The singer-songwriter received the night’s most coveted award, an accolade previously awarded to Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys, and Pharrell Williams.
iHeartRadio Music Awards once again celebrated the milestones of artists who made the most impact across airwaves. Held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, this year’s biggest winners include Taylor Swift, who has been nominated for ten categories, Harry Styles, who was absent from the show because of his Love on Tour commitments, and Pink, who took home the Icon Award.
Hosted by Lenny Kravitz, iHeartRadio Music Awards was broadcasted live on Fox. Taylor Swift, who has recently kicked off her stadium tour, The Eras Tour, made a quick pit stop to accept her Innovator Award, which was presented by Phoebe Bridgers. In her speech, the multi-hyphenated musician joked about how she never really woken up and chose to innovate. Instead, to become the best version of herself—and the songs she made—she allowed herself to make mistakes.
“What I did do was try to make the right decision for me at the time, whether or not it had ever been successfully done before. I really want everyone to know, especially young people, that the hundreds or thousands of dumb ideas that I’ve had led me to my good ideas. You have to give yourself the permission to fail.”
2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards: List of Winners
Here’s the complete list of winners for this year’s iHeartRadio Music Awards:
- Song of the Year: Anti-Hero (Taylor Swift)
- Artist of the Year: Harry Styles
- Best Duo/Group of the Year: Imagine Dragons
- Best Collaboration: Unholy (Sam Smith & Kim Petras)
- Best New Pop Artist: Jax
- Country Song of The Year: She Had Me At Heads Carolina (Cole Swindell)
- Country Artist of the Year: Morgan Wallen
- Best New Country Artist: Cody Johnson
- Afrobeats Artist of the Year: Tems & Wizkid
- Hip-Hop Song of the Year: Wait For U (Future Ft. Drake & Tems)
- Hip-Hop Artist of the Year: Drake
- Best New Hip-Hop Artists: Glorilla & Latto
- R&B Song of the Year: I Hate U (Sza)
- R&B Artist of the Year: Sza
- Best New R&B Artist: Muni Long
- Alternative Song of the Year: Enemy (From the series Arcane League of Legends) (Imagine Dragons)
- Alternative Artist of the Year: Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Best New Artist (Alternative & Rock): Giovannie and The Hired Guns
- Rock Song of the Year: Black Summer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Rock Artist of the Year: Papa Roach
- Dance Song of the Year: I’m Good (Blue) (David Guetta & Bebe Rexha)
- Dance Artist of the Year: Anabel Englund
- Latin Pop/Reggaeton Song of the Year: Mamiii (Becky G & Karol G)
- Latin Pop/Reggaeton Artist of the Year: Bad Bunny
- Regional Mexican Song of the Year: Cómo Te Olvido (La Arrolladora Banda El Limón De René Camacho)
- Regional Mexican Artist of the Year: Grupo Firme
- Best New Latin Artist: Kali Uchis
- Best Lyrics (Socially Voted Category): Anti-Hero (Taylor Swift)
- Best Music Video (Socially Voted Category): Yet to Come (Bts)
- Best Fan Army (Socially Voted Category): Bts Army (Bts)
- Social Star Award (Socially Voted Category): Jvke
- Favorite Tour Photographer (Socially Voted Category): Harry Styles (Lloyd Wakefield)
- TikTok Bop of the Year (Socially Voted Category): Bejeweled (Taylor Swift)
- Favorite Documentary (Socially Voted Category): Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me (Selena Gomez)
- Favorite Tour Style (Socially Voted Category): Harry Styles
- Favorite Residency (Socially Voted Category): Love on Tour (Harry Styles)
- Favorite Use of A Sample (Socially Voted Category): Taylor Swift’s “Question…? (Sampled Taylor Swift’s “Out of The Woods”)
- Most Played Titanium Award: Doja Cat
Cover image credit: iHeartRadio
