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2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards

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]

2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards

March 29, 2015 (2015-03-29)

Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

Jamie Foxx

Taylor Swift (3)

Sam Smith and Iggy Azalea (5)

NBC

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]

Alesso

— Presented Best Lyrics

Gina Rodriguez

— Introduced Florida Georgia Line

Billy Eichner

— Presented Hip Hop/R&B Song of the Year

Ludacris

— Introduced Meghan Trainor

5 Seconds of Summer

— Presented the Innovator Award to Justin Timberlake

Tom Ford

— Introduced Rihanna

Taraji P. Henson

— Presented Best New Artist

Jeremy Piven

— Presented Country Song of the Year

Reba

— Introduced Jason Aldean

Meghan Trainor

— Presented Best Fan Army

Ryan Tedder

— Introduced Madonna

Mike Tyson

& Anna Camp — Presented Best Collaboration

Brittany Snow

— Introduced Jason Derulo

Alanna Masterson

— Presented Renegade

Steven Yeun

— Introduced Jamie Foxx and Chris Brown & Presented Artist of the Year

Ryan Seacrest

& The Left Shark — Presented Dance Song of the Year

Ian Ziering

— Presented Song of the Year

Madonna