Evidently, Taylor Swift is the public favorite artist who received the most votes at the iHeartRadio Music Awards while Lady Gaga received the honor. Let’s find out more.
The iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025 took place on March 17, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. This year’s nominations and winners list offer quite a diversity but Taylor Swift still seems to dominate when it comes to public choice. She became the top winner of the socially voted award titles. She was also nominated in other categories along with other fine music artists in the industry.
Among the other nods, were Doja Cat, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Usher, Post Malone, and the list goes on. Morgan Wallen gave a tough competition to everyone with a total of 10 nods. Host for the night was LL Cool J who took charge of the immense competition while keeping everyone hooked. Just like the name suggests, he is pretty cool at what he does and previously, the “Mama Said Knock You Out” singer hosted the 2022 edition of the iHeartRadio Music Awards.
The year’s award ceremony also offered some of the most power-packed performances by Billie Eilish, Muni Long, Bad Bunny, Gracie Abrams, Nelly, and Kenny Chesney. A lot of other musical honors have been also announced on the night. One of the best moments was when Nelly received the award for his countless contributions that helped to shape the musical culture over the years. Similarly, there is Lady Gaga who was honored with the 2025 iHeartRadio Innovator Award. Mariah Carey’s ‘Flowers’ did not let her go empty-handed and the singer received the award for the bestselling female artist of all time and became the candidate for the 2025 iHeartRadio Icon Award.
The iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025 was a complete blast and it is time for music lovers to find out the winners of the night based on each category. Let’s check out the winner’s list.
Winners List for iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025
Song of the Year: “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone
Album of the Year: “HIT ME HARD AND SOFT” – Billie Eilish
Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift
Pop Song of the Year: “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter
Pop Artist of the Year: Sabrina Carpenter
Pop Album of the Year: “The Tortured Poets Department” by Taylor Swift
Best New Artist (Pop): Teddy Swims
Best Collaboration: “Die With a Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars
Country Artist of the Year: Jelly Roll
Country Song of the Year: “I Had Some Help” by Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen
Country Album of the Year: “F-1 Trillion” by Post Malone
Best New Artist (Country): Shaboozey
Hip-Hop Artist of the Year: GloRilla
Hip-Hop Song of the Year: “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar
Hip-Hop Album of the Year: “We Don’t Trust You” by Future & Metro Boomin
Best New Artist (Hip-Hop): BossMan Dlow
R&B Artist of the Year: SZA
R&B Song of the Year: “Made For Me” by Muni Long
R&B Album of the Year: “Coming Home” by Usher
Best New Artist (R&B): 4Batz
World Artist of the Year: Tyla
Alternative Artist of the Year: Green Day
Alternative Song of the Year: “Too Sweet” by Hozier
Alternative Album of the Year: “Clancy” by twenty one pilots
Best New Artist (Alt and Rock): Fontaines DC
Rock Artist of the Year: Shinedown
Rock Song of the Year: “A Symptom of Being Human” by Shinedown
Rock Album of the Year: “From Zero” by Linkin Park
Dance Artist of the Year: David Guetta
Dance Album of the Year: “brat” by Charli XCX
Latin Pop / Urban Artist of the Year: FEID
Latin Pop / Urban Song of the Year: “Perro Negro” by Bad Bunny ft. FEID
Latin Pop / Urban Album of the Year: “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” by Shakira
Best New Artist (Latin Pop / Urban): Kapo
Regional Mexican Artist of the Year: Peso Pluma
Regional Mexican Song of the Year: “Alch Si” by Grupo Frontera and Carin Leon
Regional Mexican Album of the Year: “Exodo” by Peso Pluma
Best New Artist (Regional Mexican): Xavi
K-pop Artist of the Year: ATEEZ
K-pop Song of the Year: “Who” by Jimin
K-pop Album of the Year: “Ate” by Stray Kids
Producer of the Year: Julian Bunetta
Songwriter of the Year: Amy Allen
Winners for the Socially Voted Categories
Favorite Soundtrack: Wicked
Favourite K-pop Dance Challenge: Yeonjun (TOMORROW X TOGETHER)
Favourite Broadway Debut: Rachel Zegler for Romeo + Juliet
Favorite K-pop Dance Challenge: “GGUM” by Yeonjun (TOMORROW X TOGETHER)
Favorite Surprise Guest: Taylor Swift bringing out Travis Kelce
Favorite Tour Tradition: Taylor Swift – Surprise songs
Best Lyrics: “Fortnight” by Taylor Swift ft Post Malone
Best Music Video: “Fortnight” – Taylor Swift ft Post Malone
Favorite Tour Style: Taylor Swift – The Eras Tour
Favorite Tour Photographer: Alfredo Flores – Sabrina Carpenter
Favorite On Screen: Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) (Taylor Swift)
Special Honors Awards
Innovator Award: Lady Gaga
Icon Award: Mariah Carey
Tour of the Century: Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour
Label of the Year: Republic Records
Landmark Award: Nelly
Breakthrough Award: Gracie Abrams
The organizers and the curators have done a great job with the selections and there is no bias other than appreciating the musical talents who deserve recognition and appreciation. iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025 showed an increasing amount of diversity in the music industry that goes beyond genres.
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