Lady Gaga leads 2025 MTV Video Music Awards nominations
Written by laserteam on August 5, 2025
(CNN) -The nominations for the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, known as the VMAs, were announced Tuesday, and it’s a crowded playing field.
Lady Gaga leads this year’s nominees with 12, including nominations in the video of the year, artist of the year and best album categories.
She is followed by Bruno Mars with 11; Kendrick Lamar with 10; and ROSÉ and Sabrina Carpenter, tied with eight each.
It marks the third time the “Abracadabra” singer and “House of Gucci” actress has led VMA nominations, having previously done it in 2010 with 13 nods and in 2020 when she tied with nine.
This year, Ariana Grande and The Weeknd have seven nominations each; Billie Eilish has six; Charli XCX scored five nods and Bad Bunny, Doechii, Ed Sheeran, Jelly Roll, Miley Cyrus and Tate McRae tied with four each.
Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, who are both nominated for artist of the year, are once again vying for the title of the most VMA wins ever.
The show has also added the best country and best pop artist categories.
