Umuhanzikazi Ayra Starr uherutse gushimisha ibihumbi by’abantu mu gitaramo cya Giants of Africa i Kigali, ari mu bahanzi bahataniye ibihembo bikomeye bya MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) 2025, aho yatoranyijwe mu cyiciro cya MTV ‘Push Performance of the Year’ binyuze mu ndirimbo ye “Last Heartbreak Song”.

Ibi bihembo by’uyu mwaka bizatangwa ku cyumweru, tariki 7 Nzeri 2025, mu muhango uzabera kuri UBS Arena i New York muri Amerika, ushobora kuzasiga amateka kubera ibyiciro bibiri bishya byongewemo ari byo Best Country na Best Pop Artist.

Mu bahanzi bahataniye ibi bihembo, Lady Gaga ni we uri imbere cyane, aho ahatanye mu byiciro 12, akurikirwa na Bruno Mars uhatanye mu byiciro 11 na Kendrick Lamar uhatanye mu byiciro 10.

Gaga, umaze kwegukana ibihembo 18 bya VMA, ni inshuro ya gatatu abaye uwa mbere mu kugira ibyiciro byinshi ahatanyemo mbere y’itangwa ry’ibihembo, nyuma ya 2010 na 2020.

Nubwo Lady Gaga ari imbere uyu mwaka, Beyoncé na Taylor Swift baracyafite agahigo ko kugira VMA nyinshi kurusha abandi bose, buri umwe afite 30 harimo n’izatsindiwe mu matsinda.

Bombi bahatanye mu cyiciro gikomeye cya Artist of the Year, kimwe na Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga na Morgan Wallen.

Mu byiciro byashyizweho bwa mbere harimo Best Country, aho abahanzi nka Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, Morgan Wallen n’abandi bahataniye.

Mu cyiciro gishya cya Best Pop Artist, harimo ibyamamare nka Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Lorde, Miley Cyrus, n’abandi.

Abahanzi bashya bahataniye ‘Best New Artist’ ni Alex Warren, Ella Langley, Gigi Perez, Lola Young, sombr, na The Marías.

Mu ndirimbo zikomeye zihataniye Video of the Year harimo” “brighter days ahead” ya Ariana Grande’. “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” ya Billie Eilish, “Not Like Us” ya Kendrick Lamar, “Die with a Smile” ya Lady Gaga na Bruno Mars, “APT.” ya ROSÉ na Bruno Mars, “Manchild” ya Sabrina Carpenter, na “Timeless” ya The Weeknd na Playboi Carti.

Ayra Starr, umwe mu bahanzi b’Abanyafurika bari kugenda bagaragaza ubuhanga ku rwego mpuzamahanga, ari mu byiciro byihariye binyuze mu ndirimbo yakoreye MTV Push yitwa “Last Heartbreak Song”, yatumye agira n’andi mazina akomeye mu rwego rw’ibitaramo by’amajonjora y’ibihembo.

Mu cyiciro cya Best Afrobeats, harimo abandi bahanzi bo muri Afurika nka Asake, Burna Boy, Rema, Tems, Tyla na Wizkid.

Amatora ku byiciro 24 by’ibihembo bya MTV VMA 2025 yaratangiye, bikazageza ku wa 5 Nzeri saa kumi n’ebyiri z’umugoroba (6PM ET). Ariko mu cyiciro cya Best New Artist, amatora azakomeza kugeza ku munsi nyir’izina w’itangwa ry’ibihembo.

Uyu muhango utegerejwe cyane kubera ko uzatanga ishusho y’uko abahanzi bari gukora ibihambaye mu rwego mpuzamahanga bateguwe n’ibi bihembo bikomeye bishingiye ku mashusho n’umuziki.

Urutonde rurambuye rw’abahataniye ibihembo by’uyu mwaka bya MTV VMA 2025

1.Video of the Year

Ariana Grande - "brighter days ahead" - Republic Records

Billie Eilish - "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" - Darkroom/Interscope Records

Kendrick Lamar - "Not Like Us" - pgLang/Interscope Records

Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - "Die with a Smile" - Interscope Records

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - "APT." - Atlantic Records

Sabrina Carpenter - "Manchild" - Island

The Weeknd, Playboi Carti - "Timeless" - XO/Republic Records

2.Artist of the Year

Bad Bunny - Rimas Entertainment

Beyoncé - Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records

Kendrick Lamar - pgLang/Interscope Records

Lady Gaga - Interscope Records

Morgan Wallen - Big Loud Records/Mercury Records

Taylor Swift - Republic Records

The Weeknd - XO/Republic Records

3.Song of the Year

Alex Warren - "Ordinary" - Atlantic Records

Billie Eilish - "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" - Darkroom/Interscope Records

Doechii - "Anxiety" - Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records

Ed Sheeran - "Sapphire" - Gingerbread Man Records/Atlantic Records

Gracie Abrams - "I Love You, I’m Sorry" - Interscope Records

Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - "Die with a Smile" - Interscope Records

Lorde - "What Was That" - Republic Records

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - "APT." - Atlantic Records

Tate McRae - "Sports Car" - RCA Records

The Weeknd, Playboi Carti - "Timeless" - XO/Republic Records

4.Best New Artist

Alex Warren - Atlantic Records

Ella Langley - SAWGOD/Columbia Records

Gigi Perez - Island

Lola Young - Island

sombr - SMB Music/Warner Records

The Marías - Nice Life/Atlantic Records

Best Pop Artist (new category)

Ariana Grande - Republic Records

Charli xcx - Atlantic Records

Justin Bieber - Def Jam Recordings

Lorde - Republic Records

Miley Cyrus - Columbia Records

Sabrina Carpenter - Island

Tate McRae - RCA Records

5.MTV Push Performance of the Year

Aug. 2024 - Shaboozey - "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" - American Dogwood/EMPIRE

Sept. 2024 - Ayra Starr - "Last Heartbreak Song" - Mavin Records/Republic Records

Oct. 2024 - Mark Ambor - "Belong Together" - Hundred Days Records/Virgin Music

Nov. 2024 - Lay Bankz - "Graveyard" - Artist Partner Group Inc.

Dec. 2024 - Dasha - "Bye Bye Bye" - Warner Records

Jan. 2025 - KATSEYE - "Touch" - HYBE/Geffen Records

Feb. 2025 - Jordan Adetunji - "KEHLANI" - 300 Entertainment

March 2025 - Leon Thomas - "YES IT IS" - EZMNY Records/Motown Records

April 2025 - Livingston - "Shadow" - Republic Records

May 2025 - Damiano David - "Next Summer" - Sony Italy/Arista Records

June 2025 - Gigi Perez - "Sailor Song" - Island

July 2025 - ROLE MODEL - "Sally, When the Wine Runs Out" - Interscope Records

6.Best Collaboration

Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs - "Backup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)" – Atlantic Records/Warner Music Nashville

Kendrick Lamar & SZA - "luther" - pgLang/Interscope Records

Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - "Die with a Smile" - Interscope Records

Post Malone ft. Blake Shelton - "Pour Me a Drink" - Mercury Records

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - "APT." - Atlantic Records

Selena Gomez, benny blanco - "Sunset Blvd" - SMG Music/Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope Records

7.Best Pop

Alex Warren - "Ordinary" - Atlantic Records

Ariana Grande - "brighter days ahead" - Republic Record

Ed Sheeran - "Sapphire" - Gingerbread Man Records/Atlantic Records

Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - "Die with a Smile" - Interscope Records

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - "APT." - Atlantic Records

Sabrina Carpenter - "Manchild" - Island

8.Best Hip-Hop

Doechii - "Anxiety" - Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records

Drake - "NOKIA" - OVO/Santa Anna/Republic

Eminem ft. Jelly Roll - "Somebody Save Me" - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records

GloRilla ft. Sexyy Red - "WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME" - CMG/Interscope Records

Kendrick Lamar - "Not Like Us" - pgLang/Interscope Records

LL COOL J ft. Eminem - "Murdergram Deux" - Def Jam Recordings

Travis Scott - "4X4" - Cactus Jack/Epic Records

9.Best R&B

Chris Brown - "Residuals" - Chris Brown Entertainment/RCA Records

Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs - "MUTT (REMIX)" - EZMNY Records/Motown Records

Mariah Carey - "Type Dangerous" - gamma.

PARTYNEXTDOOR - "N o C h i l l" - OVO Sound

Summer Walker - "Heart of a Woman" - LVRN/Interscope Records

SZA - "Drive" - Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA Records

The Weeknd, Playboi Carti - "Timeless" - XO/Republic Records

10.Best Alternations

Gigi Perez - "Sailor Song" - Island

Imagine Dragons - "Wake Up" - KIDinaKorner/Interscope Records

Lola Young - "Messy" - Island

mgk & Jelly Roll - "Lonely Road" - EST 19XX/Interscope Records

sombr - "back to friends" - SMB Music/Warner Records

The Marías - "Back to Me" - Nice Life/Atlantic Records

11.Best Rock

Coldplay - "ALL MY LOVE" - Atlantic Records

Evanescence - "Afterlife (From the Netflix Series ’Devil May Cry’)" - Netflix Music

Green Day - "One Eyed Bastard" - Reprise Records/Warner Records

Lenny Kravitz - "Honey" - ℗© 2024 Roxie Records Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management GmbH

Linkin Park - "The Emptiness Machine" - Warner Records

twenty one pilots - "The Contract" - Fueled By Ramen

12.Best Latin

Bad Bunny - "BAILE INoLVIDABLE" - Rimas Entertainment

J Balvin - "Rio" - Capitol Records

KAROL G - "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido" - Bichota Records/Interscope Records

Peso Pluma - "LA PATRULLA" - Double P Records

Rauw Alejandro & Romeo Santos - "Khé?" - Sony Music US Latin

Shakira - "Soltera" - Sony Music US Latin

13.Best K-Pop

aespa - "Whiplash" - SM Entertainment/Virgin Music Group

JENNIE - "like JENNIE" - OA Entertainment/Columbia Records

Jimin - "Who" - BIGHIT MUSIC

JISOO - "earthquake" - Warner Records

LISA ft. Doja Cat & RAYE - "Born Again" - Lloud Co./RCA Records

Stray Kids - "Chk Chk Boom" - JYP/IMPERIAL/Republic

ROSÉ - "toxic till the end" - Atlantic Records

14.Best Afrobeats

Asake & Travis Scott - "Active" - YBNL Nation/EMPIRE

Burna Boy ft. Travis Scott - "TaTaTa" - Spaceship/Bad Habit/Atlantic Records

MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea - "Shake It to the Max (FLY) (Remix)" - gamma.

Rema - "Baby (Is It a Crime)" - Mavin Global Holdings Ltd / Jonzing World Entertainment / Interscope Records

Tems ft. Asake - "Get It Right" - RCA Records/Since ’93

Tyla - "PUSH 2 START" - FAX Records/Epic Records

Wizkid ft. Brent Faiyaz - "Piece of My Heart" - Starboy/RCA Records

15.Best Country (new category)

Chris Stapleton - "Think I’m in Love with You" - Mercury Nashville

Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood - "I’m Gonna Love You" - CoJo Music / Warner Music Nashville

Jelly Roll - "Liar" - BBR Music Group/BMG/Republic Records

Lainey Wilson - "4x4xU" - Broken Bow Records

Megan Moroney - "Am I Okay?" - Columbia Records

Morgan Wallen - "Smile" - Big Loud Records/Mercury Records

16.Best Album

Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS - Rimas Entertainment

Kendrick Lamar - GNX - pgLang/Interscope Records

Lady Gaga - Mayhem - Interscope Records

Morgan Wallen - I’m the Problem - Big Loud Records/Mercury Records

Sabrina Carpenter - Short n’ Sweet - Island

The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow - XO/Republic Records

17.Best Long Form Video

Ariana Grande - "brighter days ahead" - Republic Records

Bad Bunny - "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Short Film)" - Rimas Entertainment

Damiano David - "FUNNY little STORIES" - Sony Italy/Arista Records

Mac Miller - "Balloonerism" - Warner Records

Miley Cyrus - "Something Beautiful" - Columbia Records

The Weeknd - "Hurry Up Tomorrow" - XO/Republic Records

18.Video for Good

Burna Boy - "Higher" - Spaceship/Bad Habit/Atlantic Records

Charli xcx - "Guess featuring Billie Eilish" - Atlantic Records

Doechii - "Anxiety" - Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records

Eminem ft. Jelly Roll - "Somebody Save Me" - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records

Selena Gomez, benny blanco - "Younger and Hotter Than Me" - SMG Music/Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope Records

Zach Hood ft. Sasha Alex Sloan - "Sleepwalking" - Arista Records

19.Best Direction

Ariana Grande - "brighter days ahead" - Republic Records

Charli xcx - "Guess featuring Billie Eilish" - Atlantic Records

Kendrick Lamar - "Not Like Us" - pgLang/Interscope Records

Lady Gaga - "Abracadabra" - Interscope Records

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - "APT." - Atlantic Records

Sabrina Carpenter - "Manchild" - Island

20.Best Art Direction

Charli xcx - "Guess featuring Billie Eilish" - Atlantic Records

Kendrick Lamar - "Not Like Us" - pgLang/Interscope Records

Lady Gaga - "Abracadabra" - Interscope Records

Lorde - "Man of the Year" - Republic Records

Miley Cyrus - "End of the World" - Columbia Records

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - "APT." - Atlantic Records

21.Best Cinematography

Ariana Grande - "brighter days ahead" - Republic Records

Ed Sheeran - "Sapphire" - Gingerbread Man Records/Atlantic Records

Kendrick Lamar - "Not Like Us" - pgLang/Interscope Records

Lady Gaga - "Abracadabra" - Interscope Records

Miley Cyrus - "Easy Lover" - Columbia Records

Sabrina Carpenter - "Manchild" - Island

22.Best Editing

Charli xcx - "Guess featuring Billie Eilish" - Atlantic Records

Ed Sheeran - "Sapphire" - Gingerbread Man Records/Atlantic Records

Kendrick Lamar - "Not Like Us" - pgLang/Interscope Records

Lady Gaga - "Abracadabra" - Interscope Records

Sabrina Carpenter - "Manchild" - Island

Tate McRae - "Just Keep Watching (from ’F1® The Movie’)" - Atlantic Records

23.Best Choreography

Doechii - "Anxiety" - Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records

FKA twigs - "Eusexua" - Atlantic Records

Kendrick Lamar - "Not Like Us" - pgLang/Interscope Records

Lady Gaga - "Abracadabra" - Interscope Records

Tyla - "PUSH 2 START" - FAX Records/Epic Records

Zara Larsson - "Pretty Ugly" - Epic Records

24.Best Visual Effects

Ariana Grande - "brighter days ahead" - Republic Records

Lady Gaga - "Abracadabra" - Interscope Records

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - "APT." - Atlantic Records

Sabrina Carpenter - "Manchild" - Island

Tate McRae - "Just Keep Watching (from ’F1® The Movie’)" - Atlantic Records

The Weeknd - "Hurry Up Tomorrow" - XO/Republic Records

Ayra Starr yatoranyijwe mu cyiciro cya MTV Push Performance of the Year binyuze mu ndirimbo ye “Last Heartbreak Song”

Uyu mukobwa wa Marvin Records aherutse gutanga ibyishimo bisendereye mu gitaramo cya Giants of Africa cyabaye ku wa Gatandatu tariki 2 Kanama 2025

Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars na Kendrick Lamar bayoboye abandi mu byiciro byinshi by’ibihembo bya MTV VMA 2025