Taylor Swift was the top winner at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards, held live from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday night.
The “The Fate of Ophelia” singer attended the Ludacris-hosted ceremony, which aired on Fox and can be heard on iHeartRadio stations across the country and the iHeartRadio app, with the most nominations, nine, leading the field for the fourth year in a row.
She left the night with the most wins at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards, with a total of seven. She was named Artist of the Year, and received additional awards including Music Video of the Year, Pop Song of the Year, Lyrics and more.
Swift stopped by the awards show, making her first appearance at the 2026 awards show, where her fiancé Travis Kelce also showed up to support her. During her acceptance speech for pop album of the year, tied for her 2025 record The life of a showgirlShe sang praises of her fiancé.
“Album The life of a showgirl I was really inspired by the energy I felt looking out into the crowds and seeing you guys and connecting with you every night. “And so the album came out with this energy of feeling really happy and strong and confident and free, and so I want to say thank you to the fans for giving me that feeling. Maybe this album also feels happy and confident and free because that’s the way I feel every day of my life, because of my fiancé, who’s here tonight,” Swift said.
Other major winners at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards included Alex Warren, who took home three awards, including Song of the Year, Best New Pop Artist and Favorite Debut Album. Best new artists were selected in various categories, including Ella Langley (country); The Real Boston Richie (hip-hop); Leon Thomas (R&B); gloomy (alternative); Sleep Theory (The Rock); Billy (Latin/urban pop); Los Dos de Tamaulipas (Mexico Regional); And Curtis (K-Pop).
Sabrina Carpenter was named Pop Artist of the Year, and Kendrick Lamar also received the same honor in the Hip-Hop category. Amy Allen won Songwriter of the Year, and Andrew Watt was named Producer of the Year.
Warren, Carpenter, and Bad Bunny went on to receive eight nominations each, with Swift, Carpenter, and Bad Bunny nominated for Artist of the Year alongside Lamar, Benson Boone, Chris Brown, Jelly Roll Lamar, Lady Gaga, Morgan Wallen, and Tate McRae.
The awards ceremony honored John Mellencamp with the iHeartRadio Icon Award along with Ludacris with the iHeartRadio Landmark Award, Miley Cyrus with the iHeartRadio Innovator Award, and Warren with the iHeartRadio Breakthrough Artist of the Year award. Ludacris and Warren also performed at the iHeartRadio Music Awards.
Additional artists include Kehlani, Lainey Wilson, Raye, TLC, Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue performing together for the first time. Also appearing on the show were Alyssa Liu, Ne-Yo, Nicole Scherzinger, Nikki Glaser, Somber and Weezer.
The 13th Annual iHeartRadio Music Awards celebrate the most played artists and songs on iHeartRadio stations and the iHeartRadio app throughout 2025. This year’s show is executive produced by Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jennaé Rouzan-Clay for Jesse Collins Entertainment (JCE) as well as John Sykes, Tom Poleman and Bart Peters for iHeartMedia and Fox Entertainment Studios.
Below is a complete list of this year’s iHeartRadio Music Awards winners.
Song of the year
“Anxiety” – Deutsche
“Good news” – Shabuzi
“Love Someone” – Morgan Wallen
“Luther” – Kendrick Lamar and SZA
“Manchild” – Sabrina Carpenter
“MUTT” – Leon Thomas
“Normal” – Alex Warren (WINNER)
“Sorry I’m here for someone else” – Benson Boone
“Stargazing” – Miles Smith
“The Fate of Ophelia” – Taylor Swift
Artist of the year
Bad bunny
Benson Boone
Chris Brown
Jelly roll
Kendrick Lamar
lady gaga
Morgan Wallen
Sabrina Carpenter
Tate McRae
Taylor Swift (winner)
Album of the year
Taylor Swift, “Life of a Showgirl” (winner)
Pop Artist of the Year
Alex Warren
Benson Boone
Sabrina Carpenter (WINNER)
Tate McRae
Taylor Swift
Pop song of the year
“Golden” – HUNTR/X, Ejae, Audrey Nona, Rei Ami
“Manchild” – Sabrina Carpenter
“Normal” – Alex Warren
“Pink Pony Club” – Chapelle Rouen
“The Fate of Ophelia” – Taylor Swift (WINNER)
Pop album of the year
Taylor Swift, “Life of a Showgirl” (winner)
Best New Artist (Pop)
Alex Warren (WINNER)
Jesse Murph
Miles Smith
Raven Lena
depressed
Duo/year group
Hunter/X, Ejay, Audrey Nona, Rey Amy (WINNER)
Linkin Park
Maroon 5
Shinedown
Twenty-one pilots
Best cooperation
“All The Way” – BigXthaPlug ft. Billy Zimmerman
“APT.” -Rosé and Bruno Mars (WINNER)
“Luther” – Kendrick Lamar and SZA
“Timeless” – The Weeknd ft. Playboi Carti
“WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME” – GloRilla ft. Sexy Red
Country song of the year
“After all the bars are closed” – Thomas Rhett
“Good News” – Shabuzi (WINNER)
“Liar” – Jelly Roll
“Love Someone” – Morgan Wallen
“Whiskey Drink” – Jason Aldean
Country Artist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Jelly roll
Lenny Wilson
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen (WINNER)
Best New Artist (Country)
Chase Matthew
Ella Langley (Winner)
Hudson Westbrook
Josh Ross
Zack top
Country album of the year
Morgan Wallen “I’m the Problem” (WINNER)
Hip-hop song of the year
“Luther” – Kendrick Lamar and SZA (winner)
“Nokia” – Drake
“Out There” – Cardi B
“The biggest” – BigXthaPlug
“WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME” – GloRilla ft. Sexy Red
Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
Cardi B
Gloriella
Kendrick Lamar (WINNER)
Playboy Carti
Tyler, the Creator
Best New Artist (Hip Hop)
sire
Pluto
Real Boston Richie (winner)
YKNIECE
Zaidi will
R&B song of the year
“Burning Blue” – Maria the Scientist
“Folded” – Kehlani (winner)
“MUTT” – Leon Thomas
“The Remains” – Chris Brown
“Somebody Love Me” – PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake
R&B Artist of the Year
Chris Brown (WINNER)
Kilani
Leon Thomas
Maria the scientist
SZA
Best New Artist (R&B)
Genevieve
being
Leon Thomas (winner)
Maria the scientist
Sailor
R&B album of the year
Leon Thomas, “PHOLKS” (WINNER)
World Artist of the Year
Ira Starr
Jackson Wang
JO1
Molly (winner)
Tila
Alternative song of the year
“Back to Friends” – Sad
“Ensenada” – Sublime (WINNER)
“The One-Eyed Bastard” – Green Day
“Stargazing” – Miles Smith
“Contract” – twenty-one pilots
Alternative Artist of the Year
Elephant cage
Green day
Linkin Park
Sublime
Twenty One Pilots (winner)
Best New Artist (Alternative)
Almost Monday
Gigi Perez
Lola Young
Role model
gloomy (winner)
Alternative album of the year
Sad, “I Barely Know Her” (WINNER)
Rock song of the year
“Afterlife” – fading away
Song “Bad Guy” – Falling in Reverse with Saraya
“Dance, baby, dance” – Shinedown
“Even if it kills me” – Papa Roach
“Heavy Is the Crown” – Linkin Park (WINNER)
Rock Artist of the Year
Linkin Park
Papa Roach
Shine Down (WINNER)
Sleep symbol
three days grace
Best New Artist (Rock)
Architects
Poppy
Back to the dust
Sleep Theory (WINNER)
Spirit box
Dance song of the year
“Blessings” – Calvin Harris feat. Clementine Douglas
“In My Arms” – Illenium and Hela
“No Broke Boys” – Disco Lines and Tinashe (WINNER)
“Save My Love” – Marshmello, Ellie Goulding and Avalon
“It Won’t Be Possible” – Tiësto, Odd Mob, Goodboys
Dance Artist of the Year
Calvin Harris
David Guetta (WINNER)
John Summitt
Martin Garrix
Tiesto
Dance album of the year
Lady Gaga, “Chaos” (WINNER)
Latin Pop/Urban Song of the Year
“The Angel” – Grupo Frontera and Romeo Santos
“Degenere” – Mickey and Benny Blanco’s horoscopes
“DtMF” – Bad Bunny (WINNER)
“Qué Pasaría…” – Rau Alejandro and Bad Bunny
“Sultera” – Shakira
Latin/Urban Pop Artist of the Year
Bad Bunny (WINNER)
Fayed
J Balvin
Carol J
Shakira
Latin/Urban Pop Album of the Year
Bad Bunny, “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” (WINNER)
Best New Artist (Latin Pop/Urban)
God is blooming
Billy (winner)
De la Rose
Dai F
Lewis BBM
Regional Mexican Song of the Year
“Amor Bonito” – Luis Ángel “El Flaco” (WINNER)
“El Amor de Mi Vida” – Caliber 50
“Flores” – Xavi
“Hicha pa mi” – Grupo Frontera
“Lejos Estamos Mejor” – Eden Muñoz
Regional Mexican Artist of the Year
Alejandro Fernandez
Karen Lyon
Fuerza Regida
Grupo Frontera (winner)
Luis Angel “El Flaco”
Best New Artist (Regional Mexican)
Clove special
Edgardo Nunez
Los Dos de Tamaulipas (Winner)
Oscar Maidon
Oscar Ortiz
Latin Pop/Urban Song of the Year
FORZA REGIDA “111XPANTIA” (WINNER)
K-Pop Artist of the Year
Jenny
J-Hope
Jane
Lisa
Rosie (winner)
This year’s K-Pop group
ATEEZ
Blackpink
Inhibin
Stray Kids (WINNER)
twice
K-pop song of the year
“APT.” -Rosé and Bruno Mars
“GOLDEN” – HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NONA, REI AMI (WINNER)
“Jump” – Blackpink
“Killin’ It Girl” – J-Hope feat. Gloriella
“Like Jenny” – Jenny
Best New Artist (K-Pop)
82Al-Raed
Project every day
Curtis (winner)
Hearts2Hearts
Movv
K-pop album of the year
Jenny, “Ruby” (WINNER)
Songwriter of the Year
Amy Allen (WINNER)
Ashley gurley
Cal Shapiro
Charlie is handsome
Julia Michaels
Product of the year
Andrew Watt (WINNER)
Dijon
Jack Antonoff
Max Martin and Shellback
sound wave
The Broadway favorite debuted
Ashley Graham, “Chicago”
Cheryl Porter for & Juliet
Durrell “Tank” Babs, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Gabrielle Neve Green, “Stranger Things: The First Shadow”
Jack Wolfe, “Hadestown”
Kelsey Watts, “Six! The Musical”
Lincia Kebede, “The Wicked”
Lizzie McAlpine for “Floyd Collins”
Meg Donnelly, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
Ne-Yo, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Tom Felton, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” (winner)
Trisha Paytas, “Beetlejuice”
Favorite tik tok dance
“Mantra” – Lady Gaga
“Narly” – katsi
“He goes!” – Curtis
“Happens to Me” – Russell Dickerson
“Jump” – Blackpink
“Like Jenny” – Jenny
“Midnight Sun” – Zara Larsson
“Mona Lisa” – J-Hope (WINNER)
“The Revolving Door” – Tate McRae
“Spaghetti” – Lou Seraphim, J-Hope
“The Fate of Ophelia” – Taylor Swift
Favorite first album
Addison Rae “Addison”
Alex Warren, “You’ll Be Alright, Boy” (WINNER)
Audrey Huppert, “Who’s the Clown?”
Callum Hood, “Order is Order Chaos”
Coco Jones, “Why Not More?”
Jade, “This is a showbiz baby!”
Jenny “Ruby”
Lisa, “Alter Ego”
Michael Clifford, “SIDEQUEST”
Perry “Perry”
Sad, “I hardly know her.”
Tucker Whitmore, “What Shouldn’t”
Best songs
“Anxiety” – Deutsche
“Uninhabitable Bailey” – Bad Bunny
“Camera” – Ed Sheeran
“Texas Choice” – Ella Langley
“Daisies” – Justin Bieber
“Golden” – HUNTR/X, Ejae, Audrey Nona, Rei Ami
“The Man I Need” – Olivia Deen
“Manchild” – Sabrina Carpenter
“Normal” – Alex Warren
“The Fate of Ophelia” – Taylor Swift (WINNER)
“Undressed” – sad
“Where is my husband!” – opinion
Best music video
“Mantra” – Lady Gaga
“Uninhabitable Bailey” – Bad Bunny
“Born Again” – Lisa’s song. Doja Cat and Ray
“Gabriella” – Katsi
“Jump” – Blackpink
“Like Jenny” – Jenny
“Manchild” – Sabrina Carpenter
“Normal” – Alex Warren
“Sapphire” – Ed Sheeran
“Shake to the Max (FLY) (Remix)” – Molly, Shenseea, Skillbing, Silent Adie
“The Fate of Ophelia” – Taylor Swift (WINNER)
“Toxic to the end” – Rosie
Favorites on screen
AJ MacLean, Nicole Scherzinger, Liam Payne, Kelly Rowland, “Building the Band”
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo for “Wicked: For Good”
Bad Bunny, “Happy Gilmore 2”
Becky G, “Rebecca”
Ed Sheeran, “One Shot with Ed Sheeran: A Musical Experience”
Jimin and Jungkook “Are you sure?!” (winner)
Jonas Brothers, “A Very Jonas Christmas Movie”
Carol Gee, “Carole Gee: Tomorrow Was Beautiful”
Lady Gaga “Wednesday”
Lisa “White Lotus”
Taylor Swift, “Taylor Swift | Tour of the Ages | End of an Era”
Zara Larsson for “Up Close”
Favorite travel photographer
Abby Weisler for Gracie Abrams
Adam DeGross for Post Malone
Anna Lee for Coldplay
Beth to Tate McRae
Chris Cornejo for Shakira
Cynthia Parkhurst to Katy Perry
Henry Howe by Billie Eilish
Highly for the Weeknd
Joshua Halling for Oasis
Rahul Bhatt for KATSEYE (winner)
Thomas Falcon by Shawn Mendes
Tom Pallant for YUNGBLUD
Favorite soundtrack
“A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (Original Soundtrack)”
“F1 album”
“Frankenstein (Netflix movie soundtrack)”
“K-Pop Demon Hunters” (WINNER)
“Nobody Wants This Season 2: Soundtrack”
“Sinners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)”
“The Smurfs Movie Soundtrack (Music Inspired by)”
“Springsteen: Save me from nowhere”
“Tron: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)”
“Bad Guys: For Good – Soundtrack”
“Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires (Original Soundtrack)”
Preferred tour style
Bad Bunny, “DeBí TiRaR MáS FOtoS World Tour”
Beyoncé on the Cowboy Carter Tour
Billie Eilish, “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour”
BLACKPINK, “Deadline World Tour”
Dua Lipa, “Radical Optimism Tour”
Ella Langley, “Still Hungry Tour”
Katsi, “Beautiful Chaos Tour”
Lady Gaga, “Chaos Ball”
Sabrina Carpenter, “Short and Sweet Tour”
Tate McRae, “Miss Possessive Tour”
Taylor Swift, “Taylor Swift | Tour for the Ages” (WINNER)
Zara Larsson, “Midnight Sun Tour”
Favorite tour imitation
Benson Bone, cover song
Beyoncé, Blue Ivy and Rumi on stage
Billie Eilish, “When the Party’s Over” silent episode.
Coldplay, Crowdcam (WINNER)
Dua Lipa is a surprise guest
Jonas Brothers, surprise guest
Katsi, break dance “Gnarly”.
Lenny Wilson, Cowgirl by Night
Role model, Sally
Sabrina Carpenter, “Juno” Celebrity Arrested.
Tate McRae, fan cam on stage
Zara Larsson, star of Lush Life
Favorite K-pop collaboration
“Blink” – TWICE’s Corbyn Bison and Tzuyu
“Born Again” – Lisa’s song. Doja Cat and Ray
“Buck” – Jackson Wang feat. Diljit Dosanjh
“Confessions” – Flo Rida, Hisung, and Jake of Inhipen, Paul Russell
“Dirty Work” – Espa’s work. If he is bored
“Extral” – Jenny, Deutsche
“Eyes Closed” – Jisoo and Zayn
“Illegal + Seventeen” – PinkPantheress, Seventeen
“On My Mind” – Alex Warren & Rosé
“Sweet Dreams (feat. Miguel)” – J-Hope, Miguel (WINNER)
“Too Bad” – G-Dragon’s song. Anderson .Paak
“We Pray (Twice Version)” – Coldplay, Twice, Burna Boy, Ileana, Teenie, Little Sims
