Sunday, August 3, 2025

2019 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

  • "Better" - Khalid (Denis Kosiak, Charlie Handsome & Stargate)
  • "If I Can't Have You" - Shawn Mendes (Shawn Mendes & Teddy Geiger)
  • "Someone You Loved" - Lewis Capaldi (TMS)
  • "This Land" - Gary Clark, Jr. (Gary Clark, Jr. & Jacob Sciba)
  • "Western Stars" - Bruce Springsteen (Ron Aniello)
    (Honourable Mentions: "God's Country" - Blake Shelton, "How Do You Sleep?" - Sam Smith, "Middle Child" - J. Cole, "Talk" - Khalid, "Wow" - Post Malone)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

  • "Fire" - Sara Bareilles (T-Bone Burnett)
  • "I'll Never Love Again" - Lady Gaga (Lady Gaga & Benjamin Rice)
  • "Light On" - Maggie Rogers (Maggie Rogers, Greg Kurstin & Kid Harpoon)
  • "Now That I Found You" - Carly Rae Jepsen (Captain Cuts & Ayokay)
  • "When the Party's Over" - Billie Eilish (Finneas O'Connell)
    (Honourable Mentions: "7 Rings" - Ariana Grande, "Bring My Flowers Now" - Tanya Tucker, "Out of Love" - Alessia Cara "Walk Me Home" - P!nk, "Without Me" - Halsey)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

  • "Dancing with a Stranger" - Sam Smith, ft. Normani (Jimmy Napes & Stargate)
  • "Easier" - 5 Seconds of Summer (Charlie Puth, Louis Bell & Andrew Watt)
  • "Fall on Me" - Andrea & Matteo Bocelli (Bob Ezrin)
  • "Old Town Road" - Lil Nas X, ft. Billy Ray Cyrus (Youngkio, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
  • "Sunflower" - Post Malone, ft. Swae Lee (Louis Bell & Carter Lang)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Hey Look Ma, I Made It" - Panic! at the Disco, "Hey, Ma" - Bon Iver, "I Don't Care" - Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber, "Señorita" - Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabelo, "Sucker" - The Jonas Brothers)

Best Album

  • Amidst the Chaos - Sara Bareilles (T-Bone Burnett)
  • Father of the Bride - Vampire Weekend (Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid, BloodPop & Rostam Batmanglij)
  • Free Spirit - Khalid (Denis Kosiak, Charlie Handsome, John Hill & Disclosure)
  • A Star is Born - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper (Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Paul Blair, Lukas Nelson & Benjamin Rice)
  • Western Stars - Bruce Springsteen (Ron Aniello & Bruce Springsteen)
    (Honourable Mentions: Heard It in a Past Life - Maggie Rogers, Igor - Tyler, the Creator, Norman Fucking Rockwell - Lana Del Rey, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack from & Inspired by the Motion Picture) - various artists, When I Get Home - Solange)

Best Music Video

  • "Chlorine" - Twenty One Pilots (Reel Bear Media, director; Allan Hardy & Cam Pianta, producers)
  • "Old Town Road" - Lil Nas X, ft. Billy Ray Cyrus (Calmatic, director; Candice Dragonas, Melissa Larsen & Saul Levitz, producers)
  • "Thank U, Next" - Ariana Grande (Hannah Lux Davis, director; Brandon Bonfiglio, producer)
  • "This Land" - Gary Clark, Jr. (Savanah Leaf, director; Jason Cole, Danielle Hinde, Alicia Martinez & Devin Sarno, producers)
  • "You Need to Calm Down" - Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift & Drew Kirsch, directors; Fuliane Petikyan & Tara Razavi, producers)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Bad Guy" - Billie Eilish, "Cellophane" - FKA Twigs, "Glad He's Gone" - Tove Lo, "Sucker" - The Jonas Brothers, "We've Got to Try" - The Chemical Brothers)

Best Country Song

  • "Bring My Flowers Now" - Tanya Tucker (Brandi Carlile & Shooter Jennings)
  • "God's Country" - Blake Shelton (Scott Hendricks)
  • "It All Comes Out in the Wash" - Miranda Lambert (Jay Joyce)
  • "Look What God Gave Her" - Thomas Rhett (Dann Huff, Julian Brunetta & Thomas Rhett)
  • "Speechless" - Dan + Shay (Scott Hendricks & Dan Smyers)
    (Honourable Mentioms: "Common" - Maren Morris, ft. Brandi Carlile, "The Daughters" - Little Big Town, "Girl Going Nowhere" - Ashley McBryde, "Ride Me Back Home" - Willie Nelson, "Some of It" - Eric Church)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

  • "Call You Mine" - The Chainsmokers, ft. Bebe Rexha (The Chainsmokers & Andrew Watt)
  • "Got to Keep On" - The Chemical Brothers (The Chemical Brothers)
  • "Higher Love" - Kygo & Whitney Houston (Kygo & Narada Michael Walden)
  • "Midnight Hour" - Skrillex & Boys Noize, ft. Ty Dolla $ign (Skrillex & Boys Noize)
  • "Underwater" - Rüfüs Du Sol (Jon George, Tyrone Lindqvist & James Hunt)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Friends" - Flume, "Here with Me" - Marshmello, ft. Chvrches, "Linked" - Bonobo, "Purple Heart" - Sofi Tukker, "Who Do You Love?" - The Chainsmokers, ft. 5 Seconds of Summer")

Best Pop Song

  • "Beautiful People" - Ed Sheeran, ft. Khalid (Ed Sheeran, Max Martin, Shellback & Fred Again)
  • "Hey Look Ma, I Made It" - Panic! at the Disco (Jake Sinclair & Dillon Francis)
  • "Old Town Road" - Lil Nas X, ft. Billy Ray Cyrus (Youngkio, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
  • "Sucker" - The Jonas Brothers (Ryan Tedder)
  • "Sunflower" - Post Malone, ft. Swae Lee (Louis Bell & Carter Lang)
    (Honourable Mentions: "7 Years" - Ariana Grande, "Always Remember Us This Way" - Lady Gaga, "Señorita" - Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabelo, "Someone You Loved" - Lewis Capaldi, "Without Me" - Halsey)

Best Rap Song

  • "Going Bad" - Meek Mill, ft. Drake (Wheezy & Westen Weiss)
  • "Higher" - DJ Khaled, ft. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend (DJ Khaled, Streetrunner & Tarik Azzouz)
  • "Middle Child" - J. Cole (J. Cole & T-Minus)
  • "Panini" - Lil Nas X (Take a Daytrip)
  • "Wow." - Post Malone (Louis Bell & Frank Dukes)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Ballin'" - Mustard, ft. Roddy Ricch, "Cross Me" - Ed Sheeran, ft. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock, "Earfquake" - Tyler, the Creator, "Please Me" - Cardi B & Bruno Mars, "Racks in the Middle" - Nipsey Hussle, ft. Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy)

Best Rock Song

  • "Blow" - Ed Sheeran, Chris Stapleton & Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars)
  • "Fear Inoculum" - Tool (Joe Barresi)
  • "Harmony Hall" - Vampire Weekend (Ariel Rechtshaid & Ezra Koenig)
  • "Hype" - Twenty One Pilots (Tyler Joseph)
  • "This Land" - Gary Clark, Jr. (Gary Clark, Jr. & Jacob Sciba)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Give Yourself a Try" - The 1975 "Hey, Ma" - Bon Iver, "History Repeats" - Brittany Howard, "Mile High" - James Blake, ft. Travis Scott & Metro Boomin, "Out for Blood" - Sum 41)

Best Songwriting

  • "Always Remember Us This Way" - Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta, Natalie Hemby, Hillary Lindsey & Lori McKenna)
  • "Bring My Flowers Now" - Tanya Tucker (Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth)
  • "Lover" - Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift)
  • "Someone You Loved" - Lewis Capaldi (Lewis Capaldi, Tom Barnes, Benjamin Kohn, Peter Kelleher & Sam Roman)
  • "Sunflower" - Post Malone, ft. Swae Lee (Austin Post, Khalif Brown, Louis Bell & Billy Walsh)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Hard Place" - H.E.R., "I'll Never Love Again" - Lady Gaga, "Norman Fucking Rockwell" - Lana Del Rey, "Talk" - Khalid, "This Land" - Gary Clark, Jr.)

Best Original Score

  • Avengers: Endgame (Alan Silvestri)
  • Chernobyl (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
  • First Man (Justin Hurwitz)
  • Game of Thrones (Ramin Djawadi)
  • Mary Poppins Returns (Marc Shaiman)
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
  • Mary Poppins Returns: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Marc Shaiman, Rob Marshall & John DeLuca)
  • Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Quentin Tarantino)
  • Rocketman: Music from the Motion Picture (Giles Martin)
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack from & Inspired by the Motion Picture) (Spring Aspers & Dana Sano)
  • A Star is Born (Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Paul Blair, Lukas Nelson & Benjamin Rice)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

  • "The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy" - Toy Story 4 (Randy Newman)
  • "I'll Never Love Again" - A Star is Born (Lady Gaga, Natalie Hemby, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere)
  • "The Place Where Lost Things Go" - Mary Poppins Returns (Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman)
  • "Speechless" - Aladdin (Alan Menken, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul)
  • "Sunflower" - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Post Malone, Swae Lee, Carter Lang & Louis Bell)

Best New Artist

  • Bishop Briggs
  • Lewis Capaldi
  • Lil Nas X
  • Maggie Rogers
  • Morgan Wallen
    (Honourable Mentions: Billie Eilish, Jimmie Allen, Lizzo, Maddie Poppe, Tyler Childers)

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