Lady Gaga leads the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards nominations, and close behind her in second place is her “Die With a Smile” duet partner Bruno Mars. While “Die With a Smile” is the reason for about half of their nominations, “Abracadabra” and “APT.” are their most-nominated tracks.

MTV has revealed the nominees for the 2025 edition of the Video Music Awards, and Lady Gaga leads the pack with 12 nods, coming in just ahead of her "Die with a Smile" collaborator, Bruno Mars, who netted 11.

The nominations for the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards are here, with Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, and Sabrina Carpenter among this year’s most-nominated artists.