2015 Radio Disney Music Awards

Date| April 25, 2015 (ceremony)
April 26, 2015 (aired)
Location| Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by| Zendaya[1]
Most awards| Ariana Grande (3)
Television/radio coverage
Network| Radio Disney
Disney Channel
Viewership| 2.14 million
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The 2015 Radio Disney Music Awards were held and filmed on April 25, 2015, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. The show 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]

## Performances

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### Pre-show

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Artist(s)  | Song(s)

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The Fooo Conspiracy
Auliʻi Cravalho
Alessia Cara
Tally  | "Roller Coaster"
Kelsea Ballerini | "Dibs"
Jacquie Lee | "Tears Fall"
Alex Angelo  | "Move Like This"
Sweet Suspense  | "Like a Girl"

### Main show

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Artist(s)  | Song(s)

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Natalie La Rose | "Somebody"
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"
Shawn Mendes | "Something Big"
Sheppard | "Geronimo"

## Presenters

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* 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 Rivera[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

## Winners and nominees

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

Best Female Artist  | Best Male Artist

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* Ariana Grande
* Meghan Trainor
* Taylor Swift

* Ed Sheeran
* Nick Jonas
* Pharrell Williams

Best Music Group  | Best New Artist

* Fifth Harmony
* One Direction
* 5 Seconds of Summer

* Charli XCX
* Echosmith
* Shawn Mendes

Fiercest Fans  | Song of the Year

* Harmonizers - Fifth Harmony
* Directioners - One Direction
* R5Family - R5

* "Problem" - Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea
* "All About That Bass" - Meghan Trainor
* "Shake It Off" - Taylor Swift

Radio Disney's Most Talked About Artist  | Best Collaboration

* Ariana Grande @arianagrande
* Taylor Swift @taylorswift13
* 5 Seconds of Summer @5SOS

* "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  | Best Crush 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

* "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  | Best Song That Makes You Smile

* "Young Blood" - Bea Miller
* "Cool Kids" - Echosmith
* "Geronimo" - Sheppard

* "Sugar" - Maroon 5
* "Happy" - Pharrell Williams
* "Smile" - R5

Catchiest New Song brought to you by Band-Aid | Best Song to Dance To

* "Shower" - Becky G
* "Boss" - Fifth Harmony
* "Classic" - MKTO

* "Shake It Off" - Taylor Swift
* "All About That Bass" - Meghan Trainor
* "Too Cool To Dance" - Eden xo

Artist with the Best Style  | Hero Award

* Becky G
* Zendaya
* Ariana Grande

| Jennifer Lopez

## Compilation album

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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

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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
* David Jost
* Tim James

| Selena Gomez| 3:47
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"|

* Echosmith
* Jeffrey David
* 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"|

* Malcolm David Kelly
* Tony Oller
* Emmanuel Kirakou
* Andrew Goldstein
* Nathan Charles Blasdell

| 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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1. ^ "Zendaya Set to HOST 2015 Radio Disney Music Awards!". Fanlala. March 26, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
2. ^ "Radio Disney Awards Reveal 2015 Air Date". Billboard. January 29, 2015.
3. ^ a b "2015 RDMA Nominees". Disney.com. February 27, 2015.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "The 2015 Radio Disney Music Awards Are This Weekend". By Ou Magazine. April 21, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
5. ^ "Fuhu Continues Rockin' Collaboration With the Radio Disney Music Awards and Radio Disney Studios in i2015". Market Wired. August 23, 2006. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
6. ^ "Sweet Suspense Performing at the Pre-show". Twitter. April 21, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
7. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Presenters For The 2015 Radio Disney Music Awards Announced". Dis411. April 1, 2015.
8. ^ "Laura Marano Will Present at RDMA's 2015!". Danil News. August 23, 2006. Archived from the original on April 16, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
9. ^ Harp, Justin. "Jennifer Lopez to receive Radio Disney's Hero Award". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
10. ^ "2015 RDMA Nomination Special". Disney Life. February 26, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
11. ^ a b "iTunes (U.S.) - Music - Various Artists - Radio Disney Music Awards". iTunes (U.S.). April 21, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2015.

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