Summer season have to be coming to an in depth, as a result of MTV has revealed the primary spherical of performers for the 2025 Video Music Awards.
On Monday, MTV introduced Sabrina Carpenter, Ricky Martin, Busta Rhymes, Alex Warren, J Balvin ft. DJ Snake and sombr because the preliminary wave of star performers set to take the stage at this yr’s present. A few of these performers shall be receiving honors that evening too: Rhymes shall be honored with the MTV VMA Rock the Bells Visionary Award, whereas Martin will obtain the Latin Icon Award.
The awards present, which generally takes place in late August or early September, will air stay on Sunday, Sept. 7, at 8 p.m. ET on CBS for the primary time and can concurrently be streamed on MTV and Paramount+. The night’s festivities, hosted by rapper and actor LL Cool J, will go down at New York’s UBS Area.
Take a more in-depth take a look at all of the MTV VMA performers which have been introduced thus far:
Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Carpenter at Paris Trend Week in June. (Marc Piasecki/WireImage)
Carpenter, whose seventh studio album, Man’s Greatest Pal, comes out on Aug. 29, will make her return to the VMAs essential stage. The “Man Little one” pop star is a prime contender this yr with eight nominations, together with Video of the Yr for “Manchild” and Greatest Album for Brief n’ Candy.
Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin on the 2025 Vainness Honest Oscar Occasion. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Pictures for Vainness Honest)
Martin will make historical past because the first-ever artist to obtain the Latin Icon Award on the MTV VMAs. The acclaimed Latin singer will make his VMAs return 26 years after he made historical past as the primary male Latin artist to win Greatest Pop Video for “Livin’ la Vida Loca.”
Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes at his Hollywood Stroll of Fame star ceremony on Aug. 1. (Kevin Winter/Getty Pictures)
Rhymes will obtain the first-ever MTV VMA Rock the Bells Visionary Award, which celebrates an artist who’s had a “boundary-breaking cultural affect and an indomitable music profession spanning 20 million albums worldwide,” in accordance with an MTV press launch.
Alex Warren
Alex Warren performs in Honolulu on Aug. 14. (Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Pictures)
Warren, who’s acknowledged as the latest MTV PUSH artist, will make his VMAs debut. This yr he’s up for 3 VMAs: Greatest New Artist, in addition to Greatest Pop and Track of the Yr for his hit single “Extraordinary.”
J Balvin ft. DJ Snake
J Balvin performs on the FIFA Membership World Cup 2025 Last in July. (Carmen Mandato/FIFA by way of Getty Pictures)
Balvin will take the VMAs stage alongside Latin singers Justin Quiles and Lenny Tavárez to carry out their hit observe “Zun Zun,” earlier than being joined by DJ Snake to premiere their collaborative tune “Noventa” stay. Nominated at this yr’s VMAs for Greatest Latin for his tune “Rio,” Balvin is presently essentially the most successful Latin artist in VMAs historical past.
sombr
Sombr at Paris Trend Week in June. (Stephane Cardinale/Corbis by way of Getty Pictures)
Singer-songwriter sombr will make his awards present debut in the course of the 2025 MTV VMAs. This yr’s awards present additionally marks the primary VMA nominations of his profession, for Greatest New Artist and Greatest Various for his observe “again to mates.”
