All the Winners of the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards Revealed

The 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards Winners

Benson Boone, Taylor Swift, and Gracie Abrams are some of the prominent names that received awards at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards. Below is the complete list of winners.

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A Night of Celebration

This year’s awards ceremony occurred last night (March 17) at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, featuring numerous artists celebrated for their significant hit singles and albums over the past year.

Lady Gaga was among the winners, taking home the prestigious Innovator Award. During her speech, she addressed the issue of “ageism” within the pop music industry, assuring fans that she is just beginning her journey in music.

Another highlight of the evening was Benson Boone, who won the Song of the Year award for his hit ‘Beautiful Things’. This win marked a significant milestone, as he became the first male artist to claim this category since 2021 when The Weeknd won for ‘Blinding Lights’ (via Billboard).

Additionally, Mariah Carey was honored with the Icon Award, while Nelly received the Landmark Award. Gracie Abrams won the Breakthrough Award, using her acceptance speech to express her admiration for Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Noah Kahan, and The National.

Billie Eilish won Album of the Year for ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’, overcoming tough competition from Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’, after narrowly missing out on the Grammy in the same category.

However, the most notable achievement of the evening was Taylor Swift, who secured nine awards, including Tour of the Century for her extensive run of ‘Eras’ dates, as well as Best Music Video, Best Lyrics, Favourite Surprise Guest, and Artist of the Year.

Other key winners included Post Malone, Sabrina Carpenter, Shinedown, and Charli XCX. Find the complete list below.

Full List of Winners

Song of the Year:

‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’ – Shaboozey
‘Agora Hills’ – Doja Cat
‘Beautiful Things’ – Benson Boone (WINNER)
‘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

Pop Song of the Year:

‘Agora Hills’ – Doja Cat
‘Beautiful Things’ – Benson Boone
‘Espresso’ – Sabrina Carpenter (WINNER)
‘Greedy’ – Tate McRae
‘Too Sweet’ – Hozier

Pop Artist of the Year:

Billie Eilish
Chappell Roan
Sabrina Carpenter (WINNER)
Tate McRae
Taylor Swift

Artist of the Year:

Billie Eilish
Doja Cat
Jelly Roll
Kendrick Lamar
Morgan Wallen
Post Malone
Sabrina Carpenter
SZA
Taylor Swift (WINNER)
Teddy Swims

Best Collaboration:

‘Die With A Smile’ – Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars (WINNER)
‘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

Best New Artist (Pop):

Benson Boone
Chappell Roan
Gracie Abrams
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims (WINNER)

Country Song 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 (WINNER)
‘World On Fire’ – Nate Smith

Country Artist of the Year:

Jelly Roll (WINNER)
Kane Brown
Lainey Wilson
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen

Best New Artist (Country):

Ashley Cooke
Dasha
George Birge
Shaboozey (WINNER)
Tucker Wetmore

Hip-Hop Song of the Year:

‘Like That’ – Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar
‘Lovin On Me’ – Jack Harlow
‘Not Like Us’ – Kendrick Lamar (WINNER)
‘Rich Baby Daddy’ – Drake featuring Sexyy Red and SZA
‘TGIF’ – GloRilla

Hip-Hop Artist of the Year:

Drake
Future
GloRilla (WINNER)
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott

Best New Artist (Hip-Hop):

310babii
BigXthaPlug
BossMan Dlow (WINNER)
Cash Cobain
Jordan Adetunji

R&B Song of the Year:

‘ICU’ – Coco Jones
‘Made For Me’ – Muni Long (WINNER)
‘Sensational’ – Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay
‘Water’ – Tyla
‘WY@’ – Brent Faiyaz

R&B Artist of the Year:

Chris Brown
Muni Long
SZA (WINNER)
Usher
Victoria Monét

World Artist of the Year:

Burna Boy
Central Cee
Tems
Tyla (WINNER)
YG Marley

Best New Artist (R&B):

4Batz (WINNER)
Ambré
Inayah
Josh X
Maeta

Alternative Song of the Year:

‘Dilemma’ – Green Day
‘Landmines’ – Sum 41
‘Neon Pill’ – Cage The Elephant
‘The Emptiness Machine’ – Linkin Park
‘Too Sweet’ – Hozier (WINNER)

Alternative Artist of the Year:

Cage The Elephant
Green Day (WINNER)
Linkin Park
Sum 41
Twenty One Pilots

Best New Artist (Alt and Rock):

Djo
Fontaines D.C. (WINNER)
Good Neighbours
Myles Smith
The Last Dinner Party

Rock Song of the Year:

‘A Symptom of Being Human’ – Shinedown (WINNER)
‘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:

Green Day
Linkin Park
Metallica
Pearl Jam
Shinedown (WINNER)

Dance Song of the Year:

‘360’ – Charli XCX (WINNER)
‘Chase It (Mmm Da Da Da)’ – Bebe Rexha
‘I Don’t Wanna Wait’ – David Guetta and OneRepublic
‘Make You Mine’ – Madison Beer
‘Water’ – Tyla & Marshmello

Dance Artist of the Year:

Calvin Harris
David Guetta (WINNER)
Dua Lipa
Kylie Minogue
Tiësto

Latin Pop/Urban Song of the Year:

‘Brickell’ – FEID X Yandel
‘LA FALDA’ – Myke Towers
‘Perro Negro’ – Bad Bunny featuring FEID (WINNER)
‘Qlona’ – Karol G featuring Peso Pluma
‘Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido’ – Karol G

Latin Pop/Urban Artist of the Year:

Bad Bunny
FEID (WINNER)
Karol G
Myke Towers
Shakira

Best New Artist (Latin Pop/Urban):

Christian Alicea
Cris MJ
Ela Taubert
FloyyMenor
Kapo (WINNER)

Regional Mexican Song of the Year:

‘Alch Si’ – Grupo Frontera and Carin León (WINNER)
‘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 (WINNER)
Xavi

Best New Artist (Regional Mexican):

Chino Pacas
Iván Cornejo
Luis R. Conriquez
Tito Double P
Xavi (WINNER)

K-pop Artist of the Year:

aespa
ATEEZ (WINNER)
ENHYPEN
Jimin
Lisa

K-pop Song of the Year:

‘Chk Chk Boom’ – Stray Kids
‘Magnetic’ – ILLIT
‘Supernova’ – aespa
‘Who’ – Jimin (WINNER)
‘XO (Only If You Say Yes)’ – ENHYPEN

Best New Artist (K-pop):

BABYMONSTER
BADVILLAIN
ILLIT (WINNER)
NCT WISH
TWS

Producer of the Year:

Julian Bunetta (WINNER)
Jack Antonoff
Evan Blair
Mustard
Dan Nigro

Songwriter of the Year:

Josh Coleman
ERNEST
Ashley Gorley
Amy Allen (WINNER)
Justin Tranter

Favourite Soundtrack:

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 (WINNER)

Favourite Broadway Debut:

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 + Juliet’
Lola Tung – ‘Hadestown’
Nicole Scherzinger – ‘Sunset Blvd’
Rachel Zegler – ‘Romeo + Juliet’ (WINNER)
Robert Downey Jr. – ‘McNeal’
Sebastián Yatra – ‘Chicago’
Shailene Woodley – ‘Cult of Love’

Favourite K-pop Dance Challenge:

‘GGUM’ – Yeonjun (TXT) (WINNER)
‘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

Favourite 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 bringing out Ken & Friends
Luke Combs bringing out the “Twisters” Cast
Morgan Wallen bringing out Travis Kelce & Patrick Mahomes
Niall Horan bringing out Shawn Mendes
Olivia Rodrigo bringing out Chappell Roan
Peso Pluma bringing out Becky G
Taylor Swift bringing out Travis Kelce (WINNER)

Favourite Tour Tradition:

Benson Boone – Backflips
Chappell Roan – Teaching ‘HOT TO GO’ dance
Charli XCX + Troye Sivan – ‘Apple’ Girl (dance)
Morgan Wallen – Walk out song
Niall Horan – Heaven pose
Nicki Minaj – Fans sing
Olivia Rodrigo – Encore tank
Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Juno’ position
Tate McRae – Soundcheck covers
Taylor Swift – ’22’ Hat
Taylor Swift – Surprise songs (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
‘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

Best Music Video:

‘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 (WINNER)
‘Houdini’ – Dua Lipa
‘Houdini’ – Eminem
‘I Had Some Help’ – Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen
‘LUNA’ – ATL Jacob X FEID
‘Not Like Us’ – Kendrick Lamar
‘Please Please Please’ – Sabrina Carpenter
‘Rockstar’ – Lisa

Favourite 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 (WINNER)
Usher – Usher: Past Present Future

Favourite Tour Photographer:

Adam Degross – Post Malone
Alfredo Flores – Sabrina Carpenter (WINNER)
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

Favourite On Screen:

Are You Sure?! (Jimin and Jungkook)
Child Star (Demi Lovato)
Elton John: Never Too Late (Elton John)
Gaga Chromatica Ball (Lady Gaga)
I Am: Céline Dion (Céline 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) (WINNER)
Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story (Bon Jovi)

Album Category:

Album of the Year: ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’, Billie Eilish
Pop Album of the Year: ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, Taylor Swift
Alternative Album of the Year: ‘Clancy’, Twenty One Pilots
Rock Album of the Year: ‘From Zero’, Linkin Park
Country Album of the Year: ‘F-1 Trillion’, Post Malone
Dance Album of the Year: ‘Brat’, Charli XCX
K-Pop Album of the Year: ‘Ate’, Stray Kids
Hip-hop Album of the Year: ‘We Don’t Trust You’, Future & Metro Boomin
R&B Album of the Year: ‘Coming Home’, Usher
Latin Pop/Urban Album of the Year: ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’, Shakira
Regional Mexican Album of the Year: ‘Éxodo’, Peso Pluma

Other winners:

Tour of the Century: Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour
Icon Award: Mariah Carey
Innovator Award: Lady Gaga
Label of the Year: Republic Records
Landmark Award: Nelly
Breakthrough Award: Gracie Abrams