South African music sensation Tyla has secured the World Artist of the Year title at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards, outshining top contenders Burna Boy, Tems, Central Cee, and YG Marley.
The 23-year-old singer, who rose to global fame with her hit track “Water”, made history as the first-ever recipient of the category at the prestigious event, held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Monday, March 17, 2025.
Beyond Tyla’s landmark win, the awards ceremony celebrated some of the biggest stars in the music industry. Taylor Swift was named Artist of the Year, with her record-breaking Eras Tour earning the distinction of Tour of the Century.
Mariah Carey was honored with the iHeartRadio Icon Award, while Lady Gaga received the Innovator Award. Other notable winners included:
- Sabrina Carpenter – Pop Artist of the Year
- GloRilla – Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
- Teddy Swims – Best New Artist (Pop)
- Muni Long’s “Made for Me” – R&B Song of the Year
See the complete list of winners at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards below:
Song of the year
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)”- Shaboozey
“Agora Hills”- Doja Cat
“Beautiful Things”- Benson Boone *WINNER
“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
Billie Eilish
Chappell Roan
Sabrina Carpenter *WINNER
Tate McRae
Taylor Swift
Artist of the year
Billie Eilish
Doja Cat
Jelly Roll
Kendrick Lamar
Morgan Wallen
Post Malone
Sabrina Carpenter
SZA
Taylor Swift *WINNER
Teddy Swims
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)
Benson Boone
Chappell Roan
Gracie Abrams
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims *WINNER
Country song of the year
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)”- Shaboozey
“Cowgirls” – Morgan Wallen featuring ERNEST
“I Am Not Okay”- Jelly Roll
“I Had Some Help”- Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen *WINNER
“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)
Ashley Cooke
Dasha
George Birge
Shaboozey *WINNER
Tucker Wetmore
Hip-hop song of the year
“Like That”- Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar
“Lovin On Me”- Jack Harlow
“Not Like Us”- Kendrick Lamar *WINNER
“Rich Baby Daddy”- Drake featuring Sexyy Red and SZA
“TGIF” – GloRilla
Hip-hop artist of the year
Drake
Future
GloRilla *WINNER
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott
Best new artist (hip-hop)
310babii
BigXthaPlug
BossMan Dlow *WINNER
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 artist of the year
Chris Brown
Muni Long
SZA *WINNER
Usher
Victoria Monét
World artist of the year
Burna Boy
Central Cee
Tems
Tyla *WINNER
YG Marley