2nd iHeartRadio Music Awards

The 2nd 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.^[1]

Taylor Swift won three awards, including Artist of the Year and Song of the Year.^[2]

Justin Timberlake was presented with the Innovator Award.^[3][4]

Performers

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
• Zendaya — 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 & nominees

Artist of the Year

• Taylor Swift
• Iggy Azalea
• Luke Bryan
• Ariana Grande
• Sam Smith

Song of the Year

• "Shake It Off" – Taylor Swift
• "All About That Bass" – Meghan Trainor
• "All of Me" – John Legend
• "Happy" – Pharrell
• "Stay with Me" – Sam Smith

Best Collaboration

• "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

Best New Artist

• Sam Smith
• Iggy Azalea
• Bastille
• Cole Swindell
• Meghan Trainor

Country 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

Hip Hop/R&B Song of the Year

• "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

• "Summer" – Calvin Harris
• "Animals" – Martin Garrix
• "Blame" – Calvin Harris featuring John Newman
• "La La La" – Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith
• "Waves" – Mr Probz

Alternative Rock Song of the Year

• "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

• "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

Best Fan Army

• 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

• Brantley Gilbert
• Iggy Azalea
• Charli XCX
• Hozier
• Meghan Trainor

iHeartRadio Innovator Award

• Justin Timberlake

References