Benson Boone 's 'Beautiful Things' was awarded Song of the Year at the awards ceremony. 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards On Monday evening (March 17), it was noted as the first occasion where a male artist secured victory in that premier category since The Weeknd claimed the award in 2021 with his song "Blinding Lights."
Boone winning iHeart's top prize for his broadly appealing pop/rock smash made up for his quieter showing at last month's 2025 Grammy Awards, where he was nominated in just one category – best new artist. (Though he did make a big splash with one of the most-talked-about performances of the night.)
Billie Eilish 's Strike Me Strong and Gentle was named album of the year. It was nominated for a 2025 Grammy in that same category but lost to Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter .
Gracie Abrams She won the breakthrough artist of the year award. During her acceptance speech, she expressed gratitude towards four musicians who have allowed her to perform alongside them: Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Noah Kahan, and The National. Last year, Abrams was nominated as a finalist for best new artist at the Grammys.
SZA SZA secured the title of Best R&B Artist for the third consecutive year, breaking the record for the highest number of victories in this category. This achievement puts her ahead of H.E.R., who had previously won two times consecutively in 2020-21. Jelly Roll secured country artist of the year honors, just a year following his win as new country artist of the year. GloRilla secured the title of hip-hop artist of the year, just two years after she shared the award for new hip-hop artist of the year with Latto. Sabrina Carpenter won pop artist of the year award for the first time. Green Day won alternative artist of the year for the first time.
Three influential women received honorary accolades. Lady Gaga received the 2025 iHeartRadio Innovator Award , Mariah Carey received the 2025 iHeartRadio Icon Award, and Taylor Swift Taylor Swift's record-shattering Eras Tour was dubbed Tour of the Century (despite the fact that we're only one-quarter of the way through the century). In addition, Nelly received the iHeartRadio Landmark Award, to mark the 25th anniversary of his debut studio album, Country Grammar .
The 12th yearly edition of the iHeartRadio Music Awards honored the top-performing artists and tracks broadcast on iHeartRadio stations and via the iHeartRadio application during 2024. This gala took place on Monday, March 17, airing live from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood between 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET (with a delayed telecast in PT) on FOX. Additionally, listeners across the country could tune into this event through their local iHeartRadio stations as well as within the app itself. Leading the production behind-the-scenes were Joel Gallen representing Tenth Planet, alongside John Sykes, Tom Poleman, and Bart Peters who represented iHeartMedia.
Fans voted for this year’s top choices in several new categories including favorite soundtrack, favorite Broadway debut, favorite K-pop dance challenge, favorite surprise guest, and favorite tour tradition. They also weighed in on these recurring categories: best lyrics, best music video, favorite tour style, favorite tour photographer, and favorite on-screen moment. For an extensive list of all categories, please visit. iHeartRadio.com/awards .)
Below is the complete list of nominees for the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards, including the winners where applicable. The list will be updated as additional victors are announced across all categories.
GENERAL CATEGORIES
Artist of the Year
Billie Eilish
Doja Cat
Jelly Roll
Kendrick Lamar
Morgan Wallen
Post Malone
Sabrina Carpenter
SZA
Taylor Swift
Teddy Swims
Song of the Year
"Drinking Tune (Tipsy)" - Shaboozey
"Agora Hills"- Doja Cat
WINNER: "Beautiful Things" - Benson Boone
"Espresso" – Sabrina Carpenter
"Greedy"- Tate McRae
"I Received Some Assistance" – Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen
"Lose Control" – Teddy Swims
" Loving Me" – Jack Harlow
"Unlike Us" - Kendrick Lamar
"Too Sweet" – Hozier
Best Collaboration
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Present: 'Die With a Smile'
"Fortnight" - Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone
"I Received Some Assistance" - Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen
"Like That" – Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar
"Miles on It" - Kane Brown featuring Marshmello
Producer of the Year
Julian Bunetta
Jack Antonoff
Evan Blair
Mustard
Dan Nigro
Songwriter of the Year
Josh Coleman
ERNEST
Ashley Gorley
Amy Allen
Justin Tranter
GENRE-SPECIFIC CATEGORIES
Song of the Year - Pop Genre
"Agora Hills"- Doja Cat
"Beautiful Things"- Benson Boone
"Espresso"- Sabrina Carpenter
"Greedy"- Tate McRae
"Too Sweet"- Hozier
Pop Artiste of the Year
Billie Eilish
Chappell Roan
WINNER: Sabrina Carpenter
Tate McRae
Taylor Swift
Best New Artist (Pop)
Benson Boone
Chappell Roan
Gracie Abrams
Shaboozey
WINNER: Teddy Swims
Country Song of the Year
"A Bar Song (Tipsy)"- Shaboozey
"Cowgirls" – Morgan Wallen featuring ERNEST
"I'm Not Alright" - Jelly Roll
WINNER: "I Got Some Assistance" - Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen
Nate Smith - 'World on Fire'
Country Music Artist of the Year
WINNER: Jelly Roll
Kane Brown
Lainey Wilson
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
Best New Artist (Country)
Ashley Cooke
Dasha
George Birge
WINNER: Shaboozey
Tucker Wetmore
Song of the Year - Hip-Hop Genre
"Like That" - Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar
"Adoring Me" - Jack Harlow
"Not Like Us"- Kendrick Lamar
"Rich Baby Daddy" - Drake with Sexyy Red and SZA
"TGIF" – GloRilla
Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
Drake
Future
WINNER: GloRilla
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott
Best New Artist (Hip-Hop)
310babii
BigXthaPlug
BossMan Dlow
Cash Cobain
Jordan Adetunji
R&B Song of the Year
"ICU" – Coco Jones
"Made for Me"- Muni Long
"Sensational" – Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay
"Water" – Tyla
"WY@"- Brent Faiyaz
R&B Artiste of the Year
Chris Brown
Muni Long
WINNER: SZA
Usher
Victoria Monét
Best New Artist (R&B)
4Batz
Ambré
Inayah
Josh X
Maeta
Alternate Song of the Year
"Dilemma" – Green Day
"Landmines" – Sum 41
"The Neon Pill" - Cage The Elephan
"The Empty Machine" – Linkin Park
WINNER: "Too Sweet"- Hozier
Alternative Artiste of the Year
Cage The Elephant
WINNER: Green Day
Linkin Park
Sum 41
twenty one pilots
Outstanding Debut Artist (Alternative and Rock)
Djo
WINNER: Fontaines D.C.
Good Neighbours
Myles Smith
The Last Dinner Party
Rock Song of the Year
"A Sign of Our Times" – Shinedown
'All My Life' — Falling In Reverse featuring Jelly Roll
"Dark Matter" – Pearl Jam
"Screaming Suicide" – Metallica
"The Empty Machine" – Linkin Park
Rock Artiste of the Year
Green Day
Linkin Park
Metallica
Pearl Jam
Shinedown
Song of the Year for Dance
"360" – Charli xcx
"Chase It (Mmm Da Da Da)" – Bebe Rexha
"I Don't Wanna Wait"- David Guetta and OneRepublic
"Claim You as Mine" - Madison Beer
"Water" – Tyla X Marshmello
Dance Artist of the Year
Calvin Harris
David Guetta
Dua Lipa
Kylie Minogue
Tiësto
Pop Latino / Canción Urbana del Año
"Brickell" – FEID X Yandel
Myke Towers – 'La Falda'
WINNER: "Black Dog" - Bad Bunny featuring FEID
"Qlona" – Karol G featuring Peso Pluma
"If I Had Known You Earlier"—Karol G
Latin Pop /Urban Artist of the Year
Bad Bunny
FEID
Karol G
Myke Towers
Shakira
Best Emerging Artist (Latin Pop / Urban)
Christian Alicea
Cris MJ
Ela Taubert
FloyyMenor
Kapo
Regionally Acclaimed Mexican Song 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
Regional Mexican Artist of the Year
Grupo Frontera
Intocable
Los Ángeles Azules
Peso Pluma
Xavi
Best Emerging Artist (Regional Mexican)
Chino Pacas
Iván Cornejo
Luis R. Conriquez
Tito Double P
Xavi
K-pop Artiste of the Year
aespa
ATEEZ
ENHYPEN
Jimin
Lisa
K-pop Song of the Year
"Boom Chka Boom" – Stray Kids
"Magnetic"- ILLIT
"Supernova" – aespa
"Who"- Jimin
"XO (Only If You Say Yes)" - ENHYPEN
Best New Artist (K-pop)
BABYMONSTER
BADVILLAIN
ILLIT
NCT WISH
TWS
Global Artist of the Year
Burna Boy
Central Cee
Tems
Tyla
YG Marley
SOCIALLY VOTED CATEGORIES
Favorite Soundtrack
Back to Black
Bad Boys: On the Edge
Bob Marley: One Love
Challengers
Deadpool & Wolverine
Descendants: The Ascension of Red
Emilia Pérez
The Book of Clarence
Twisters
Wicked
Favorite Broadway Debut
Adam Lambert – Cabaret at the KitKat Club
Ariana Madix – Chicago
Barbie Ferreira – Cult of Love
Charli D'Amelio – & Juliet
Grant Gustin – Water for Elephants
Kit Connor – Romeo + Juliet
Lola Tung – Hadestown
Nicole Scherzinger – Sunset Blvd
Rachel Zegler – Romeo + Juliet
Robert Downey Jr. – McNeal
Sebastián Yatra – Chicago
Shailene Woodley – Cult of Love
Favorite K-pop Dance Challenge
"GGUM"- Yeonjun (TXT)
"MAESTRO" – Seventeen
"Magnetic"- ILLIT
"Smart"- LE SSERAFIM
"Sticky"- Kiss of Life
"Supernova" – aespa
"Touch" – KATSEYE
"UP"- Karina (aespa)
"WORK"- ATEEZ
"XO (Only If You Say Yes)" - ENHYPEN
Favorite Surprise Guest
Charli xcx bringing out Lorde
Coldplay bringing out Selena Gomez
Future & Metro Boomin bringing out Travis Scott
GloRilla & Megan Thee Stallion bringing out Cardi B
Jennifer Hudson bringing out Cher
Kendrick Lamar featuring Ken and Other Buddies
Luke Combs is set to bring out the "Twister" cast.
Morgan Wallen has brought out Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes.
Niall Horan featuring Shawn Mendes
Olivia Rodrigo featuring Chappell Roan
Peso Pluma featuring Becky G
Taylor Swift featuring Travis Kelce
Favorite Tour Tradition
Benson Boone- Backflips
Chappell Roan – Instructing "HOW TO DANCE HOT"
Charli XCX with Troye Sivan – "Apple" Girl (dance)
Morgan Wallen - Exit Song
Niall Horan – Heaven Pose
Nicki Minaj – Fans chant
Olivia Rodrigo- Encore tank
Sabrina Carpenter- "Juno" position
Tate McRae – Soundcheck performances cover
Taylor Swift- "22" Hat
Taylor Swift - Unexpected Releases
Usher – Feeding cherries
Best Lyrics
"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 just be friends (waiting for your love)" – Ariana Grande
"Who"- Jimin
Best Music Video
"Covert Ops." – ROSÉ and Bruno Mars
"Beautiful Things" – Benson Boone
"Smile Until You Die" – Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars
"Espresso"- Sabrina Carpenter
"Fifteen Days"—Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone
"Houdini" – Dua Lipa
"Houdini" -Eminem
"I Received Some Assistance" – Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen
" Luna " – ATL Jacob X FEID
"Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar
"Please Please Please" – Sabrina Carpenter
"Rockstar"- Lisa
Favorite Tour Style
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
Chappell Roan – The Midwest Princess
Charli xcx and Troye Sivan – Sweat
GloRilla and Megan Thee Stallion – Hot Girl Summer Tour
Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday 2 Tour
Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS
Sabrina Carpenter – Short n' Sweet
Tate McRae – Think Later
Taylor Swift – The Eras Tour
Usher – Usher: Yesterday Today Tomorrow
Favorite Tour Photographer
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 Roane
Miles Leavitt - Olivia Rodrigo
Pooneh Ghana – Noah Kahan
RAYSCORRUPTEDMIND – Travis Scott
Sanjay Parikh – Shinedown
Yasi – Kacey Musgraves
Favorite On Screen
Are You Sure?! (Jimin and Jungkook)
Child Star (Demi Lovato)
Elton John: It's Not Over Yet (Elton John)
Gaga Chromatica Ball (Lady Gaga)
I Am: Céline Dion (Céline Dion)
Lainey Wilson: Bell Bottom Country (Lainey Wilson)
Megan Thee Stallion: Through Her Perspective (Megan Thee Stallion)
Olivia Rodrigo: GUTS World Tour (Olivia Rodrigo)
Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE (KATSEYE)
Travel Log: 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)
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