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Clear Channel And NBC Announce Finalists For First-Ever iHeartRadio Music Awards
March 26, 2014 at 6:45 AM (PT)
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CCM+E and NBC have released the finalists for its first-ever iHEARTRADIO MUSIC AWARDS on THURSDAY, MAY 1st at the SHRINE AUDITORIUM in LOS ANGELES. Music fans used hashtags to cast more than 13.2 million votes across FACEBOOK and TWITTER to vote their favorite artists and songs as category finalists. The event will be televised live on NBC from 8-11p ET/PT.
Category finalists (by alphabetical order) are:
Artist of the Year:
- IMAGINE DRAGONS
- JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
- MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS
- MAROON 5
- RIHANNA
Song of the Year:
- "Hold On We're Going Home" -- DRAKE ft. MAJID JORDAN
- "Mirrors" -- JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
- "Radioactive" -- IMAGINE DRAGONS
- "Stay" -- RIHANNA ft. MIKKY EKKO
- "The Monster" -- EMINEM ft. RIHANNA
Best Collaboration:
- "Holy Grail" -- JAY Z ft. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
- "Stay" -- RIHANNA ft. MIKKY EKKO
- "Suit & Tie" -- JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ft. JAY Z
- "The Monster" -- EMINEM ft. RIHANNA
- "Timber" -- PITBULL ft. KE$HA
Best New Artist:
- FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
- ICONA POP
- IMAGINE DRAGONS
- LORDE
- MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS
- PASSENGER
Country Song of the Year:
- "Boys 'Round Here" -- BLAKE SHELTON
- "Highway Don't Care" -- TIM MCGRAW with TAYLOR SWIFT
- "It Goes Like This" -- THOMAS RHETT
- "Mine Would Be You" -- BLAKE SHELTON
- "That's My Kind of Night" -- LUKE BRYAN
Hip Hop/R&B Song of the Year:
- "Blurred Lines" -- ROBIN THICKE ft. T.I. & PHARRELL
- "Hold On We're Going Home" -- DRAKE ft. MAJID JORDAN
- "Holy Grail" -- JAY Z ft. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
- "Pour It Up" -- RIHANNA
- "Started From The Bottom" -- DRAKE
EDM Song of the Year:
- "Get Lucky" -- DAFT PUNK ft. PHARRELL
- "Stay The Night" -- ZEDD ft. HAYLEY WILLIAMS
- "Summertime Sadness" -- LANA DEL REY ft. CEDRIC GERVAIS
- "Sweet Nothing" -- CALVIN HARRIS ft. FLORENCE WELCH
- "Wake Me Up" -- AVICII
Alternative Rock Song of the Year:
- "Demons" -- IMAGINE DRAGONS
- "Do I Wanna Know?" -- ARCTIC MONKEYS
- "Pompeii" -- BASTILLE
- "Royals" -- LORDE
- "Safe And Sound" -- CAPITAL CITIES
Best Lyrics:- "Wake Me Up" -- AVICII (Vocals by ALOE BLACC)
- "I Love It (ft. Charli XCX)" -- ICONA POP
- "Say Something" -- A GREAT BIG WORLD
- "Same Love" -- MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS
- "Wrecking Ball" -- MILEY CYRUS
Best Fan Army:- Arianators -- ARIANA GRANDE
- Little Monsters -- LADY GAGA
- Lovatics -- DEMI LOVATO
- Mahomies -- AUSTIN MAHONE
- Rihanna Navy -- RIHANNA
- Swifties -- TAYLOR SWIFT
Round Two voting began TODAY (3/26) at iHEARTRADIO.COM/AWARDS and will continue through APRIL 25th.

