# 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards

The 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards was held at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on March 14, 2019, and was broadcast live on Fox. Ariana Grande and Ella Mai were the most awarded artists, each winning three iHeartRadio Music Awards on the night. Cardi B led the list of nominees with 14 nominations, followed by Drake with eight. T-Pain, who won The Masked Singer, hosted the show.

## Performances

| Performer(s) | Song title |
| Halsey Travis Barker Yungblud | "Without Me" "11 Minutes" |
| Kacey Musgraves Chris Martin | "Rainbow" |
| Marshmello Lauv | "Happier" "I'm So Tired..." |
| Lovelytheband | "Broken" |
| Ella Mai | "Trip" |
| John Legend | "Preach" |
| Backstreet Boys | "No Place" "I Want It That Way" |
| Alicia Keys | "Raise a Man" "You Don't Know My Name" |
| Ariana Grande | "Needy" (pre-recorded) |
| Garth Brooks | Medley: "Callin Baton Rouge" "Ask Me How I Know" "The Thunder Rolls" "Friends in Low Places" |

## Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on January 9, 2019. Nominations for Best Fan Army were announced on January 23.
Winners are shown in Boldtype.
| Song of the Year | Female Artist of the Year |
| "The Middle" – Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey "Better Now" – Post Malone "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B "God's Plan"– Drake "Perfect" – Ed Sheeran | Ariana Grande Camila Cabello Cardi B Dua Lipa Halsey |
| Male Artist of the Year | Best Duo/Group of the Year |
| Drake Ed Sheeran Kendrick Lamar Post Malone Shawn Mendes | 5 Seconds of Summer Imagine Dragons Maroon 5 Panic! at the Disco Twenty One Pilots |
| Album of the Year (per genre) | Best Collaboration |
| Pop: Sweetener – Ariana Grande Rock: Trench – Twenty One Pilots Country: Rearview Town – Jason Aldean Dance: Sick Boy – The Chainsmokers R&B: My Dear Melancholy - The Weeknd Alternative Rock: Pray for the Wicked – Panic! at the Disco Latin: Vibras – J Balvin | "Finesse" – Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B "Meant to Be" – Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B "The Middle" – Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey |
| Best New Pop Artist | Alternative Rock Song of the Year |
| Marshmello Bazzi Lauv Max Schneider NF | "High Hopes" – Panic! at the Disco "Natural" – Imagine Dragons "Broken" – Lovelytheband "Happier" – Marshmello and Bastille "Africa" – Weezer |
| Alternative Rock Artist of the Year | Best New Rock/Alternative Artist |
| Imagine Dragons Lovelytheband Panic! at the Disco Portugal. The Man Thirty Seconds to Mars | Lovelytheband AJR Badflower Billie Eilish Two Feet |
| Rock Song of the Year | Rock Artist of the Year |
| "Safari Song" – Greta Van Fleet "Zombie" – Bad Wolves "Are You Ready" – Disturbed "Bulletproof" – Godsmack "Devil" – Shinedown | Three Days Grace Five Finger Death Punch Godsmack Greta Van Fleet Shinedown |
| Country Song of the Year | Country Artist of the Year |
| "Meant to Be" – Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line "Tequila" – Dan + Shay "Heaven" – Kane Brown "Most People Are Good" – Luke Bryan "Rich" – Maren Morris | Luke Combs Carrie Underwood Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Thomas Rhett |
| Best New Country Artist | Dance Song of the Year |
| Jordan Davis Carly Pearce Dylan Scott Lanco Russell Dickerson | "The Middle" – Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey "One Kiss" – Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa "Remind Me to Forget" – Kygo featuring Miguel "Friends" – Marshmello and Anne-Marie "Happier" – Marshmello and Bastille |
| Dance Artist of the Year | Hip-Hop Song of the Year |
| Marshmello Calvin Harris The Chainsmokers Kygo Zedd | "God's Plan" – Drake "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin "In My Feelings" – Drake "Nice for What" – Drake "Psycho" – Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign |
| Hip-Hop Artist of the Year | Best New Hip-Hop Artist |
| Cardi B Drake Kendrick Lamar Post Malone Travis Scott | BlocBoy JB Juice Wrld Lil Baby Lil Pump XXXTentacion |
| R&B Song of the Year | R&B Artist of the Year |
| "Boo'd Up" – Ella Mai "Finesse" – Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B "Sky Walker" – Miguel featuring Travis Scott "Medicine" – Queen Naija "When We" – Tank | Ella Mai Daniel Caesar H.E.R. Miguel SZA |
| Best New R&B Artist | Latin Song of the Year |
| Ella Mai Brent Faiyaz H.E.R. Queen Naija TK Kravit | "X" – Nicky Jam and J Balvin "Dura" – Daddy Yankee "Échame la Culpa" – Luis Fonsi and Demi Lovato "Me niego" – Reik featuring Ozuna and Wisin "Clandestino" – Shakira and Maluma |
| Latin Artist of the Year | Best New Latin Artist |
| Bad Bunny Daddy Yankee J Balvin Maluma Ozuna | Manuel Turizo Lele Pons Mau y Ricky Nio Garcia Raymix |
| Regional Mexican Song of the Year | Regional Mexican Artist of the Year |
| "Mitad Y Mitad" – Calibre 50 "Mejor Me Alejo" – Banda MS "Mi Sorpresa Fuiste Tu" – Calibre 50 "Me Deje Llevar" – Christian Nodal "Entre Beso Y Beso" – La Arrolladora Banda El Limón | Calibre 50 Banda Carnaval Banda MS Christian Nodal Gerardo Ortiz |
| Producer of the Year | Songwriter of the Year |
| Louis Bell 40 David Garcia Frank Dukes Marshmello | Frank Dukes Andrew Watt Louis Bell Max Martin Sarah Aarons |
| Best Fan Army (support by Taco Bell) | Best Lyrics |
| BTS – BTSArmy 5 Seconds of Summer – 55OSFam Ariana Grande – Arianators Camila Cabello – Camilizers Cardi B – BardiGang Harry Styles – Stylers Justin Bieber – Beliebers Lauren Jauregui – Jaguars Shawn Mendes – MendesArmy Taylor Swift – Swifties Why Don't We – Limelights Zayn Malik – Zquad | Camila Cabello – "Consequences" Ariana Grande – "Thank U, Next" Drake – "God's Plan" Halsey – "Without Me" Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B – "Girls Like You" Shawn Mendes – "In My Blood" |
| Best Cover Song | Best Music Video |
| "You're Still the One" (Shania Twain) – Harry Styles and Kacey Musgraves "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Aretha Franklin) – Ariana Grande "In My Blood" (Shawn Mendes) – Charlie Puth "Lucid Dreams" (Juice Wrld) – Halsey "Rewrite the Stars" (Zac Efron and Zendaya) – James Arthur and Anne-Marie "Fast Car" (Tracy Chapman) – Khalid "Your Song" (Elton John) – Lady Gaga "Crying in the Club" (Camila Cabello) – Niall Horan "A Million Dreams" (Ziv Zaifman, Hugh Jackman and Michelle Williams) – Pink "Under Pressure" (Queen and David Bowie) – Shawn Mendes and Teddy Geiger "Africa" (Toto) – Weezer "Me, Myself and I" (Beyoncé) – Zayn | "Delicate" – Taylor Swift "Thank U, Next" – Ariana Grande "Finesse" – Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B "One Kiss" – Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin "This Is America" – Childish Gambino "Dura" – Daddy Yankee "God's Plan" – Drake "Freaky Friday" – Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B "Psycho" – Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign "Taki Taki" – DJ Snake featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B |
| Social Star Award | Cutest Musician's Pet |
| Agnez Mo Danielle Bregoli Dylan Minnette Joji Lele Pons Loren Gray Mason Ramsey Queen Naija Tana Mongeau Trixie Mattel | Gracie – Lauren Jauregui Mooshu – Alex Pall Piggy Smallz – Ariana Grande Edgar – Brett Eldredge Asia – Lady Gaga Hatchi – Perrie Edwards Goodwin – Sabrina Carpenter |
| Best Solo Breakout | Song That Left Us Shook |
| Tiffany Young – Girls' Generation Ally Brooke – Fifth Harmony Dinah Jane – Fifth Harmony Lauren Jauregui – Fifth Harmony Normani – Fifth Harmony | "I'll Never Love Again" – Lady Gaga "Thank U, Next" – Ariana Grande "This Is America" – Childish Gambino "Here Comes the Change" – Kesha "One Day" – Logic featuring Ryan Tedder "Youth" – Shawn Mendes featuring Khalid |
| Favorite Tour Photographer | Tour of the Year |
| Helene Pambrum – Harry Styles Andy DeLuca – 5 Seconds of Summer Christian Tierney – Niall Horan Josiah Van Dien – Shawn Mendes Pixie Levinson – Dua Lipa Rahul B – Camila Cabello Ravie B – Beyoncé Zack Caspary – Why Don't We | Taylor Swift – Reputation Stadium Tour |
| Most Thumbed-Up Artist of the Year | iHeartRadio Innovator Award |
| Imagine Dragons | Alicia Keys |
| Artist of the Decade | L'Oréal Fangirls Award |
| Garth Brooks | Halsey |
| Artist of the Year ||
| Ariana Grande ||