Taylor Swift trionfa nella serata di premiazione degli iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025

Si è svolta presso il Dolby Theatre di Los Angeles la cerimonia di premiazione degli iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025, giunti alla XII edizione. Si tratta di riconoscimenti musicali organizzati dalla piattaforma radio on line di proprietà della IHeart Communications, che nel tempo stanno diventando una sorta di Grammy alternativi. I premi vengono assegnati in base al successo ottenuto sulle stazioni radiofoniche della medesima piattaforma, ed alcuni vengono assegnati direttamente dagli ascoltatori attraverso una votazione via web. Rispetto ai Grammy dovrebbero pertanto rispecchiare maggiormente i reali gusti del pubblico americano.
Al netto di qualche discutibile risultato, come la salomonica divisione dei due premi per “Song Of The Year” e “Pop Song Of The Year” fra Benson Boone e Sabrina Carpenter, si nota ad esempio – rispetto ai Grammy, dove probabilmente label e politica hanno il proprio peso – la totale assenza di Beyoncé, e del suo album “country” che ha diviso i sostenitori di uno dei generi musicali più conservatori.
Trionfatrice della serata è stata Taylor Swift, che ha vinto nella categoria “Artist Of The Year”, in molte categorie votate dagli ascoltaatori, e alla quale è stato assegnato il premio per “Tour Of The Century”, per il suo Eras Tour, concluso pochi mesi fa.
Fra i premiati figurano anche i nomi di Billie Eilish, Gracie Abrams, Lady Gaga con Bruno Mars, Post Malone, Kendrick Lamar, Charli XCX, SZA, Future, Usher, Tyla, David Guetta, Shaboozey, Shakira, Peso Pluma.
Nelle categorie “rock” e “alternative” riconoscimenti per Fontaines D.C., Green Day, Linkin Park, Hozier, Twenty One Pilots e Shinedown. 
La serata è stata presentata dall’icona pop LL Ccol J.
Di seguito tutti i premi e tutte le nomination di questa edizione:

2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards Nominees

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

Album of the Year:

• Billie Eilish, Hit Me Hard and Soft — WINNER

Pop Album of the Year:

• Taylor Swift, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT — WINNER

Breakthrough Artist of the Year:

• Gracie Abrams — WINNER

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

Country Album of the Year:

• Post Malone, F-1 Trillion — WINNER

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 Album of the Year:

• Future & Metro Boomin, We Don’t Trust You — WINNER

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 Album of the Year:

• USHER, COMING HOME — WINNER

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 

Alternative Album of the Year:

• twenty one pilots, Clancy — WINNER

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

Rock Album of the Year:

• LINKIN PARK, From Zero — 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 X Marshmello 

Dance Album of the Year:

• Charli xcx, brat — WINNER

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

Latin Pop / Urban Album of the Year:

• Shakira, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran — WINNER

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 Album of the Year:

• Peso Pluma, ÉXODO — WINNER

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 

 K-pop Album of the Year:

• Stray Kids, Ate — WINNER

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

(New for 2025) Favorite Soundtrack: *Socially Voted Category 

• 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

(New for 2025) Favorite Broadway Debut: *Socially Voted Category 

• 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”

(New for 2025) Favorite K-pop Dance Challenge: *Socially Voted Category 

• “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

(New for 2025) Favorite Surprise Guest: *Socially Voted Category 

• Charli xcx bringing out Lorde
• Coldplay bringing out Selena Gomez
• Future & Metro Boomin bringing out Travis Scott
• 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

(New for 2025) Favorite Tour Tradition *Socially Voted Category 

• 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: *Socially Voted Category 

• “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: *Socially Voted Category 

• “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

Favorite Tour Style: *Socially Voted Category 

• Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
• Chappell Roan – The Midwest Princess
• Charli xcx and Troye Sivan – Sweat
• 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

Favorite Tour Photographer: *Socially Voted Category 

• 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

Favorite On Screen: *Socially Voted Category 

• 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)