iHeartRadio this week shares the complete list of nominees for the 2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards. Honoring the most-played artists and songs on iHeartRadio stations and on the iHeartRadio app throughout 2019, the awards show takes place March 29 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello, Cardi B, Drake, Halsey, Justin Bieber, Khalid, Lil Nas X, Lizzo, Post Malone, and Summer Walker join a number of other artists who have received multiple nominations. Notably, Eilish's "bad guy," Lil Nas X's “Old Town Road,” Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello's “Señorita,” Jonas Brothers' "Sucker," and Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" are up for song of the year.
Eilish and Lizzo are joined by Ariana Grande, Halsey, and Taylor Swift, who have each been nominated for female artist of the year, while Ed Sheeran, Khalid, Luke Combs, Post Malone, and Shawn Mendes go head to head for male artist of the year.
Fans have the opportunity to decide winners in multiple iHeartRadio Music Award categories including Best Fan Army, Best Lyrics, Best Cover Song, Best Music Video, Best Remix, the Social Star Award, Favorite Tour Photographer, and the first-ever Favorite Music Video Choreography Award. To vote, simply use the appropriate category and nominee hashtags or visit iHeartRadio.com/awards from January 8 to March 23.
See below for the complete list of this year's iHeartRadio Music Awards nominees. The show airs Sunday, March 29, at 8 p.m. EST on FOX.
Song of the Year:
“bad guy” - Billie Eilish “Old Town Road” - Lil Nas X “Señorita” - Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello “Sucker” - Jonas Brothers “Truth Hurts” - Lizzo
Female Artist of the Year:
Ariana Grande Billie Eilish Halsey Lizzo Taylor Swift
Male Artist of the Year:
Ed Sheeran Khalid Luke Combs Post Malone Shawn Mendes
Best Duo/Group of the Year:
Dan + Shay Imagine Dragons Jonas Brothers Maroon 5 Panic! At The Disco
Best Collaboration:
“Dancing With A Stranger” - Sam Smith & Normani “Eastside” - benny blanco, Halsey & Khalid “I Don't Care”- Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber “Señorita” - Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello “Sunflower” - Post Malone & Swae Lee
Best New Pop Artist:
Ava Max FLETCHER Lewis Capaldi Lil Nas X Lizzo
Alternative Rock Song of the Year:
“bad guy” - Billie Eilish “Doin' Time” - Lana Del Rey “Ready To Let Go” - Cage The Elephant “The Hype” - twenty one pilots “Trampoline” - SHAED
Alternative Rock Artist of the Year:
Billie Eilish Cage The Elephant Imagine Dragons Panic! At The Disco twenty one pilots
Best New Rock/Alternative Rock Artist:
Dirty Honey Dominic Fike Matt Maeson SHAED The Glorious Sons
Rock Song of the Year:
“Blue On Black” - Five Finger Death Punch “Ghost” - Badflower “Lo/Hi” - The Black Keys “Monsters” - Shinedown “S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun)” - The Glorious Sons
Rock Artist of the Year:
Disturbed Five Finger Death Punch Godsmack Greta Van Fleet Shinedown
Country Song of the Year:
“Beautiful Crazy” - Luke Combs “GIRL” - Maren Morris “God’s Country” - Blake Shelton “The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home” - Justin Moore “Whiskey Glasses” - Morgan Wallen
Country Artist of the Year:
Carrie Underwood Dan + Shay Luke Bryan Luke Combs Thomas Rhett
Best New Country Artist:
Jimmie Allen Matt Stell Morgan Wallen Riley Green Runaway June
Dance Song of the Year:
“Body” - Loud Luxury featuring brando “Close To Me” - Ellie Goulding, Diplo featuring Swae Lee “Here With Me” - Marshmello featuring Chvrches “Higher Love” - Kygo & Whitney Houston “So Close” - NOTD, Felix Jaehn & Captain Cutsv featuring Georgia Ku
Dance Artist of the Year:
Diplo Kygo Loud Luxury Marshmello The Chainsmokers
Hip-Hop Song of the Year:
“Going Bad” - Meek Mill featuring Drake “Money In The Grave” - Drake featuring Rick Ross “Money” - Cardi B “Old Town Road” - Lil Nas X “Suge” - DaBaby
Hip-Hop Artist of the Year:
Cardi B Drake Lil Baby Meek Mill Travis Scott
Best New Hip-Hop Artist:
City Girls DaBaby Lil Nas X Lizzo Megan Thee Stallion
R&B Song of the Year:
“Before I Let Go (Homecoming Live Album)” – Beyoncé “Girls Need Love (Remix)” - Summer Walker & Drake “No Guidance” - Chris Brown featuring Drake “Shot Clock” - Ella Mai “Talk” - Khalid
R&B Artist of the Year:
Chris Brown Ella Mai H.E.R. Khalid Summer Walker
Best New R&B Artist:
Ari Lennox LightSkinKeisha Nicole Bus Summer Walker The Bonfyre
Latin Pop/Urban Song of the Year:
“Calma” - Pedro Capó & Alicia Keys featuring Farruko “Con Calma” - Daddy Yankee & Katy Perry featuring Snow “MIA” - Bad Bunny featuring Drake “QUE PRETENDES” - J Balvin & Bad Bunny “Taki Taki” - DJ Snake featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B
Latin Pop/Urban Artist of the Year:
Bad Bunny Daddy Yankee J Balvin Maluma Ozuna
Best New Latin Pop/Urban Artist:
Camilo Guaynaa Lunay Rosalía Sech
Regional Mexican Song of the Year:
“¿Por Qué Cambiaste De Opinión” - Calibre 50 “A Través Del Vaso” - Banda Los Sebastianes “Con Todo Incluido” - La Adictiva Banda San José De Mesillas “Encantadora” - El Fantasma “Nada Nuevo” - Christian Nodal
Regional Mexican Artist of the Year:
Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizárraga Calibre 50 Christian Nodal El Fantasma La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
Best New Regional Mexican Artist of the Year:
Banda Los Sebastianes El Fantasma Fuerza Regida Kanales Lenin Ramírez
Producer of the Year:
Andrew Watt Benny Blanco Finneas Louis Bell Max Martin
Songwriter of the Year:
Ashley Gorley Finneas Frank Dukes Louis Bell Savan Kotecha
Best Lyrics: *Socially Voted Category
“10,000 Hours” - Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber “7 rings” - Ariana Grande “bad guy” - Billie Eilish “Beautiful People” - Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid “Hot Girl Summer” - Megan Thee Stallion featuring Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign “Juice” - Lizzo “Lose You To Love Me” - Selena Gomez “Nightmare” - Halsey “Señorita” - Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello “Someone You Loved” - Lewis Capaldi “The Bones” - Maren Morris “You Need to Calm Down” - Taylor Swift
Best Cover Song: *Socially Voted Category
Led Zeppelin - “Black Dog” - Miley Cyrus cover Ariana Grande - “break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored” - Lana Del Rey cover Phil Collins - “Can’t Stop Loving You” - Taylor Swift cover Sam Smith & Normani - “Dancing With A Stranger” - 5SOS cover Elvin Bishop - “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” - Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Elle King, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes, Caylee Hammack cover The Rembrandts - “I’ll Be There For You” - Meghan Trainor cover Taylor Swift - “Lover” - Keith Urban cover Lewis Capaldi - “Someone You Loved” - Camila Cabello cover Jonas Brothers - “Sucker” – Halsey cover Post Malone - “Sunflower” - Vampire Weekend cover
Best Fan Army: *Socially Voted Category
Agnation - Agnez Mo Arianators - Ariana Grande Beliebers - Justin Bieber BTSArmy - BTS Camilizers - Camila Cabello Harries - Harry Styles Limelights - Why Don’t We Louies - Louis Tomlinson MendesArmy - Shawn Mendes Niallers - Niall Horan Selenators - Selena Gomez Swifties - Taylor Swift
Best Music Video: *Socially Voted Category
“7 rings” - Ariana Grande “bad guy” - Billie Eilish “Boy With Luv” - BTS featuring Halsey “Con Altura” - Rosalía, J Balvin featuring El Guincho “Con Calma” - Daddy Yankee & Snow “Dancing With A Stranger” - Sam Smith & Normani “I Don’t Care” - Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber “Kill This Love” - BLACKPINK “ME!” - Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie “Old Town Road” - Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus “Señorita” - Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello “Sucker” - Jonas Brothers
Social Star Award: *Socially Voted Category
Asher Angel Cody Orlove Danielle Cohn DeStorm Power King Bach Montana Tucker Niki and Gabi Piper Rockelle Scotty Sire Stephanie Poetri The Moy Boys Zoe Laverne
Best Remix: *Socially Voted Category
“bad guy” - Billie Eilish (with Justin Bieber) “Con Calma” - Daddy Yankee, Katy Perry featuring Snow “Good As Hell” - Lizzo featuring Ariana Grande “Higher Love” – Kygo & Whitney Houston “Lover” - Taylor Swift featuring Shawn Mendes “Old Town Road” - Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus “The Bones” - Maren Morris featuring Hozier “Thotiana” – Blueface featuring Cardi B and YG “Trampoline” - SHAED featuring Zayn “Without Me” - Halsey featuring Juice WRLD
Favorite Tour Photographer: *Socially Voted Category
Adam Degross (Post Malone) Alfredo Flores (Ariana Grande) Andy DeLuca (5SOS) Blair Caldwell (Normani) Daniel Prakopcyk (John Mayer) Jake Chamseddine (Panic! At The Disco) Josiah Van Dien (Shawn Mendes) Matty Vogel (Billie Eilish) Rays Corrupted Mind (Travis Scott) Zack Caspary (Why Don’t We) Zakary Walters (Ed Sheeran)
Favorite Music Video Choreography: (New Category) *Socially Voted Category
“7 rings” (Ariana Grande) - Scott and Brian Nicholson “How Do You Sleep?” (Sam Smith) - Parris Goebel “Kill This Love” (BLACKPINK) - Kyle Hanagami & Kiel Tutin “ME!” (Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie) - Tyce Diorio “Motivation” (Normani) - Sean Bankhead “Señorita” (Shawn Mendes & Camilla Cabello) - Calvit Hodge & Sara Bivens
