iHeartRadio Music Awards 2016 (Winners)

Including Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Drake, The Weeknd, Fetty Wap and more.

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The 2016, and third annual iHeartRadio Music Awards was held on April 3 and was televised live on TBS, TNT and truTV. Taking place at The Forum in Inglewood, California, it was hosted by Jason Derulo. Taylor Swift and The Weeknd was nominated for seven categories while Adele was nominated with five. Adele took home Song of the Year with “Hello”; Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift won Male and Female Artists of the Year respectively. Fetty Wap was the Best New Artist and Taylor Swift’s 1989 won Album of the Year. Check out all the winners of the awards show below.

Song of the Year
“Blank Space” – Taylor Swift
“Can’t Feel My Face” – The Weeknd
“Hello” – Adele WINNER
“Shut Up and Dance” – WALK THE MOON
“Uptown Funk” – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars

Female Artist of the Year
Adele
Carrie Underwood
Meghan Trainor
Selena Gomez
Taylor Swift WINNER

Male Artist of the Year
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber WINNER
Luke Bryan
Sam Smith
The Weeknd

Best New Artist
Fetty Wap WINNER
Hozier
Sam Hunt
Shawn Mendes
Tove Lo

Best Duo/Group of the Year
Fall Out Boy
Maroon 5 WINNER
One Direction
WALK THE MOON
Zac Brown Band

Album of the Year
1989 – Taylor Swift WINNER
25 – Adele
Beauty Behind the Madness – The Weeknd
In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
X – Ed Sheeran

Music’s Hottest Breakout Artists
Best Tour
Foo Fighters
Garth Brooks
Luke Bryan
Taylor Swift WINNER
U2

Alternative Rock Artist of the Year
AWOLNATION
Foo Fighters
Muse
Twenty One Pilots WINNER
X Ambassadors

Alternative Rock Song of the Year
“Cigarette Daydreams” – Cage The Elephant
“Ex’s & Oh’s” – Elle King
“Renegades” – X Ambassadors
“Shut Up and Dance” – WALK THE MOON
“Stressed Out” – Twenty One Pilots WINNER

Rock Artist of the Year
Breaking Benjamin
Disturbed
Five Finger Death Punch
Foo Fighters WINNER
Three Days Grace

Rock Song of the Year
“Cut The Cord” – Shinedown
“Failure” – Breaking Benjamin
“Footsteps” – Pop Evil
“Heavy Is The Head” – Zac Brown Band featuring Chris Cornell WINNER
“I Am Machine” – Three Days Grace

Dance Song of the Year
“Hey Mama” – David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack
“Lean On” – Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MØ
“Waves” – Mr. Probz
“Where Are Ü Now” – Skrillex & Diplo with Justin Bieber WINNER
“You Know You Like It” – DJ Snake & AlunaGeorge

Dance Artist of the Year
Calvin Harris WINNER
David Guetta
Major Lazer
Skrillex & Diplo
Zedd

Hip Hop Song of the Year
“Blessings” – Big Sean featuring Drake & Kanye West
“Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)” – Rich Homie Quan
“Hotline Bling” – Drake WINNER
“Trap Queen” – Fetty Wap
“Truffle Butter” – Nicki Minaj featuring Drake & Lil Wayne

Hip Hop Artist of the Year
Big Sean
Drake WINNER
Fetty Wap
Future
J. Cole

R&B Song of the Year
“Bitch Better Have My Money” – Rihanna
“Earned It” – The Weeknd WINNER
“Planes” – Jeremih featuring J. Cole
“Post To Be” – Omarion featuring Chris Brown & Jhene Aiko
“The Hills” – The Weeknd

R&B Artist of the Year
Beyoncé
Chris Brown WINNER
The Weeknd
Trey Songz
Usher

Latin Song of the Year
“Ay Vamos” – J Balvin
“El Perdón” – Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias WINNER
“Hilito” – Romeo Santos
“La Gozadera” – Gente De Zona featuring Marc Anthony
“Mi Verdad” – Maná featuring Shakira

Latin Artist of the Year
Enrique Iglesias
J Balvin
Nicky Jam
Pitbull WINNER
Prince Royce

Best Lyrics
“Die A Happy Man” – Thomas Rhett
“Fight Song” – Rachel Platten WINNER
“Hello” – Adele
“Photograph” – Ed Sheeran
“See You Again” – Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth

Best Collaboration
“Bad Blood” – Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar
“Like I’m Gonna Lose You” – Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend
“See You Again” – Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
“Uptown Funk” – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars WINNER
“Where Are Ü Now” – Skrillex & Diplo with Justin Bieber

Best Cover Song
1989 (Album in Full) – Ryan Adams covering Taylor Swift
“Bad Blood” – Alessia Cara covering Taylor Swift
“Bitch Better Have My Money” – Kelly Clarkson covering Rihanna
“Cheerleader” – Pentatonix covering Omi
“Hands To Myself/Sorry” – Troye Sivan covering Selena Gomez And Justin Bieber
“Hello” – Demi Lovato covering Adele
“Hotline Bling” – Justin Bieber covering Drake
“Hotline Bling” – Sam Smith & Disclosure covering Drake
“Trap Queen” – Ed Sheeran covering Fetty Wap
“Uptown Funk” – Fifth Harmony, Jasmine V, Jacob Whitesides and Mahogany Lox covering Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars WINNER

Best Song from a Movie
“Earned It” – The Weeknd (50 Shades of Grey)
“Love Me Like You Do” – Ellie Goulding (50 Shades of Grey)
“See You Again” – Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth (Furious 7)
“Til It Happens To You” – Lady Gaga (The Hunting Ground) WINNER
“Writing’s On The Wall” – Sam Smith (Spectre)

Most Meme-able Moment
Adele and all of the “Hello” memes (Lionel Richie, Miss Piggy, Etc.)
Drake and “Hotline Bling”
Katy Perry and the Left Shark (from Super Bowl 49)
Kanye West and Kanye For President / Kanye 2020
Taylor Swift’s “Crazy Girl” with Running Mascara (from “Blank Space” video) WINNER

Triple Threat
Lady Gaga – Singer/Actor/Activist
Hailee Steinfeld – Singer/Actor/Model
Jason Derulo – Singer/Host/Dancer
Jennifer Lopez – Singer/Actor/Dancer
Justin Timberlake – Singer/Actor/Dancer
Nick Jonas – Singer/Actor/Model
Selena Gomez – Singer/Actor/Dancer WINNER
Troye Sivan – Singer/Actor/YouTuber
Usher – Singer/Actor/Dancer
Zendaya – Singer/Actor/Dancer

Best Fan Army
5 Seconds of Summer – 5SOSFam
Adam Lambert – Glamberts
Ariana Grande – Arianators
Demi Lovato – Lovatics
Fifth Harmony – Harmonizers
Justin Bieber – Beliebers WINNER
Little Mix – Mixers
Nicki Minaj – Barbz
One Direction – Directioners
Selena Gomez – Selenators
Shawn Mendes – Mendes Army
Taylor Swift – Swifties

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