Lady Gaga Dominates 2025 MTV VMA Nominations — Leading the Pack!
🎤 Lady Gaga leads 2025 MTV VMA nominations — with 12 nods!
The Mother Monster is dominating this year’s VMA race with major nominations including Video of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Best Album for Mayhem. This marks her third time topping the VMA list (2010, 2020, and now 2025).
She’s followed closely by:
- Bruno Mars (11 noms)
- Kendrick Lamar (10)
- ROSÉ and Sabrina Carpenter (8 each)
Other big names in the mix:
- Ariana Grande and The Weeknd (7 each)
- Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Bad Bunny, and Tate McRae all scoring multiple nominations
- New categories this year: Best Country Artist and Best Pop Artist
💬 Who’s your pick for Artist of the Year?
Do you think Gaga deserves the lead — or are the VMAs just giving her legacy credit?
Also… ROSÉ and Bruno Mars collabed twice this year — did anyone see that coming?
Fan voting is open at vote.mtv.com until Sept 5, and the show airs live on Sept 7 from UBS Arena on CBS & Paramount+.
