2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards
| 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Date | March 29, 2015 |
| 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 |
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.[1]
Taylor Swift won three awards, including Artist of the Year and Song of the Year,[2] while Justin Timberlake was presented with the Innovator Award.[3][4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
Performers
- House DJ
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
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.