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Artist of the Week: See All the Nominees for the the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards

The 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards Presented by Capital One are just around the corner, meaning it's time to announce the nominees!

Earlier this week, iHeartMedia and FOX entertainment revealed the star-studded list of nominees for the tenth annual awards show taking place on Monday, March 27 in Los Angeles live from the Dolby Theater. The show will air live on FOX and will also be heard on iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide and on the iHeartRadio app.

Now in its tenth year, the iHeartRadio Music Awards 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. The show will feature award presentations in multiple categories, live performances from the biggest artists in music, surprise stage moments and will tell the stories of the winning artists’ road to #1.

In addition to paying tribute to music and artists, the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards will again celebrate the fans, giving iHeartRadio listeners the opportunity to decide winners in several new and established categories. Fan voting will determine this year’s 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 began on January 11, and will close on March 20 at 11:59 p.m. PT for all categories. Fans can vote on Twitter using the appropriate category and nominee hashtags or by visiting iHeartRadio.com/awards.

See below for the full list of nominees in alphabetical order, and don't forget to tune in to the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards on March 27 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET live / PT tape-delayed) on FOX!

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:               

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:                     

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:                 

Dance Artist of the Year:                

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

Latin Pop/Reggaeton Song Of The Year:             

Latin Pop/Reggaeton Artist of the Year:              

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

Regional Mexican Song of the Year:                     

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

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

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