Drake & Nicki Minaj Are Both Nominated At The 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards

The nominations for the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards have been announced (see below) and Young Money artists Drake and Nicki Minaj both picked up nods.

Nicki was nominated in the “Best Music Video” category for “Side To Side” and Drake earned a total of 12 nominations in the categories: “Song of the Year” for “One Dance“, “Male Artist of the Year”, “Hip-Hop Song of the Year” for “Controlla“, “For Free” and “One Dance“, “Hip-Hop Artist of the Year”, “R&B Song of the Year” for “Work“, “Best Lyrics” for “Too Good“, “Best Collaboration” for “Work“, “Best Music Video” for “Work“, “Most Thumbed Up Artist”, and “Most Thumbed Up Song”.

This year’s iHeartRadio Music Awards will be taking place from The Forum in Inglewood, California on Sunday, March 5th and be broadcasted live on TBS, TNT, and truTV at 8PM EST/5PM PST, as well as the iHeartRadio stations and app!

Song of the Year:
“CAN’T STOP THE FEELING” – Justin Timberlake
“Cheap Thrills” – Sia featuring Sean Paul
“Closer” – The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
“One Dance” – Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla
“Stressed Out” – twenty one pilots

Male Artist of the Year:
Drake
Justin Bieber
Luke Bryan
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd

Hip-Hop Song of the Year:
“All The Way Up” – Fat Joe and Remy Ma featuring French Montana and Infared
“Controlla” – Drake
“For Free” – DJ Khaled featuring Drake
“One Dance” – Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla
“Panda” – Desiigner

Hip-Hop Artist of the Year:
Desiigner
DJ Khaled
Drake
Future
J. Cole

R&B Song of the Year:
“Exchange” – Bryson Tiller
“Needed Me” – Rihanna
“No Limit” – Usher featuring Young Thug
“Sorry” – Beyoncé
“Work” – Rihanna featuring Drake

Best Lyrics:
“7 Years” – Lukas Graham
“Came Here to Forget” – Blake Shelton
“Cheap Thrills” – Sia featuring Sean Paul
“Closer” – The Chainsmokers featuring 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 featuring Rihanna
“You Should Be Here” – Cole Swindell

Best Collaboration:
“Cheap Thrills” – Sia featuring Sean Paul
“Closer” – The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
“Don’t Let Me Down” – The Chainsmokers featuring Daya
“This Is What You Came For” – Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna
“Work” – Rihanna featuring Drake

Best Music Video:
“CAN’T STOP THE FEELING” – Justin Timberlake
“Don’t Let Me Down” – The Chainsmokers featuring Daya
“Formation” – Beyoncé
“Hasta El Amanecer” – Nicky Jam
“Heathens” – twenty one pilots
“Hymn for the Weekend” – Coldplay
“I Took A Pill In Ibiza” – Mike Posner
“Pillowtalk” – ZAYN
“Side to Side” – Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj
“This Is What You Came For” – Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna
“Work” – Rihanna featuring Drake
“Work From Home” – Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign