2025 MTV Video Music Awards: Lady Gaga Dominates Nominations, Swift and Beyoncé in Historic Showdown
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Lady Gaga has made a triumphant return to the music scene by leading the pack with 12 nominations at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, surpassing Taylor Swift's two-year reign. Gaga is nominated in various categories such as best collaboration, pop, direction, art direction, cinematography, editing, choreography, visual effects, song, video, album, and artist of the year. Other notable nominees for artist of the year include Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar, Morgan Wallen, The Weeknd, Beyoncé, and Swift, who are tied for the most career total VMAs at 30 each.
Following closely behind Gaga is Bruno Mars with 11 nominations, while Lamar has 10. Sabrina Carpenter and Blackpink's ROSÉ are tied with eight nominations, along with Ariana Grande and The Weeknd with seven. Billie Eilish has six nominations, and Charli xcx has five. Other artists like Bad Bunny, Doechii, Ed Sheeran, Jelly Roll, Miley Cyrus, and Tate McRae have four nominations each.
The highly anticipated video of the year award will see Gaga and Mars' "Die With A Smile" competing against Grande's "Brighter Days Ahead," Eilish's "Birds of a Feather," Lamar's "Not Like Us," ROSÉ and Mars' "APT.," Sabrina Carpenter's "Manchild," and The Weeknd and Playboi Carti's "Timeless." The winner of the artist of the year category at the upcoming VMAs could potentially break the tie between Beyoncé and Swift for the most-awarded musician in VMA history.
In conclusion, the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards promise to be a thrilling event with Lady Gaga leading the nominations and a star-studded lineup of artists vying for top honors. Stay tuned for the awards ceremony in September to see who will take home the prestigious awards and make history in the music industry.