINNER)
Tate McRae - "Just Keep Watching (from 'F1® The Movie')" - Atlantic Records
The Weeknd - "Hurry Up Tomorrow" - XO/Republic Records
Song Of The Summer
Addison Rae\- "Headphones On" - Columbia Records
Alex Warren - "Ordinary" - Atlantic Records
Benson Boone - "Mystical Magical" - Night Street Records/Warner Records
BigXthaPlug\*\ft. Bailey Zimmerman - "All the Way" - UnitedMasters
Chappell Roan - "The Subway" - Island
Demi Lovato - "Fast" - Island
Doja Cat - "Jealous Type" - Kemosabe/RCA Records
HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI\*\- "Golden" - Republic Records/Visva Records
Jessie Murph - "Blue Strips" - Columbia Records
Justin Bieber - "Daisies" - Def Jam Recordings
MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea - "Shake It to the Max (FLY) (Remix)" - gamma.
Morgan Wallen ft. Tate McRae - "What I Want" - Big Loud Records/Mercury Records
Ravyn Lenae ft. Rex Orange County - "Love Me Not" - Atlantic Records
Sabrina Carpenter - "Manchild" - Island
sombr - "12 to 12" - SMB Music/Warner Records
Tate McRae - "Just Keep Watching (From F1® The Movie)" - Atlantic Records (WINNER)
Best Group
aespa
All Time Low
Backstreet Boys
BLACKPINK (WINNER)
Coldplay
Evanescence
Fuerza Regida\*\*
Grupo Frontera
Imagine Dragons
Jonas Brothers
KATSEYE
My Chemical Romance
SEVENTEEN
Stray Kids
The Marías
twenty one pilots
Part 2. Make Your VMA Highlights Shine: Use HitPaw VikPea to Upscale and Polish Clips
If you captured or downloaded VMA highlight clips and want them to look broadcast quality, AI video enhancement is a fast way to improve clarity, color, and motion. HitPaw VikPea is an AI video enhancer that can upscale VMA clips, remove compression artifacts, and restore detail for playback on large screens or social platforms. Below is a short walkthrough on using VikPea and a feature list to help you decide if it is right for polishing awards show highlights.
- Upscales videos up to 8K while preserving fine detail and natural textures.
- AI noise reduction removes grain and compression artifacts for clearer footage.
- Motion restoration improves frame interpolation and smoothness without introducing ghosting.
- Color enhancement converts SDR to HDR and refines color grading automatically.
- Batch processing handles multiple clips at once to save time on large projects.
- AI portrait model sharpens faces while preserving skin tones and natural expression.
- Preview and export options offer 4K and 8K output with format choices.
How to Enhance VMA Highlight Clips with VikPea?
Step 1.Download and Launch HitPaw VikPea on your computer. Import your video by clicking on "Choose file". The drag and drop method also works for importing video to the software menu.
Step 2.This software offers multiple AI models such as General Model, Sharpen Model, Portrait Model and Video Quality Repair Model. Select a suitable model based on your needs.
Step 3.Under Export Settings, choose your desired resolution. VikPea supports upscaling up to 4K or 8K. Click on "Preview" to see your video. If satisfied, press the "Export" option to save your video.
Frequently Asked Questions About MTV VMAs 2025
The official winners and highlights were published on MTV's site and covered by major music outlets and news sites. Check MTV's VMA event page for the primary winners list, and read supporting coverage from reputable outlets for detailed breakdowns and analysis.
Yes. The winners compiled in this article reflect the official announcements made during the live VMA broadcast and verified by multiple major news sources. If you need a source link for a specific category, the MTV winners page and reporting outlets like People and Pitchfork are reliable.
Downloading clips is subject to copyright. For personal, offline viewing or editing of clips you own or have permission to use, enhancement tools are fine. For public use or reposting, verify copyright and licensing, and obtain permission when required to avoid infringing on the rights of artists and broadcasters.
Conclusion
This page gathers all winners from the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards and gives a concise, practical guide for polishing VMA highlight clips with HitPaw VikPea. Whether you are tracking the night's biggest winners or preparing clips for social sharing, use the winners list as a reference and consider AI enhancement tools to present highlights in the best possible quality. For official coverage and full reporting, consult MTV and major music titles cited above.
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