iHeartRadio Awards' Final Best New Artist Nominees Revealed -- Chance the Rapper, The Chainsmokers and More
Just seven remain!
The iHeartRadio Music Awards have pared down their Best New Artist presented by the all-new 2017 Subaru Impreza® nominees from the initial seven category list of genre-distinguished nominees to seven finalists -- one from each of the initial categories.
Chance the Rapper is the hip-hop nominee, while Kelsea Ballerini edged out Chris Stapleton for the country music nod, and The Chainsmokers took the pop nomination over Zayn Malik.
See the list below for the Best New Artist finalists and their categories.
Rock/Alt Rock: The Strumbellas
Country: Kelsea Ballerini
Hip-Hop: Chance the Rapper
Latin: CNCO
Regional Mexican: Joss Favela
Pop: The Chainsmokers
R&B: Bryson Tiller
Guess we'll have to tune in to see who takes home top honors!
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The iHeartRadio Music Awards will be televised live on Sunday, March 5 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on TBS, TNT and tru TV.
Watch the video below for the text Drake sent Chance after his big GRAMMYs night.