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2025 MTV Video Music Awards
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MARIAH CAREY TO RECEIVE VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD AND PERFORM AT 2025 MTV VMAs AIRING SEPT. 7 ON CBS
Credit: Ethan James Green Global entertainment icon Mariah Carey will receive the coveted Video Vanguard Award and perform a show-stopping, career-spanning medley of her biggest hits LIVE at the 2025 MTV VMAs, hosted by LL COOL J, LIVE from New York’s UBS Arena airing coast-to-coast Sunday, Sept. 7 at 8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT on the CBS Television Network, simulcast on MTV and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.* The best-selling female artist of all time returns to the VMAs stage for the first time in 20 years, with a full circle moment to accept the same award she presented t...
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FIRST PERFORMERS AND HONOREES REVEALED FOR 2025 MTV VMAs, AIRING SEPT. 7 ON CBS
Alex Warren, Busta Rhymes, J Balvin ft. DJ Snake, Ricky Martin, Sabrina Carpenter and sombr are the first round of superstar performers at the 2025 MTV VMAs. Hip-hop legend Busta Rhymes will receive the MTV VMA Rock The Bells Visionary Award; global icon Ricky Martin will be honored with the Latin Icon Award. LL COOL J hosts the 2025 MTV VMAs, airing LIVE coast-to-coast from New York’s UBS Arena Sunday, Sept. 7 at 8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT on the CBS Television Network, simulcast on MTV and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.* Alex Warren Breakout singer-songwriter an...
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LL COOL J TO HOST 2025 MTV VMAs ON CBS
Photo Credit: Peter Yang Entertainment icon and GRAMMY® and VMA Award winner LL COOL J will host the 2025 MTV VMAs LIVE coast-to-coast from New York’s UBS Arena Sunday, Sept. 7 at 8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT on the CBS Television Network, simulcast on MTV and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.* The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and hip-hop trailblazer will take the VMAs reins solo for the first time, after previously serving as co-emcee in 2022 with Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow. He took home his first Moon Person in 1991 for Best Rap and was the first rapper to receive th...
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NOMINATIONS REVEALED FOR THE “2025 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS” (VMAS) ON CBS
Lady Gaga Leads with 12 Nominations; Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Bruno Mars, Kendrick Lamar, ROSÉ, Sabrina Carpenter and The Weeknd Among Top Contenders 33 First-Time Nominees Include Alex Warren, Blake Shelton, Brent Faiyaz, Gigi Perez, KATSEYE, Lainey Wilson, Mac Miller, ROLE MODEL, sombr & The Marías; Best Country and Best Pop Artist Categories Added Show Airs LIVE from UBS Arena on Sunday, Sept. 7 at 8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT on CBS and 150+ Countries Globally Watch Nomination Categories on “CBS Mornings” Here Assets HerePress Credential Application Here CBS and MTV today revea...
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CBS AND MTV ANNOUNCE VAN TOFFLER’S RETURN TO THE VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS (VMAS)
Legendary Music Producer and His Company, Gunpowder & Sky, Join the CBS Television Network’s Inaugural Broadcast of the VMAs as Producers Alongside Den of Thieves CBS and MTV will bring back Van Toffler, who helped build the VMAs into a pop-culture phenomenon, in a multi-year deal with his studio Gunpowder & Sky, co-founded with Floris Bauer, to supercharge the show from a single night into a week-long, multiplatform celebration of music and music videos leading up to the main event. CBS will present the 2025 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS for the first time, airing LIVE from UBS Arena, Sunda...
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CBS TO PRESENT MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS (VMAS) FOR THE FIRST TIME, AIRING LIVE SUNDAY, SEPT. 7 FROM UBS ARENA, AND STREAMING ON PARAMOUNT+
Three-Hour CBS Broadcast to Simulcast on MTV; One-Hour Live Pre-Show to Air Across Paramount Media Networks CBS to present MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) for the first time, airing LIVE from UBS Arena, Sunday, Sept. 7 (8:00-11:00 PM, ET/5:00-8:00 PM PT), and streaming on Paramount+. Three-hour CBS broadcast to simulcast on MTV; one-hour live pre-show to air across Paramount Media Networks. The 2024 VMAs delivered its biggest multi-network audience in four years (+25% YOY) and ranked as the most social VMAs in show history, with 66.7 million social interactions. For more t...
