iHeartRadio Music Awards

iHeartRadio Music Awards
Current: 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards
Official logo of the iHeartRadio Music Awards
Awarded forPerformance in music platforms and radio airplay, recognizing artists and listeners
CountryUnited States
First awardedMay 1, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-05-01)
Most awardsTaylor Swift (19)
Most nominationsDrake (44)
Websitehttps://www.iheart.com/music-awards/ Edit this on Wikidata
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNBC (2014–2015)
TBS, TNT and TruTV (2016–2018)
Fox (2019, 2021–present)
iHeartRadio (2020)

The iHeartRadio Music Awards is a music awards show that celebrates music heard throughout the year across iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide and on iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia's digital music platform. Founded by iHeartRadio in 2014, the event recognizes the most popular artists and music over the past year. Winners are chosen per cumulative performance data, while the public is able to vote in several categories.

The inaugural event was held on May 1, 2014, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Its first two years were broadcast live on NBC; from 2016 to 2018, it was simulcast on TBS, TNT and TruTV. The sixth annual iHeartRadio Music Awards were held on March 14, 2019, at Los Angeles' Microsoft Theater and was the first to air on Fox. The trophy is manufactured by the New York firm Society Awards.

Overview

The nominations are based on results from the iHeartRadio Chart. It includes listener feedback and performance data, according to airplay; digital streaming data from the iHeartRadio platform, including sales, social, online video data and tags from BigChampagne and Shazam. The iHeartRadio Countdown, the two-hour weekly program, highlights the top 20 contemporary hit radio songs in the iHeartRadio Chart. The latter is supplied and compiled by Mediabase. In addition, every public-voting category (nine in 2018), includes social hashtags as the primary voting mechanism.

List of ceremonies

Year Date Venue Host city Host Song of the Year winner Broadcaster Ref.
2014 May 1 Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles "Stay" – Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko NBC
2015 March 29 Jamie Foxx "Shake It Off" – Taylor Swift
2016 April 3 The Forum Inglewood Jason Derulo "Hello" – Adele TBS
TNT
TruTV
2017 March 5 Ryan Seacrest "Can't Stop the Feeling!" – Justin Timberlake
2018 March 11 DJ Khaled & Hailey Baldwin "Shape of You" – Ed Sheeran
2019 March 14 Microsoft Theater Los Angeles T-Pain "The Middle" — Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey Fox
2020 September 4–7 Virtual; various locations across the United States "Truth Hurts" — Lizzo iHeartRadio CHR stations
2021 May 27 Dolby Theatre Los Angeles Usher "Blinding Lights" – The Weeknd Fox
2022 March 22 Shrine Auditorium LL Cool J "Levitating" – Dua Lipa
2023 March 27 Dolby Theatre Lenny Kravitz "Anti-Hero" – Taylor Swift

Award categories

Most recent iHeartRadio Music Award winners
← 2022 March 27, 2023
 
Award Song of the Year Best Duo/Group of the Year
Winner Taylor Swift
("Anti-Hero")
Imagine Dragons
 
Award Artist of the Year
Winner Harry Styles

Previous Song of the Year

"Levitating"

Song of the Year

"Anti-Hero"

The categories cover an array of genres, including pop, alternative rock, hip-hop, R&B, Latin and regional Mexican music. Public-voting categories through social media are indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Current award categories

  • Song of the Year (2014–present)
  • Artist of the Year (2014–2015, 2023)
  • Female Artist of the Year (2016–present)
  • Male Artist of the Year (2016–present)
  • Best Duo/Group of the Year (2016–present)
  • Best New Artist (2014–present)
  • Best Collaboration (2014–present)
  • Pop Album of the Year (2017–present)
  • Best New Pop Artist (2017–present)
  • Alternative Rock Song of the Year (2014–present)
  • Alternative Rock Artist of the Year (2016–present)
  • Alternative Rock Album of the Year (2017–present)
  • Best New Rock/Alternative Rock Artist (2017–present)
  • Rock Song of the Year (2016–present)
  • Rock Artist of the Year (2016–present)
  • Rock Album of the Year (2017–present)
  • Country Song of the Year (2014–present)
  • Country Artist of the Year (2016–present)
  • Country Album of the Year (2017–present)
  • Best New Country Artist (2017–present)
  • Dance Song of the Year (2015–present)
  • Dance Artist of the Year (2016–present)
  • Dance Album of the Year (2017–present)
  • Hip-Hop Song of the Year (2016–present)
  • Hip-Hop Artist of the Year (2016–present)
  • Hip-Hop Album of the Year (2017–present)
  • iHeartRadio Chart Ruler Award (2022)
  • Best New Hip-Hop Artist (2017–present)
  • R&B Song of the Year (2016–present)
  • R&B Artist of the Year (2016–present)
  • R&B Album of the Year (2017–present)
  • Best New R&B Artist (2017–present)
  • Latin Song of the Year (2016–present)
  • Latin Artist of the Year (2016–present)
  • Latin Album of the Year (2017–present)
  • Best New Latin Artist (2017–present)
  • Regional Mexican Song of the Year (2016–present)
  • Regional Mexican Artist of the Year (2016–present)
  • Producer of the Year (2017–present)
  • Songwriter of the Year (2019)
  • Best Fan Army (2014–present) ‡
  • Best Lyrics (2014–present) ‡
  • Best Cover Song (2016–present) ‡
  • Best Music Video (2017–present) ‡
  • Social Star Award (2017–present) ‡
  • Cutest Musician Pet (2018–present) ‡
  • Best Solo Breakout (2017–present) ‡
  • Song That Left Us Shook (2019) ‡
  • Favorite Tour Photographer (2019) ‡
  • Best Tour (2016–present)
  • Label of the Year (2017–present)
  • Most Thumbed-Up Song of the Year (2017–present)
  • Most Thumbed-Up Artist of the Year (2017–present)

Past award categories

  • Best Song from a Movie (2016–2017) ‡
  • Best Underground Alternative Band (2017) ‡
  • Regional Mexican Album of the Year (2017)
  • Album of the Year (2016)
  • Biggest Triple Threat (2016) ‡
  • Most Meme-able Moment (2016) ‡
  • Hip-Hop/R&B Song of the Year (2014–2015)
  • EDM Song of the Year (2014)
  • Renegade (2015)
  • Instagram Award (2014)
  • Best New Regional Mexican Artist (2017–2018)
  • Best Boy Band (2018) ‡
  • Best Remix (2018) ‡

Special awards

iHeartRadio Innovator Award

The honor is presented to artists for their contribution to popular culture.

iHeartRadio Icon Award

Artist of the Decade

Fangirls Award

Young Influencer

Multiple wins and nominations

Most wins (as of 2023)

Rank 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Artist Taylor Swift Drake BTS The Chainsmokers Harry Styles,
twenty one pilots
Total 19 13 12 10 9

Most nominations (as of 2023)

Rank 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Artist Drake,

Taylor Swift

Justin Bieber Ariana Grande Rihanna
Total 44 41 35 30

Performances

Year Performers (chronologically)
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020 Cancelled
2021
2022
2023

See also


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