Ariana Grande won the top prize of video of the year for “Brighter Days Ahead” at the 2025 Video Music Awards on Sunday night.

Grande took to the stage with the music video’s director, Christian Breslauer, to accept the award. “I want to start off again with my fans, thank you so so so much. I love you with all my heart. I have since I was a teenager, since we first crossed paths and I will for my whole life. Art has been a safe space for me since I was a kid,” she said. “I’m so grateful that I get to do this with my life and to have such fiercely loving and supportive fans. Thank you for growing with me and being so supportive of me as a human being, navigating in real time which creative itch needs to be scratched next, whether it’s acting, music, musical theater or a little bit o

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