Kendrick Lamar Just Can't Be Stopped! Nearly Dominates the VMAs Nominations List for 2025! See Who Has the Most Noms!

If you're a fan of award shows like we are, one of the biggest nights in the music industry is coming your way! CBS and MTV today revealed the highly anticipated list of nominees for the 2025 MTV “VMAs,” celebrating artists whose cultural impact and work during the last 12 months have revolutionized the music industry and sparked global conversations.

NOMINATION HIGHLIGHTS:

• Lady Gaga (12) leads this year’s nominees, looking to add to her 18 “VMAs” wins with nominations in Video of the Year, Artist of the Year, Best Album and more. This marks the third time Gaga has led nominations, previously in 2010 (13 nods) and 2020 (tied with 9 nods). 

  
  

• Other top contenders include Bruno Mars (11), Kendrick Lamar (10), ROSÉ and Sabrina Carpenter (8 each), Ariana Grande and The Weeknd (7 each), Billie Eilish (6), Charli xcx (5), Bad Bunny, Doechii, Ed Sheeran, Jelly Roll, Miley Cyrus and Tate McRae (4 each). 

• he race for most-ever “VMAs” wins continues between Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, both nominated for Artist of the Year.

  
  

• New this year, the addition of Best Country and Best Pop Artist categories. 

  
  

• First-time nominees receiving multiple nods include ROSÉ (8; first solo noms), Alex Warren and Gigi Perez (3 each), Damiano David (first solo), Leon Thomas, Lola Young, sombr and The Marías (2 each), JENNIE, Jimin and JISOO also earned their first solo nods. Other first-timers include Bailey Zimmerman, Blake Shelton, Brent Faiyaz, Cody Johnson, Dasha, Ella Langley,Freddie Gibbs, Jordan Adetunji, KATSEYE, Lainey Wilson, Lay Bankz, Livingston, Mac Miller,Mark Ambor, Megan Moroney, MOLIY, PARTYNEXTDOOR, ROLE MODEL, Sasha Alex Sloan,Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Zach Hood.

  
  

The “VMAs” return LIVE to New York’s UBS Arena airing coast-to-coast Sunday, Sept. 7 at 8PM ET/5PM PT on the CBS Television Network, simulcast on MTV and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.*