Lady Gaga leads the 2025 MTV VMA nominations with ‘MAYHEM’: Could she break Beyoncé and Taylor Swift’s records?

Lady Gaga dominates the 2025 MTV VMA nominations with MAYHEM, leaving fans wondering if she’ll break historical records.

With one of the most theatrical comebacks of her career, Lady Gaga has once again proven why she remains an unstoppable force in pop culture. The global icon officially leads the nominations for the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, thanks to the audiovisual triumph that is her latest album MAYHEM.

Gaga is in the running for Best Album, while her explosive single “Die With A Smile”, featuring Bruno Mars, has earned nods for Video of the Year, Best Collaboration, Song of the Year, and Best Pop.

But it doesn’t stop there: the visually stunning video for “Abracadabra” is leading in technical categories, scoring nominations for Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Choreography, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects.

Adding to the buzz, the VMA ceremony is scheduled on the same night as Gaga’s Mayhem Ball Tour stop at Madison Square Garden in New York. The timing has sparked a wave of fan theories and memes online: will she walk the red carpet, take the stage—or attempt both, in true Gaga fashion?

Voting is now open on MTV’s official website, where fans can vote up to 20 times per day.

With this sweep of nominations, the big question remains: is Gaga on the verge of dethroning the reigning queens of the VMAs, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift? If so, she could be on the brink of making pop history—yet again.