IHeartRadio Music Awards


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 on Fox. The trophy is manufactured by the New York firm Society Awards.
Due to the ongoing international coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 ceremony has been postponed.

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, includes social hashtags as the primary voting mechanism.

List of ceremonies

Award categories

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

iHeartRadio Innovator Award

The honor is presented to artists for their contribution to popular culture.
Most wins
Rank1st2nd3rd4th5th
ArtistDrakeTaylor SwiftBruno MarsRihannaAriana Grande
Total1110986

Most nominations
Rank1st2nd3rd4th5th + 6th7th8th9th10th11th
ArtistDrakeAriana GrandeTaylor SwiftRihannaCardi B & Shawn MendesThe ChainsmokersEd SheeranCamila CabelloBruno MarsCalvin Harris
Total32282725232220161311

Performances