The 2025 Video Music Awards are being handed out Sunday night.

Heading into the show, Lady Gaga is the leading nominee with 12 total VMA noms, followed by Bruno Mars with 11 and Kendrick Lamar with 10. All three will compete for video of the year: Gaga and Mars for their collaboration “Die With a Smile,” Mars and Rosé for their collab “APT.” and Lamar for “Not Like Us.” The other nominees in that category are Ariana Grande’s “Brighter Days Ahead,” Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather,” Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” and The Weeknd and Playboy Carti’s “Timeless.”

This year, the VMAs added two new categories: best pop artist and best country video.

The VMAs will air live coast-to-coast starting at 5 p.m. Sunday from UBS Arena in Elmont, New York. The show will air on CBS for the first

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