Best Photos From the 2025 MTV VMAs

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Relive the highlights of the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards done immoderate of the champion snapshots of the evening.

Sexyy Red and Rosé astatine the MTV Video Music Awards 2025 held astatine UBS Arena connected September 07, 2025 successful New York, New York.

From Sabrina Carpenter crawling retired of a manhole, to Lady Gaga transforming into a haunted doll to Mariah Carey earning her long-awaited archetypal grant astatine the ceremony, the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards surely did not disappoint erstwhile it came to juicy moments.

Held astatine New York’s UBS Arena connected Sunday (Sept. 7), the VMAs — which were hosted by rap superstar LL Cool J — saw immoderate of music’s biggest stars descended connected the arena for an evening of antics. Mariah Carey, who took location the Video Vanguard Award aft a career-spanning mashup performance, remarked that this was someway her archetypal Moon Person successful the ceremony’s history. “And I conscionable person 1 question: What successful the Sam Hill were you waiting for?” she jokingly growled into the microphone.

Across the different categories, Lady Gaga was the evening’s astir nominated artist, earning 12 nods for her enactment implicit the past year. After making a little quality astatine the apical of the amusement to judge the creator of the twelvemonth award, Gaga besides gave fans a high-octane, pre-taped show from The Mayhem Ball of “Abracadbra,” alongside the tv debut of her newest song, “The Dead Dance.”

Meanwhile, Carpenter — who was nominated for 8 awards and took location medium of the twelvemonth — wowed audiences with her head-turning show of “Tears.” Using her level to advocator for queer and trans rights, Sabrina was joined connected signifier by erstwhile stars of RuPaul’s Drag Race, including play 17 contestant Lexi Love, portion different dancers held up signs urging the assemblage astatine location to “Protect Trans Rights.”

Below, cheque retired immoderate of the champion photos taken astatine the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards.

Yungblud and Steven Tyler

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Yungblud and Steven Tyler execute during a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne astatine the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards astatine UBS Arena connected Sept. 7, 2025, successful Elmont, N.Y.
Hale Grande, Edward Butera, Joan Grande, Frankie Grande, and Ariana Grande

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Hale Grande, Edward Butera, Joan Grande, Frankie Grande, and Ariana Grande astatine the MTV Video Music Awards 2025 astatine UBS Arena o...