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. 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.
The main show included Fifth Harmony, Nick Jonas, Becky G, R5, Natalie La Rose, Sheppard, Rachel Platten, Tori Kelly, Shawn Mendes and Sabrina Carpenter. The opening act was performed by The Fooo Conspiracy, Jessica Sanchez, Jacquie Lee, Sweet Suspense and Alex Angelo
Performances Pre-show Artist(s) Song(s) The Fooo ConspiracyAuliʻi CravalhoAlessia CaraTally "Roller Coaster" Kelsea Ballerini "Dibs" Jacquie Lee "Tears Fall" Alex Angelo "Move Like This" Sweet Suspense "Like a Girl"
Main show Artist(s) Song(s) 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
Ashley Benson Fifth Harmony Carly Rae Jepsen Chelsea Kane Joe Jonas The cast of Teen Beach 2: Garrett Clayton Grace Phipps Chrissie Fit Sweet Suspense Kelsea Ballerini Laura Marano Rachel Platten The cast of Black-ish: Yara Shahidi Marcus Sribner Miles Brown Marsai Martin Rowan Blanchard Ben Savage Jacquie Lee Olivia Holt Dove Cameron The cast of Dancing with the Stars: Rumer Willis Val Chmerkovskiy Chris Soules Witney Carson Carrie Ann Inaba Brent Rivera Jacob Whitesides Carla Maldonado Hailee Steinfeld Brooke Taylor Candace Huckeba The cast of The Fosters: Maia Mitchell David Lambert Hayden Byerly Cierra Ramirez The cast of K.C. Undercover:<ref name=presenters/> Kadeem Hardison Tammy Townsend Veronica Dunne Kamil Mcfadden Trinitee Stokes
Winners and nominees The nominees were announced on February 27, 2015.
Best Female ArtistBest Male ArtistAriana Grande Meghan Trainor Taylor SwiftEd Sheeran Nick Jonas Pharrell WilliamsBest Music GroupBest New ArtistFifth Harmony One Direction 5 Seconds of SummerCharli XCX Echosmith Shawn MendesFiercest FansSong of the YearHarmonizers - Fifth Harmony Directioners - One Direction R5Family - R5"Problem" - Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea "All About That Bass" - Meghan Trainor "Shake It Off" - Taylor SwiftRadio Disney's Most Talked About ArtistBest CollaborationAriana 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 LovatoBest Breakup SongBest 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 DirectionBest Song to Rock Out to With Your BFFBest Song That Makes You Smile"Young Blood" - Bea Miller "Cool Kids" - Echosmith "Geronimo" - Sheppard"Sugar" - Maroon 5 "Happy" - Pharrell Williams "Smile" - R5Catchiest New Song brought to you by Band-AidBest 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 xoArtist with the Best StyleHero AwardBecky G Zendaya Ariana GrandeJennifer Lopez
Compilation album A compilation album featuring various 2015 RDMA nominees was released on April 21, 2015, through Walt Disney Records.
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