2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards

Date

March 29, 2015 (2015-03-29)

Location

Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

Hosted by

Jamie Foxx

Most awards

Taylor Swift (3)

Most nominations

Sam Smith and Iggy Azalea (5)

Television/radio coverage

Network

NBC

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The 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards was the second music award show presented by iHeartMedia's platform iHeartRadio and NBC. The awards were held on March 29, 2015, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and were hosted by Jamie Foxx.

Taylor Swift won three awards, including Artist of the Year and Song of the Year, while Justin Timberlake was presented with the Innovator Award.

NBC's telecast of the iHeartRadio Music Awards matched the previous year's 1.7 rating with adults 18-49. Shifting from a May Thursday, it also took in 5.2 million viewers. The awards generated more than 14 billion social media impressions throughout the promotional period of the show, nearly 75 percent more than last year’s 8.5 billion and almost triple that of the 2015 Academy Awards.

Performers

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Iggy Azalea Jennifer Hudson	"Trouble"
Nick Jonas	"Chains"
Florida Georgia Line	"Sun Daze"
Meghan Trainor	"Dear Future Husband"
Kelly Clarkson	"Heartbeat Song"
Rihanna	"Bitch Better Have My Money"
Sam Smith	"Lay Me Down"
Jason Aldean	"Burnin' It Down"
Madonna Taylor Swift (on guitar)	"Ghosttown"
Jason Derulo	"Want to Want Me"
Jamie Foxx Chris Brown	"You Changed Me"
Nate Ruess	"Nothing Without Love"
Snoop Dogg Charlie Wilson	"Peaches N Cream"

House DJ

Alesso

Presenters

Gina Rodriguez — Presented Best Lyrics
Billy Eichner — Introduced Florida Georgia Line
Ludacris — Presented Hip Hop/R&B Song of the Year
5 Seconds of Summer — Introduced Meghan Trainor
Tom Ford — Presented the Innovator Award to Justin Timberlake
Taraji P. Henson — Introduced Rihanna
Jeremy Piven — Presented Best New Artist
Reba — Presented Country Song of the Year
Meghan Trainor — Introduced Jason Aldean
Ryan Tedder — Presented Best Fan Army
Mike Tyson — Introduced Madonna
Brittany Snow & Anna Camp — Presented Best Collaboration
Alanna Masterson — Introduced Jason Derulo
Steven Yeun — Presented Renegade
Ryan Seacrest — Introduced Jamie Foxx and Chris Brown & Presented Artist of the Year
Ian Ziering & The Left Shark — Presented Dance Song of the Year
Madonna — Presented Song of the Year

Winners and nominees

Artist of the Year	Song of the Year
Taylor Swift Iggy Azalea Luke Bryan Ariana Grande Sam Smith	"Shake It Off" – Taylor Swift "All About That Bass" – Meghan Trainor "All of Me" – John Legend "Happy" – Pharrell Williams "Stay with Me" – Sam Smith
Best Collaboration	Best New Artist
"Bang Bang" – Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj "Dark Horse" – Katy Perry featuring Juicy J "Fancy" – Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX "Problem" – Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea "Talk Dirty" – Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz	Sam Smith Iggy Azalea Bastille Cole Swindell Meghan Trainor
Country Song of the Year	Hip Hop/R&B Song of the Year
"Burnin' It Down" – Jason Aldean "Bartender" – Lady Antebellum "Dirt" – Florida Georgia Line "Give Me Back My Hometown" – Eric Church "Play It Again" – Luke Bryan	"Don't Tell 'Em" – Jeremih featuring YG "Drunk in Love" – Beyoncé featuring Jay Z "Flawless" – Beyoncé "Loyal" – Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and Tyga "New Flame" – Chris Brown featuring Usher and Rick Ross
Dance Song of the Year	Alternative Rock Song of the Year
"Summer" – Calvin Harris "Animals" – Martin Garrix "Blame" – Calvin Harris featuring John Newman "La La La" – Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith "Waves" – Mr Probz	"Take Me to Church" – Hozier "Come with Me Now" – Kongos "Do I Wanna Know?" – Arctic Monkeys "Fever" – The Black Keys "Something from Nothing" – Foo Fighters
Best Lyrics	Best Fan Army
"Blank Space" – Taylor Swift "All of Me" – John Legend "Counting Stars" – OneRepublic "Habits (Stay High)" – Tove Lo "Stay with Me" – Sam Smith "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran	5SOS Fam – 5 Seconds of Summer Swifties – Taylor Swift Arianators – Ariana Grande Bey Hive – Beyoncé Team Breezy – Chris Brown Sheerios – Ed Sheeran Church Choir – Eric Church Directioners – One Direction Selenators – Selena Gomez Mendes Army – Shawn Mendes
Renegade	iHeartRadio Innovator Award
Brantley Gilbert Iggy Azalea Charli XCX Hozier Meghan Trainor	Justin Timberlake

References

Johnson, Zach (February 4, 2015). "2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards Nominees Announced!". E! Online. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
"2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards: Full Winners List". iHeartRadio. March 29, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-03-31. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
"Justin Timberlake To Be Honored With Innovator Award At 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards". iHeartRadio. March 16, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-03-18. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
Applefeld Olson, Cathy (March 30, 2015). "Taylor Swift, Madonna, Justin Timberlake Own the 2015 iHeartRadio Awards". Billboard. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
O'Connell, Michael (March 30, 2015). "TV Ratings: iHeartRadio Music Awards Hold as Sunday Series Slip". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
"2015 'iHeartRadio Music Awards' Generates More Than 14 Billion Social Impressions". TV By The Numbers. April 6, 2016. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2016.

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