American music awards show
TheiHeartRadio Music Awards is an American music awards show that celebrates music heard throughout the year acrossiHeartMedia radio stations nationwide and on iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia's digital music platform.[ 2] Founded byiHeartRadio in 2014, the event recognizes the most popular artists and music over the previous year. Winners are chosen per cumulative performance data, while the public is able to vote in several categories.[ 3]
Theinaugural event was held on May 1, 2014, at theShrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Its first two years were broadcast live onNBC ; from 2016 to 2018, it was simulcast onTBS ,TNT andTruTV .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] Since the2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards , the ceremony has aired onFox . The trophy is manufactured by the New York firmSociety Awards .
Taylor Swift is the most awarded artist in the history of the iHeartRadio Music Awards, having won 34 awards between 2015 and 2025.
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 fromBigChampagne andShazam . TheiHeartRadio Countdown , the two-hour weekly program, highlights the top 20contemporary hit radio songs in the iHeartRadio Chart. The latter is supplied and compiled byMediabase .[ 7] In addition, every public-voting category (nine in 2018),[ 8] includes socialhashtags as the primary voting mechanism.[ 9]
Most recent iHeartRadio Music Award winners
The categories cover an array of genres, including pop, alternative rock, hip-hop, R&B, Latin and regional Mexican music.[ 22] [ 23] Public-voting categories through social media are indicated with a double dagger (‡).
Current award categories [ edit ] Song of the Year (2014–present) Artist of the Year (2014–2015, 2023–present)Best Collaboration (2014–present) Pop Song of the Year (2025-present) Pop Artist of the Year (2024-present) Best New Pop Artist (2017–present) Alternative Rock Song of the Year (2014–present) Alternative Rock Artist of the Year (2016–present) Best New Rock/Alternative Rock Artist (2017–present) Rock Song of the Year (2016–present) Rock Artist of the Year (2016–present) Country Song of the Year (2014–present) Country Artist of the Year (2016–present) Best New Country Artist (2017–present) Dance Song of the Year (2015–present) Dance Artist of the Year (2016–present) Hip-Hop Song of the Year (2016–present) Hip-Hop Artist of the Year (2016–present) Best New Hip-Hop Artist (2017–present) R&B Song of the Year (2016–present) R&B Artist of the Year (2016–present) Best New R&B Artist (2017–present) Latin Pop/Urban Song of the Year (2016–present) Latin Pop/Urban Artist of the Year (2016–present) Best New Latin Pop/Urban Artist (2017–present) Regional Mexican Song of the Year (2016–present) Regional Mexican Artist of the Year (2016–present) Best New Regional Mexican Artist (2025-present) K-Pop Artist of the Year (2024–present) K-Pop Song of the Year (2025-present) Best New K-Pop Artist (2024–present) Producer of the Year (2017–present) Songwriter of the Year (2019-present) World Artist of the Year (2025-present) Best Lyrics (2014–present) ‡ Best Music Video (2017–present) ‡Favorite On Screen (2025-present) ‡ Favorite Tour Photographer (2019-present) ‡ Favorite Tour Style (2025-present) ‡ Favorite Tour Tradition (2025-present) ‡ Favorite Surprise Guest (2025-present) ‡ Favorite K-Pop Dance Challenge (2025-present) ‡ Favorite Broadway Debut (2025-present) ‡ Favorite Soundtrack (2025-present) ‡ Past award categories [ edit ] 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 Boy Band (2018) ‡ Best Remix (2018) ‡ iHeartRadio Innovator Award [ edit ] The honor is presented to artists for their contribution to popular culture.[ 24]
iHeartRadio Icon Award [ edit ] iHeartRadio Landmark Award [ edit ] Artist of the Decade [ edit ] Tour of the Century [ edit ] Multiple wins and nominations [ edit ] Most wins (as of 2025)
Most nominations (as of 2025)
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