Tuesday, August 19, 2025

2022 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

  • "As It Was" - Harry Styles (Kid Harpoon & Tyler Johnson)
  • "Dos Oruguitas" - Sebastián Yatra (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
  • "Ghost" - Justin Bieber (Jon Bellion & The Monsters and Strangerz)
  • "Glimpse of Us" - Joji (Connor McDonough)
  • "Moscow Mule" - Bad Bunny (MAG, Mick Coogan & Scott Dittrich)
  • "That's What I Like" - Lil Nas X (Omer Fedi, Blake Slatkin & Ryan Tedder)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Bad Habit" - Steve Lacy, "Light Switch" - Charlie Puth, "Viva Las Vengeance" - Panic! at the Disco, "When You're Gone" - Shawn Mendes)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

  • "All Too Well" - Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff)
  • "Break My Soul" - Beyoncé (Beyoncé, Tricky Stewart & The-Dream)
  • "Broken Horses" - Brandi Carlile (Dave Cobb & Shooter Jennings)
  • "Easy on Me" - Adele (Greg Kurstin)
  • "Good Morning Gorgeous" - Mary J. Blige (D'Mile & H.E.R.)
  • "Hold My Hand" - Lady Gaga (Lady Gaga & BloodPop)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Best of Me" - Alicia Keys, "That's Where I Am" - Maggie Rogers, "Victoria's Secret" - Jax, "Woman" - Doja Cat)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

  • "Don't Shut Me Down" - ABBA (Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus)
  • "Free" - Florence + The Machine (Florence Welch & Jack Antonoff)
  • "Smoking Out the Window" - Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & D'Mile)
  • "Sweet" - Jon Batiste, Pentatonix & Diane Warren (Diane Warren, Larry Frazin & Leslie Lewis)
  • "We Don't Talk About Bruno" - Encanto cast (Lin-Manuel Miranda & Mike Elizondo)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Black Summer" - Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Crazy" - Michael Bublé, Jon Batiste & Stay Human, "Enemy" - Imagine Dragons & JID, "La Fama" - Rosalía, ft. The Weeknd, "Me Porto Bonito" - Bad Bunny, ft. Chencho Corleone)

Best Album

  • 30 - Adele (Adele Adkins, Greg Kurstin, Ludwig Göransson & Shawn Everett)
  • An Evening with Silk Sonic - Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, D'Mile & The Stereotypes)
  • In These Silent Days - Brandi Carlile (Dave Cobb & Shooter Jennings)
  • Renaissance - Beyoncé (Beyoncé, Tricky Stewart, Mike Dean & The-Dream)
  • Un Verano Sin Ti - Bad Bunny (MAG, La Paciencia, Mick Coogan, Scott Dittrich & Tainy)
  • Voyage - ABBA (Benny Andersson)
    (Honourable Mentions: Dance Fever - Florence + The Machine, Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - various artists, Harry's House - Harry Styles, Music of the Spheres - Coldplay)

Best Music Video

  • All Too Well: The Short Film - Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift, director; Saul Germaine, producer)
  • "As It Was" - Harry Styles (Tanu Muino, director; Frank Borin, Ivanna Borin, Fred Bonham Carter, Bryan Younce & Alexa Haywood, producers)
  • "Easy on Me" - Adele (Xavier Dolan, director/producer; Jannie McInnes & Nancy Grant, producers)
  • "Ghost" - Justin Bieber (Colin Tilley, director; Whitney Jackson, producer)
  • "The Heart Part 5" - Kendrick Lamar (Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, directors; Jason Baum & Jamie Babineau, producers)
    (Honourable Mentions: "About Damn Time" - Lizzo, "Cracker Island" - Gorillaz, ft. Thundercat, "Enemy" - Imagine Dragons & JID, "Smoking Out the Window" - Silk Sonic, "Woman" - Doja Cat)

Best Country Song

  • "Circles Around This Town" - Maren Morris (Greg Kurstin)
  • "I Bet You Think of Me" - Taylor Swift, ft. Chris Stapleton (Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner)
  • "No Hard Feelings" - Old Dominion (Old Dominion & Shane McAnally)
  • "Something in the Orange" - Zach Bryan (Ryan Hadlock)
  • "Wishful Drinking" - Ingrid Andress, ft. Sam Hunt (Ingrid Andress & Jordan Schmidt)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Ghost Story" - Carrie Underwood, "Going Where the Lonely Go" - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, "If I Was a Cowboy" - Miranda Lambert, "Rich Man" - Little Big Town, "Slow Down Summer" - Thomas Rhett)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

  • "Break My Soul" - Beyoncé (Beyoncé, Tricky Stewart & The-Dream)
  • "Don't Forget My Love" - Diplo, ft. Miguel (Diplo & Maximilian Jaeger)
  • "Intimidated" - Kaytranada, ft. H.E.R. (Kaytranada & H.E.R.)
  • "The Motto" - Tiësto, ft. Ava Max (Tiësto & Lostboy)
  • "When I'm Gone" - Alesso, ft. Katy Perry (Alesso & Space Primates)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Follow" - Martin Garrix & Zedd, "Massive" - Drake, "On My Knees" - Rüfüs du Sol, "Rosewood" - Bonobo, "Welcome to the Playhouse" - Steve Aoki & DJ Diesel)

Best Pop Song

  • "About Damn Time" - Lizzo (Blake Slatkin & Ricky Reed)
  • "Don't Shut Me Down" - ABBA (Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus)
  • "Easy on Me" - Adele (Greg Kurstin)
  • "Ghost" - Justin Bieber (Jon Bellion & The Monsters and Strangerz)
  • "I Like You (A Happier Song)" - Post Malone, ft. Doja Cat (Jasper Harris & Louis Bell)
  • "Me Porto Bonito" - Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone (MAG, Súbelo NEO, La Paciencia & Lennex)
    (Honourable Mentions: "All Too Well" - Taylor Swift, "Enemy" - Imagine Dragons & JID, "Smoking Out the Window" - Silk Sonic, "We Don't Talk About Bruno" - Encanto cast)

Best Rap Song

  • "Big Energy" - Latto, ft. Mariah Carey & DJ Khaled (Latto, Vaughn Oliver & Dr. Luke)
  • "City of Gods" - Fivio Foreign, Kanye West & Alicia Keys (Kanye West, The Chainsmokers & Tommy Rush)
  • "First Class" - Jack Harlow (Jack Harlow, Rogét Chahayed & Charlie Handsome)
  • "The Heart Part 5" - Kendrick Lamar (Beach Noise)
  • "Wait for U" - Future, ft. Drake & Tems (ATL Jacob & FnZ)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Cash in Cash Out" - Pharrell Williams, ft. 21 Savage & Tyler the Creator, "Escape Plan" - Travis Scott, "God Did" - DJ Khaled, ft. Rick Ross, Lil' Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy, "Plan B" - Megan Thee Stallion, "Vegas" - Doja Cat)

Best Rock/Alternative Song

  • "Black Summer" - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Rick Rubin)
  • "Broken Horses" - Brandi Carlile (Dave Cobb & Shooter Jennings)
  • "King" - Florence + The Machine (Florence Welch & Jack Antonoff)
  • "The Lightning I, II" - Arcade Fire (Nigel Godrich, Régine Chassagne & Win Butler)
  • "Seventeen Going Under" - Sam Fender (Bramwell Bronte)
  • "Taking Me Back" - Jack White (Jack White)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Brother the Cloud" - Eddie Vedder, "Cracker Island" - Gorillaz, ft. Thundercat, "This is Why" - Paramore, "Wild Child" - The Black Keys)

Best Songwriting

  • "All Too Well" - Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift & Liz Rose)
  • "Break My Soul" - Beyoncé (Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Shawn Carter, Terius Gesteelde-Diamant & Christopher Stewart)
  • "Dos Oruguitas" - Sebastián Yatra (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
  • "Easy on Me" - Adele (Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin)
  • "Ghost" - Justin Bieber (Justin Bieber, Jon Bellion, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson & Michael Pollack)
  • "Good Morning Gorgeous" - Mary J. Blige (Mary J. Blige, Dernst Emile II, Gabriella Wilson, David Brown & Tiara Thomas)
    (Honourable Mentions: "As It Was" - Harry Styles, "Don't Shut Me Down" - ABBA, "Hold My Hand" - Lady Gaga, "Just Like That" - Bonnie Raitt)

Best Original Score

  • Arcane (Alexander Temple & Alex Seaver)
  • The Batman (Michael Giacchino)
  • Encanto (Germaine Franco)
  • The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)
  • Succession (Nicholas Britell)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

  • Elvis (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Dave Cobb, Baz Luhrmann, Jameson Shaw & Elliott Wheeler)
  • Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Mike Elizondo, Tom MacDougall & Lin-Manuel Miranda)
  • Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Season 4 (Matt & Ross Duffer)
  • Top Gun: Maverick (Music from the Motion Picture) (Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga & Hans Zimmer)
  • West Side Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (David Newman, Matt Sullivan & Jeanine Tesori)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

  • "Be Alive" - King Richard (Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Dixson)
  • "Dos Oruguitas" - Encanto (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
  • "Hold My Hand" - Top Gun: Maverick (Lady Gaga & Michael Tucker)
  • "Nobody Like U" - Turning Red (Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell)
  • "What Could Have Been" - Arcane (Alex Seaver)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Carolina" - Where the Crawdads Sing, "I Ain't Worried" - Top Gun: Maverick, "I'm Tired" - Euphoria, "Star Walkin" - 2022 League of Legends Championship, "We Don't Talk About Bruno" - Encanto)

Best New Artist

  • Conan Gray
  • Dove Cameron
  • Joji
  • Måneskin
  • Samara Joy
  • Zach Bryan
    (Honourable Mentions: Anitta, Johnny Orlando, Remi Wolf, Wet Leg)

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