Kehlani, TLC, En Vogue, Salt-n-Pepa, Ludacris, and RAYE may have been among the megawatt music stars who shut down the stage at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Thursday (March 26), but they still couldn’t eclipse the night’s biggest star – its trophies!

Look inside to see who walked away with the coveted awards from this year’s ceremony.

Song of the Year 

Anxiety — Doechii 

Good News — Shaboozey 

Love Somebody — Morgan Wallen 

luther — Kendrick Lamar and SZA 

Manchild — Sabrina Carpenter 

MUTT — Leon Thomas 

Ordinary — Alex Warren — WINNER 

Sorry I’m Here For Someone Else — Benson Boone 

Stargazing — Myles 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 

Pop Artist of the Year 

Alex Warren 

Benson Boone 

Sabrina Carpenter 

Tate McRae 

Taylor Swift 

Pop Song of the Year 

Golden — HUNTR/X, EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami 

Manchild — Sabrina Carpenter 

Ordinary — Alex Warren 

Pink Pony Club — Chappell Roan 

The Fate of Ophelia — Taylor Swift 

Pop Best New Artist 

Alex Warren — WINNER 

Jessie Murph 

Myles Smith 

Ravyn Lenae 

sombr 

Duo/Group of the Year 

HUNTR/X, EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami 

Linkin Park 

Maroon 5 

Shinedown 

Twenty One Pilots 

Best Collaboration 

All The Way — BigXthaPlug ft. Bailey Zimmerman 

APT. — ROSÉ and Bruno Mars 

luther — Kendrick Lamar and SZA 

Timeless — The Weeknd ft. Playboi Carti 

WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME — GloRilla ft. Sexyy Red 

Country Song of the Year 

After All The Bars Are Closed — Thomas Rhett 

Good News — Shaboozey 

Liar — Jelly Roll 

Love Somebody — Morgan Wallen 

Whiskey Drink — Jason Aldean 

Country Artist of the Year 

Jason Aldean 

Jelly Roll 

Lainey Wilson 

Luke Combs 

Morgan Wallen 

Country Best New Artist 

Chase Matthew 

Ella Langley — WINNER 

Hudson Westbrook 

Josh Ross 

Zach Top 

Hip-Hop Song of the Year 

luther — Kendrick Lamar and SZA 

NOKIA — Drake 

Outside — Cardi B 

The Largest — BigXthaPlug 

WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME — GloRilla ft. Sexyy Red 

Hip-Hop Artist of the Year 

Cardi B 

GloRilla 

Kendrick Lamar 

Playboi Carti 

Tyler, The Creator 

Hip-Hop Best New Artist 

MOLIY 

PLUTO 

Real Boston Richey — WINNER 

YKNIECE 

ZEDDY WILL 

R&B Song of the Year 

Burning Blue — Mariah the Scientist 

Folded — Kehlani — WINNER 

MUTT — Leon Thomas 

Residuals — Chris Brown 

SOMEBODY LOVES ME — PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake 

R&B Artist of the Year 

Chris Brown 

Kehlani 

Leon Thomas 

Mariah the Scientist 

SZA 

R&B Best New Artist 

Jenevieve 

Kwn 

Leon Thomas — WINNER 

Mariah the Scientist 

Sailorr 

World Artist of the Year 

Ayra Starr 

Jackson Wang 

JO1 

MOLIY 

Tyla 

Alternative Song of the Year 

“Back to Friends” — sombr 

“Ensenada” — Sublime — WINNER 

“One Eyed Bastard” — Green Day 

“Stargazing” — Myles Smith 

“The Contract” — Twenty One Pilots 

Alternative Artist of the Year 

Cage the Elephant 

Green Day 

Linkin Park 

Sublime 

Twenty One Pilots — WINNER 

Alternative Best New Artist 

almost monday 

Gigi Perez 

Lola Young 

Role Model 

sombr 

Rock Song of the Year 

Afterlife — Evanescence 

Bad Guy — Falling In Reverse ft. Saraya 

Dance, Kid, 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 

 Shinedown — WINNER 

 Sleep Token 

 Three Days Grace
 

Rock Best New Artist 

Architects 

Poppy 

Return to Dust 

Sleep Theory 

Spiritbox 

Dance Song of the Year 

Blessings — Calvin Harris feat. Clementine Douglas 

In My Arms — ILLENIUM and HAYLA 

No Broke Boys — Disco Lines and Tinashe 

Save My Love — Marshmello, Ellie Goulding and AVAION 

Won’t Be Possible — Tiësto, Odd Mob and Goodboys 

Dance Artists of the Year 

Calvin Harris 

David Guetta 

John Summit 

Martin Garrix 

Tiësto 

Latin Pop/Urban Song of the Year 

Angel — Grupo Frontera and Romeo Santos 

DEGENERE — Myke Towers and benny blanco 

DtMF — Bad Bunny 

Qué Pasaría… — Rauw Alejandro and Bad Bunny 

Soltera — Shakira 

Latin Pop/Urban Artist of the Year 

Bad Bunny 

Feid 

J Balvin 

Karol G 

Shakira 

Latin Pop/Urban Best New Artist 

Alleh 

Beéle 

De La Rose 

Dei V 

Louis BPM 

Regional Mexican Song of the Year 

Amor Bonito — Luis Angel “El Flaco” 

El Amor De Mi Vida — Calibre 50 

Flores — Xavi 

Hecha Pa’ Mi — Grupo Frontera 

Lejos Estamos Mejor — Eden Muñoz 

Regional Mexican Artist of the Year 

Alejandro Fernández 

Carín León 

Fuerza Regida 

Grupo Frontera 

Luis Angel “El Flaco” 

Regional Mexican Best New Artist 

Clave Especial 

Edgardo Nuñez 

Los Dos De Tamaulipas 

Óscar Maydon 

Oscar Ortiz 

K-Pop Artist of the Year 

JENNIE 

j-hope 

Jin 

LISA 

ROSÉ 

K-Pop Group of the Year 

ATEEZ 

BLACKPINK 

ENHYPEN 

Stray Kids 

TWICE 

K-Pop Song of the Year 

APT. — ROSÉ and Bruno Mars 

Golden — HUNTR/X, EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami 

JUMP — BLACKPINK 

Killin’ It Girl — j-hope feat. GloRilla 

like JENNIE — JENNIE 

K-Pop Best New Artist 

82Major 

AllDay Project 

Cortis — WINNER 

Hearts2Hearts 

Meovv 

Songwriter of the Year 

Amy Allen – WINNER 

Ashley Gorley 

Cal Shapiro 

Charlie Handsome 

Julia Michaels 

Producer of the Year 

Andrew Watt — WINNER 

Dijon 

Jack Antonoff 

Max Martin & Shellback 

Sounwave 

Socially Voted Categories 

Favorite Broadway Debut 

Ashley Graham, Chicago 

Cheryl Porter, & Juliet 

Durrell “Tank” Babbs, Hell’s Kitchen 

Gabrielle Nevaeh Green, Stranger Things: The First Shadow 

Jack Wolfe, Hadestown 

Kelsie Watts, Six! The Musical 

Lencia Kebede, Wicked 

Lizzy McAlpine, 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 TikTok Dance 

Abracadabra — Lady Gaga 

Gnarly — KATSEYE 

GO! — CORTIS 

Happen To Me — Russell Dickerson 

JUMP — BLACKPINK 

like JENNIE — JENNIE 

Midnight Sun — Zara Larsson 

MONA LISA — j-hope — WINNER 

Revolving Door — Tate McRae 

SPAGHETTI — LE SSERAFIM and j-hope 

The Fate of Ophelia — Taylor Swift 

Favorite Debut Album 

Addison — Addison Rae 

You’ll Be Alright, Kid — Alex Warren — WINNER 

Who’s the Clown?— Audrey Hobert 

ORDER chaos ORDER — Calum Hood 

Why Not More? — Coco Jones 

THAT’S SHOWBIZ BABY! — JADE 

Ruby — JENNIE 

Alter Ego — LISA 

SIDEQUEST — Michael Clifford 

Perrie — Perrie 

I Barely Know Her — sombr 

What Not To — Tucker Wetmore 

Best Lyrics 

Anxiety — Doechii 

BAILE INoLVIDABLE — Bad Bunny 

Camera — Ed Sheeran 

Choosin’ Texas — Ella Langley 

DAISIES — Justin Bieber 

Golden — HUNTR/X, EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami 

Man I Need — Olivia Dean 

Manchild — Sabrina Carpenter 

Ordinary — Alex Warren 

The Fate of Ophelia — Taylor Swift — WINNER 

undressed — sombr 

WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! — RAYE 

Best Music Video 

Abracadabra — Lady Gaga 

BAILE INoLVIDABLE — Bad Bunny 

BORN AGAIN — LISA feat. Doja Cat and RAYE 

Gabriela — KATSEYE 

JUMP — BLACKPINK 

like JENNIE — JENNIE 

Manchild — Sabrina Carpenter 

Ordinary — Alex Warren 

Sapphire — Ed Sheeran 

Shake It to the Max (FLY) (Remix) — MOLIY, Shenseea, Skillibeng, and Silent Addy 

The Fate of Ophelia —Taylor Swift — WINNER 

toxic till the end — ROSÉ 

Favorite On Screen 

AJ McLean, Nicole Scherzinger, Liam Payne and Kelly Rowland, Building the Band 

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, Wicked: For Good 

Bad Bunny, Happy Gilmore 2 

Becky G, REBBECA 

Ed Sheeran, ONE SHOT with Ed Sheeran: A Musical Experience 

Jimin and Jungkook, Are You Sure?! — WINNER 

Jonas Brothers, A Very Jonas Christmas Movie 

Karol G, Karol G: Tomorrow Was Beautiful 

Lady Gaga, Wednesday 

LISA, The White Lotus 

Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The End of an Era 

Zara Larsson, Up Close 

Favorite Tour Photographer 

Abby Waisler for Gracie Abrams 

Adam DeGross for Post Malone 

Anna Lee for Coldplay 

baeth for Tate McRae 

Chris Cornejo for Shakira 

Cynthia Parkhurst for Katy Perry 

Henry Hwu for Billie Eilish 

Hyghly for The Weeknd 

Joshua Halling for Oasis 

Rahul Bhatt for KATSEYE 

Thomas Falcone for Shawn Mendes 

Tom Pallant for YUNGBLUD 

Favorite Soundtrack 

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (Original Soundtrack) 

F1 the Album 

Frankenstein (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) 

KPop Demon Hunters — WINNER 

Nobody Wants This Season 2: The Soundtrack 

Sinners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 

Smurfs Movie Soundtrack (Music From & Inspired By) 

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere 

Tron: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 

Wicked: For Good – The Soundtrack 

Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires (Original Soundtrack) 

Favorite Tour Style 

Bad Bunny, DeBí TiRaR MáS FOtoS World Tour 

Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter Tour 

Billie Eilish, Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour 

BLACKPINK, Deadline World Tour 

Dua Lipa, Radical Optimism Tour 

Ella Langley, Still Hungover Tour 

KATSEYE, Beautiful Chaos Tour 

Lady Gaga, The Mayhem Ball 

Sabrina Carpenter, Short n’ Sweet Tour 

Tate McRae, Miss Possessive Tour 

Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour 

Zara Larsson, Midnight Sun Tour 

Favorite Tour Tradition 

Benson Boone, Cover song 

Beyoncé, Blue Ivy and Rumi on stage 

Billie Eilish, “when the party’s over” silent loop 

Coldplay, Crowd cam 

Dua Lipa, Surprise guest 

Jonas Brothers, Surprise guest 

KATSEYE, “Gnarly” dance break 

Lainey Wilson, Cowgirl of the night 

ROLE MODEL, Sally 

Sabrina Carpenter, Celebrity “Juno” arrest 

Tate McRae, Fan cam on stage 

Zara Larsson, “Lush Life” star 

Favorite K-Pop Collab 

Blink — Corbyn Besson and TZUYU of TWICE 

BORN AGAIN — LISA feat. Doja Cat and RAYE 

BUCK — Jackson Wang feat. Diljit Dosanjh 

Confessions — Flo Rida, HEESEUNG and JAKE of ENHYPEN, and Paul Russell 

Dirty Work — aespa feat. Flo Milli 

ExtraL — JENNIE and Doechii 

EYES CLOSED — JISOO and ZAYN 

Illegal + SEVENTEEN — PinkPantheress and SEVENTEEN 

On My Mind — Alex Warren and ROSÉ 

Sweet Dreams (feat. Miguel) — j-hope and Miguel 

TOO BAD — G-DRAGON feat. Anderson .Paak 

WE PRAY (TWICE Version) — Coldplay, TWICE, Burna Boy, Elyanna, TINI and Little Simz 

 [photo source: Getty Images]

Your thoughts?