2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards

2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards
Date	March 17, 2025 (2025-03-17)
Location	Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles
Country	United States
Most nominations	Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen (10 each)
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Television/radio coverage
Network	Fox
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The 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 17, 2025, and broadcast live on Fox. ^[1]

At the ceremony Mariah Carey will be honored with the Icon Award for her "incredible and influential career as singer, songwriter, and producer, who has broken virtually every chart and touring record around the globe". ^[2] Lady Gaga will be honored with the Innovator Award for being a "modern day artist innovator", who has taken "beyond creating music and performances that have inspired the world, and an outspoken activist, philanthropist and supporter of many important issues". ^[3] Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour will be honored with Tour of the Century. ^[4]

Winners and nominees

iHeartRadio announced the nominees on January 22, 2025. ^[2] Morgan Wallen and Taylor Swift are the most nominated artists with ten, followed by Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone, and Sabrina Carpenter with nine. ^[5]

Winners will be listed first and in bold.

Main categories

Song of the Year	Artist of the Year
"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" – Shaboozey "Agora Hills" – Doja Cat "Beautiful Things" – Benson Boone "Espresso" – Sabrina Carpenter "Greedy" – Tate McRae "I Had Some Help" – Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen "Lose Control" – Teddy Swims "Lovin on Me" – Jack Harlow "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar "Too Sweet" – Hozier	Billie Eilish Doja Cat Jelly Roll Kendrick Lamar Morgan Wallen Post Malone Sabrina Carpenter SZA Taylor Swift Teddy Swims
Best Collaboration	Pop Artist of the Year
"Die with a Smile" – Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars "Fortnight" – Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone "I Had Some Help" – Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen "Like That" – Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar "Miles on It" – Kane Brown and Marshmello	Billie Eilish Chappell Roan Sabrina Carpenter Tate McRae Taylor Swift
Best New Pop Artist	Pop Song of the Year
Benson Boone Chappell Roan Gracie Abrams Shaboozey Teddy Swims	"Agora Hills" – Doja Cat "Beautiful Things" – Benson Boone "Espresso" – Sabrina Carpenter "Greedy" – Tate McRae "Too Sweet" – Hozier
Country Song of the Year	Country Artist of the Year
"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" – Shaboozey "Cowgirls" – Morgan Wallen featuring Ernest "I Am Not Okay" – Jelly Roll "I Had Some Help" – Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen "World on Fire" – Nate Smith	Jelly Roll Kane Brown Lainey Wilson Luke Combs Morgan Wallen
Best New Country Artist	World Artist of the Year
Ashley Cooke Dasha George Birge Shaboozey Tucker Wetmore	Burna Boy Central Cee Tems Tyla YG Marley
Hip-Hop Song of the Year	Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
"Like That" – Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar "Lovin on Me" – Jack Harlow "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar "Rich Baby Daddy" – Drake featuring Sexyy Red and SZA "TGIF" – GloRilla	Drake Future GloRilla Kendrick Lamar Travis Scott
Best New Hip-Hop Artist	R&B Song of the Year
310babii BigXthaPlug BossMan Dlow Cash Cobain Jordan Adetunji	"ICU" – Coco Jones "Made for Me" – Muni Long "Sensational" – Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay "Water" – Tyla "WY@" – Brent Faiyaz
R&B Artist of the Year	Best New R&B Artist
Chris Brown Muni Long SZA Usher Victoria Monét	4Batz Ambré Inayah Josh X Maeta
Alternative Song of the Year	Alternative Artist of the Year
"Dilemma" – Green Day "Landmines" – Sum 41 "Neon Pill" – Cage the Elephant "The Emptiness Machine" – Linkin Park "Too Sweet" – Hozier	Cage the Elephant Green Day Linkin Park Sum 41 Twenty One Pilots
Best New Alternative/Rock Artist	Rock Song of the Year
Djo Fontaines D.C. Good Neighbours Myles Smith The Last Dinner Party	"A Symptom of Being Human" – Shinedown "All My Life" – Falling in Reverse and Jelly Roll "Dark Matter" – Pearl Jam "Screaming Suicide" – Metallica "The Emptiness Machine" – Linkin Park
Rock Artist of the Year	Dance Song of the Year
Green Day Linkin Park Metallica Pearl Jam Shinedown	"360" – Charli XCX "Chase It (Mmm Da Da Da)" – Bebe Rexha "I Don't Wanna Wait" – David Guetta and OneRepublic "Make You Mine" – Madison Beer "Water" – Tyla and Marshmello
Dance Artist of the Year	Latin Pop/Urban Song of the Year
Calvin Harris David Guetta Dua Lipa Kylie Minogue Tiësto	"Brickell" – Feid and Yandel "La Falda" – Myke Towers "Perro Negro" – Bad Bunny featuring Feid "Qlona" – Karol G featuring Peso Pluma "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido" – Karol G
Latin Pop/Urban Artist of the Year	Best New Latin/Urban Artist
Bad Bunny Feid Karol G Myke Towers Shakira	Christian Alicea Cris MJ Ela Taubert FloyyMenor Kapo
Regional Mexican Song of the Year	Regional Mexican Artist of the Year
"Alch Si" – Grupo Frontera and Carin León "El Beneficio De La Duda" – Grupo Firme "First Love" – Oscar Ortiz and Edgardo Nuñez "La Diabla" – Xavi "Tu Perfume" – Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga	Grupo Frontera Intocable Los Ángeles Azules Peso Pluma Xavi
Best New Regional Mexican Artist	K-Pop Artist of the Year
Chino Pacas Iván Cornejo Luis R. Conriquez Tito Double P Xavi	Aespa Ateez Enhypen Jimin Lisa
K-Pop Song of the Year	Best New K-Pop Artist
"Chk Chk Boom" – Stray Kids "Magnetic" – Illit "Supernova" – Aespa "Who" – Jimin "XO (Only If You Say Yes)" – Enhypen	Babymonster Badvillain Illit NCT Wish TWS
Songwriter of the Year	Producer of the Year
Josh Coleman Ernest Ashley Gorley Amy Allen Justin Tranter	Julian Bunetta Jack Antonoff Evan Blair Mustard Dan Nigro

Socially voted categories

Voting for Socially voted categories opened on January 22 and will end on March 10 on iHeartRadio's website. ^[6]

Best Lyrics	Favorite On Screen
"Beautiful Things" – Benson Boone "Birds of a Feather" – Billie Eilish "Espresso" – Sabrina Carpenter "Exes" – Tate McRae "Fortnight" – Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone "Good Luck, Babe!" – Chappell Roan "I Had Some Help" – Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen "I Love You, I'm Sorry" – Gracie Abrams "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar "Saturn" – SZA "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" – Ariana Grande "Who" – Jimin	Are You Sure?! – Jimin and Jungkook Child Star – Demi Lovato Elton John: Never Too Late – Elton John Gaga Chromatica Ball – Lady Gaga I Am: Celine Dion – Celine Dion Lainey Wilson: Bell Bottom Country –Lainey Wilson Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words – Megan Thee Stallion Olivia Rodrigo: Guts World Tour – Olivia Rodrigo Pop Star Academy: Katseye – Katseye Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band – Bruce Springsteen Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor's Version) – Taylor Swift Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story – Bon Jovi
Best Music Video	Favorite Tour Photographer
"Apt." – Rosé and Bruno Mars "Beautiful Things" – Benson Boone "Die with a Smile" – Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars "Espresso" – Sabrina Carpenter "Fortnight" – Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone "Houdini" – Dua Lipa "Houdini" – Eminem "I Had Some Help" – Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen "Luna" – Feid and ATL Jacob "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar "Please Please Please" – Sabrina Carpenter "Rockstar" – Lisa	Adam Degross – Post Malone Alfredo Flores – Sabrina Carpenter Baeth – Tate McRae Christian Tierney – Niall Horan David Bergman – Luke Combs Henry Hwu – Billie Eilish Lucienne Nghiem – Chappell Roan Miles Leavitt – Olivia Rodrigo Pooneh Ghana – Noah Kahan RAYSCORRUPTEDMIND – Travis Scott Sanjay Parikh – Shinedown Yasi – Kacey Musgraves
Favorite Tour Style	Favorite Tour Tradition
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour Chappell Roan – The Midwest Princess Tour Charli XCX and Troye Sivan – Sweat GloRilla and Megan Thee Stallion – Hot Girl Summer Tour Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday 2 World Tour Olivia Rodrigo – Guts World Tour Sabrina Carpenter – Short n' Sweet Tour Tate McRae – Think Later World Tour Taylor Swift – The Eras Tour Usher – Usher: Past Present Future	Benson Boone – Backflips Chappell Roan – Teaching "Hot to Go!" dance Charli XCX and Troye Sivan – "Apple" Girl dance Morgan Wallen – Walk out song Niall Horan – "Heaven" pose Olivia Rodrigo – Encore tank Sabrina Carpenter – "Juno" position Tate McRae – Soundcheck covers Taylor Swift – "22" hat Taylor Swift – Surprise songs Usher – Feeding cherries
Favorite Surprise Guest	Favorite K-Pop Dance Challenge
Charli XCX – Lorde Coldplay – Selena Gomez Future and Metro Boomin – Travis Scott GloRilla and Megan Thee Stallion – Cardi B Jennifer Hudson – Cher Kendrick Lamar – Ken and Friends Luke Combs – Twisters cast Morgan Wallen – Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes Niall Horan – Shawn Mendes Olivia Rodrigo – Chappell Roan Peso Pluma – Becky G Taylor Swift – Travis Kelce	"Ggum" – Yeonjun "Maestro" – Seventeen "Magnetic" – Illit "Smart" – Le Sserafim "Sticky" – Kiss of Life "Supernova" – Aespa "Touch" – Katseye "Up" – Aespa [a] "Work" – Ateez "XO (Only If You Say Yes)" – Enhypen
Favorite Broadway Debut	Favorite Soundtrack
Adam Lambert – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Ariana Madix – Chicago Barbie Ferreira – Cult of Love Charli D'Amelio – & Juliet Grant Gustin – Water for Elephants Kit Connor – Romeo and Juliet Lola Tung – Hadestown Nicole Scherzinger – Sunset Boulevard Rachel Zegler – Romeo and Juliet Robert Downey Jr. – McNeal Sebastián Yatra – Chicago Shailene Woodley – Cult of Love	Back to Black Bad Boys: Ride or Die Bob Marley: One Love Challengers Deadpool & Wolverine Descendants: The Rise of Red Emilia Pérez The Book of Clarence Twisters Wicked

Special awards

iHeartRadio Innovator	iHeartRadio Icon Award
Lady Gaga	Mariah Carey
Tour of the Century
The Eras Tour – Taylor Swift

Notes

1. Credited under Aespa but is a solo track performed by Karina.

References

1. Angel, Aristone (January 22, 2025). "iHeartMedia and FOX Entertainment Announce Nominees for the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards Airing Monday, March 17 on FOX". Business Wire. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
2. "2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards: See The Full List Of Nominees". iHeart. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
3. Garcia, Thania (January 22, 2025). "Lady Gaga to Be Recognized as Innovator of the Year at iHeartRadio Music Awards, Mariah Carey Named Icon". Variety. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
4. West, Bryan. "Taylor Swift's Eras tour named 'Tour of the Century' at upcoming iHeart Radio Music Awards". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
5. France, Lisa Respers (January 22, 2025). "iHeartRadio Music Awards nominations led by Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen". CNN. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
6. "All The 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards Nominees You Can Vote For". iHeart. Retrieved January 23, 2025.