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BTS' Jimin, ATEEZ, Stray Kids, ILLIT, Yeonjun win at 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards

Published Mar 19, 2025 12:54 am

K-pop artists BTS’ Jimin, ATEEZ, Stray Kids, ILLIT and Yeonjun of Tomorrow X Together won at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards held on March 17 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Jimin’s “Who” won the K-pop Song of the Year while ATEEZ bagged the K-pop Artist of the Year.

Stray Kids’ “Ate” bagged the K-pop Album of the Year and girl group ILLIT won the Best New Artist (K-pop).

This marked ILLIT’s first US awards win in less than a year after their record-breaking debut, firmly establishing their rising presence in the global music scene.

They were also nominated for two other categories—the K-Pop Song of the Year and K-Pop Dance Challenge with “Magnetic,” the lead single from their debut album, “Super Real Me.”

LL Coo J hosted the awards ceremony with performances by artists such as Gracie Abrams, Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish, GloRilla, Kenny Chesney, Muni Long and Nelly.

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Here are the winners at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards, according to iHeart Radio:

Song of the Year

“Beautiful Things”- Benson Boone — WINNER

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)”- Shaboozey

“Agora Hills”- Doja Cat

“Espresso” - Sabrina Carpenter

“Greedy”- Tate McRae

“I Had Some Help” - Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen

“Lose Control” - Teddy Swims

“Lovin On Me” - Jack Harlow

“Not Like Us”- Kendrick Lamar

“Too Sweet” – Hozier

Pop Song of the Year:

“Agora Hills”- Doja Cat

“Beautiful Things”- Benson Boone

“Espresso”- Sabrina Carpenter — WINNER

“Greedy”- Tate McRae

“Too Sweet”- Hozier

Pop Artist of the Year:

Sabrina Carpenter — WINNER

Billie Eilish

Chappell Roan

Tate McRae

Taylor Swift

Artist of the Year

Taylor Swift — WINNER

Billie Eilish

Doja Cat

Jelly Roll

Kendrick Lamar

Morgan Wallen

Post Malone

Sabrina Carpenter

SZA

Teddy Swims

Album of the Year

Billie Eilish, Hit Me Hard and Soft — WINNER

Pop Album of the Year

Taylor Swift, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT — WINNER

Breakthrough Artist of the Year

Gracie Abrams — WINNER

Best Collaboration

“Die With A Smile”- Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars — WINNER

“Fortnight”- Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone

“I Had Some Help”- Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen

“Like That” - Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar

“Miles On It”- Kane Brown and Marshmello

Best New Artist (Pop):

Teddy Swims — WINNER

Benson Boone

Chappell Roan

Gracie Abrams

Shaboozey

Country Song of the Year

“I Had Some Help”- Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen — WINNER

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)”- Shaboozey

“Cowgirls” - Morgan Wallen featuring ERNEST

“I Am Not Okay”- Jelly Roll

“World On Fire”- Nate Smith

Country Artist of the Year

Jelly Roll — WINNER

Kane Brown

Lainey Wilson

Luke Combs

Morgan Wallen

Best New Artist (Country)

Shaboozey — WINNER

Ashley Cooke

Dasha

George Birge

Tucker Wetmore

Country Album of the Year

Post Malone, F-1 Trillion — WINNER

Hip-Hop Song of the Year

“Not Like Us”- Kendrick Lamar — WINNER

“Like That”- Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar

“Lovin On Me”- Jack Harlow

“Rich Baby Daddy”- Drake featuring Sexyy Red and SZA

“TGIF” - GloRilla

Hip-Hop Album of the Year:

Future & Metro Boomin, We Don't Trust You — WINNER

Hip-Hop Artist of the Year

GloRilla — WINNER

Drake

Future

Kendrick Lamar

Travis Scott

Best New Artist (Hip-Hop)

BossMan Dlow — WINNER

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BigXthaPlug

Cash Cobain

Jordan Adetunji

R&B Song of the Year:

“ICU” - Coco Jones

“Made For Me”- Muni Long — WINNER

“Sensational” - Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay

“Water” – Tyla

“WY@”- Brent Faiyaz

R&B Album of the Year:

USHER, COMING HOME — WINNER

R&B Artist of the Year

Chris Brown

Muni Long

SZA — WINNER

Usher

Victoria Monét

World Artist of the Year:

Tyla — WINNER

Burna Boy

Central Cee

Tems

YG Marley

Best New Artist (R&B)

4Batz — WINNER

Ambré

Inayah

Josh X

Maeta

Alternative Song of the Year

“Too Sweet”- Hozier — WINNER

“Dilemma” - Green Day

“Landmines” - Sum 41

“Neon Pill”- Cage The Elephant

“The Emptiness Machine” - Linkin Park

Alternative Artist of the Year

Green Day — WINNER

Cage The Elephant

Linkin Park

Sum 41

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Alternative Album of the Year

twenty one pilots, Clancy — WINNER

Best New Artist (Alt and Rock)

Fontaines D.C. — WINNER

Djo

Good Neighbours

Myles Smith

The Last Dinner Party

Rock Song of the Year

“A Symptom of Being Human” - Shinedown — WINNER

“All My Life” - Falling In Reverse and Jelly Roll

“Dark Matter” - Pearl Jam

“Screaming Suicide” - Metallica

“The Emptiness Machine” - Linkin Park

Rock Artist of the Year

Shinedown — WINNER

Green Day

Linkin Park

Metallica

Pearl Jam

Rock Album of the Year

LINKIN PARK, From Zero — WINNER

Dance Song of the Year

“360” - Charli xcx — WINNER

“Chase It (Mmm Da Da Da)” - Bebe Rexha

“I Don’t Wanna Wait”- David Guetta and OneRepublic

“Make You Mine”- Madison Beer

“Water” – Tyla X Marshmello

Dance Album of the Year

Charli xcx, brat — WINNER

Dance Artist of the Year

David Guetta — WINNER

Calvin Harris

Dua Lipa

Kylie Minogue

Tiësto

Latin Pop / Urban Song of the Year

“Perro Negro”- Bad Bunny featuring FEID — WINNER

“Brickell” - FEID X Yandel

“LA FALDA” - Myke Towers

“Qlona” - Karol G featuring Peso Pluma

“Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido”- Karol G

Latin Pop / Urban Artist of the Year

FEID — WINNER

Bad Bunny

Karol G

Myke Towers

Shakira

Latin Pop / Urban Album of the Year

Shakira, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran — WINNER

Best New Artist (Latin Pop / Urban)

Kapo — WINNER

Christian Alicea

Cris MJ

Ela Taubert

FloyyMenor

Regional Mexican Song of the Year

“Alch Si” - Grupo Frontera and Carin León — WINNER

“El Beneficio De La Duda” - Grupo Firme

“FIRST LOVE” - Oscar Ortiz and Edgardo Nuñez

“La Diabla”- Xavi

“Tu Perfume” - Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga

Regional Mexican Album of the Year

Peso Pluma, ÉXODO — WINNER

Regional Mexican Artist of the Year

Peso Pluma — WINNER

Grupo Frontera

Intocable

Los Ángeles Azules

Xavi

Best New Artist (Regional Mexican)

Xavi — WINNER

Chino Pacas

Iván Cornejo

Luis R. Conriquez

Tito Double P

K-pop Artist of the Year

ATEEZ — WINNER

Aespa

ENHYPEN

Jimin

Lisa

K-pop Song of the Year

“Who”- Jimin — WINNER

“Chk Chk Boom” - Stray Kids

“Magnetic”- ILLIT

“Supernova” - aespa

“XO (Only If You Say Yes)”- ENHYPEN

K-pop Album of the Year

Stray Kids, Ate — WINNER

Best New Artist (K-pop)

ILLIT — WINNER

BABYMONSTER

BADVILLAIN

NCT WISH

TWS

Producer of the Year

Julian Bunetta — WINNER

Jack Antonoff

Evan Blair

Mustard

Dan Nigro

Songwriter of the Year

Amy Allen — WINNER

Josh Coleman

ERNEST

Ashley Gorley

Justin Tranter

(New for 2025) Favorite Soundtrack: *Socially Voted Category

Wicked — WINNER

Back to Black

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Bob Marley: One Love

Challengers

Deadpool & Wolverine

Descendants: The Rise of Red

Emilia Pérez

The Book of Clarence

Twisters

(New for 2025) Favorite Broadway Debut: *Socially Voted Category

Rachel Zegler – “Romeo + Juliet” — WINNER

Adam Lambert – “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club”

Ariana Madix – “Chicago”

Barbie Ferreira – “Cult of Love”

Charli D'Amelio – “& Juliet”

Grant Gustin – “Water For Elephants”

Kit Connor – “Romeo + Juliet”

Lola Tung – “Hadestown”

Nicole Scherzinger – “Sunset Blvd”

Robert Downey Jr. – “McNeal”

Sebastián Yatra – “Chicago”

Shailene Woodley – “Cult of Love”

(New for 2025) Favorite K-pop Dance Challenge: *Socially Voted Category

“GGUM”- Yeonjun (TXT) — WINNER

“MAESTRO” - Seventeen

“Magnetic”- ILLIT

“Smart”- LE SSERAFIM

“Sticky”- Kiss of Life

“Supernova” - aespa

“Touch” - KATSEYE

“UP”- Karina (aespa)

“WORK”- ATEEZ

“XO (Only If You Say Yes)”- ENHYPEN

(New for 2025) Favorite Surprise Guest: *Socially Voted Category

Taylor Swift bringing out Travis Kelce — WINNER

Charli xcx bringing out Lorde

Coldplay bringing out Selena Gomez

Future & Metro Boomin bringing out Travis Scott

Megan Thee Stallion bringing out Cardi B

Jennifer Hudson bringing out Cher

Kendrick Lamar bringing out Ken & Friends

Luke Combs bringing out the “Twisters” Cast

Morgan Wallen bringing out Travis Kelce & Patrick Mahomes

Niall Horan bringing out Shawn Mendes

Olivia Rodrigo bringing out Chappell Roan

Peso Pluma bringing out Becky G

(New for 2025) Favorite Tour Tradition *Socially Voted Category

Taylor Swift - Surprise songs — WINNER

Benson Boone- Backflips

Chappell Roan - Teaching “HOT TO GO” dance

Charli xcx + Troye Sivan – “Apple” Girl (dance)

Morgan Wallen - Walk out song

Niall Horan - Heaven pose

Nicki Minaj - Fans sing

Olivia Rodrigo- Encore tank

Sabrina Carpenter- “Juno” position

Tate McRae - Soundcheck covers

Taylor Swift- “22” Hat

Usher - Feeding cherries

Best Lyrics: *Socially Voted Category

“Beautiful Things” - Benson Boone

“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” - Billie Eilish

“Espresso”- Sabrina Carpenter

“Exes” - Tate McRae

“Fortnight” - Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone — WINNER

“Good Luck, Babe!”- Chappell Roan

“I Had Some Help”- Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen

“I Love You, I’m Sorry” - Gracie Abrams

“Not Like Us” - Kendrick Lamar

“Saturn” - SZA

“we can’t be friends (wait for your love)” - Ariana Grande

“Who”- Jimin

Best Music Video: *Socially Voted Category

“Fortnight”- Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone — WINNER

“APT.” – ROSÉ and Bruno Mars

“Beautiful Things” - Benson Boone

“Die With A Smile” - Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

“Espresso”- Sabrina Carpenter

“Houdini” - Dua Lipa

“Houdini” -Eminem

“I Had Some Help” - Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen

“LUNA” - ATL Jacob X FEID

“Not Like Us” - Kendrick Lamar

“Please Please Please” - Sabrina Carpenter

“Rockstar”- Lisa

Favorite Tour Style: *Socially Voted Category

Taylor Swift – The Eras Tour — WINNER

Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft

Chappell Roan - The Midwest Princess

Charli xcx and Troye Sivan - Sweat

Megan Thee Stallion - Hot Girl Summer Tour

Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2 Tour

Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS

Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet

Tate McRae - Think Later

Usher - Usher: Past Present Future

Favorite Tour Photographer: *Socially Voted Category

Alfredo Flores - Sabrina Carpenter — WINNER

Adam Degross - Post Malone

Baeth - Tate McRae

Christian Tierney - Niall Horan

David Bergman - Luke Combs

Henry Hwu - Billie Eilish

Lucienne Nghiem - Chappell Roan

Miles Leavitt - Olivia Rodrigo

Pooneh Ghana - Noah Kahan

RAYSCORRUPTEDMIND - Travis Scott

Sanjay Parikh - Shinedown

Yasi - Kacey Musgraves

Favorite On Screen: *Socially Voted Category

Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor's Version) (Taylor Swift) — WINNER

Are You Sure?! (Jimin and Jungkook)

Child Star (Demi Lovato)

Elton John: Never Too Late (Elton John)

Gaga Chromatica Ball (Lady Gaga)

I Am: Céline Dion (Céline Dion)

Lainey Wilson: Bell Bottom Country (Lainey Wilson)

Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words (Megan Thee Stallion)

Olivia Rodrigo: GUTS World Tour (Olivia Rodrigo)

Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE (KATSEYE)

Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (Bruce Springsteen)

Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story (Bon Jovi)

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