Little Mix nabbed Best Breakup Song Award for 'Shout Out to My Ex', while Justin Bieber and Bruno Mars also picked one award each for their songs.
- May 1, 2017
AceShowbiz - Little Mix walked away with Best Breakup Song Award for their song "Shout Out to My Ex", while Justin Bieber and his collaborator DJ Snake picked up an early award for the Best Crush Song for their collaborative track "Let Me Love You" at Radio Disney Music Awards 2017. The other early winner, Bruno Mars, won Best Song That Makes You Smile Award for "24K Magic".
The first one who received an award at 2017 RDMAs was Camila Cabello. She nabbed Best Collaboration Award for her collaborative song with Machine Gun Kelly, "Bad Things". There was a slight change at Radio Disney Music Awards this year. The first-ever Icon Award was given to Britney Spears for her musical impact on Radio Disney's fans.
Nick Jonas won Hero for Change Award that night as an honor for his charity work supporting children with diabetes. Nick was joined by a group of children diagnosed with the illness as he took the stage to receive the award. "What I saw as the biggest challenge of my life did become my biggest opportunity to bring some encouragement to these amazing kids," he told the crowd.
The 2016 winner of "America's Got Talent", Grace VanderWaal, won Best New Artist Award, and Alessia Cara brought home Breakout Artist of the Year Award. Meanwhile, Fifth Harmony won Best Group Award, beating the likes of The Chainsmokers, One Direction, DNCE and Twenty One Pilots.
One of the hosts at the award-giving event, Kelsea Ballerini, nabbed two awards. She won Radio Disney Country Favorite Artist Award and Radio Disney Country Favorite Song Award for her song "Peter Pan".
Other winners included Ariana Grande who won Best Female Artist Award, Niall Horan who won Best Male Artist Award, and Shawn Mendes who nabbed Song of the Year Award for his hit song "Treat You Better".
Radio Disney Music Awards 2017 Full Winners List:
- Icon Award: Britney Spears
- Hero Award: Nick Jonas
- Best Group Award: Fifth Harmony
- Best Male Artist Award: Niall Horan
- Best Female Artist Award: Ariana Grande
- Song of the Year Award: "Treat You Better" - Shawn Mendes
- Fiercest Fans Award: Harmonizers
- Breakout Artist of the Year Award: Alessia Cara
- Favorite Social Media Star Award: Jake Paul
- Best New Artist Award: Grace VanderWaal
- Best Song That Makes You Smile Award: "24K Magic" - Bruno Mars
- Best Crush Song Award: "Let Me Love You" - DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber
- Best Song To Lip Sync To Award: "Work" - Rihanna
- Best Dance Track Award: "Cold Water" - Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MO
- Best Breakup Song Award: "Shout Out to My Ex" - Little Mix
- Radio Disney Country Favorite Song Award: "Peter Pan" - Kelsea Ballerini
- Radio Disney Country Favorite Artist Award: Kelsea Ballerini
- Radio Disney Country Best New Artist Award: Maren Morris
- Favorite Tour Award: Selena Gomez's "Revival Tour"
- Best Collaboration Award: "Bad Things" - Machine Gun Kelly featuring Camila Cabello