2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards: See The Full List Of Nominees

The 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards are back! The annual awards show, now in its tenth year, is taking place on Monday, March 27th at The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, and will celebrate the most-played artists and songs on iHeartRadio stations and the iHeartRadio app throughout 2022, while also offering a preview of the upcoming hits of 2023.

This year's show is set to feature award presentations in multiple categories, live performances from the biggest artists in music, surprise moments and will tell the stories of the winning artists' road to #1.

Artists receiving multiple nominations include, AJR, Anitta, Bailey Zimmerman, Bad Bunny, Bebe Rexha, Beyoncé, BLACKPINK, Black Eyed Peas, Blxst, Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic, BTS, Calibre 50, Carrie Underwood, David Guetta, Doja Cat, Drake, Dua Lipa, Elle King, Elton John, Farruko, Future, GAYLE, Glass Animals, GloRilla, Grupo Firme, Harry Styles, Imagine Dragons, Jack Harlow, Jordan Davis, Justin Bieber, Karol G, Kelsea Ballerini, Kenny Chesney, Kim Petras, Kodak Black, Latto, La Adictiva, Lady Gaga, Lil Baby, Lil Nas X, Lizzo, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Machine Gun Kelly, Måneskin, Megan Thee Stallion, Morgan Wallen, Muni Long, Nicki Minaj, Post Malone, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rihanna, Sam Smith, Selena Gomez, Shania Twain, Shinedown, Steve Lacy, Swedish House Mafia, SZA, Taylor Swift, Tems, The Weeknd, Three Days Grace, Tiësto, and Yung Gravy. See the full list of nominees below.

Fans can watch the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards live on Monday, March 27th from 8-10pm ET/PT (tape-delayed) on FOX. The event will also be broadcast on iHeartRadio stations nationwide, as well as on the iHeartRadio app.

And as always, this year's iHeartRadio Music Awards will celebrate the fans, giving iHeartRadio listeners the opportunity to decide winners in several new and established categories. Fan voting will determine Best Lyrics, Best Music Video, Best Fan Army, the Social Star Award, Favorite Tour Photographer, TikTok Bop of the Year, Favorite Documentary, Favorite Tour Style, Favorite Residency and Favorite Use of a Sample. Social voting begins today, January 11th, and will close on March 20th at 11:59pm PT for all categories. Fans can vote on Twitter using the appropriate category and nominee hashtags or by visiting iHeartRadio.com/awards.

2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards Nominees

Song of the Year:                  

• “About Damn Time” - Lizzo
• “Anti-Hero” - Taylor Swift
• “As It Was” - Harry Styles
• “Big Energy” - Latto
• “Enemy (from the series Arcane League of Legends)” - Imagine Dragons
• “First Class” - Jack Harlow
• “Ghost”- Justin Bieber
• “Heat Waves” - Glass Animals
• “INDUSTRY BABY” - Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow
• “Woman” - Doja Cat

 

Artist of the Year:                 

• Beyoncé
• Doja Cat
• Drake
• Dua Lipa
• Harry Styles
• Jack Harlow
• Justin Bieber
• Lizzo
• Taylor Swift
• The Weeknd

 

Best Duo/Group of the Year:                       

• AJR
• Black Eyed Peas
• BLACKPINK
• Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic
• Glass Animals
• Imagine Dragons 
• Måneskin
• OneRepublic
• Parmalee
• Red Hot Chili Peppers

 

Best Collaboration:               

• “Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)” - Elle King & Miranda Lambert
• “Cold Heart” - Elton John & Dua Lipa
• “half of my hometown” - Kelsea Ballerini ft. Kenny Chesney
• “I Like You (A Happier Song)” - Post Malone ft. Doja Cat 
• “INDUSTRY BABY” - Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow
• “One Right Now” - Post Malone & The Weeknd
• “Sweetest Pie” - Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa
• “Unholy” - Sam Smith & Kim Petras
• “WAIT FOR U” – Future ft. Drake & Tems
• “You Right” - Doja Cat ft. The Weeknd

 

Best New Pop Artist: 

• Dove Cameron 
• GAYLE
• Jax
• Nicky Youre
• Steve Lacy

 

Country Song of the Year:               

• “Buy Dirt” - Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan
• “half of my hometown” - Kelsea Ballerini ft. Kenny Chesney
• “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” - Cole Swindell
• “The Kind of Love We Make” - Luke Combs
• “Wasted On You” - Morgan Wallen

 

Country Artist of the Year:             

• Carrie Underwood
• Jason Aldean
• Kane Brown
• Luke Combs
• Morgan Wallen

 

Best New Country Artist:                

• Bailey Zimmerman
• Cody Johnson
• Elle King
• Elvie Shane
• Priscilla Block

            

Afrobeats Artist of the Year:

• Burna Boy
• CKay
• Fireboy DML
• Tems
• Wizkid

 

Hip-Hop Song of the Year:             

• “F.N.F. (Let's Go)”- Hitkidd & GloRilla
• “First Class” - Jack Harlow
• “Girls Want Girls” – Drake ft. Lil Baby
• “Super Gremlin”- Kodak Black
• “WAIT FOR U” – Future ft. Drake & Tems

 

Hip-Hop Artist of the Year:            

• Drake
• Future
• Kodak Black
• Lil Baby
• Moneybagg Yo

 

Best New Hip-Hop Artist:               

• B-Lovee
• GloRilla
• Latto
• Nardo Wick
• SleazyWorld Go

 

R&B Song of the Year:                    

• “BREAK MY SOUL” – Beyoncé
• “Free Mind” - Tems
• “Hrs And Hrs” - Muni Long
• “I Hate U”- SZA
• “Smokin Out The Window” - Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic

 

R&B Artist of the Year:                   

• Blxst
• Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic
• Muni Long
• SZA
• Yung Bleu

 

Best New R&B Artist:                      

• Blxst
• Brent Faiyaz
• Muni Long
• Steve Lacy
• Tems

 

Alternative Song of the Year:                      

• “Black Summer”- Red Hot Chili Peppers
• “EDGING”- Blink-182 
• “Enemy (from the series Arcane League of Legends)”- Imagine Dragons
• “Heat Waves”- Glass Animals
• “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”- Kate Bush

 

Alternative Artist of the Year:                   

• Imagine Dragons
• Måneskin 
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• twenty one pilots
• Weezer

 

Best New Artist (Alternative & Rock):                  

• Beach Weather
• BoyWithUke
• Giovannie and the Hired Guns
• Turnstile
• Wet Leg

 

Rock Song of the Year:                   

• “Black Summer”- Red Hot Chili Peppers
• “Patient Number 9”- Ozzy Osbourne ft. Jeff Beck
• “Planet Zero”- Shinedown
• “So Called Life”- Three Days Grace 
• “Taking Me Back”- Jack White

 

Rock Artist of the Year:                   

• Ghost
• Papa Roach
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Shinedown
• Three Days Grace

 

Dance Song of the Year:                  

• “Cold Heart”- Elton John & Dua Lipa
• “Escape”- KX5, Kaskade, Deadmau5 ft. Hayla
• “Heaven Takes You Home”- Swedish House Mafia & Connie Constance
• “Hot In It”- Tiësto & Charli XCX
• “I'm Good (Blue)”- David Guetta & Bebe Rexha

 

Dance Artist of the Year:                 

• Anabel Englund
• Joel Corry
• SOFI TUKKER 
• Swedish House Mafia
• Tiësto

 

Latin Pop/Reggaeton Song Of The Year:              

• “El Incomprendido” - Farruko/ Víctor Cárdenas/ DJ Adoni 
• “MAMIII”- Becky G & Karol G
• “Me Porto Bonito”- Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone 
• “Moscow Mule” - Bad Bunny
• “PROVENZA”- Karol G

 

Latin Pop/Reggaeton Artist of the Year:               

• Bad Bunny
• Daddy Yankee
• Farruko
• Karol G
• Rauw Alejandro

 

Regional Mexican Song of the Year:                      

• “Cada Quien”- Grupo Firme ft. Maluma
• “Cómo Te Olvido” - La Arrolladora Banda El Limón de René Camacho
• “Si Te Pudiera Mentir”- Calibre 50
• “Ya Solo Eres Mi Ex” - La Adictiva
• “Ya Supérame”- Grupo Firme

 

Regional Mexican Artist of the Year:                    

• Calibre 50
• Christian Nodal
• El Fantasma
• Grupo Firme
• La Adictiva

 

Best New Latin Artist:                      

• Blessd
• Kali Uchis
• Quevedo
• Ryan Castro
• Venesti            

 

Best Lyrics: *Socially Voted Category

• “About Damn Time” – Lizzo
• “abcdefu” - GAYLE
• “Anti-Hero” - Taylor Swift
• “Buy Dirt”- Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan
• “Glimpse Of Us”- Joji 
•  “Lift Me Up”- Rihanna 
•  “N95” - Kendrick Lamar 
•  “pushin P” – Gunna ft. Future, Young Thug
• “Super Freaky Girl” - Nicki Minaj 
• “Wasted On You” - Morgan Wallen 
•  “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”- Lin-Manuel Miranda performed by the Cast of Encanto

 

Best Music Video: *Socially Voted Category

• “Anti-Hero”- Taylor Swift 
• “As It Was” - Harry Styles 
• “Calm Down”- Rema & Selena Gomez
• “Don’t Be Shy”- Tiësto & Karol G 
• “DON’T YOU WORRY”- Black Eyed Peas, Shakira, David Guetta
• “Envovler” - Anitta 
• “Left and Right”- Charlie Puth ft. Jung Kook of BTS
• “Pink Venom”- BLACKPINK 
• “Tití Me Preguntó” - Bad Bunny 
• “Yet To Come” - BTS 

 

Best Fan Army: *Socially Voted Category

• “Barbz”- Nicki Minaj 
• “Beliebers”- Justin Bieber 
• “BeyHive” - Beyoncé
• “Blinks”- BLACKPINK 
• “BTSArmy”- BTS 
• “Harries” - Harry Styles 
• “Hotties”- Megan Thee Stallion 
• “Louies”- Louis Tomlinson 
• “RihannaNavy”- Rihanna 
• “Rushers”- Big Time Rush 
• “Selenators” - Selena Gomez 
• “Swifties”- Taylor Swift 

 

Social Star Award: *Socially Voted Category

• Bailey Zimmerman
• Charli D’Amelio
• Em Beihold
• GAYLE
• GloRilla
• JVKE
• Lauren Spencer-Smith
• Yung Gravy

 

Favorite Tour Photographer: *Socially Voted Category

• Bad Bunny – SIEMPRERIC
• Demi Lovato – Angelo Kritikos
• Dua Lipa – Elizabeth Miranda
• Halsey – Yasi
• Harry Styles – Lloyd Wakefield
• Louis Tomlinson – Joshua Halling
• Luke Combs – David Bergman
• Machine Gun Kelly – Sam Cahill
• Olivia Rodrigo – DONSLENS
• Post Malone – Adam DeGross
• twenty one pilots - Ashley Osborn
• YUNGBLUD – Tom Pallant

 

TikTok Bop of the Year: *Socially Voted Category

• “About Damn Time”- Lizzo 
• “As It Was” - Harry Styles
• “Bad Habit” - Steve Lacy 
• “Bejeweled”- Taylor Swift 
• “Big Energy”- Latto 
• “CUFF IT”- Beyoncé
• “Envolver”- Anitta 
• “Just Wanna Rock” - Lil Uzi Vert 
• “Made You Look”- Meghan Trainor 
• “Super Freaky Girl” - Nicki Minaj 
• “Unholy”- Sam Smith & Kim Petras 
• “World’s Smallest Violin”- AJR 

 

Favorite Documentary: *Socially Voted Category

• “Halftime” - Jennifer Lopez 
• “Life in Pink” - Machine Gun Kelly 
• “Love, Lizzo”- Lizzo 
• “Niall Horan's Homecoming: The Road to Mullingar with Lewis Capaldi” - Niall Horan + Lewis Capaldi 
• “Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me” - Selena Gomez 
• “Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl” - Shania Twain 
• “Sheryl” - Sheryl Crow 
• “Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby” - Lil Baby 

 

Favorite Tour Style: *Socially Voted Category

• Bad Bunny
• Carrie Underwood
• Dua Lipa
• Elton John
• Harry Styles
• Lady Gaga
• Lil Nas X
• Lizzo
• Machine Gun Kelly
• Olivia Rodrigo
• Rosalía
• The Weeknd

 

Favorite Residency: *Socially Voted Category

• “An Evening with Silk Sonic” - Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic
• “Enigma + Jazz & Piano” - Lady Gaga 
• “Let’s Go!” - Shania Twain 
• “Love In Las Vegas”- John Legend 
• “Love On Tour” - Harry Styles 
• “Play”- Katy Perry 
• “REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency” – Carrie Underwood 
• “Usher: My Way - The Las Vegas Residency” - Usher 
• “Weekends with Adele” – Adele

 

Favorite Use of a Sample: *Socially Voted Category

• Beyoncé’s “SUMMER RENAISSANCE” – sampled Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom” – sampled 50 Cent’s “P.I.M.P,” Rihanna’s “Pon de Replay,” and Biggie’s “Kick In The Door”
• Chlöe’s “Treat Me” – sampled Bubba Sparxxx & Ying Yang Twins’ “Ms. New Booty”
• David Guetta & Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” – sampled Eiffel 65’s “Blue (Da Ba Dee)”
• DJ Khaled & Drake’s “Staying Alive” – sampled The Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive”
• Doja Cat’s “Vegas” – sampled Shonka Dukureh’s “Hound Dog”
• Jack Harlow’s “First Class” – sampled Fergie’s “Glamorous”
• Latto’s “Big Energy” – sampled Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy”
• Lizzo’s “Break Up Twice” – sampled Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing)”
• Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl” – sampled Rick James’ “Super Freak”
• Taylor Swift’s “Question…?” – sampled Taylor Swift’s “Out Of The Woods”
• Yung Gravy’s “Betty (Get Money)” – sampled Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up”

 

Producer of the Year and Songwriter of the Year nominees will be announced at a later date. Additional categories include Label of the Year and individual winners for Album of the Year in music’s biggest genres, including Pop, Country, Alternative, Rock, Dance, Hip-Hop, R&B, Latin and Regional Mexican formats.

 

For a full list of categories, visit iHeartRadio.com/awards. 

 

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, February 15 at 9 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. ET at Ticketmaster.com.

 

Executive producers for the “iHeartRadio Music Awards” are Joel Gallen, for Tenth Planet; and John Sykes, Tom Poleman and Bart Peters, for iHeartMedia. For breaking news and exclusive iHeartRadio Music Awards content, visit iHeartRadio.com/awards or follow the social buzz on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

 

Proud partners of this year’s event include COVERGIRL, with more to be announced.

 

Artists and/or events subject to change or cancellation without notice.