2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards

The 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards were held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 17, 2025, and broadcast live on Fox.^[1] It was hosted by LL Cool J.^[2]

2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards
Date	March 17, 2025 (2025-03-17)
Location	Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles
Country	United States
Hosted by	LL Cool J
Most awards	Taylor Swift (9)
Most nominations	Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen (10 each)
Website	www.iheart.com/music-awards
Television/radio coverage
Network	Fox
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At the ceremony, Mariah Carey was 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".^[3] Lady Gaga was 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".^[4] Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour was honored with Tour of the Century.^[5] Nelly was honored with Landmark Award which honors artists whose album releases have inspired and shaped culture over multiple decades.^[6]

Performers

Performers were announced on March 10, 2025.^[7]

Performers at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards

Performer(s)	Song(s)
Billie Eilish Finneas	"Wildflower"
Nelly	Medley: "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)" "Ride wit Me" (with City Spud) "E.I." "Hot in Herre"
Gracie Abrams	"That's So True"
Muni Long Tori Kelly	Tribute to Mariah Carey: "We Belong Together" (Long) "Always Be My Baby" (Kelly)
GloRilla	"Never Find" (with K Carbon) "Whatchu Kno About Me" (with Sexyy Red)
Kenny Chesney	"Get Along"
Taylor Swift	"Mirrorball"[a]
Bad Bunny	"EoO"

Notes

• ^{^[a]} Pre-recorded from the opening night of The Eras Tour at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona

Winners and nominees

iHeartRadio announced the nominees on January 22, 2025.^[3] Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen were the most nominated artists with ten, followed by Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone, and Sabrina Carpenter with nine.^[8] Swift won nine awards overall, making her the most awarded artist of the ceremony.

Winners are listed first and in bold.^[9][10]

Main categories

Song of the Year	Artist of the Year
"Beautiful Things" – Benson Boone "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" – Shaboozey "Agora Hills" – Doja Cat "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	Taylor Swift Billie Eilish Doja Cat Jelly Roll Kendrick Lamar Morgan Wallen Post Malone Sabrina Carpenter SZA 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	Sabrina Carpenter Billie Eilish Chappell Roan Tate McRae Taylor Swift
Best New Pop Artist	Pop Song of the Year
Teddy Swims Benson Boone Chappell Roan Gracie Abrams Shaboozey	"Espresso" – Sabrina Carpenter "Agora Hills" – Doja Cat "Beautiful Things" – Benson Boone "Greedy" – Tate McRae "Too Sweet" – Hozier
Country Song of the Year	Country Artist of the Year
"I Had Some Help" – Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" – Shaboozey "Cowgirls" – Morgan Wallen featuring Ernest "I Am Not Okay" – Jelly Roll "World on Fire" – Nate Smith	Jelly Roll Kane Brown Lainey Wilson Luke Combs Morgan Wallen
Best New Country Artist	World Artist of the Year
Shaboozey Ashley Cooke Dasha George Birge Tucker Wetmore	Tyla Burna Boy Central Cee Tems YG Marley
Hip-Hop Song of the Year	Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
"Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar "Like That" – Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar "Lovin on Me" – Jack Harlow "Rich Baby Daddy" – Drake featuring Sexyy Red and SZA "TGIF" – GloRilla	GloRilla Drake Future Kendrick Lamar Travis Scott
Best New Hip-Hop Artist	R&B Song of the Year
BossMan Dlow 310babii BigXthaPlug Cash Cobain Jordan Adetunji	"Made for Me" – Muni Long "ICU" – Coco Jones "Sensational" – Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay "Water" – Tyla "WY@" – Brent Faiyaz
R&B Artist of the Year	Best New R&B Artist
SZA Chris Brown Muni Long Usher Victoria Monét	4Batz Ambré Inayah Josh X Maeta
Alternative Song of the Year	Alternative Artist of the Year
"Too Sweet" – Hozier "Dilemma" – Green Day "Landmines" – Sum 41 "Neon Pill" – Cage the Elephant "The Emptiness Machine" – Linkin Park	Green Day Cage the Elephant Linkin Park Sum 41 Twenty One Pilots
Best New Alternative/Rock Artist	Rock Song of the Year
Fontaines D.C. Djo 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
Shinedown Linkin Park Green Day Metallica Pearl Jam	"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
David Guetta Calvin Harris Dua Lipa Kylie Minogue Tiësto	"Perro Negro" – Bad Bunny featuring Feid "Brickell" – Feid and Yandel "La Falda" – Myke Towers "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
Feid Bad Bunny Karol G Myke Towers Shakira	Kapo Christian Alicea Cris MJ Ela Taubert FloyyMenor
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	Peso Pluma Grupo Frontera Intocable Los Ángeles Azules Xavi
Best New Regional Mexican Artist	K-Pop Artist of the Year
Xavi Chino Pacas Iván Cornejo Luis R. Conriquez Tito Double P	Ateez Aespa Enhypen Jimin Lisa
K-Pop Song of the Year	Best New K-Pop Artist
"Who" – Jimin "Chk Chk Boom" – Stray Kids "Magnetic" – Illit "Supernova" – Aespa "XO (Only If You Say Yes)" – Enhypen	Illit Babymonster Badvillain NCT Wish TWS
Songwriter of the Year	Producer of the Year
Amy Allen Josh Coleman Ernest Ashley Gorley Justin Tranter	Julian Bunetta Jack Antonoff Evan Blair Mustard Dan Nigro
Breakthrough Artist of the Year	Album of the Year
Gracie Abrams	Hit Me Hard and Soft – Billie Eilish
Album of the Year (per genre)
Alternative: Clancy – Twenty One Pilots Country: F-1 Trillion – Post Malone Dance: Brat – Charli XCX Hip-Hop: We Don't Trust You – Future and Metro Boomin K-Pop: Ate – Stray Kids Latin Pop/Urban: Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran – Shakira Pop: The Tortured Poets Department – Taylor Swift R&B: Coming Home – Usher Regional Mexican: Éxodo – Peso Pluma Rock: From Zero – Linkin Park

Socially voted categories

Voting for Socially voted categories opened on January 22 and ended on March 10 on iHeartRadio's website.^[11]

Best Lyrics	Favorite On Screen
"Fortnight" – Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone "Beautiful Things" – Benson Boone "Birds of a Feather" – Billie Eilish "Espresso" – Sabrina Carpenter "Exes" – Tate McRae "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	Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor's Version) – Taylor Swift 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 Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story – Bon Jovi
Best Music Video	Favorite Tour Photographer
"Fortnight" – Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone "Apt." – Rosé and Bruno Mars "Beautiful Things" – Benson Boone "Die with a Smile" – Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars "Espresso" – Sabrina Carpenter "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	Alfredo Flores – Sabrina Carpenter Adam Degross – Post Malone 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
Taylor Swift – The Eras Tour 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 Usher – Usher: Past Present Future	Taylor Swift – Surprise songs 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 Nicki Minaj - Fans Sing Usher – Feeding cherries
Favorite Surprise Guest	Favorite K-Pop Dance Challenge
Taylor Swift – Travis Kelce 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	"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
Rachel Zegler – Romeo and Juliet 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 Robert Downey Jr. – McNeal Sebastián Yatra – Chicago Shailene Woodley – Cult of Love	Wicked 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

Special awards

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

Notes

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