iHeartRadio Music Awards | |
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Current: 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards | |
Awarded for | Performance in music platforms and radio airplay, recognizing artists and listeners [1] |
Country | United States |
First awarded | May 1, 2014 |
Most awards | Taylor Swift (25) |
Most nominations | Taylor Swift (53) |
Website | https://www.iheart.com/music-awards/ |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | NBC (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. [2] 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. [3]
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. [4] [5] [6] 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.
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. [7] In addition, every public-voting category (nine in 2018), [8] includes social hashtags as the primary voting mechanism. [9]
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The categories cover an array of genres, including pop, alternative rock, hip-hop, R&B, Latin and regional Mexican music. [21] [22] Public-voting categories through social media are indicated with a double dagger (‡).
The honor is presented to artists for their contribution to popular culture. [23]
Most wins (as of 2024)
Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
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Artist | Taylor Swift | Drake | BTS | The Chainsmokers | Harry Styles, twenty one pilots |
Total | 25 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 |
Most nominations (as of 2024)
Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
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Artist | Taylor Swift | Drake | Justin Bieber | Ariana Grande | Rihanna |
Total | 53 | 48 | 41 | 35 | 30 |
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