The iHeartRadio awards aired on Sunday, March 29th at 8pm on NBC. They were hosted by the actor, comedian, and music artist Jamie Foxx. At this event, Taylor Swift came out on top winning three awards. Here are the rest of the winners for this year’s iHeartRadio Awards.
Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake won the iHeart Radio Innovator Award. According to iHeartRadio, the Innovator Award is the most prestigious award of the evening. He was awarded because of his music and his contributions to the music industry. Way to go Justin!
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift’s first award of the night was Artist of the Year. She was up against artists like Ariana Grande, Iggy Azalea, Luke Bryan, and Sam Smith. She was well deserving of this award because she did have a great musical year and if she keeps going at this rate, she’ll have many more.
“Shake It Off” – Taylor Swift
This was Taylor’s second win of the night. “Shake It Off” won song of the year. I wasn’t surprised about this win. Every time you turn on the radio this song is playing, and whenever Taylor is on a talk show, she walks out to this song.
“Bang Bang” – Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj
This popular song won for “Best Collaboration”. It was up against other songs like “Dark Horse”, “Fancy”, “Problemand”, “Talk Dirty”. Out of all of the others nominated, “Bang Bang” gets the most plays on the radio.
Sam Smith
Sam Smith won Best New Artist. This was a very well deserved award for him. Since he came out he has been topping the charts with his music.
“Burnin’ It Down” – Jason Aldean
I’m not much of a fan of country so I don’t know much about this song, but Aldean came out winner of the Country Song of the Year award. He beat out artists like Lady Antebellum, Florida Georgia Line, Eric Church, and Luke Bryan.
“Don’t Tell ‘Em” – Jeremih ft. YG
This song won the Hip Hop/ R&B Song of the Year. It beat out other nominees such as “Drunk In Love” (WOW), “Flawless” (WOW AGAIN), “Loyal” and “New Flame”.
“Summer” – Calvin Harris
Calvin’s song won Dance Song of the Year. It’s a really catchy song and it really does make you want to dance. Great win!
“Take Me to Church” – Hozier
“Take Me to Church” won Alternative Rock Song of the Year. I’m not into rock either, but he beat out artists like KONGOS, Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys and Foo Fighters.
“Blank Space” – Taylor Swift
This is the third award of the night for Taylor Swift. She won for Best Lyrics against “All of Me” by John Legend, “Counting Stars” by OneRepublic, “Habits (Stay High)”- Tove Lo, “Stay With Me” by Sam Smith (WOW), and “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran (WOW AGAIN).
5SOSFAM- 5 Seconds of Summer
This fan club beat out the Bey Hive for Best Fan Army.
Brantley Gilbert
Brantley won the Renegade Award. This award is for standout artists who have “broken boundaries while staying true to themselves.” Congrats to him.
Edited by Toni Moy
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