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2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards

The 2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards was the third music award show presented by iHeartMedia's platform iHeartRadio and was televised live on TBS, TNT and truTV. The awards was held on April 3, 2016, at The Forum in Inglewood, California, and was hosted by American singer Jason Derulo.[1]

2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards

April 3, 2016 (2016-04-03)

The Forum, Inglewood

Jason Derulo

Taylor Swift (4)

Taylor Swift and The Weeknd (7)

TBS, TNT and truTV

Taylor Swift and The Weeknd led the nominations with seven categories, followed by Adele with five nominations.[2]

— presented Best Tour to Taylor Swift

Justin Timberlake

— presented the Innovator Award to U2

Pharrell Williams

— introduced Chris Brown

Diplo

— introduced Meghan Trainor

Meagan Good

— presented Biggest Triple Threat

Pete Wentz

— presented R&B Artist of the Year

2 Chainz

— presented Dance Artist of the Year

Julianne Hough

— presented Song of the Year

Trey Songz

— introduced Demi Lovato

Kelly Osbourne

— introduced Zayn

Zendaya

— presented Album of the Year

Selena Gomez

Wiz Khalifa

Big Sean

Derek Hough

Kat Graham

— introduced Iggy Azalea

Demi Lovato

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Changes[edit]

Taylor Swift and The Weeknd were nominated for the inaugural Female and Male Artist of the Year categories (the previous two years featured simply Artist of the Year).[10] Swift was the big winner of the night with four awards, including Best Tour and Album of the Year.[5]


Out of the 29 categories, the awards also feature 7 fan-voted categories including Best Fan Army, Best Lyrics and Best Collaboration, as well as four new categories: Best Cover Song, Best Song from a Movie, Biggest Triple Threat and Most Meme-Able Moment. Voting took place via the iHeartRadio website from February 9 through March 25, except for Fan Army and Meme-Able Moment, which continued through the evening of the awards on April 3.