iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025: Taylor Swift once again dominates nominations but who has joined her?

Arts and Entertainment iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025: Taylor Swift once again dominates nominations but who has joined her? By Benjamin Jackson Culture and tickets writer Comment Published 23rd Jan 2025, 09:42 GMT Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now Taylor Swift might have some competition ahead of the iHeartRadio Music Awards in 2025 🏆🎶 Sign up to our daily The Scarborough News Today newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to The Scarborough News, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues.

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. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Notice and Terms of Service apply. The nominations for the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards have been announced.

Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen lead the nominations with 10 nods each. Charli XCX, Hozier and The Last Dinner Party are among the UK and Ireland artists nominated this year. Taylor Swift once again dominates the nominations for the iHeartRadio Music Awards in 2025, but she’s not in the pole position alone this year.

As this year’s nominees were revealed overnight, Taylor Swift is up for 10 awards, including Pop Artist of the Year and Artist of the Year, but she is joined with 10 nominations by Morgan Wallen , whose collaboration with Post Malone with I Had Some Help has seen the songwriter earn a Song of the Year nod - a category Swift is not featured in this year. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad This year’s Pop Artist of the Year is set to be tightly fought battle; while Taylor Swift remains the favourite to pick up the awards, the rise of other names also battling for the going - Sabrina Carpenter , Chappell Roan and Billie Eilish - and the success they had in 2025 might mean that award is not a forgone conclusion..

. The ceremony also features a strong mix of UK and Irish acts this year, with Hozier picking up multiple nods, including Song of the Year and Pop Song of the Year, cementing his place in both Irish and UK music. Charli XCX is up for Dance Song of the Year and Favourite Surprise Guest, while Central Cee is nominated for World Artist of the Year, continuing to make waves globally.

Fontaines D.C. and The Last Dinner Party are both in the running for Best New Artist in the Alternative and Rock categories, showcasing the thriving UK and Irish indie scene.

Meanwhile, Scottish DJ Calvin Harris is still dominating the dance scene with a nomination for Dance Artist of the Year. This year’s ceremony is set to take place on March 17 2025 at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025 - full list of nominees Taylor Swift leads the nominations at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in 2025 - but she shares the most nominations this year with another artist.

| Getty Images for The Recording Academy Song of the Year ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’ – Shaboozey ‘Agora Hills’ – Doja Cat ‘Beautiful Things’ – Benson Boone ‘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 ‘Greedy’ – Tate McRae ‘Too Sweet’ – Hozier Pop Artist of the Year Billie Eilish Chappell Roan 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 Taylor Swift Teddy Swims Best Collaboration ‘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 Best New Artist (Pop) Chappell Roan performs during the first day at the Coachella Festival in Indio, California in April Benson Boone Chappell Roan Gracie Abrams Shaboozey Teddy Swims 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 ‘World On Fire’ – Nate Smith Country Artist of the Year Jelly Roll Kane Brown Lainey Wilson Luke Combs Morgan Wallen Best New Artist (Country) Ashley Cooke Dasha George Birge Shaboozey 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 ‘Rich Baby Daddy’ – Drake featuring Sexyy Red and SZA ‘TGIF’ – GloRilla Hip-Hop Artist of the Year: Drake Future GloRilla Kendrick Lamar Travis Scott Best New Artist (Hip-Hop) 310babii BigXthaPlug BossMan Dlow Cash Cobain Jordan Adetunji R&B Song of the Year ‘ICU’ – Coco Jones ‘Made For Me’ – Muni Long ‘Sensational’ – Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay ‘Water’ – Tyla ‘WY@’ – Brent Faiyaz R&B Artist of the Year Chris Brown Muni Long SZA Usher Victoria Monét World Artist of the Year: Burna Boy Central Cee Tems Tyla YG Marley Best New Artist (R&B) 4Batz 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 Alternative Artist of the Year Green Day, who are one of the headline acts at Download Festival 2025, are up for the Alternative Artist of the Year awards | Getty Images Cage The Elephant Green Day Linkin Park Sum 41 twenty one pilots Best New Artist (Alt and Rock) Djo Fontaines D.C. Good Neighbours Myles Smith The Last Dinner Party Rock Song of the Year ‘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 Green Day Linkin Park Metallica Pearl Jam Shinedown Dance Song of the Year ‘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 & Marshmello Dance Artist of the Year Calvin Harris David Guetta 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 ‘Qlona’ – Karol G featuring Peso Pluma ‘Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido’ – Karol G Read More Hot For You Baby: long-lost Tina Turner track discovered 40 years later - when can you hear it? Janet Jackson, Eminem and George Clinton among the names entering the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s 2025 class Nine Inch Nails: industrial giants announce two UK shows as part of World Tour - dates and tickets Latin Pop/Urban Artist of the Year Bad Bunny is the favourite to pick up the Latin Pop/Urban Artist of the Year at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards | Getty Images Bad Bunny FEID Karol G Myke Towers Shakira Best New Artist (Latin Pop/Urban) Christian Alicea Cris MJ Ela Taubert FloyyMenor Kapo Regional Mexican Song 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 Regional Mexican Artist of the Year Grupo Frontera Intocable Los Ángeles Azules Peso Pluma Xavi Best New Artist (Regional Mexican): Chino Pacas Iván Cornejo Luis R.

Conriquez Tito Double P Xavi K-pop Artist of the Year aespa ATEEZ ENHYPEN Jimin Lisa K-pop Song of the Year ‘Chk Chk Boom’ – Stray Kids ‘Magnetic’ – ILLIT ‘Supernova’ – aespa ‘Who’ – Jimin ‘XO (Only If You Say Yes)’ – ENHYPEN Best New Artist (K-pop): BABYMONSTER BADVILLAIN ILLIT NCT WISH TWS Producer of the Year Julian Bunetta Jack Antonoff Evan Blair Mustard Dan Nigro Songwriter of the Year Josh Coleman ERNEST Ashley Gorley Amy Allen 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 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’ Robert Downey Jr. – ‘McNeal’ Sebastián Yatra – ‘Chicago’ Shailene Woodley – ‘Cult of Love’ Favourite K-pop Dance Challenge ‘GGUM’ – Yeonjun (TXT) ‘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 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 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 ‘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 ‘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 Usher – Usher: Past Present Future Favourite Tour Photographer Adam Degross – Post Malone Alfredo Flores – Sabrina Carpenter 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) Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story (Bon Jovi) Looking for more British music award coverage? Why not check out our article on how to follow the BRIT Award nominations live when they’re announced or our rumours regarding who could play Glastonbury Festival 2025 ? Continue Reading Related topics: Boost Music Taylor Swift Nominations Billie Eilish Comment Comment Guidelines National World encourages reader discussion on our stories.

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