Gli MTV Video Music Awards 2025 si tengono questa notte (7 settembre) alla UBS Arena di Elmont, a New York,
A condurre lo show sarà LL Cool J, già protagonista della serata nel 2022 insieme a Nicki Minaj e Jack Harlow. Sul palco si alterneranno, tra gli altri, Mariah Carey, Lady Gaga, Steven Tyler degli Aerosmith, Sabrina Carpenter e molti altri. In fondo trovate l’elenco completo dei performer dei VMAs 2025.
Lady Gaga, in testa alle nomination di quest’anno con 12 candidature, si esibirà durante lo show, insieme a nuove superstar globali che si uniscono alla line-up, tra cui Conan Gray, Doja Cat, Jelly Roll, Post Malone e Tate McRae. Tra gli altri performer d’eccezione anche Mariah Carey, Ricky Martin, Sabrina Carpenter e Alex Warren.
Sono state poi annunciate le nomination per due categorie social: Miglior gruppo e Canzone dell’estate.
Tra le nomination per la prima categoria troviamo, BLACKPINK, Coldplay, Imagine Dragons e Jonas Brothers. Tra gli altri, nuove candidature per Alex Warren, Sabrina Carpenter e Tate McRae, grazie alle nomination per la categoria Canzone dell’estate, rispettivamente con “Ordinary”, “Manchild” e “Just Keep Watching (From F1® The Movie)”.
Tra i candidati per le categorie social alla loro prima nomination figurano invece Addison Rae, Fuerza Regida e HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI.
Tra i presentatori dei “VMA” ci saranno Ashlee Simpson Ross, Brittany Snow, Ciara, EJAE e REI AMI da “KPop Demon Hunter’s” e Audrey Nuna (Huntr/x), Ice Spice, Jessica Simpson, Latto, Livvy Dunne, Malin Ackerman, Meg Stalter, Nikki Glaser e Paris Hilton.
Grande attesa anche per il preshow dei “VMA” 2025, che verrà condotto da Nessa e Kevan Kenney con la speciale partecipazione delle KATSEYE. Il gruppo, candidato per la prima volta, farà il suo spettacolare debutto ai “VMA” durante il preshow con “Gnarly” e “Gabriela” dal nuovo EP Beautiful Chaos, che ha portato il gruppo alla sua prima Top 5 nella classifica Billboard 200. Le KATSEYE, fenomeno internazionale, sono anche candidate per le categorie MTV PUSH Performance of the Year e Miglior gruppo.
LA LISTA DELLE NOMINATION
Video of the Year
Ariana Grande — “brighter days ahead”
Billie Eilish — “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”
Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — “Die with a Smile”
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars — “APT.”
Sabrina Carpenter — “Manchild”
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti — “Timeless”
Artist of the Year
Bad Bunny
Beyoncé
Kendrick Lamar
Lady Gaga
Morgan Wallen
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd
Song of the Year
Alex Warren — “Ordinary”
Billie Eilish — “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”
Doechii — “Anxiety”
Ed Sheeran — “Sapphire”
Gracie Abrams — “I Love You, I’m Sorry”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — “Die with a Smile”
Lorde — “What Was That”
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars — “APT.”
Tate McRae — “Sports Car”
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti — “Timeless”
Best New Artist
Alex Warren
Ella Langley
Gigi Perez
Lola Young
sombr
The Marías
Best Pop Artist
Ariana Grande
Charli XCX
Justin Bieber
Lorde
Miley Cyrus
Sabrina Carpenter
Tate McRae
MTV Push Performance of the Year
August 2024 — Shaboozey — “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
September 2024 — Ayra Starr — “Last Heartbreak Song”
October 2024 — Mark Ambor — “Belong Together”
November 2024 — Lay Bankz — “Graveyard”
December 2024 — Dasha — “Bye Bye Bye”
January 2025 — KATSEYE — “Touch”
February 2025 — Jordan Adetunji — “KEHLANI”
March 2025 — Leon Thomas — “YES IT IS”
April 2025 — Livingston — “Shadow”
May 2025 — Damiano David — “Next Summer”
June 2025 — Gigi Perez — “Sailor Song”
July 2025 — ROLE MODEL — “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out”
Best Collaboration
Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs — “Backup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)”
Kendrick Lamar & SZA — “luther”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — “Die with a Smile”
Post Malone featuring Blake Shelton — “Pour Me a Drink”
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars — “APT.”
Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco — “Sunset Blvd”
Best Pop
Alex Warren — “Ordinary”
Ariana Grande — “brighter days ahead”
Ed Sheeran — “Sapphire”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — “Die with a Smile”
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars — “APT.”
Sabrina Carpenter — “Manchild”
Best Hip Hop
Doechii — “Anxiety”
Drake — “NOKIA”
Eminem featuring Jelly Roll — “Somebody Save Me”
GloRilla featuring Sexyy Red — “WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME”
Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
LL Cool J featuring Eminem — “Murdergram Deux”
Travis Scott — “4X4”
Best R&B
Chris Brown — “Residuals”
Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs — “MUTT (REMIX)”
Mariah Carey — “Type Dangerous”
PARTYNEXTDOOR — “N o C h i l l”
Summer Walker — “Heart of a Woman”
SZA — “Drive”
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti — “Timeless”
Best Alternative
Gigi Perez — “Sailor Song”
Imagine Dragons — “Wake Up”
Lola Young — “Messy”
mgk & Jelly Roll — “Lonely Road”
sombr — “back to friends”
The Marías — “Back to Me”
Best Rock
Coldplay — “ALL MY LOVE”
Evanescence — “Afterlife” (From the Netflix series ‘Devil May Cry’)
Green Day — “One Eyed Bastard”
Lenny Kravitz — “Honey”
Linkin Park — “The Emptiness Machine”
Twenty One Pilots — “The Contract”
Best Latin
Bad Bunny — “BAILE INoLVIDABLE”
J Balvin — “Rio”
Karol G — “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido”
Peso Pluma — “LA PATRULLA”
Rauw Alejandro & Romeo Santos — “Khé?”
Shakira — “Soltera”
Best K-Pop
aespa — “Whiplash”
JENNIE — “like JENNIE”
Jimin — “Who”
JISOO — “earthquake”
LISA featuring Doja Cat & RAYE — “Born Again”
Stray Kids — “Chk Chk Boom”
ROSÉ — “toxic till the end”
Best Afrobeats
Asake & Travis Scott — “Active”
Burna Boy featuring Travis Scott — “TaTaTa”
MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea — “Shake It to the Max (FLY) (Remix)”
Rema — “Baby (Is It a Crime)”
Tems featuring Asake — “Get It Right”
Tyla — “PUSH 2 START”
Wizkid featuring Brent Faiyaz — “Piece of My Heart”
Best Country
Chris Stapleton — “Think I’m in Love with You”
Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood — “I’m Gonna Love You”
Jelly Roll — “Liar”
Lainey Wilson — “4x4xU”
Megan Moroney — “Am I Okay?”
Morgan Wallen — “Smile”
Best Album
Bad Bunny — “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS”
Kendrick Lamar — “GNX”
Lady Gaga — “Mayhem”
Morgan Wallen — “I’m the Problem”
Sabrina Carpenter — “Short n’ Sweet”
The Weeknd — “Hurry Up Tomorrow”
Best Long Form Video
Ariana Grande — “brighter days ahead”
Bad Bunny — “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Short Film)”
Damiano David — “FUNNY little STORIES”
Mac Miller — “Balloonerism”
Miley Cyrus — “Something Beautiful”
The Weeknd — “Hurry Up Tomorrow”
Video for Good
Burna Boy — “Higher”
Charli XCX— “Guess featuring Billie Eilish”
Doechii — “Anxiety”
Eminem featuring Jelly Roll — “Somebody Save Me”
Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco — “Younger and Hotter Than Me”
Zach Hood featuring Sasha Alex Sloan — “Sleepwalking”
Best Direction
Ariana Grande — “brighter days ahead”
Charli XCX — “Guess featuring Billie Eilish”
Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
Lady Gaga — “Abracadabra”
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars — “APT.”
Sabrina Carpenter — “Manchild”
Best Art Direction
Charli XCX — “Guess featuring Billie Eilish”
Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
Lady Gaga — “Abracadabra”
Lorde — “Man of the Year”
Miley Cyrus — “End of the World”
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars — “APT.”
Best Cinematography
Ariana Grande — “brighter days ahead”
Ed Sheeran — “Sapphire”
Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
Lady Gaga — “Abracadabra”
Miley Cyrus — “Easy Lover”
Sabrina Carpenter — “Manchild”
Best Editing
Charli XCX — “Guess featuring Billie Eilish”
Ed Sheeran — “Sapphire”
Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
Lady Gaga — “Abracadabra”
Sabrina Carpenter — “Manchild”
Tate McRae — “Just Keep Watching (from ‘F1 The Movie’)”
Best Choreography
Doechii — “Anxiety”
FKA twigs — “Eusexua”
Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
Lady Gaga — “Abracadabra”
Tyla — “PUSH 2 START”
Zara Larsson — “Pretty Ugly”
Best Visual Effects
Ariana Grande — “brighter days ahead”
Lady Gaga — “Abracadabra”
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars — “APT.”
Sabrina Carpenter — “Manchild”
Tate McRae — “Just Keep Watching (from ‘F1 The Movie’)”
The Weeknd — “Hurry Up Tomorrow”
LE PERFORMANCE
Video Vanguard Award Honoree
Mariah Carey
Rock the Bells Visionary Award Honoree
Busta Rhymes
Latin Icon Award Honoree
Ricky Martin
Ozzy Osbourne Tribute Performers
Steven Tyler
Joe Perry
YUNGBLUD
Nuno Bettencourt
Altre performance
Alex Warren
Bailey Zimmerman
Conan Gray
DJ Snake
Doja Cat
J Balvin
Jelly Roll
KATSEYE
Lady Gaga
Lola Young
Megan Moroney
Post Malone
Sabrina Carpenter
sombr
Tate McRae
The Kid LAROI
IN ONDA
La diretta dei VMAs inizierà alle 20:00 (ora della costa Est USA) sulla CBS Television Network. Lo show sarà trasmesso in contemporanea anche su MTV e in streaming su Paramount+ negli Stati Uniti. Il pre-show, condotto da Nessa e Kevan Kenney, andrà in onda live a partire dalle 19:00 (EDT) su MTV, BET, BET Her, Comedy Central, CMT, Logo, MTV2, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, Pop, TV Land e VH1.
In Italia i “VMA” andranno in onda lunedì 8 settembre su MTV (canale Sky 131, 122 di Sky Glass e in streaming su NOW) con preshow alle 21.00 e show alle 22.00. Questi saranno trasmessi poi anche su MTV MUSIC (canali Sky 132 e 704, canale Sky Glass 123) a partire dalle 22.00. Sempre alle 22.00, l’evento andrà in onda su Comedy Central (canale 129 di Sky, 121 di Sky Glass e in streaming su NOW).
