2015 Radio Disney Music Awards

2015 Radio Disney Music Awards
Date	April 25, 2015 (ceremony) April 26, 2015 (aired)
Location	Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	Zendaya[1]
Television/Radio coverage
Network	Radio Disney and Disney Channel
Viewership	3.2 million

The 2015 Radio Disney Music Awards were held and filmed on April 25, 2015, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was premiered on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 8/7c on Radio Disney and Disney Channel. For the first time, the broadcast nominees for the awards show were announced in a televised special, Disney Channel Presents the 2015 RDMA Nomination Special, on 27 February 2015 on Disney Channel.^[2] All categories and nominees were highlighted on the Radio Disney’s 2015 RDMA Nomination Special, a two-hour on-air programming feature that was aired the next day.^[3]

The main show included Fifth Harmony, Nick Jonas, Becky G, R5, Natalie La Rose, Sheppard, Rachel Platten, Tori Kelly, Shawn Mendes and Sabrina Carpenter.^[4] The opening act was performed by The Fooo Conspiracy, Jessica Sanchez, Jacquie Lee, Sweet Suspense and Alex Angelo^[5][6]

Performers

Pre-show

• The Fooo Conspiracy – "Roller Coaster"
• Kelsea Ballerini – "Dibs"
• Jacquie Lee – "Tears Fall"
• Alex Angelo – "Move Like This"
• Sweet Suspense – "Like a Girl"

Main show

• Fifth Harmony – "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" / "Worth It"
• Nick Jonas – "Chains" / "Jealous"
• Sabrina Carpenter – "We'll Be The Stars" / "Eyes Wide Open"
• Rachel Platten – "Fight Song"
• Tori Kelly – "Nobody Love"
• R5 – "Smile" / "Let's Not Be Alone Tonight"
• Becky G – "Lovin' So Hard" / "Shower"
• Natalie La Rose – "Somebody"
• Shawn Mendes – "Something Big"
• Sheppard – "Geronimo"

Presenters

• Ashley Benson
• Fifth Harmony^[7]
• Carly Rae Jepsen^[7]
• Chelsea Kane^[7]
• Joe Jonas^[7]
• The cast of Teen Beach 2:^[7]
  • Garrett Clayton
  • Grace Phipps
  • Chrissie Fit
• Sweet Suspense^[7]
• Kelsea Ballerini^[7]
• Laura Marano^[8]
• Rachel Platten^[9]
• The cast of Black-ish:^[7]
  • Yara Shahidi
  • Marcus Sribner
  • Miles Brown
  • Marsai Martin
• Rowan Blanchard^[4]
• Ben Savage^[4]
• Jacquie Lee^[4]
• Olivia Holt^[4]
• Dove Cameron^[4]
• The cast of Dancing with the Stars:^[4]
  • Rumer Willis
  • Val Chmerkovskiy
  • Chris Soules
  • Witney Carson
  • Carrie Ann Inaba
• Brent Riviera^[4]
• Jacob Whitesides^[4]
• Carla Maldonado
• Hailee Steinfeld^[4]
• Brooke Taylor^[4]
• Candace Huckeba^[4]
• The cast of The Fosters:^[4]
  • Maia Mitchell
  • David Lambert
  • Hayden Byerly
  • Cierra Ramirez
• The cast of K.C. Undercover:^[7]
  • Kadeem Hardison
  • Tammy Townsend
  • Veronica Dunne
  • Kamil Mcfadden
  • Trinitee Stokes

Nominees

The nominees were announced on February 27, 2015.^[3][10]

Best Female Artist Ariana Grande Meghan Trainor Taylor Swift Best Male Artist Ed Sheeran Nick Jonas Pharrell Williams Best Music Group Fifth Harmony One Direction 5 Seconds of Summer Best New Artist Charli XCX Echosmith Shawn Mendes Fiercest Fans Harmonizers - Fifth Harmony Directioners - One Direction R5Family - R5 Song of the Year "Problem" - Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea "All About That Bass" - Meghan Trainor "Shake It Off" - Taylor Swift Radio Disney's Most Talked About Artist Ariana Grande @arianagrande Taylor Swift @taylorswift13 5 Seconds of Summer @5SOS Best Collaboration "Really Don't Care" - Demi Lovato feat. Cher Lloyd "Wrapped Up" - Olly Murs feat. Travie McCoy "Somebody To You" - The Vamps feat. Demi Lovato

Best Breakup Song "The Heart Wants What It Wants" - Selena Gomez "Really Don't Care" - Demi Lovato feat. Cher Lloyd "Heartbreak Heard Around the World" - Jacob Latimore feat. T-Pain Best Crush Song "Can't Blame a Girl for Trying" - Sabrina Carpenter "Jealous" - Nick Jonas "Steal My Girl" - One Direction Best Song to Rock Out to With Your BFF "Young Blood" - Bea Miller "Cool Kids" - Echosmith "Geronimo" - Sheppard Best Song That Makes You Smile "Sugar" - Maroon 5 "Happy" - Pharrell Williams "Smile" - R5 Catchiest New Song brought to you by Band-Aid "Shower" - Becky G "Boss" - Fifth Harmony "Classic" - MKTO Best Song to Dance To "Shake It Off" - Taylor Swift "All About That Bass" - Meghan Trainor "Too Cool To Dance" - Eden xo Artist with the Best Style Becky G Zendaya Ariana Grande Best Band 5 Seconds of Summer R5 The Vamps

Special awards

Jennifer Lopez for Hero Award in recognition of her charity work throughout the world.

Compilation album

A compilation album featuring various 2015 RDMA nominees was released on April 21, 2015, through Walt Disney Records.^[11]

Radio Disney Music Awards[11]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"All About That Bass" (RD Version)	Meghan Trainor Kevin Kadish	Meghan Trainor	3:07
2.	"Problem" (featuring Iggy Azalea)	Ariana Grande Max Martin Savan Kotecha Ilya Salmanzadeh Amethyst Kelly	Ariana Grande	3:13
3.	"The Heart Wants What It Wants" (RD Version)	Selena Gomez Antonina Armato Tim James David Jost	Selena Gomez	3:31
4.	"Chains" (RD Version)	Jason Evigan Danny Parker Ammar Malik	Nick Jonas	3:22
5.	"Boss" (RD Version)	Taylor Parks Jacob Kasher Hindlin Daniel Kyriakides Eric Frederic Joseph Spargur Gamal Lewis	Fifth Harmony	2:50
6.	"Let's Not Be Alone (Alright)" (RD Version)	Savan Kotecha Kristian Lundin Johan Carlsson Carl Falk	R5	2:54
7.	"Shower"	Lukasz Gottwald Henry Walter Rebbeca Gomez Theron Thomas Timothy Thomas	Becky G	3:26
8.	"Can't Blame A Girl For Trying"	Meghan Trainor Al Anderson Chris Gelbuda	Sabrina Carpenter	2:49
9.	"Cool Kids"	Graham Sierota Jamie Sierota Noah Sierota Sydney Sierota Jeffrey Sierota Jesiah Dzwonek	Echosmith	3:57
10.	"Really Don't Care" (featuring Cher Lloyd) (RD Version)	Carl Falk Rami Yacoub Savan Kotecha Demi Lovato Cher Lloyd	Demi Lovato	3:20
11.	"American Dream"	Emanuel Kiriakou Lindy Robbins Evan Bogart Andrew Goldstein	MKTO	3:44
12.	"Somebody to You" (featuring Demi Lovato)	Savan Kotecha Kristian Lundin Carl Falk	The Vamps	3:02
13.	"Move Like This"	Alex Angelo Dakari	Alex Angelo	3:12
14.	"Young Blood" (DJ Mike D Remix)	Mike Del Rio Pheobe Ryan Matt Parad Beatrice Miller	Bea Miller	3:13
15.	"Wrapped Up" (Live)	Oliver Murs Stephen Robson Claude Kelly	Olly Murs	3:01
Total length:				49:09

References

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