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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

2025 Tyler's Choice Music Awards ~ Official Nominations

This took way longer than expected, but I finally decided on what I consider to be the best of music for 2025 before the year is up.

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

  • "Big Money" - Jon Batiste
  • "Cry for Me" - The Weeknd
  • "DTMF" - Bad Bunny
  • "In Plain Sight" - Khalid
  • "Ordinary" - Alex Warren
  • "Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else" - Benson Boone
    (Honourable Mentions: "Back to Friends" - Sombr, "Open Hearts" - The Weeknd, "Petrichor" - Jon Batiste, "Stargazing" - Myles Smith)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

  • "Abracadabra" - Lady Gaga
  • "Autumn Nocturne" - Samara Joy
  • "Bluebird" - Lana Del Rey
  • "Fresh Out the Slammer" - Taylor Swift
  • "The Subway" - Chappell Roan
  • "That's So True" - Gracie Abrams
    (Honourable Mentions: "End of the World" - Miley Cyrus, "Manchild" - Sabrina Carpenter, "Wildflower" - Billie Eilish, "You're Ain't the Only One" - Mary J. Blige)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

  • "All My Love" - Coldplay
  • "Blink Twice" - Shaboozey, ft. Myles Smith
  • "Luther" - Kendrick Lamar & SZA
  • "Relationships" - Haim
  • "Timeless" - The Weeknd, ft. Playboi Carti
  • "Who Believes in Angels?" - Elton John & Brandi Carlile
    (Honourable Mentions: "Bloodline" - Alex Warren, ft. Jelly Roll, "The Contract" - Twenty One Pilots, "Defying Gravity" - Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande, "The Emptiness Machine" - Linkin Park)

Best Album

  • Big Money - Jon Batiste
  • Debí Tirar Más Fotos - Bad Bunny
  • GNX - Kendrick Lamar
  • Hurry Up Tomorrow - The Weeknd
  • Mayhem - Lady Gaga
  • Portrait - Samara Joy
  • Who Believes in Angels? - Elton John & Brandi Carlile
    (Honourable Mentions: Let God Sort Em Out - Clipse, Moon Music - Coldplay, Wicked: The Soundtrack - various artists)

Best Music Video

  • "Abracadabra" - Lady Gaga
  • "All My Love" - Coldplay
  • "Love" - OK Go
  • "Manchild" - Sabrina Carpenter
  • "Year of the Snake" - Arcade Fire
  • "Young Lion" - Sade
    (Honourable Mentions: "Big Money" - Jon Batiste, "Denial is a River" - Doechii, "From" - Bon Iver, "Squabble Up" - Kendrick Lamar)

Best Country/Americana Song

  • "Bitin' List" - Tyler Childers
  • "Good News" - Shaboozey
  • "Looks Like the End of the Road" - Alison Krauss & The Union Station
  • "Oh What a Beautiful World" - Willie Nelson, ft. Rodney Crowell
  • "Petrichor" - Jon Batiste
  • "Somewhere Over Laredo" - Lainey Wilson
    (Honourable Mentions: "Amen" - Shaboozey & Jelly Roll, "Bad As I Used to Be" - Chris Stapleton, "If You Hadn't Been Here" - Dolly Parton, "Winning Streak" - Jelly Roll)
Best Dance/Electronic Song
  • "Abracadabra" - Lady Gaga
  • "Forever Young" - David Guetta, ft. Ava Max & Alphaville
  • "Midnight Sun" - Zara Larsson
  • "Space Invader" - Kaytranada
  • "Thick of It All" - Alan Walker, ft. Joe Jonas & Julia Michaels
  • "Walk of Fame" - Miley Cyrus, ft. Brittany Howard
    (Honourable Mentions: "Aeterna" - Coldplay, "Beautiful People" - David Guetta, ft. Sia, "Let's Ride Away" - Avicii, ft. Elle King, "When I Got You" - Cash Cash, ft. lovelytheband)

Best Pop Song

  • "APT." - Rosé, ft. Bruno Mars
  • "Back to Friends" - Sombr
  • "Defying Gravity" - Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
  • "Ordinary" - Alex Warren
  • "Sunshine in the Room" - James Bay, ft. Jon Batiste
  • "Who Believes in Angels?" - Elton John & Brandi Carlile
    (Honourable Mentions: "Blowin' in the Wind" - Timothée Chalamet & Monica Barbaro, "DTMF" - Bad Bunny, "The Subway" - Chappell Roan, "That's So True" - Gracie Abrams)

Best Rap Song

  • "The Birds Don't Sing" - Clipse, ft. John Legend & Voices of Fire
  • "Clouds" - J. Cole
  • "Luther" - Kendrick Lamar & SZA
  • "Notes from My Future Self" - Jon Batiste
  • "Timeless" - The Weeknd, ft. Playboi Carti
  • "TV Off" - Kendrick Lamar, ft. Lefty Gunplay
    (Honourable Mentions: "Ace Trumpets" - Clipse, "Anxiety" - Doechii, "Bodies" - Offset, ft. JID, "Sticky" - Tyler the Creator, ft. GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne)

Best Rock/Alternative Song

  • "Caramel" - Sleep Token
  • "The Contract" - Twenty One Pilots
  • "The Emptiness Machine" - Linkin Park
  • "Gods of Rock N Roll" - Billy Morrison & Ozzy Osbourne, ft. Steve Stevens
  • "My Mind is a Mountain" - Deftones
  • "Never Enough" - Turnstile
    (Honourable Mentions: "Another Life" - Alabama Shakes, "Little Richard's Bible" - Elton John & Brandi Carlile, "Rushmere" - Mumford and Sons, "Unraveling" - Muse)

Best Songwriting

  • "All My Love" - Coldplay
  • "Bad Dreams" - Teddy Swims
  • "Lean On My Love" - Jon Batiste, ft. Andra Day
  • "Luther" - Kendrick Lamar & SZA
  • "Never Too Late" - Elton John & Brandi Carlile
  • "Ordinary" - Alex Warren
    (Honourable Mentions: "Abracadabra" - Lady Gaga, "DTMF" - Bad Bunny, "Golden" - HUNTR/X, "Stargazing" - Myles Smith)

Best Original Score

  • The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg)
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Lorien Testard)
  • Saturday Night (Jon Batiste)
  • Severance (Theodore Shapiro)
  • Wicked (John Powell & Stephen Schwartz)
  • The Wild Robot (Kris Bowers)
    (Honourable Mentions: Death Stranding 2: On the Breach (Ludvig Forssell & Woodkid), Sinners (Ludwig Göransson), The Studio (Antonio Sánchez))

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

  • Arcane League of Legends: Season 2 (Soundtrack from the Animated Series)
  • A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  • F1: The Album
  • Sinners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  • Wicked: The Soundtrack
    (Honourable Mentions: Better Man, Godfather of Harlem: Season 4, Kpop Demon Hunters, Piece by Piece, Spellbound)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

  • "As Alive As You Need Me to Be" - TRON: Ares
  • "Drive" - F1
  • "Forbidden Road" - Better Man
  • "Golden" - Kpop Demon Hunters
  • "I Lied to You" - Sinners
  • "Never Too Late" - Elton John: Never Too Late
    (Honourable Mentions: "I Always Wanted a Brother" - Mufasa: The Lion King, "The Line" - Arcane, "Mi Camino" - Emilia Pérez, "Winter Coat" - Blitz)

Best New Artist

  • Alex Warren
  • Jessie Murph
  • Leon Thomas
  • Myles Smith
  • Sleep Token
  • Sombr
    (Honourable Mentions: Katseye, Lola Young, Olivia Dean, Renee Rapp)

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

2025 Tyler's Choice Music Awards ~ Longlists

These are NOT the official nominations. Those are coming later. These are who I am considering for the official nominations at a later date.

These may not be one-to-one with the official Grammy submissions, but they are my awards so I make the rules when it comes to eligibility.

This list is not finalized. Changes might be made because I am fickle.

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

  • "Azizam" - Ed Sheeran
  • "Back to Friends" - Sombr
  • "Bad Dreams" - Teddy Swims
  • "Big Money" - Jon Batiste
  • "Cry for Me" - The Weeknd
  • "Daisies" - Justin Bieber
  • "DMFR" - Bad Bunny
  • "Good News" - Shaboozey
  • "Honey" - Lenny Kravitz
  • "In Plain Sight" - Khalid
  • "Mystical Magical" - Benson Boone
  • "Nice to Meet You" - Myles Smith
  • "Open Hearts" - The Weeknd
  • "Ordinary" - Alex Warren
  • "Petrichor" - Jon Batitste
  • "Rio" - J Balvin
  • "Sapphire" - Ed Sheeran
  • "Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else" - Benson Boone
  • "Stargazing" - Myles Smith
  • "Vodka Cranberry" - Conan Gray

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

  • "Abracadabra" - Lady Gaga
  • "Am I Okay?" - Megan Moroney
  • "Anxiety" - Doechii
  • "Aquamarine" - Addison Rae
  • "Autumn Nocturne" - Samara Joy
  • "Bluebird" - Lana Del Rey
  • "BMF" - SZA
  • "End of the World" - Miley Cyrus
  • "Fresh Out of the Slammer" - Taylor Swift
  • "The Giver" - Chappell Roan
  • "Manchild" - Sabrina Carpenter
  • "Messy" - Lola Young
  • "Sports Car" - Tate McRae
  • "The Subway" - Chappell Roan
  • "That's So True" - Gracie Abrams
  • "Type Dangerous" - Mariah Carey
  • "What Was That" - Lorde
  • "Where Have You Been" - Kelly Clarkson
  • "Wildflower" - Billie Eilish
  • "You Ain't the Only One" - Mary J. Blige

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

  • "All My Love" - Coldplay
  • "APT." - Rosé, ft. Bruno Mars
  • "Are You Even Real" - Teddy Swims, ft. Giveon
  • "Beautiful People" - David Guetta, ft. Sia
  • "Blessings" - Calvin Harris, ft. Clementine Douglas
  • "Blink Twice" - Shaboozey, ft. Myles Smith
  • "Bloodline" - Alex Warren, ft. Jelly Roll
  • "Call Me When You Break Up" - Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco & Gracie Abrams
  • "The Contract" - Twenty One Pilots
  • "Defying Gravity" - Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
  • "The Emptiness Machine" - Linkin Park
  • "Love Me to Heaven" - The Jonas Brothers
  • "Luther" - Kendrick Lamar & SZA
  • "Never Too Late" - Elton John & Brandi Carlile
  • "Please Please Please" - Sabrina Carpenter & Dolly Parton
  • "Relationships" - HAIM
  • "Sympathy is a Knife" - Charli XCX, ft. Ariana Grande
  • "Timeless" - The Weeknd, ft. Playboi Carti
  • "Walk of Fame" - Miley Cyrus, ft. Brittany Howard
  • "Who Believes in Angels?" - Elton John & Brandi Carlile

Best Album

  • American Heart - Benson Boone
  • Beautifully Broken - Jelly Roll
  • Big Money - Jon Batiste
  • Chromakopia - Tyler, the Creator
  • Debí Tirar Más Fotos - Bad Bunny
  • GNX - Kendrick Lamar
  • Hurry Up Tomorrow - The Weeknd
  • Man's Best Friend - Sabrina Carpenter
  • Mayhem - Lady Gaga
  • Moon Music - Coldplay
  • Portrait - Samara Joy
  • The Right Person Will Stay - Lana Del Rey
  • Sable, Fable - Bon Iver
  • The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2 - Barbra Streisand
  • Something Beautiful - Miley Cyrus
  • Swag - Justin Bieber
  • Virgin - Lorde
  • Who Believes in Angels? - Elton John & Brandi Carlile
  • Wicked: The Soundtrack - various artists
  • You'll Be Alright, Kid - Alex Warren

Best Music Video

  • "Abracadabra" - Lady Gaga
  • "All My Love" - Coldplay
  • "Anxiety" - Doechii
  • "Baile Inolvidable" - Bad Bunny
  • "Big Money" - Jon Batiste
  • "Birds of a Feather" - Billie Eilish
  • "Denial is a River" - Doechii
  • "Eusexua" - FKA Twigs
  • "From" - Bon Iver
  • "Love" - OK Go
  • "Luther" - Kendrick Lamar, ft. SZA
  • "Noid" - Tyler, the Creator
  • "Ordinary" - Alex Warren
  • "Party 4 U" - Charli XCX
  • "Red Terror" - The Weeknd
  • "Squabble Up" - Kendrick Lamar
  • "The Subway" - Chappell Roan
  • "Swing for the Fences" - Elton John & Brandi Carlile
  • "Type Dangerous" - Mariah Carey
  • "Year of the Snake" - Arcade Fire

Best Country/American Roots Song

  • "Amen" - Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
  • "Ashes" - Diplo & Bailey Zimmerman
  • "Back in the Saddle" - Luke Combs
  • "Bad As I Used to Be" - Chris Stapleton
  • "Baggage" - Kelsea Ballerini
  • "Bitin' List" - Tyler Childers
  • "Finish This Drink" - Brothers Osborne
  • "Good News" - Shaboozey
  • "Heart of Stone" - Jelly Roll
  • "If You Hadn't Been There" - Dolly Parton
  • "Looks Like the End of the Road" - Alison Krauss & The Union Station
  • "Never You" - Dierks Bentley, ft. Miranda Lambert
  • "Nose to the Grindstone" - Tyler Childers
  • "Oh What a Beautiful World" - Willie Nelson, ft. Rodney Crowell
  • "Petrichor" - Jon Batiste
  • "Please Please Please" - Sabrina Carpenter & Dolly Parton
  • "Somewhere Over Laredo" - Lainey Wilson
  • "A Song to Sing" - Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton
  • "Weren't for the Wind" - Ella Langley
  • "Winning Streak" - Jelly Roll
Best Dance/Electronic Song
  • "Abracadabra" - Lady Gaga
  • "Aeterna" - Coldplay
  • "Beautiful People" - David Guetta, ft. Sia
  • "Blessings" - Calvin Harris, ft. Clementine Douglas
  • "Bluest Flame" - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco
  • "Break My Love" - Rüfüs Du Sol
  • "Don't Lie" - The Chainsmokers, ft. Kim Petras
  • "Fame is a Gun" - Addison Rae
  • "Forever Young" - David Guetta, Ava Max & Alphaville
  • "Last Night I Dreamt I Fell in Love" - Alok & Kylie Minogue
  • "Let's Ride Away" - Avicii, ft. Elle King
  • "Midnight Sun" - Zara Larsson
  • "Ready for Myself" - Nelly Furtado
  • "Revolving Door" - Tate McRae
  • "Space Invader" - Kaytranada
  • "Talk Talk (Remix)" - Charli XCX & Troye Sivan
  • "Thick of It All" - Alan Walker, ft. Joe Jonas & Julia Michaels
  • "Tonight" - PinkPantheress
  • "Walk of Fame" - Miley Cyrus, ft. Brittany Howard
  • "When I Got You" - Cash Cash, ft. Lovelytheband

Best Pop Song

  • "30 to 30" - SZA, ft. Kendrick Lamar
  • "APT." - Rosé, ft. Bruno Mars
  • "Back to Friends" - Sombr
  • "Blowin' in the Wind" - Timothée Chalamet & Monica Barbaro
  • "Blue Strips" - Jessie Murph
  • "Daisies" - Justin Bieber
  • "Defying Gravity" - Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
  • "DTMF" - Bad Bunny
  • "Love Me Not" - Ravyn Lenae
  • "Love Me to Heaven" - The Jonas Brothers
  • "Manchild" - Sabrina Carpenter
  • "Mystical Magical" - Benson Boone
  • "Ordinary" - Alex Warren
  • "São Paulo" - The Weeknd & Anitta
  • "Sports Car" - Tate McRae
  • "The Subway" - Chappell Roan
  • "Sunshine in the Room" - James Bay, ft. Jon Batiste
  • "That's So True" - Gracie Abrams
  • "Vanish Into You" - Lady Gaga
  • "Who Believes in Angels?" - Elton John & Brandi Carlile

Best Rap Song

  • "1995" - Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
  • "Ace Trumpets" - Clipse
  • "Anxiety" - Doechii
  • "The Birds Don't Sing" - Clipse, ft. John Legend
  • "Bodies" - Offset, ft. JID
  • "Brother" - DJ Khaled, Post Malone & YoungBoy Never Broke Again
  • "Chains & Whips" - Clipse & Kendrick Lamar
  • "Clouds" - J. Cole
  • "Gorgeous" - Dr. Dre, ft. Snoop Dogg & Jhené Aiko
  • "ILMB" - Travis Scott
  • "Luther" - Kendrick Lamar & SZA
  • "Nokia" - Drake
  • "Notes from My Future Self" - Jon Batiste
  • "Outside" - Cardi B
  • "Preacher Man" - Kanye West
  • "Sticky" - Tyler, the Creator, ft. GloRilla, Sexxy Red & Lil Wayne
  • "TGIF" - GloRilla
  • "Timeless" - The Weeknd, ft. Playboi Carti
  • "TV Off" - Kendrick Lamar, ft. Lefty Gunplay
  • "Whatchu Know Bout Me" - GloRilla, ft. Sexxy Red

Best Rock/Alternative Song

  • "Afterlife" - Evanescence
  • "Another Life" - Alabama Shakes
  • "As Alive As You Need Me To Be" - Nine Inch Nails
  • "Back to Me" - The Marias
  • "Caramel" - Sleep Token
  • "Catch These Fists" - Wet Leg
  • "The Contract" - Twenty One Pilots
  • "Down to Be Wrong" - HAIM
  • "The Emptiness Machine" - Linkin Park
  • "Everybody Scream" - Florence + The Machine
  • "Gods of Rock N Roll" - Billy Morrison & Ozzy Osbourne, ft. Steve Stevens
  • "The Lighthouse" - Stevie Nicks
  • "Little Richard's Bible" - Elton John & Brandi Carlile
  • "My Mind is a Mountain" - Deftones
  • "Never Enough" - Turnstile
  • "The Night Before" - The Black Keys
  • "Parachute" - Hayley Williams
  • "Perfect Celebrity" - Lady Gaga
  • "Rushmere" - Mumford and Sons
  • "Unravelling" - Muse

Best Songwriting

  • "Abracadabra" - Lady Gaga
  • "All My Love" - Coldplay
  • "Azizam" - Ed Sheeran
  • "Back to Me" - The Marias
  • "Bad Dreams" - Teddy Swims
  • "Daisies" - Justin Bieber
  • "DTMF" - Bad Bunny
  • "The Giver" - Chappell Roan
  • "If You Hadn't Been There" - Dolly Parton
  • "Lean On My Love" - Jon Batiste, ft. Andra Day
  • "Luther" - Kendrick Lamar & SZA
  • "Manchild" - Sabrina Carpenter
  • "Man of the Year" - Lorde
  • "Never Too Late" - Elton John & Brandi Carlile
  • "Ordinary" - Alex Warren
  • "Relationships" - HAIM
  • "Stargazing" - Myles Smith
  • "Timeless" - The Weeknd, ft. Playboi Carti
  • "Undressed" - Sombr
  • "Wildflower" - Billie Eilish
Best Original Score
  • Alien: Earth
  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
  • Blitz
  • The Brutalist
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Conclave
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Disclaimer
  • The Fantastic Four: First Steps
  • Joker: Folie à Deux
  • Saturday Night
  • Severance
  • The Studio
  • TRON: Ares
  • Wicked

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

  • Arcane (Season 2)
  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
  • Better Man
  • A Complete Unknown
  • Emilia Perez
  • F1
  • Godfather of Harlem: Season 4
  • Highest 2 Lowest
  • Honey Don't
  • Joker: Folie à Deux
  • Kpop Demon Hunters
  • Maria
  • A Minecraft Movie
  • Moana 2
  • Mufasa: The Lion King
  • Piece by Piece
  • Sinners
  • Spellbound
  • Wicked

Best Song Written for Visual Media

  • "Afterlife" - Devil May Cry
  • "Anyone" - Smurfs
  • "As Alive As I Need to Be" - TRON: Ares
  • "Bad As I Used to Be" - F1
  • "The Ballad of the Witches Road" - Agatha All Along
  • "Beautiful That Way" - The Last Showgirl
  • "DOA" - Death of a Unicorn
  • "El Mal" - Emilia Perez
  • "Even When I'm Not" - The Wild Robot
  • "Folie à Deux" - Joker: Folie à Deux
  • "Forbidden Road" - Better Man
  • "Golden" - Kpop Demon Hunters
  • "Happy's Place (Theme Song)" - Happy's Place
  • "I Always Wanted a Brother" - Mufasa: The Lion King
  • "The Line" - Arcane
  • "Lose My Mind" - F1
  • "Mi Camino" - Emilia Perez
  • "My Baby (Got Nothing at All)" - Materialists
  • "Never Too Late" - Elton John: Never Too Late
  • "Winter Coat" - Blitz

Best New Artist

  • Addison Rae
  • Alex Warren
  • Ella Langley
  • Ethel Cain
  • Infinity Song
  • Jessie Murph
  • Katseye
  • Leon Thomas
  • Lola Young
  • The Marias
  • Megan Moroney
  • Myles Smith
  • Olivia Dean
  • PinkPantheress
  • Ravyn Lenae
  • The Red Clay Strays
  • Renee Rapp
  • Rosé
  • Sleep Token
  • Sombr

Sunday, August 31, 2025

2024 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

  • "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" - Shaboozey (Nevin Sastry & Sean Cook)
  • "Beautiful Things" - Benson Boone (Evan Blair)
  • "Lose Control" - Teddy Swims (Ammo & Julian Brunetta)
  • "Selfish" - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Louis Bell & Cirkut)
  • "Too Sweet" - Hozier (Hozier, Bekon, Sergiu Gherman & Peter Gonzales)
  • "Turn the Lights Back On" - Billy Joel (Freddy Wexler)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Can We Fix Our Nation's Broken Heart" - Stevie Wonder, "It Never Went Away" - Jon Batiste, "Monaco" - Bad Bunny, "Not Like Us" - Kendrick Lamar)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

  • "360" - Charli XCX (A.G. Cook & Cirkut)
  • "Birds of a Feather" - Billie Eilish (Finneas O'Connell)
  • "Can't Catch Me Now" - Olivia Rodrigo (Dan Nigro)
  • "Espresso" - Sabrina Carpenter (Julian Brunetta)
  • "Good Luck, Babe!" - Chappell Roan (Dan Nigro)
  • "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" - Ariana Grande (Ariana Grande, Max Martin & Ilya)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Deeper Well" - Kacey Musgraves, "Don't Forget Me" - Maggie Rogers, "Houdini" - Dua Lipa, "Texas Hold 'Em" - Beyoncé)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

  • "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Jacob Collier, John Legend & Tori Kelly (Jacob Collier)
  • "Die With a Smile" - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars (Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, D'Mile & Andrew Wyatt)
  • "feelslikeimfallinginlove" - Coldplay (Max Martin, Oscar Holter, Bill Rakho & Daniel Green)
  • "Lighter" - David Guetta, ft. Galantis & 5 Seconds of Summer (Bloodshy, David Guetta, Henrik Jonback & Michael Clifford)
  • "Now and Then" - The Beatles (Paul McCartney & Giles Martin)
  • "Sweet Sounds of Heaven" - The Rolling Stones, ft. Lady Gaga & Stevie Wonder (Andrew Watt)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Eyes Closed" - Imagine Dragons, "Finally" - Alicia Keys & Swedish House Mafia, "Northern Attitude" - Noah Kahan, ft. Hozier, "Sunlight to My Soul" - Angelique Kidjo, ft. Soweto Gospel Choir)

Best Album

  • Bando Stone and the New World - Childish Gambino (Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson, Max Martin, Steve Lacy & Oscar Holter)
  • Brat - Charli XCX (Charli XCX, A.G. Cook & Cirkut)
  • Coming Home - Usher (Andrew Watt, Jermaine Dupri, Tricky Stewart & Pharrell Williams)
  • Hackney Diamonds - The Rolling Stones (Don Was & Andrew Watt)
  • Short 'n' Sweet - Sabrina Carpenter (Julian Brunetta, John Ryan, Ian Kirkpatrick & Jack Antonoff)
  • The Tortured Poets Department - Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner & Patrik Berger)
    (Honourable Mentions: Cowboy Carter - Beyoncé, Eternal Sunshine - Ariana Grande, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana - Bad Bunny, Only God Was Above Us - Vampire Weekend)

Best Music Video

  • "Die With a Smile" - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars & Daniel Ramos, directors; Jeremy Sullivan, producer)
  • "feelslikeimfallinginlove" - Coldplay (Ben Mor, director; Dimitris Logiadis, Julia Roberson & Sam Seager, producers)
  • "Fortnight" - Taylor Swift, ft. Post Malone (Taylor Swift, director; Jil Hardin, producer)
  • "Now and Then" - The Beatles (Peter Jackson, director/producer; Clare Olssen & Jonathan Clyde, producers)
  • "Tailor Swif" - A$AP Rocky (Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, director; Natan Schottenfels)
  • "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" - Ariana Grande (Christian Breslauer, director; Michael Breslauer, producer)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Alright" - Victoria Monét, "Nine Ball" - Zach Bryan, "Not Like Us" - Kendrick Lamar, "Please Please Please" - Sabrina Carpenter)

Best Country/Americana Song

  • "The Architect" - Kacey Musgraves (Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian & Kacey Musgraves)
  • "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" - Shaboozey (Nevin Sastry & Sean Cook)
  • "Cowboys Cry Too" - Kelsea Ballerini, ft. Noah Kahan (Kelsea Ballerini & Alysa Vanderheym)
  • "I Am Not Okay" - Jelly Roll (Zach Crowell)
  • "Texas Hold 'Em" - Beyoncé (Beyoncé, Killah B & Nathan Ferraro)
  • "Think I'm in Love with You" - Chris Stapleton (Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton & Morgane Stapleton)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Ain't No Love in Oklahoma" - Luke Combs, "Blackbiird" - Beyoncé, Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell & Tiera Kennedy, "I Had Some Help" - Post Malone, ft. Morgan Wallen, "Slim Pickins" - Sabrina Carpenter)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

  • "360" - Charli XCX (A.G. Cook & Cirkut)
  • "Houdini" - Dua Lipa (Kevin Parker & Danny L Harle)
  • "I Don't Wanna Wait" - David Guetta, ft. OneRepublic (David Guetta, Brent Hutzle, Tyler Spry & Timofey Reznikov)
  • "Lighter" - David Guetta, Galantis & 5 Seconds of Summer (Bloodshy, David Guetta, Henrik Jonback & Michael Clifford)
  • "Lover/Friend" - Kaytranada, ft. Rochelle Jordan (Kaytranada)
  • "Yes, And?" - Ariana Grande (Ariana Grande, Max Martin & Ilya)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Finally" - Alicia Keys & Swedish House Mafia, "Got Me Started" - Troye Sivan, "Illusion" - Dua Lipa, "Make You MIne" - Madison Beer)

Best Pop Song

  • "Beautiful Things" - Benson Boone (Evan Blair)
  • "Die With a Smile" - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars (Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, D'Mile & Andrew Watt)
  • "Espresso" - Sabrina Carpenter (Julian Brunetta)
  • "Little Blue" - Jacob Collier, ft. Brandi Carlile (Jacob Collier)
  • "Now and Then" - The Beatles (Paul McCartney & Giles Martin)
  • "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" - Ariana Grande (Ariana Grande, Max Martin & Ilya)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Birds of a Feather" - Billie Eilish, "Good Luck, Babe!" - Chappell Roan, "Oral" - Björk, ft. Rosalía, "Too Sweet" - Hozier)

Best Rap Song

  • "Humble Me" - Killer Mike (Cory Henry, Cuz Lightyear & Tec Beatz)
  • "Like That" - Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar (Metro Boomin)
  • "Lovin' on Me" - Jack Harlow (Nik D, OZ & Sean Momberger)
  • "Not Like Us" - Kendrick Lamar (DJ Mustard, Sounwave & Sean Momberger)
  • "Whatever She Wants" - Bryson Tiller (TylianMTB)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Attitude" - Don Toliver, ft. Cash Cobain & Charlie Wilson, "A God (There Is)" - Common & Pete Rock, ft. Jennifer Hudson, "Million Dollar Baby" - Tommy Richman, "Spaghetii" - Beyoncé, Linda Martell & Shaboozey, "Temporary" - Eminem, ft. Skyler Grey)

Best Rock/Alternative Song

  • "Beautiful People (Stay High)" - The Black Keys (The Black Keys & Dan the Automator)
  • "Capricorn" - Vampire Weekend (Ariel Rechtshaid & Ezra Koenig)
  • "Ice Cream (Pay Phone)" - Black Pumas (Adrian Quesada)
  • "One More Time" - Blink-182 (Travis Barker)
  • "Sweet Sounds of Heaven" - The Rolling Stones, ft. Lady Gaga & Stevie Wonder (Andrew Watt)
  • "What Now?" - Brittany Howard (Brittany Howard & Shawn Everett)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Broken Man" - St. Vincent, "Dancer" - Idles, ft. LCD Soundsystem, "Lithonia" - Childish Gambino, "Nobody's Soldier" - Hozier)

Best Songwriting

  • "Beautiful Things" - Benson Boone (Benson Boone, Jack LaFrantz & Evan Blair)
  • "Die With a Smile" - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars (Stefani Germanotta, Bruno Mars, Dernst Emile II, Andrew Watt & James Fauntleroy)
  • "It Never Went Away" - Jon Batiste (Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson)
  • "Little Blue" - Jacob Collier, ft. Brandi Carlile (Jacob Collier)
  • "Sweet Sounds of Heaven" - The Rolling Stones, ft. Lady Gaga & Stevie Wonder (Mick Jagger & Keith Richards)
  • "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" - Ariana Grande (Ariana Grande, Max Martin & Ilya Salmanzadeh)
    (Honourable Mentions: "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" - Shaboozey, "Birds of a Feather" - Billie Eilish, "Deeper Well" - Kacey Musgraves, "Good Luck, Babe!" - Chappell Roan)

Best Original Score

  • American Fiction (Laura Karpman)
  • Dune: Part Two (Hans Zimmer)
  • Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)
  • Shōgun (Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross & Nick Chuba)
  • Society of the Snow (Michael Giacchino)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Boy and the Heron - Joe Hisaishi, Challengers - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Godzilla Minus One - Naoki Satō, The Wild Robot - Kris Bowers)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

  • The Color Purple (Nick Baxter, Blitz Bazawule & Stephen Bray)
  • The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Dave Cobb)
  • Maestro (Bradley Cooper, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Jason Ruder)
  • Twisters: The Album (Ian Cripps, Brandon Davis, Joe Khoury & Kevin Weaver)
  • Wonka (Neil Hannon & Joby Talbot)
    (Honourable Mentions: Bob Marley: One Love, The Book of Clarence, Mean Girls, The New Look, Priscilla)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

  • "Ain't No Love in Oklahoma" - Twisters (Luke Combs, Jessi Alexander & Jonathan Singleton)
  • "Can't Catch Me Now" - The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Olivia Rodrigo & Dan Nigro)
  • "It Never Went Away" - American Symphony (Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson)
  • "Kiss the Sky" - The Wild Robot (Maren Morris, Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Ali Tamposi & Michael Pollack)
  • "Road to Freedom" - Rustin (Lenny Kravitz)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Addicted to Romance" - She Came to Me, "For a Moment" - Wonka, "I Want You Forever" - The Book of Clarence, "Not My Fault" - Mean Girls, "Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People" - Killers of the Flower Moon)

Best New Artist

  • Benson Boone
  • Chappell Roan
  • Raye
  • Sabrina Carpenter
  • Shaboozey
  • Teddy Swims
    (Honourable Mentions: John Summit, Megan Moroney, The Red Clay Strays, Renee Rapp)

Saturday, August 23, 2025

2023 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

  • "Always" - Daniel Caesar (Sir Nolan)
  • "Eyes Closed" - Ed Sheeran (Max Martin, Shellback, Aaron Dessner & Fred Again)
  • "Fast Car" - Luke Combs (Chip Matthews & Jonathan Singleton)
  • "Francesca" - Hozier (Andrew Hozier-Byrne & Jennifer Decilveo)
  • "Wish You the Best" - Lewis Capaldi (Lewis Capaldi & TMS)
  • "Worship" - Jon Batiste (Jon Batiste, Jon Bellion, Pete Nappi & TenRoc)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Golden Hour" - JVKE, "I Feel Like Dancing" - Jason Mraz, "Where She Goes" - Bad Bunny, "White Horse" - Chris Stapleton)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

  • "Anti-Hero" - Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff)
  • "A&W" - Lana Del Rey (Lana Del Rey & Jack Antonoff)
  • "Flowers" - Miley Cyrus (Kid Harpoon & Tyler Johnson)
  • "Kill Bill" - SZA (Rob Bisel & Carter Lang)
  • "Vampire" - Olivia Rodrigo (Dan Nigro)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Lift Me Up" - Rihanna, "Lipstick Lover" - Janelle Monae, "Mine" - Kelly Clarkson, "Padam Padam" - Kylie Minogue, "Paint the Town Red" - Doja Cat)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

  • "Creepin'" - Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage (Metro Boomin, DaHeala & Johan Lenox)
  • "Dear Insecurity" - Brandy Clark, ft. Brandi Carlile (Brandi Carlile)
  • "The Loneliest Time" - Carly Rae Jepsen, ft. Rufus Wainwright (Kyle Shearer)
  • "Not Strong Enough" - Boygenius (Boygenius, Catherine Marks, Ethan Gruska & Tony Berg)
  • "Rescued" - Foo Fighters (Foo Fighters & Greg Kurstin)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Angry" - The Rolling Stones, "Children of the Sky" - Imagine Dragons,"The Drummer" - Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Ghost in the Machine" - SZA, ft. Phoebe Bridgers, "Waffle House" - The Jonas Brothers)

Best Album

  • The Age of Innocence - Janelle Monáe (Janelle Monáe, Sensei Bueno, Roman GianArthur & Nate Wonder)
  • Endless Summer Vacation - Miley Cyrus (Kid Harpoon, Tyler Johnson, Mike Will Made It & Greg Kurstin)
  • Guts - Olivia Rodrigo (Dan Nigro)
  • Metro Boomin Presents: Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse - Metro Boomin & various artists (Metro Boomin, Dre Moon, Mike Dean, James Blake & Dr. Luke)
  • Midnights - Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, Sounwave & Jahaan Sweet)
  • World Music Radio - Jon Batiste (Jon Batiste, Jon Bellion, Pete Nappi & Wesley Singerman)
    (Honourable Mentions: But Here We Are - Foo Fighters, Girls Night Out - Babyface, Only the Strong Survive - Bruce Springsteen, The Record - Babygenius)

Best Music Video

  • "Anti-Hero" - Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift, director; Sara D'Alessio, producer)
  • "Count Me Out" - Kendrick Lamar (Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, directors; Jason Baum & Jamie Rabineau, producers)
  • "Flowers" - Miley Cyrus (Jacob Bixenman, director; Fabien Colas, Nathan Scherrer & Bryan Younce, producers)
  • "In Your Love" - Tyler Childers (Bryan Schlam, director; Kacie Barton, Silas House, Nicholas Robespierre & Whitney Wolanin, producers)
  • "Music for a Sushi Restaurant" - Harry Styles (Aube Perrie, director; Rik Green, Josh Sondock & Bryan Younce, producers)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Angry" - The Rolling Stones, "Candy Necklace" - Jon Batiste, ft. Lana Del Rey, "Get Him Back!" - Olivia Rodrigo, "Rush" - Troye Sivan, "What Was I Made For?" - Billie Eilish)

Best Country/Americana Song

  • "Fast Car" - Luke Combs (Chip Matthews & Jonathan Singleton)
  • "I Remember Everything" - Zach Bryan, ft. Kacey Musgraves (Zach Bryan)
  • "In Your Love" - Tyler Childers (Tyler Childers & The Food Stamps)
  • "Nobody's Nobody" - Brothers Osborne (Mike Elizondo)
  • "Save Me" - Jelly Roll, ft. Lainey Wilson (David Ray)
  • "White Horse" - Chris Stapleton (Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton & Morgane Stapleton)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Dear Insecurity" - Brandy Clark, ft. Brandi Carlile, "Last Night" - Morgan Wallen, "We Don't Fight Anymore" - Carly Pearce, ft. Chris Stapleton)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

  • "Loading" - James Blake (James Blake)
  • "Miracle" - Calvin Harris, ft. Ellie Goulding (Calvin Harris & Burns)
  • "One in a Million" - Bebe Rexha & David Guetta (David Guetta, Burns & Timofey Reznikov)
  • "Padam Padam" - Kylie Minogue (Lostboy)
  • "Rush" - Troye Sivan (Styalz Fuego, Novodor & Zhone)
  • "Worship" - Jon Batiste (Jon Batiste, Jon Bellion, Pete Nappi & Tenroc)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Baby Don't Hurt Me" - David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray, "Higher Than Ever Before" - Disclosure, "Rumble" - Skrillex, Fred Again & Flowdan, "Strong" - Romy & Fred Again)

Best Pop Song

  • "Anti-Hero" - Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff)
  • "Boy's a Liar, Pt. 2" - PinkPantheress, ft. Ice Spice (PinkPantheress & Mura Masa)
  • "Calling Your Name" - Jon Batiste (Jon Batiste, Jon Bellion, Pete Nappi & Tenroc)
  • "Flowers" - Miley Cyrus (Kid Harpoon & Tyler Johnson)
  • "Vampire" - Olivia Rodrigo (Dan Nigro)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Candy Necklace" - Jon Batiste, ft. Lana Del Rey, "Ghost in the Machine" - SZA, ft. Phoebe Bridgers, "Never Felt So Alone" - Labrinth, ft. Billie Eilish, "Odyssey" - Beck & Phoenix, "Speed Drive" - Charli XCX)

Best Rap Song

  • "All My Life" - Lil Durk, ft. J. Cole (Dr. Luke)
  • "The Hillbillies" - Baby Keem, ft. Kendrick Lamar (Evilgiane)
  • "Just Wanna Rock" - Lil Uzi Vert (MCVertt & Synthetic)
  • "Scientists & Engineers" - Killer Mike, ft. André 3000, Future & Eryn Allen Kane (André 3000, James Blake, DJ Paul & No I.D.)
  • "Superhero (Heroes & Villains)" - Metro Boomin, ft. Future & Chris Brown (Metro Boomin)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Attention" - Doja Cat, "Meltdown" - Travis Scott, ft. Drake, "Players" - Coi Leray, "Rich Flex" - Drake & 21 Savage, "Tomorrow" - GloRilla)

Best Rock/Alternative Song

  • "Angry" - The Rolling Stones (Andrew Watt)
  • "A&W" - Lana Del Rey (Lana Del Rey & Jack Antonoff)
  • "Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl" - Olivia Rodrigo (Dan Nigro)
  • "Love from the Other Side" - Fall Out Boy (Neal Avron)
  • "Lux Æterna" - Metallica (Greg Fidelman, James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich)
  • "Not Strong Enough" - Boygenius (Boygenius, Catherine Marks & Ethan Gruska)
  • "Rescued" - Foo Fighters (Foo Fighters & Greg Kurstin)
    (Honourable Mentions: "All Things End" - Hozier, "The Lonelist" - Måneskin, "Sculptures of Anything Goes" - Arctic Monkeys)
     

Best Songwriting

  • "Anti-Hero" - Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff)
  • "A&W" - Lana Del Rey (Lana Del Rey, Jack Antonoff & Sam Dew)
  • "Butterfly" - Jon Batiste (Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson)
  • "Dear Insecurity" - Brandy Clark, ft. Brandi Carlile (Brandy Clark & Michael Pollack)
  • "Flowers" - Miley Cyrus (Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein & Michael Pollack)
  • "Vampire" - Olivia Rodrigo (Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Boat" - Ed Sheeran, "I Remember Everything" - Zach Bryan, ft. Kacey Musgraves, "Kill Bill" - SZA, "Not Strong Enough" - Boygenius)

Best Original Score

  • Andor (Nicholas Britell)
  • The Fabelmans (John Williams)
  • God of War Ragnarök (Bear McCreary)
  • Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)
  • Succession (Nicholas Britell)

Best Compilatiion Soundtrack for Visual Media

  • Barbie: The Album (Brandon Davis, Mark Ronson & Kevin Weaver)
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music from and Inspired By (Ryan Coogler, Archie Davis & Ludwig Göransson)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Volume 3 (Kevin Feige & James Gunn)
  • Metro Boomin Presents: Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse (Metro Boomin)
  • Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Original Soundtrack) (Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

  • "A Beautiful Game" - Ted Lasso (Ed Sheeran, Max Martin & Foy Vance)
  • "Calling" - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, Navraj Goraya, Artist Dubose & Christopher Townsend)
  • "I'm Just Ken" - Barbie (Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt)
  • "Lift Me Up" - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Rihanna, Ludwig Göransson, Ryan Coogler & Tems)
  • "Peaches" - The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond & John Spiker)

Best New Artist

  • Gracie Abrams
  • Ice Spice
  • Jelly Roll
  • Metro Boomin
  • Noah Kahan
  • Victoria Monét
    (Honourable Mentions: Bailey Zimmerman, Coco Jones, Fred Again, The War and Treaty)

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)

Friday, August 15, 2025

2021 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

  • "Anyone" - Justin Bieber (Jon Bellion, Andrew Watt & The Monsters and Strangerz)
  • "Bad Habits" - Ed Sheeran (Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid & Fred Again)
  • "Heartbreak Anniversary" - Giveon (Maneesh & Sevn Thomas)
  • "I Need You" - Jon Batiste (Jon Batiste & David Pimentel)
  • "Save Your Tears" - The Weeknd (The Weeknd, Max Martin & Oscar Holter)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Astronomy" - Conan Gray, "Find My Way" - Paul McCartney, "Freedom" - Jon Batiste, "Piece of You" - Shawn Mendes, "Treat People with Kindness" - Harry Styles)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

  • "Drivers License" - Olivia Rodrigo (Dan Nigro)
  • "Levitating" - Dua Lipa (Stephen Kozmeniuk & Stuart Price)
  • "No Time to Die" - Billie Eilish (Finneas O'Connell & Stephen Lipson)
  • "Right on Time" - Brandi Carlile (Dave Cobb & Shooter Jennings)
  • "Willow" - Taylor Swift (Aaron Dessner)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Fight for You" - H.E.R., "Good Days" - SZA, "Pick Up Your Feelings" - Jazmine Sullivan, "Solar Power" - Lorde, "Sweet Dream" - Alessia Cara)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

  • "A Beautiful Noise" - Alicia Keys & Brandi Carlile (Alicia Keys & Brandi Carlile)
  • "Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)" - Elton John & Dua Lipa (Pnau)
  • "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga (Dae Bennett)
  • "I Still Have Faith in You" - ABBA (Benny Andersson)
  • "Leave the Door Open" - Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & D'Mile)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Dakiti" - Bad Bunny, ft. Jhay Cortez, "Essence" - Wizkid, ft. Justin Bieber & Tems, "Hero" - Afrojack & David Guetta, "Higher Power" - Coldplay, "Peaches" - Justin Bieber, ft. Daniel Caesar & Giveon)

Best Album

  • Alicia - Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys, Ludwig Göransson, Tricky Stewart & Ryan Tedder)
  • Love for Sale - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga (Dae Bennett)
  • Medicine at Midnight - Foo Fighters (Foo Fighters & Greg Kurstin)
  • Sour - Olivia Rodrigo (Dan Nigro)
  • We Are - Jon Batiste (Jon Batiste, Kizzo & David Pimentel)
    (Honourable Mentions: Chemtrails Over the Country Club - Lana Del Rey, Daddy's Home - St. Vincent, Evermore - Taylor Swift, Planet Her - Doja Cat, Starting Over - Chris Stapleton)

Best Music Video

  • "Bad Habits" - Ed Sheeran (Dave Meyers, director; Hannah Cooper & Terry McGinnis, producers)
  • "Freedom" - Jon Batiste (Alan Ferguson, director; Alex P. Willson, producer)
  • "Good 4 U" - Olivia Rodrigo (Petra Collins, director; Christiana Divona, Marissa Ramirez & Tiffany Suh, producers)
  • "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga (Jennifer Lebeau, director/producer; Danny Bennett & Bobby Campbell, producers)
  • "Leave the Door Open" - Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Florent Dechard, directors)
    (Honourable Mentions: "911" - Lady Gaga, "Love Again" - Dua Lipa, "Peaches" - Justin Bieber, ft. Daniel Caesar & Giveon, "Shot in the Dark" - AC/DC, "Willow" - Taylor Swift)

Best Country Song

  • "Camera Roll" - Kacey Musgraves (Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian & Kacey Musgraves)
  • "The Good Ones" - Gabby Barrett (Zach Kale & Ross Copperman)
  • "Right on Time" - Brandi Carlile (Dave Cobb & Shooter Jennings)
  • "What's Your Country Song" - Thomas Rhett (Dann Huff & Jesse Frasure)
  • "You Should Probably Leave" - Chris Stapleton (Dave Cobb & Chris Stapleton)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Cold" - Chris Stapleton, "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" - Elle King, ft. Miranda Lambert, "Forever After All" - Luke Combs, "Remember Her Name" - Mickey Guyton, "Younger Me" - Brothers Osborne)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

  • "Alive" - Rüfüs Du Sol (Jason Evigan & Rüfüs Du Sol)
  • "The Business" - Tiësto (Tiësto & Hightower)
  • "Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)" - Elton John & Dua Lipa (Pnau)
  • "Hero" - Afrojack & David Guetta (Afrojack, David Guetta & Stargate)
  • "Moth to a Flame" - Swedish House Mafia, ft. The Weeknd (Swedish House Mafia & Carl Nordström)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Before" - James Blake, "Hearts on Fire" - Illenium & Dabin, ft. Lights, "Loom" - Ólafur Arnalds, ft. Bonobo, "One More" - SG Lewis, ft. Nile Rodgers, "You" - Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae)

Best Pop Song

  • "Drivers License" - Olivia Rodrigo (Dan Nigro)
  • "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga (Dae Bennett)
  • "Leave the Door Open" - Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & D'Mile)
  • "Peaches" - Justin Bieber, ft. Daniel Caesar & Giveon (Harv & Shndo)
  • "Solar Power" - Lorde (Lorde & Jack Antonoff)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Anyone" - Justin Bieber, "Higher Power" - Coldplay, "Kiss Me More" - Doja Cat, ft. SZA, "Positions" - Ariana Grande, "Save Your Tears" - The Weeknd)

Best Rap Song

  • "Family Ties" - Baby Keem, ft. Kendrick Lamar (Baby Keem, Cardo, Jasper Harris & Frankie Bash)
  • "Franchise" - Travis Scott, ft. Young Thug & M.I.A. (Travis Scott & Teddy Walton)
  • "Hurricane" - Kanye West, ft. The Weeknd & Lil Baby (Kanye West, DJ Khalil, Mike Dean & Ronny J)
  • "Industry Baby" - Lil Nas X, ft. Jack Harlow (Take a Daytrip & Kanye West)
  • "Sorry Not Sorry" - DJ Khaled, ft. Jay-Z, Nas & James Fauntleroy (DJ Khaled, Streetrunner & Tarik Azzouz)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Body" - Megan Thee Stallion, "Introvert" - Lil Simz, "My Life" - J. Cole, ft. 21 Savage & Morray, "Up" - Cardi B, "Way 2 Sexy" - Drake, ft. Future & Young Thug)

Best Rock/Alternative Song

  • "The Bandit" - Kings of Leon (Markus Dravs)
  • "Find My Way" - Paul McCartney (Paul McCartney)
  • "Last Train Home" - John Mayer (John Mayer & Don Was)
  • "Shot in the Dark" - AC/DC (Brendan O'Brien)
  • "Waiting on a War" - Foo Fighters (Foo Fighters & Greg Kurstin)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Distance" - Mammoth WVH, "Follow You" - Imagine Dragons, "Heart of Glass" - Miley Cyrus, "Making a Fire" - Foo Fighters, "Raise Vibration" - Lenny Kravitz)

Best Songwriting

  • "Bad Habits" - Ed Sheeran (Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid & Fred Gibson)
  • "A Beautiful Noise" - Alicia Keys & Brandi Carlile (Alicia Keys, Brandi Carlile, Hillary Lindsey, Linda Perry & Lori McKenna)
  • "Drivers License" - Olivia Rodrigo (Olivia Rodrigo & Daniel Nigro)
  • "Leave the Door Open" - Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Brandon Anderson, Brody Brown & Dernst Emile II)
  • "Right on Time" - Brandi Carlile (Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Cold" - Chris Stapleton, "Fight for You" - H.E.R., "No Time to Die" - Billie Eilish, "Peaches" - Justin Bieber, ft. Daniel Caesar & Giveon, "Willow" - Taylor Swift)

Best Original Score

  • Dune (Hans Zimmer)
  • The Mandalorian (Ludwig Göransson)
  • The Midnight Sky (Alexandre Desplat)
  • The Queen's Gambit (Carlos Rafael Rivera)
  • Soul (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

  • Cruella (Craig Gillespie)
  • Dear Evan Hansen (Alex Lacamoire, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul & Dan Romer)
  • In the Heights (Alex Lacamoire, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bill Sherman & Greg Wells)
  • Respect (Stephen Bray & Jason Michael Webb)
  • The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Salaam Remi)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

  • "Agatha All Along" - WandaVision (Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
  • "Hear My Voice" - The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Celeste Waite & Daniel Pemberton)
  • "Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" - Respect (Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Hartman & Carole King)
  • "No Time to Die" - No Time to Die (Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell)
  • "Speak Now" - One Night in Miami (Leslie Odom, Jr.)

Best New Artist

  • Arlo Parks
  • Ava Max
  • Glass Animals
  • Olivia Rodrigo
  • Tate McRae
    (Honourable Mentions: Arooj Aftab, Bo Burnham, Jimmie Allen, The Kid Laroi, Mickey Guyton)

Friday, August 8, 2025

2020 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

  • "Adore You" - Harry Styles (Kid Harpoon)
  • "Before You Go" - Lewis Capaldi (TMS)
  • "Blinding Lights" - The Weeknd (The Weeknd, Max Martin & Oscar Holter)
  • "Circles" - Post Malone (Post Malone, Louis Bell & Frank Dukes)
  • "To Die For" - Sam Smith (Jimmy Napes & Stargate)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Bigger Love" - John Legend, "The Bigger Picture" - Lil Baby, "Heartless" - The Weeknd, "Lost in Yesterday" - Tame Impala, "Murder Most Fowl" - Bob Dylan)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

  • "Cardigan" - Taylor Swift (Aaron Dessner)
  • "Don't Start Now" - Dua Lipa (Ian Kirkpatrick)
  • "Into the Unknown" - Idina Menzel (Tom MacDougall, Dave Metzger, Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez)
  • "Midnight Sky" - Miley Cyrus (Louis Bell & Andrew Watt)
  • "Stupid Love" - Lady Gaga (BloodPop & Tchami)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Anyone" - Demi Lovato, "The Bones" - Maren Morris, "I Can't Breathe" - H.E.R., "Reasons I Drink" - Alanis Morissette, "Underdog" - Alicia Keys)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

  • "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)" - The 1975 (Matthew Healy, George Daniel & Jonathan Gilmore)
  • "Intentions" - Justin Bieber, ft. Quavo (Poo Bear & The Audibles)
  • "My Oh My" - Camila Cabelo, ft. DaBaby (Frank Dukes)
  • "Orphans" - Coldplay (Rik Simpson, Daniel Green & Bill Rahko)
  • "Rain on Me" - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande (BloodPop & Burns)
  • "What a Man Gotta Do" - The Jonas Brothers (Ryan Tedder & David Stewart)
    (Honourable Mentions: "10,000 Hours" - Dan + Shay, ft. Justin Bieber, "If the World Was Ending" - JP Saxe, ft. Julia Michaels, "In Your Eyes" - The Weeknd, ft. Doja Cat, "RITMO (Bad Boys for Life)" - Black Eyed Peas, ft. J Balvin)

Best Album

  • After Hours - The Weeknd (The Weeknd, Max Martin, Oscar Holter, DaHeala & Metro Boomin)
  • Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple (Fiona Apple, Amy Aileen Wood, Sebastian Steinberg & David Garza)
  • Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa (Jeff Bhasker, Ian Kirkpatrick, Koz, Stuart Price & Andrew Watt)
  • Hollywood's Bleeding - Post Malone (Post Malone, Louis Bell, Andrew Watt & Carter Lang)
  • Rough and Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan (Jack Frost, Blake Mills & Greg Calbi)
    (Honourable Mentions: Everyday Life - Coldplay, Folklore - Taylor Swift, Notes on a Conditional Form - The 1975, Sound and Fury - Sturgill Simpson, Wildcard - Miranda Lambert)

Best Music Video

  • "Adore You" - Harry Styles (Dave Meyers, director; Nathan Scherrer, producer)
  • "Blinding Lights" - The Weeknd (Anton Tammi, director; Sarah Park, producer)
  • "Lost in Yesterday" - Tame Impala (Terri Timely, directors)
  • "Physical" - Dua Lipa (Lope Serrano & Nicolás Méndez, directors; Karen Sauri & Laura Serra Estorch, producers)
  • "Rain on Me" - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande (Robert Rodriguez, director; Jenn Mickelson and Missy Galanida, producers)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Brown Skin Girl" - Beyoncé, Saint Jhn & Wizkid, ft. Blue Ivy Carter, "Cardigan" - Taylor Swift, "Lockdown" - Anderson.Paak, "Trouble in Town" - Coldplay, "Uneventful Days" - Beck)

Best Country Song

  • "10,000 Hours" - Dan + Shay, ft. Justin Bieber (Dan Smyers)
  • "The Bones" - Maren Morris (Greg Kurstin)
  • "Crowded Table" - The Highwomen (Dave Cobb)
  • "I Hope" - Gabby Barrett (Zach Kale & Ross Copperman)
  • "Kinfolk" - Sam Hunt (Zach Crowell)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Bluebird" - Miranda Lambert, "Gaslighter" - The Chicks, "More Hearts Than Mine" - Ingrid Andress, "Sugar Coat" - Little Big Town, "Who You Thought I Was" - Brandy Clark)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

  • "10%" - Kaytranada, ft. Kali Uchis (Kaytranada)
  • "Dance Monkey" - Tones and I (Konstantin Kersting)
  • "The Difference" - Flume & Toro y Mai (Flume)
  • "Lasting Lover" - Sigala, ft. James Arthur (Jarly & Sigala)
  • "On My Mind" - Diplo & Sidepiece (Diplo & Sidepiece)
    (Honourable Mentions: "4 am" - Grimes, "Alice" - Lady Gaga, "Hallucinate" - Dua Lipa, "SBCNCSLY" - Black Coffee, ft. Sabrina Claudio)

Best Pop Song

  • "Blinding Lights" - The Weeknd (The Weeknd, Max Martin & Oscar Holter)
  • "Circles" - Post Malone (Post Malone, Louis Bell & Frank Dukes)
  • "Don't Start Now" - Dua Lipa (Ian Kirkpatrick)
  • "Level of Concern" - Twenty One Pilots (Tyler Joseph)
  • "Rain on Me" - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande (BloodPop & Burns)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Cardigan" - Taylor Swift, "Everything I Wanted" - Billie Eilish, "Intentions" - Justin Bieber, ft. Quavo, "Un Día (One Day)" - J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny & Tainy, "Watermelon Sugar" - Harry Styles)

Best Rap Song

  • "The Box" - Roddy Ricch (30 Roc, Datboisqueeze & Zentachi)
  • "Highest in the Room" - Travis Scott (OZ & Nik D)
  • "Life is Good" - Future, ft. Drake (Ambezza, D. Hill & OZ)
  • "Lockdown" - Anderson.Paak (Anderson.Paak & J. LBS)
  • "Savage (Remix)" - Megan Thee Stallion, ft. Beyoncé (J. White Did It)
    (Honourable Mentions: "The Bigger Picture" - Lil Baby, "Good News" - Mac Miller, "Laugh Now Cry Later" - Drake, ft. Lil Durk, "Rockstar" - DaBaby, ft. Roddy Ricch, "What's Poppin" - Jack Harlow)

Best Rock/Alternative Song

  • "Caution" - The Killers (Jonathan Rado & Shawn Everett)
  • "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)" - The 1975 (George Daniel, Matthew Healy & Jonathan Gilmore)
  • "Orphans" - Coldplay (Rik Simpson, Daniel Green & Bill Rahko)
  • "Shameika" - Fiona Apple (Fiona Apple, Amy Aileen Wood & David Garza)
  • "Take What You Want" - Post Malone, Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott (Andrew Watt & Louis Bell)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Hero" - Weezer, "Kyoto" - Phoebe Bridgers, "Lost in Yesterday" - Tame Impala, "Me and You Together Song" - The 1975, "Murder Most Fowl" - Bob Dylan)

Best Songwriting

  • "Blinding Lights" - The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye, Max Martin, Oscar Holter, Ahmad Balshe & Jason Quenneville)
  • "Cardigan" - Taylor Swift (Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift)
  • "Circles" - Post Malone (Austin Post, Louis Bell, Adam Feeney & Billy Walsh)
  • "Don't Start Now" - Dua Lipa (Dua Lipa, Caroline Allin, Ian Kirkpatrick & Emily Warren)
  • "If the World Was Ending" - JP Saxe, ft. Julia Michaels (Jonathan Saxe & Julia Michaels)
    (Honourable Mentions: "10,000 Hours" - Dan + Shay, ft. Justin Bieber, "Adore You" - Harry Styles, "The Bones" - Maren Morris, "Everything I Wanted" - Billie Eilish, "Rain on Me" - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande)

Best Original Score

  • 1917 (Thomas Newman)
  • Ad Astra (Max Richter)
  • Joker (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
  • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (John Williams)
  • Tenet (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
    (Honourable Mentions: Da 5 Bloods - Terence Blanchard, Euphoria - Labrinth, Frozen II - Christophe Beck)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

  • A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Nate Heller)
  • Bill & Ted Face the Music: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Jonathan Leahy)
  • Frozen II (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, David Metzger & Christophe Beck)
  • Jojo Rabbit (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Taika Waititi)
  • Judy (Gabriel Yared & Renée Zellweger)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

  • "Carried Me with You" - Onward (Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth)
  • "Into the Unknown" - Frozen II (Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez)
  • "The Plan" - Tenet (Travis Scott, Ludwig Göransson & Ebony Oshunrinde)
  • "Show Yourself" - Frozen II (Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez)
  • "Stand Up" - Harriet (Joshuah Brian Campbell & Cynthia Erivo)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Don't Call Me (Angel)" - Charlie's Angels, "Húsavik (My Hometown)" - Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, "Only the Young" - Miss Americana, "The Other Side" - Trolls World Tour, "RITMO (Bad Boys for Life)" - Bad Boys for Life)

Best New Artist

  • Doja Cat
  • Kaytranada
  • Megan Thee Stallion
  • Phoebe Bridgers
  • Summer Walker
    (Honourable Mentions: Alec Benjamin, Gabby Barrett, Ingrid Andress, Noah Cyrus, Tones and I)

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)

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

2018 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

  • "Call Out My Name" - The Weeknd (Frank Dukes)
  • "How Long" - Charlie Puth (Charlie Puth)
  • "In My Blood" - Shawn Mendes (Shawn Mendes & Teddy Geiger)
  • "Perfect" - Ed Sheeran (Ed Sheeran & Will Hicks)
  • "You Are the Reason" - Calum Scott (Fraser T Smith)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Better Now" - Post Malone, "Have it All" - Jason Mraz, "Let You Down" - NF, "Nice for What" - Drake, "Pray" - Sam Smith)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

  • "Beautiful Trauma" - P!nk (Jack Antonoff)
  • "Growing Pains" - Alessia Cara (Pop & Oak)
  • "Head Above Water" - Avril Lavigne (Stephan Moccio)
  • "I Don't Think About You" - Kelly Clarkson (The Monarch)
  • "This is Me" - Keala Settle (Greg Wells, Justin Paul & Alex Lacamoire)
  • "You Say" - Lauren Daigle (Jason Ingram & Paul Mabury)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Bad at Love" - Halsey, "I'm a Mess" - Bebe Rexha, "The Joke" - Brandi Carlile, "Sober" - Demi Lovato)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

  • "High Hopes" - Panic! at the Disco (Jake Sinclair & Jonas Jeberg)
  • "The Middle" - Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey (Zedd, Grey & The Monsters and the Strangerz)
  • "Say Something" - Justin Timberlake, ft. Chris Stapleton (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Danja Hills & Larrance Dopson)
  • "Shallow" - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper (Lady Gaga & Benjamin Rice)
  • "Youngblood" - 5 Seconds of Summer (Louis Bell & Andrew Watt)
    (Honourable Mentions: "All the Stars" - Kendrick Lamar, ft. SZA, "Broken" - Lovelytheband, "I Like It" - Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin, "Meant to Be" - Bebe Rexha, ft. Florida Georgia Line, "One Kiss" - Calvin Harris, ft. Dua Lipa)

Best Album

  • Astroworld - Travis Scott (Travis Scott, Hit-Boy, Frank Dukes & John Mayer)
  • Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves (Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian & Kacey Musgraves)
  • The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - various artists (Greg Wells, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul & Alex Lacamoire)
  • Invasion of Privacy - Cardi B (Craig Kallman, Benny Blanco, Andrew Watt & Frank Dukes)
  • The Thrill of It All - Sam Smith (Jimmy Napes, Steve Fitzmaurice, StarGate, Emile Haynie & Timbaland)
    (Honourable Mentions: Beautiful Trauma - P!nk, Beerbongs & Bentleys - Post Malone, Colors - Beck, Egypt Station - Paul McCartney, Reputation - Taylor Swift)

Best Music Video

  • "Apeshit" - The Carters (Ricky Saiz, director; Mélodie Buchris, Natan Schottenfels & Erinn Williams, producers)
  • "God's Plan" - Drake (Karena Evans, director; Emily Buller, Laura Noonan & Fuliane Petikyan, producers)
  • "Pynk" - Janelle Monáe (Emma Westenburg, director; Justin Benoliel & Whitney Jackson, producers)
  • "Say Something" - Justin Timberlake, ft. Chris Stapleton (Arturo Perez Jr., director; Alex D. Sanchez, Ondine Benetier & Jonathan Andre, producers)
  • "This is America" - Childish Gambino (Hiro Murai, director; Ibra Ake, Jason Cole & Fam Rothstein, producers)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Finesse (Remix)" - Cardi B, ft. Bruno Mars, "I'm Not Racist" - Joyner Lucas, "In My Blood" - Shawn Mendes, "No Tears Left to Cry" - Ariana Grande, "Perfect" - Ed Sheeran)

Best Country Song

  • "Cry Pretty" - Carrie Underwood (Carrie Underwood & David Garcia)
  • "High Horse" - Kacey Musgraves (Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian & Kacey Musgraves)
  • "Marry Me" - Thomas Rhett (Dann Huff, Jesse Frasure & Thomas Rhett)
  • "Meant to Be" - Bebe Rexha, ft. Florida Georgia Line (David Garcia, Wilshire & Joey Moi)
  • "Parallel Line" - Keith Urban (Keith Urban, Ed Sheeran, Benny Blanco & Johnny McDaid)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Dear Hate" - Maren Morris, ft. Vince Gill, "Heaven" - Kane Brown, "Millionaire" - Chris Stapleton, "Tequila" - Dan + Shay, "When Someone Stops Loving You" - Little Big Town)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

  • "Body" - Loud Luxury, ft. Brando (Loud Luxury)
  • "Born To Be Yours" - Kygo & Imagine Dragons (Kygo)
  • "Electricity" - Silk City, ft. Dua Lipa (Silk City)
  • "One Kiss" - Calvin Harris, ft. Dua Lipa (Calvin Harris)
  • "Solo" - Clean Bandit, ft. Demi Lovato (Jack Patterson, Grace Chatto, Mark Ralph & Fred Again)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Batshit" - Sofi Tukker, "Happier" - Marshmello, ft. Bastille, "Missing" - Robyn, "Promises" - Calvin Harris, ft. Sam Smith, "Ultimatum" - Disclosure, ft. Fatoumata Diawara)

Best Pop Song

  • "Better Now" - Post Malone (Frank Dukes & Louis Bell)
  • "Broken" - Lovelytheband (Christian Medice)
  • "Girls Like You" - Maroon 5, ft. Cardi B (Cirkut & Jason Evigan)
  • "The Middle" - Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey (Zedd, Grey & The Monsters and the Strangerz)
  • "Say Something" - Justin Timberlake, ft. Chris Stapleton (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Danja Hills & Larrance Dopson)
  • "Shallow" - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper (Lady Gaga & Benjamin Rice)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Beautiful Trauma" - P!nk, "High Hopes" - Panic! at the Disco, "No Brainer" - DJ Khaled, ft. Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper & Quavo, "Whatever It Takes" - Imagine Dragons)

Best Rap Song

  • "All the Stars" - Kendrick Lamar, ft. SZA (Sounwave & Al Shux)
  • "Apeshit" - The Carters (Pharrell Williams)
  • "I Like It" - Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin (J. White Did It, Tainy & Craig Kallman)
  • "In My Feelings" - Drake (TrapMoneyBenny & Blaqnmild)
  • "Sicko Mode" - Travis Scott, Drake & Swae Lee (Rogét Chahayed, Hit-Boy & Oz)
  • "This is America" - Childish Gambino (Donald Glover & Ludwig Göransson)
    (Honourable Mentions: "King's Dead" - Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake, "Let You Down" - NF, "Lucid Dreams" - Juice WRLD, "Psycho" - Post Malone, ft. Ty Dolla $ign)

Best Rock Song

  • "Hunger" - Florence + The Machine (Emile Haynie & Florence Welch)
  • "In My Blood" - Shawn Mendes (Shawn Mendes & Teddy Geiger)
  • "Jumpsuit" - Twenty One Pilots (Tyler Joseph)
  • "Natural" - Imagine Dragons (Mattman & Robin)
  • "Say Amen (Saturday Night)" - Panic! at the Disco (Jake Sinclair, Imad Royal & Tobias Wincorn)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Colors" - Beck, "Electric Light" - James Bay, "Guiding Light" - Mumford and Sons, "The Joke" - Brandi Carlile, "When Bad Goes Good" - Chris Cornell)

Best Songwriting

  • "In My Blood" - Shawn Mendes (Shawn Mendes, Teddy Geiger, Geoff Warburton & Scott Harris)
  • "Perfect" - Ed Sheeran & Beyoncé (Ed Sheeran & Beyoncé Knowles)
  • "Say Something" - Justin Timberlake, ft. Chris Stapleton (Justin Timberlake, Timothy Mosley, Larrance Dopson, Floyd Hills & Chris Stapleton)
  • "Shallow" - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper (Stefani Germanotta, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt)
  • "This is Me" - Keala Settle (Benj Pasek & Justin Paul)
    (Honourable Mentions: "All the Stars" - Kendrick Lamar, ft. SZA, "In My Feelings" - Drake, "The Joke" - Brandi Carlile, "The Middle" - Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey, "This is America" - Childish Gambino)

Best Original Score

  • Black Panther (Ludwig Göransson)
  • Coco (Michael Giacchino)
  • Marvel's Spider-Man (John Paesano)
  • The Shape of Water (Alexandre Desplat)
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi (John Williams)
    (Honourable Mentions: BlacKKKlansman - Terence Blanchard, Incredibles 2 - Michael Giacchino, Isle of Dogs - Alexandre Desplat, Phantom Thread - Jonny Greenwood, A Quiet Place - Marco Beltrami)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

  • Black Panther: The Album (Kendrick Lamar, Ludwig Göransson, Al Shux & Sounwave)
  • The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Alex Lacamoire, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul & Greg Wells)
  • Lady Bird (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Timothy J. Smith)
  • Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack (Benny Andersson & Mark Taylor)
  • Stranger Things: Music from the Netflix Original Series (Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer & Timothy J. Smith)
    (Honourable Mentions: Coco, Deadpool 2, Fifty Shades Freed, Pitch Perfect 3, This is Us)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

  • "All the Stars" - Black Panther (Kendrick Lamar, Mark Spears, Al Shuckburgh & Solana Rowe)
  • "Mighty River" - Mudbound (Mary J. Blige & Raphael Saadiq)
  • "Remember Me" - Coco (Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
  • "Shallow" - A Star is Born (Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt)
  • "This is Me" - The Greatest Showman (Benj Pasek & Justin Paul)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Ashes" - Deadpool 2, "I'll Fight" - RBG, "Love Lies" - Love, Simon, "Mystery of Love" - Call Me by Your Name, "We Built This" - Black-ish)

Best New Artist

  • Bebe Rexha
  • Cardi B
  • Dua Lipa
  • Lovelytheband
  • Post Malone
    (Honourable Mentions: Calum Scott, Greta Van Fleet, H.E.R., Lauren Daigle, Margo Price)

Friday, July 25, 2025

2017 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

  • "24K Magic" - Bruno Mars (Shampoo Press & Curl)
  • "Castle on the Hill" - Ed Sheeran (Ed Sheeran & Benny Blanco)
  • "Love Me Now" - John Legend (Blake Mills & John Ryan)
  • "Sign of the Times" - Harry Styles (Jeff Bhasker)
  • "Too Good at Goodbyes" - Sam Smith (Jimmy Napes, Stargate & Steve Fitzmaurice)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Attention" - Charlie Puth, "HUMBLE." - Kendrick Lamar, "Redbone" - Childish Gambino, "This Town" - Niall Horan, "You Want it Darker" - Leonard Cohen)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

  • "Bad Liar" - Selena Gomez (Ian Kirkpatrick)
  • "Green Light" - Lorde (Lorde, Jack Antonoff & Frank Dukes)
  • "Love on the Brain" - Rihanna (Fred Ball)
  • "Million Reasons" - Lady Gaga (Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson & BloodPop)
  • "What About Us" - P!nk (Steve Mac)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Bodak Yellow" - Cardi B, "Cut to the Feeling" - Carly Rae Jepsen, "Issues" - Julia Michaels, "New Rules" - Dua Lipa, "Praying" - Ke$ha)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

  • "Despacito" - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee, ft. Justin Bieber (Mauricio Rengifo, Andrés Torres & Josh Gudwin)
  • "Feel It Still" - Portugal. The Man (John Hill & Asa Taccone)
  • "Havana" - Camila Cabelo, ft. Young Thug (Frank Dukes)
  • "I Feel it Coming" - The Weeknd, ft. Daft Punk (The Weeknd, Daft Punk, Cirkut & Doc McKinney)
  • "Something Just Like This" - The Chainsmokers & Coldplay (The Chainsmokers)
    (Honourable Mentions: "1-800-273-8255" - Logic, ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid, "Believer" - Imagine Dragons, "Rockabye" - Clean Bandit, ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie, "Slide" - Calvin Harris, ft. Frank Ocean & Migos, "We the People..." - A Tribe Called Quest)

Best Album

  • 24K Magic - Bruno Mars (Shampoo Press & Curl, Emile Haynie, Jeff Bhasker & The Stereotypes)
  • DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar (Sounwave, Terrace Martin, Anthony Tiffith & Greg Kurstin)
  • ÷ - Ed Sheeran (Ed Sheeran, Benny Blanco, Steve Mac & Johnny McDaid)
  • Melodrama - Lorde (Lorde, Jack Antonoff, Frank Dukes & Joel Little)
  • The Weight of These Wings - Miranda Lambert (Frank Liddell, Eric Masse & Glenn Worf)
    (Honourable Mentions: Concrete and Gold - Foo Fighters, From a Room: Volume 1 - Chris Stapleton, Joanne - Lady Gaga, One More Light - Linkin Park, We Got it From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service - A Tribe Called Quest)

Best Music Video

  • "1-800-273-8255" - Logic, ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid (Andrew Hines, director; Andrew Lerios & Alex Randall, producers)
  • "24K Magic" - Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars & Cameron Duddy, directors)
  • "Bad Liar" - Selena Gomez (Jesse Peretz, director; Michelle An, Aleen Keshishian & Zack Morgenroth, producers)
  • "Hard Times" - Paramore (Andrew Joffe, director; Matt Joffe, producer)
  • "HUMBLE." - Kendrick Lamar (Dave Meyers & The Little Homies, directors; Jason Baum, Dave Free, Jamie Rabineau, Nathan K. Scherrer & Anthony Tiffith, producers)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Green Light" - Lorde, "Look What You Made Me Do" - Taylor Swift, "Saturn Barnz" - Gorillaz, "The Story of O.J." - Jay-Z, "Up All Night" - Beck)

Best Country Song

  • "Better Man" - Little Big Town (Jay Joyce)
  • "Body Like a Back Road" - Sam Hunt (Zach Crowell)
  • "Broken Halos" - Chris Stapleton (Dave Cobb & Chris Stapleton)
  • "Tin Man" - Miranda Lambert (Frank Liddell, Eric Masse & Glenn Worf)
  • "What Ifs" - Kane Brown, ft. Lauren Alaina (Dann Huff)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Dirt on My Boots" - Jon Pardi, "The Fighter" - Keith Urban, ft. Carrie Underwood, "My Old Man" - Zac Brown Band, "I Could Use a Love Song" - Maren Morris, "You Look Good" - Lady Antebellum)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

  • "It Ain't Me" - Kygo, ft. Selena Gomez (Kygo & Andrew Watt)
  • "Paris" - The Chainsmokers (The Chainsmokers)
  • "Rockabye" - Clean Bandit, ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie (Jack Patterson, Mark Ralph & Steve Mac)
  • "Slide" - Calvin Harris, ft. Frank Ocean & Migos (Calvin Harris)
  • "Tonite" - LCD Soundsystem (James Murphy)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Andromeda" - Gorillaz, ft. DRAM, "The Cure" - Lady Gaga, "Line of Sight" - Odesza, ft. WYNNE & Mansionair, "Quit" - Cashmere Cat, ft. Ariana Grande, "Stay" - Zedd, ft. Alessia Cara)

Best Pop Song

  • "24K Magic" - Bruno Mars (Shampoo Press & Curl)
  • "Chained to the Rhythm" - Katy Perry, ft. Skip Marley (Max Martin & Ali Payami)
  • "Despacito" - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee, ft. Justin Bieber (Mauricio Rengifo, Andrés Torres & Josh Gudwin)
  • "Million Reasons" - Lady Gaga (Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson & BloodPop)
  • "Something Just Like This" - The Chainsmokers & Coldplay (The Chainsmokers)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Castle on the Hill" - Ed Sheeran, "The Greatest" - Sia, ft. Kendrick Lamar, "I Feel it Coming" - The Weeknd, ft. Daft Punk, "Thunder" - Imagine Dragons, "Too Good at Goodbyes" - Sam Smith)

Best Rap Song

  • "1-800-273-8255" - Logic, ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid (Logic & 6ix)
  • "Bad and Boujee" - Migos, ft. Lil Uzi Vert (Metro Boomin & G Koop)
  • "HUMBLE." - Kendrick Lamar (Mike Will Made It & Pluss)
  • "The Story of O.J." - Jay-Z (No I.D.)
  • "We the People..." - A Tribe Called Quest (Q-Tip)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Bodak Yellow" - Cardi B, "Bounce Back" - Big Sean, "Glorious" - Macklemore, ft. Skyler Grey, "LOYALTY." - Kendrick Lamar, ft. Rihanna, "Sidewalks" - The Weeknd, ft. Kendrick Lamar)

Best Rock Song [TIE]

  • "Believer" - Imagine Dragons (Mattman & Robin)
  • "Feel It Still" - Portugal. The Man (John Hill & Asa Taccone)
  • "One More Light" - Linkin Park (Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson & Emily Wright)
  • "Sign of the Times" - Harry Styles (Jeff Bhasker)
  • "You Want it Darker" - Leonard Cohen (Adam Cohen & Patrick Leonard)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Human" - Rag'N'Bone Man, "The Man" - The Killers, "The Promise" - Chris Cornell, "Run" - Foo Fighters, "Still Breathing" - Green Day)

Best Songwriting

  • "1-800-273-8255" - Logic, ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid (Sir Robert Hall II, Alessia Caracciolo, Khalid Robinson & Andrew Taggart)
  • "Castle on the Hill" - Ed Sheeran (Ed Sheeran & Benjamin Levin)
  • "Issues" - Julia Michaels (Julia Michaels, Benjamin Levin, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Eriksen & Justin Tranter)
  • "Million Reasons" - Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta, Hillary Lindsey & Mark Ronson)
  • "Sign of the Times" - Harry Styles (Harry Styles, Jeff Bhasker, Alex Saliban & Tyler Johnson)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Human" - Rag'N'Bone Man, "HUMBLE." - Kendrick Lamar, "Mercy" - Shawn Mendes, "That's What I Like" - Bruno Mars, "What About Us" - P!nk)

Best Original Score

  • Arrival (Jóhann Jóhannsson)
  • Dunkirk (Hans Zimmer)
  • Game of Thrones (Ramin Djawadi)
  • La La Land (Justin Hurwitz)
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Michael Giacchino)
    (Honourable Mentions: Dear Evan Hansen - Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, Hidden Figures - Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams & Benjamin Walfisch, Lion - Dustin O'Halloran & Hauschka, Moana - Mark Mancina, Wonder Woman - Rupert Gregson-Williams)

Best Compilation Soundtrack

  • Baby Driver – Music from the Motion Picture (Edgar Wright)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 (James Gunn)
  • Hidden Figures: The Album (Pharrell Williams)
  • La La Land: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Marius de Vries & Justin Hurwitz)
  • Moana: The Songs (Opetaia Foa'i, Tom MacDougall, Mark Mancina & Lin-Manuel Miranda)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

  • "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" - La La Land (Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul)
  • "City of Stars" - La La Land (Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul)
  • "Evermore" - Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken & Tim Rice)
  • "How Far I'll Go" - Moana (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
  • "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" - Fifty Shades Darker (Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff & Sam Dew)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Hell No" - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, "Never Give Up" - Lion, "Running Home to You" - The Flash, "Stand Up for Something" - Marshall, "You Will Be Found" - Dear Evan Hansen)

Best New Artist

  • James Arthur
  • Julia Michaels
  • Logic
  • Rag'N'Bone Man
  • SZA
    (Honourable Mentions: Cashmere Cat, Kane Brown, Khalid, Lil Uzi Vert, Zara Larsson)

2025 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

( Boldface  = winner; Italics = runner-up) Game of the Year Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (François Meurisse) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach ...