On March 27, 2023, the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles hosted the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards, which were aired live on Fox. Lenny Kravitz, a singer-songwriter and actor, served as the host for the night. Take a look at the complete list of nominations and winners below:
Song of the year
“About Damn Time”- Lizzo
WINNER: “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
WINNER: Harry Styles
Jack Harlow
Justin Bieber
Lizzo
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd
Best duo/group of the year
AJR
Black Eyed Peas
Blackpink
Glass Animals
WINNER: Imagine Dragons
Måneskin
OneRepublic
Parmalee
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Silk Sonic
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
WINNER: “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
WINNER: 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
WINNER: “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
WINNER: Morgan Wallen
Best new country artist
Bailey Zimmerman
WINNER: Cody Johnson
Elle King
Elvie Shane
Priscilla Block
Afrobeats artist of the year
Burna Boy
CKay
Fireboy DML
WINNER: Tems
WINNER: 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
WINNER: “Wait for U” – Future ft. Drake & Tems
Hip-hop artist of the year
WINNER: Drake
Future
Kodak Black
Lil Baby
Moneybagg Yo
Best new hip-hop artist
B-Lovee
WINNER: GloRilla
WINNER: Latto
Nardo Wick
SleazyWorld Go
R&B song of the year
“Break My Soul” – Beyoncé
“Free Mind” – Tems
“Hrs And Hrs” – Muni Long
WINNER: “I Hate U”- SZA
“Smokin Out The Window” – Silk Sonic
R&B artist of the year
Blxst
Muni Long
Silk Sonic
WINNER: SZA
Yung Bleu
Best new R&B artist
Blast
Brent Faiyaz
WINNER: Muni Long
Steve Lacy
Tems
Alternative song of the year
“Black Summer”- Red Hot Chili Peppers
“Edging”- Blink-182
WINNER: “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
WINNER: Red Hot Chili Peppers
twenty one pilots
Weezer
Best new artist (alternative & rock)
Beach Weather
BoyWithUke
WINNER: Giovannie and the Hired Guns
Turnstile
Wet Leg
Rock song of the year
WINNER: “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
WINNER: 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
WINNER: “I’m Good (Blue)”- David Guetta & Bebe Rexha
Dance artist of the year
WINNER: Anabel Englund
Joel Corry
Sofi Tukker
Swedish House Mafia
Tiësto
Latin pop/reggaeton song of the year
“El Incomprendido” – Farruko/ Víctor Cárdenas/ DJ Adoni
WINNER: “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
WINNER: Bad Bunny
Daddy Yankee
Farruko
Karol G
Rauw Alejandro
Regional Mexican song of the year
“Cada Quien”- Grupo Firme ft. Maluma
WINNER: “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
WINNER: Grupo Firme
La Adictiva
Best new Latin artist
Blessd
WINNER: Kali Uchis
Quevedo
Ryan Castro
Venesti
iHeartRadio Socially Voted Categories >
Best lyrics
“About Damn Time” – Lizzo
“abcdefu” – Gayle
WINNER: “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
“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
WINNER: “Yet to Come” – BTS
Best fan army
“Barbz”- Nicki Minaj
“Beliebers”- Justin Bieber
“BeyHive” – Beyoncé
“Blinks”- Blackpink
WINNER: “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
Bailey Zimmerman
Charli D’Amelio
Em Beihold
Gayle
GloRilla
WINNER: JVKE
Lauren Spencer-Smith
Yung Gravy
Favorite tour photographer
Bad Bunny – Siempreric
Demi Lovato – Angelo Kritikos
Dua Lipa – Elizabeth Miranda
Halsey – Yasi
WINNER: 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
“About Damn Time”- Lizzo
“As It Was” – Harry Styles
“Bad Habit” – Steve Lacy
WINNER: “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
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
WINNER: 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
Bad Bunny
Carrie Underwood
Dua Lipa
Elton John
WINNER: Harry Styles
Lady Gaga
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Machine Gun Kelly
Olivia Rodrigo
Rosalía
The Weeknd
Favorite residency
“An Evening with Silk Sonic” – Silk Sonic
“Enigma + Jazz & Piano” – Lady Gaga
“Let’s Go!” – Shania Twain
“Love In Las Vegas”- John Legend
WINNER: “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
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”
WINNER: 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”
Most Played Titanium Award > WINNER: Doja Cat
Data Source: Billboard
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