Drizzy scores a whooping 12 nominations at the annual event while duo Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall follow with 11 nods.
- January 5, 2017
AceShowbiz -
The nominees for this year's iHeartRadio Music Awards are announced. Drake leads the pack with a total of 12 nods and The Chainsmokers trails closely behind with 11 nominations. They are pitted against each other in Song of the Year.
Drake is additionally up for Male Artist of the Year, facing off Justin Bieber, Luke Bryan, Shawn Mendes and The Weeknd. Chainsmokers are vying for Best Duo/Group of the Year, having a stiff competition with Twenty One Pilots, Coldplay, DNCE and Florida Georgia Line.
Meanwhile, contenders for Female Artist of the Year are Adele, Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Selena Gomez and Sia Furler. Other nominees include Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce Knowles and Calvin Harris.
The winners will be announced live from Los Angeles on Sunday, March 5 at 8 P.M. ET on TBS, TNT, and truTV. Bruno Mars is the first performer confirmed for the event.
Song of the Year:
- "Can't Stop the Feeling" - Justin Timberlake
- "Cheap Thrills" - Sia Furler% ft. Sean Paul
- "Closer" - The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey
- "One Dance" - Drake ft. Wizkid and Kyla
- "Stressed Out" - Twenty One Pilots
- "Bored to Death" - Blink-182
- "Dark Necessities" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Heathens" - Twenty One Pilots
- "Ride" - Twenty One Pilots
- "Trouble" - Cage the Elephant
- Blink-182
- Cage the Elephant
- Coldplay
- The Strumbellas
- Twenty One Pilots
- "Bang Bang" - Green Day
- "Dark Necessities" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Take Me Down" - The Pretty Reckless
- "The Devil's Bleeding Crown" - Volbeat
- "The Sound of Silence" - Disturbed
- "Church Bells" - Carrie Underwood
- "Snapback" - Old Dominion
- "Somewhere on a Beach" - Dierks Bentley
- "T-Shirt" - Thomas Rhett
- "You Should Be Here" - Cole Swindell
- "Closer" - The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey
- "Cold Water" - Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber and MO
- "Don't Let Me Down" - The Chainsmokers ft. Daya
- "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" - Mike Posner
- "Let Me Love You" - DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber
- "All the Way Up" - Fat Joe and Remy Ma ft. French Montana and Infared
- "Controlla" - Drake
- "For Free" - DJ Khaled ft. Drake
- "One Dance" - Drake ft. Wizkid and Kyla
- "Panda" - Desiigner
- "Exchange" - Bryson Tiller
- "Needed Me" - Rihanna
- "No Limit" - Usher ft. Young Thug
- "Sorry" - Beyonce Knowles
- "Work" - Rihanna ft. Drake
- "7 Years" - Lukas Graham
- "Came Here to Forget" - Blake Shelton
- "Cheap Thrills" - Sia Furler% ft. Sean Paul
- "Closer" - The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey
- "Heathens" - Twenty One Pilots
- "Love Yourself" - Justin Bieber
- "Scars to Your Beautiful" - Alessia Cara
- "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" - Adele
- "Too Good" - Drake ft. Rihanna
- "You Should Be Here" - Cole Swindell
- "Cheap Thrills" - Sia Furler% ft. Sean Paul
- "Closer" - The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey
- "Don't Let Me Down" - The Chainsmokers ft. Daya
- "This Is What You Came For" - Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna
- "Work" - Rihanna ft. Drake
- "All I Ask" - Bruno Mars
- "Ex's and Oh's" - Fifth Harmony
- "Fast Car" - Justin Bieber
- "Hands to Myself" - DNCE
- "Here" - Shawn Mendes
- "How Will I Know" - Ariana Grande
- "Love on the Brain" - Kelly Clarkson
- "Purple Rain" - Jennifer Hudson and the cast of "The Color Purple"
- "Sound of Silence" - Disturbed
- "Too Good" - Zara Larsson
- "Can't Stop the Feeling" - Justin Timberlake ("Trolls")
- "Falling for You" - Ellie Goulding ("Bridget Jones's Baby")
- "Girls Talk Boys" - 5 Seconds of Summer ("Ghostbusters")
- "Heathens" - Twenty One Pilots ("Suicide Squad)
- "Just Like Fire" - Pink ("Alice Through the Looking Glass")
- "Can't Stop the Feeling" - Justin Timberlake
- "Don't Let Me Down" - The Chainsmokers ft. Daya
- "Formation" - Beyonce Knowles
- "Hasta El Amanecer" - Nicky Jam
- "Heathens" - Twenty One Pilots
- "Hymn for the Weekend" - Coldplay
- "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" - Mike Posner
- "Pillowtalk" - Zayn Malik
- "Side to Side" - Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Minaj
- "This Is What You Came For" - Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna
- "Work" - Rihanna ft. Drake
- "Work From Home" - Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign
- 5 Seconds of Summer - 5SOSFam
- Ariana Grande - Arianators
- Beyonce Knowles - Beyhive
- Britney Spears - Britney Army
- Demi Lovato - Lovatics
- Fifth Harmony - Harmonizers
- Justin Bieber - Beliebers
- Katy Perry - KatyCats
- Lady Gaga - Little Monsters
- Rihanna - Rihanna Navy
- Selena Gomez - Selenators
- Shawn Mendes - Mendes Army
- twenty one pilots - #twentyonepilots
