{"id":184318,"date":"2025-09-07T12:05:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T16:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/09\/07\/here-are-the-top-3-finalists-for-best-new-artist-at-2025-vmas\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T12:05:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T16:05:46","slug":"here-are-the-top-3-finalists-for-best-new-artist-at-2025-vmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/09\/07\/here-are-the-top-3-finalists-for-best-new-artist-at-2025-vmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Are the Top 3 Finalists for Best New Artist at 2025\u00a0VMAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAnd then there were three. On Sunday (Sept. 7), just hours before the 2025 MTV VMAs goes live, MTV revealed the top three finalists for best new artist: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/alex-warren\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/alex-warren\/\">Alex Warren<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sombr\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sombr\/\">sombr<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/the-marias\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/the-marias\/\">The Mar\u00edas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tElla Langley, Gigi Perez and Lola Young were the other three nominees who failed to advance to the final round of voting. All six artists are seen as strong candidates in the upcoming Grammy race for best new artist. (Grammy nominations will be announced on Nov. 7.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-9@tablet\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/alex-warren-ordinary-song-of-the-summer-2025-1236056115\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/alex-warren-pr-2025-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/alex-warren-pr-2025-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Alex Warren\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tAlex Warren\u2019s \u2018Ordinary\u2019 Is No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Songs of the Summer Chart for\u00a02025\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rock\/sombr-undressed-hot-100-interview-1236006082\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/charts-hot-100-sombr-credit-bryce-glenn-2025-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/charts-hot-100-sombr-credit-bryce-glenn-2025-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Charts, Hot 100 Q&amp;A, sombr\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tWhy Sombr Says \u2018There\u2019s Nothing That Can Prepare You\u2019 For the Success He\u2019s Having Right\u00a0Now\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/the-marias-no-one-noticed-february-2025-chartbreaker-interview-1235891484\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chartbreaker-the-marias-billboard-2025-bb3-caroline-tompkins-1-1260.jpg?crop=0px%2C59px%2C1260px%2C781px&amp;resize=237%2C147\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chartbreaker-the-marias-billboard-2025-bb3-caroline-tompkins-1-1260.jpg?crop=0px%2C59px%2C1260px%2C781px&amp;resize=237%2C147\" alt=\"From left, Josh Conway, Mar\u00eda Zardoya, Edward James and Jesse Perlman of The Mar\u00edas photographed on January 15, 2025 in New York.\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tChartbreaker: How The Mar\u00edas\u2019 \u2018No One Noticed\u2019 Went From \u2018The Back Burner\u2019 to Breakthrough\u00a0Hit\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWith Warren, sombr and The Mar\u00edas advancing, we already know that the winner will <em>not<\/em> be a female solo artist for the first time since 2017, when Khalid won. If The Mar\u00edas win, they\u2019ll be the first group to take the honor since 2016, when DNCE won.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe winners since 2017 have been Cardi B (2018), Billie Eilish (2019), Doja Cat (2020), Olivia Rodrigo (2021), Dove Cameron (2022), Ice Spice (2023) and Chappell Roan (2024).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWarren and sombr are both set to perform on this year\u2019s VMAs. Warren has four total nominations \u2014 the others being song of the year, song of the summer and best pop, all for his megahit \u201cOrdinary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSombr has three nominations, the others being best alternative for \u201cBack to Friends\u201d and song of the summer for \u201c12 to 12.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Mar\u00edas also have three nominations, the others being best group and best alternative for \u201cBack to Me.\u201d The female-fronted indie pop band is the only group or duo to receive two or more nominations this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tVoting will continue at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/mtv.com\/event\/vma\/vote\/\" target=\"_blank\">vote.mtv.com<\/a> and via WhatsApp into the live VMAs pre-show. The live VMAs pre-show, hosted by Nessa + Kevan Kenney with special performers KATSEYE, airs live at 7 p.m. ET\/4 p.m. PT on MTV and BET, BET Her, Comedy Central, CMT, Logo, MTV2, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, Pop, TV Land and VH1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe 2025 MTV VMAs, hosted by LL COOL J, airs live coast-to-coast from New York\u2019s UBS Arena tonight at 8 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PT on the CBS Television Network, simulcast on MTV and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe 2025 VMAs are produced by Gunpowder &amp; Sky. Bruce Gillmer, Den of Thieves co-founder Jesse Ignjatovic, and Barb Bialkowski are executive producers. Alicia Portugal is co-executive producer. Jackie Barba is executive in charge of production. Wendy Plaut is executive in charge of celebrity talent. Lisa Lauricella is executive in charge of music talent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/awards\/mtv-vmas-2025-best-new-artist-top-3-finalists-1236060773\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And then there were three. On Sunday (Sept. 7), just hours before the 2025 MTV VMAs goes live, MTV revealed the top three finalists for best new artist: Alex Warren, sombr and The Mar\u00edas. Ella Langley, Gigi Perez and Lola Young were the other three nominees who failed to advance to the final round of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}