MTV recognized Ricky Martin, already a Latin music icon, with its inaugural Latin Icon Award at the 2025 Video Music Awards on Sunday night. The artist celebrated the honor with a bon-bon–shaking medley of hits and a speech thanking fans who have stood by him for the past four decades, …
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Rosé looked like she could barely believe she won Song of the Year at the 2025 Video Music Awards, but had a two-page speech prepared just in case. After Paris Hilton (who walked out to her own bygone hit of sorts, 2006’s “Stars are Blind”) presented her with a win …
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Sabrina Carpenter showed her support for the LGBTQ+ community in her performance of the Man’s Best Friend song “Tears” at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night. The song began with Carpenter emerging from a literal manhole to sing alongside dancers that included RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Symone, Willam, …
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It’s the year of Mayhem, and it’s only fitting that Lady Gaga made an appearance at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. Performing live from her show at Madison Square Garden (though she had stopped by the VMA’s UBS Arena in Queens earlier to accept the Artist of the Year …
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Mariah Carey delivered a theatrical performance after being honored with the Video Vanguard Award at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. With set designs channeling movie theaters and masquerade balls, the mega-star worked through hits from each era of her career. Carey opened the medley with “Sugar Sweet,” her collaboration …
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After performing at the FIFA Club World Cup half-time show final and droppingMixteip earlier this summer, J Balvin took the stage at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awardson Sunday. The Colombian star performed his new single, “Zun Zun,” with Justin Quiles and Lenny Tavárez, before being joined by DJ Snake …
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Sombr is only looking ahead with his debut performance on the MTV Video Music Awards main stage. The 20-year-old musician added more fuel to the fire of his breakout year with a medley featuring the hit single “Back to Friends” and the standout record “12 to 12.” Sombr’s set started …
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Ariana Grande took home the trophy for Video of the Year for Brighter Days Ahead at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. She accepted the honor alongside filmmaker Christian Breslauer, who co-directed 26-minute short film with her. Minutes after winning the Best Pop award, Grande quipped that the …
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“This world, as we all know, can be so full of criticism and discrimination and negativity,” Sabrina Carpenter said Sunday at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. “So to get to be part of something, so more often than not, that is something that can bring you light, make you …
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The MTV VMAs were largely devoid of political statements. Ariana Grande shouted out the gays, and Sabrina Carpenter welcomed drag queens onstage, but few addressed the Trump administration’s troubling attacks on migrants — except Lenny Tavárez. The Puerto Rican star, who performed with J Balvin and Justin Quiles, walked the …
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