iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025: Complete List of Nominees & Winners

The 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, celebrating the biggest and best in music. Hosted by LL Cool J, the night was filled with show-stopping performances, heartfelt speeches, and, of course, major wins!

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Here’s the full list of nominees and winners across all categories:

Song of the Year

• “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” - Shaboozey

• “Agora Hills” - Doja Cat

• ✅ WINNER: “Beautiful Things” - Benson Boone

• “Espresso” - Sabrina Carpenter

• “Greedy” - Tate McRae

• “I Had Some Help” - Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen

• “Lose Control” - Teddy Swims

• “Lovin On Me” - Jack Harlow

• “Not Like Us” - Kendrick Lamar

• “Too Sweet” - Hozier

Benson Boone accepts the Song of the Year Award onstage at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartRadi

Pop Song of the Year

• “Agora Hills” - Doja Cat

• “Beautiful Things” - Benson Boone

• ✅ WINNER: “Espresso” - Sabrina Carpenter

• “Greedy” - Tate McRae

• “Too Sweet” - Hozier

Album of the Year

• "Scarlet" - Doja Cat

• "The Tortured Poets Department" - Taylor Swift

• "GUTS" - Olivia Rodrigo

• "Think Later" - Tate McRae

• ✅ WINNER: "HIT ME HARD AND SOFT" - Billie Eilish

FINNEAS and Billie Eilish accept the Album of the Year Award onstage at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards. CREDIT: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Pop Artist of the Year

• Billie Eilish

• Chappell Roan

• ✅ WINNER: Sabrina Carpenter

• Tate McRae

• Taylor Swift

Artist of the Year

• Billie Eilish

• Doja Cat

• Jelly Roll

• Kendrick Lamar

• Morgan Wallen

• Post Malone

• Sabrina Carpenter

• SZA

• Teddy Swims

• ✅ WINNER: Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift performs live. Credit: Kevin Winter/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

Best Collaboration

• ✅ WINNER: “Die With A Smile” - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars

• “Fortnight” - Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone

• “I Had Some Help” - Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen

• “Like That” - Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar

• “Miles On It” - Kane Brown & Marshmello

Breakthrough Artist of the Year

• ✅ WINNER: Gracie Abrams

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 ft. ERNEST

• “I Am Not Okay” - Jelly Roll

• ✅ WINNER: “I Had Some Help” - Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen

• “World On Fire” - Nate Smith

• “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” - Shaboozey

Country Artist of the Year

• Kane Brown

• Lainey Wilson

• Luke Combs

• Morgan Wallen

• ✅ WINNER: Jelly Roll

Best New Artist (Country)

• Ashley Cooke

• Dasha

• George Birge

• ✅ WINNER: Shaboozey

• Tucker Wetmore

Hip-Hop Song of the Year

• “Like That” - Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar

• “Lovin On Me” - Jack Harlow

• “Not Like Us” - Kendrick Lamar

• “Rich Baby Daddy” - Drake ft. Sexyy Red & SZA

• “TGIF” - GloRilla

• ✅ WINNER: “Not Like Us” - Kendrick Lamar

Hip-Hop Artist of the Year

• Drake

• Future

• Kendrick Lamar

• Travis Scott

• ✅ WINNER: GloRilla

R&B Song of the Year

• “ICU” - Coco Jones

• ✅ WINNER: “Made For Me” - Muni Long

• “Sensational” - Chris Brown ft. Davido & Lojay

• “Water” - Tyla

• “WY@” - Brent Faiyaz

R&B Artist of the Year

• Chris Brown

• Muni Long

• ✅ WINNER: SZA

• Usher

• Victoria Monét

World Artist of the Year

• Burna Boy

• Central Cee

• Tems

• ✅ WINNER: Tyla

• YG Marley

• Burna Boy

Tyla and Gunna (Photo by MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Alternative Song of the Year

• “Dilemma” - Green Day

• “Landmines” - Sum 41

• “Neon Pill” - Cage The Elephant

• “The Emptiness Machine” - Linkin Park

• ✅ WINNER: “Too Sweet” - Hozier

Rock Song of the Year

• “All My Life” - Falling In Reverse & Jelly Roll

• “Dark Matter” - Pearl Jam

• “Screaming Suicide” - Metallica

• “The Emptiness Machine” - Linkin Park

• ✅ WINNER: “A Symptom of Being Human” - Shinedown

Latin Pop/Urban Song of the Year

• “Brickell” - FEID X Yandel

• “LA FALDA” - Myke Towers

• ✅ WINNER: “Perro Negro” - Bad Bunny ft. FEID

• “Qlona” - Karol G ft. Peso Pluma

• Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” - Karol G

K-pop Artist of the Year

• aespa

• ✅ WINNER: ATEEZ

• ENHYPEN

• Jimin

• Lisa

Producer of the Year

• Jack Antonoff

• Evan Blair

• Mustard

• Dan Nigro

• ✅ WINNER: Julian Bunetta

Lady Gaga accepts the Innovator Award onstage at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards. CREDIT: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Songwriter of the Year

• Josh Coleman

• ERNEST

• Ashley Gorley

• ✅ WINNER: Amy Allen

• Justin Tranter

Best Music Video (Socially Voted)

• “Beautiful Things” - Benson Boone

• “Die With A Smile” - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars

• “Espresso” - Sabrina Carpenter

• ✅ WINNER: “Fortnight” - Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone

That’s a wrap on the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards! 🎉 From Taylor Swift’s record-breaking wins to exciting breakout artists like Gracie Abrams and Teddy Swims, this year’s awards showcased the biggest moments in music.

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