Luke Combs leads country wins at 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards

The 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards celebrated the biggest and best in music over the last year across all genres on Thursday, May 27. Hosted by Usher, the ceremony aired live out of the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Luke Combs was crowned ‘Country Artist of the Year’ and his album, What You See Ain’t Always What You Get was judged ‘Country Album of the Year.’ The Bones by Maren Morris won ‘Country Song of the Year’ and Gabby Barrett was awarded ‘Best New Country Artist.’

Taylor Swift took home the ‘Best Pop Album’ award for folklore. The only country band in the category, Dan + Shay was presented the ‘Best Duo/Group of the Year’ win, beating out popular artists BTS, Jonas Brothers, Maroon 5 and twenty one pilots.

The show also featured performances from The Weeknd with Ariana Grande, Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak (AKA Silk Sonic), Dan + Shay, Doja Cat, Usher and a special tribute to this year's iHeartRadio Icon Award recipient, Elton John, from Demi Lovato, Brandi Carlile and H.E.R.

Check out the full list of iHeartRadio Music Awards winners below.

iHeartRadio Icon Award
Elton John

Song of the Year
“Blinding Lights” - The Weeknd
“Circles” - Post Malone
“Don’t Start Now” - Dua Lipa
“ROCKSTAR” - DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
“Watermelon Sugar” - Harry Styles

Female Artist of the Year 
Ariana Grande
Billie Eilish
Dua Lipa
Megan Thee Stallion
Taylor Swift

Male Artist of the Year
Harry Styles
Justin Bieber
Post Malone
Roddy Ricch
The Weeknd

Best Duo/Group of the Year 
BTS
Dan + Shay
Jonas Brothers
Maroon 5
twenty one pilots

Best Collaboration
“Go Crazy” - Chris Brown & Young Thug
“Holy” - Justin Bieber featuring Chance the Rapper
“I Hope” - Gabby Barrett featuring Charlie Puth
“Mood” - 24kGoldn featuring iann dior
“Savage” (Remix) - Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé

Best Pop Album
Taylor Swift - folklore

Best New Pop Artist
24kGoldn
blackbear
Doja Cat
JP Saxe
Pop Smoke

Alternative Rock Album of the Year
Machine Gun Kelly - Tickets To My Downfall

Alternative Rock Song of the Year
“Bang!” - AJR
“Bloody Valentine” - Machine Gun Kelly
“everything i wanted”- Billie Eilish
“Level Of Concern” - twenty one pilots
“Monsters” - All Time Low featuring blackbear

Alternative Rock Artist of the Year
AJR
All Time Low
Billie Eilish
Cage the Elephant
twenty one pilots

Best New Rock/Alternative Rock Artist
Ashe
Dayglow
Powfu
Royal & The Serpent
Wallows

Rock Album of the Year
AD/DC - Power Up 

Rock Song of the Year
“Death By Rock And Roll” - The Pretty Reckless
“Patience” - Chris Cornell
“Shame Shame” - Foo Fighters
“Shot In The Dark” - AC/DC
“Under The Graveyard” - Ozzy Osbourne

Rock Artist of the Year
AC/DC
Five Finger Death Punch
Ozzy Osbourne
Shinedown
The Pretty Reckless

Country Album of the Year
Luke Combs - What You See Ain’t Always What You Get

Country Song of the Year
“Even Though I’m Leaving” - Luke Combs
“I Hope” - Gabby Barrett
“Nobody But You” - Blake Shelton with Gwen Stefani
“One Margarita” - Luke Bryan
“The Bones” - Maren Morris

Country Artist of the Year
Blake Shelton
Luke Bryan
Luke Combs
Maren Morris
Thomas Rhett

Best New Country Artist
Ashley McBryde
Gabby Barrett
HARDY
Ingrid Andress
Jameson Rodgers

Dance Album of the Year
Diplo - Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley, Chapter 1: Snake Oil

Dance Song of the Year
“Head & Heart” - Joel Corry x MNEK
“ily (i love you baby)” - Surf Mesa featuring Emilee
“Lasting Lover” – Sigala & James Arthur
“Rain On Me” - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande
“Roses” (Imanbek Remix) - SAINt JHN

Dance Artist of the Year
Anabel Englund
Diplo
Marshmello
Surf Mesa
Tiësto

Hip-Hop Album of the Year
Lil Baby - My Turn

Hip-Hop Song of the Year
“High Fashion” - Roddy Ricch featuring Mustard
“Life Is Good” - Future featuring Drake
“ROCKSTAR” - DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
“Savage” (Remix) - Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé
“The Box” - Roddy Ricch

Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
DaBaby
Lil Baby
Megan Thee Stallion
Pop Smoke
Roddy Ricch

Best New Hip-Hop Artist
Jack Harlow
Moneybagg Yo
Pop Smoke
Rod Wave
Roddy Ricch

R&B Song of the Year
“B.S.” - Jhené Aiko featuring H.E.R.
“Go Crazy” - Chris Brown & Young Thug
“Heat” Chris Brown featuring Gunna
“Playing Games” - Summer Walker
“Slide” - H.E.R. featuring YG

R&B Artist of the Year 
Chris Brown
H.E.R.
Jhené Aiko
Snoh Aalegra
Summer Walker

Best New R&B Artist
Chloe x Halle
Lonr.
Mahalia
Skip Marley
Snoh Aalegra

Latin Pop/Reggaeton Song of the Year  
“Caramelo” - Ozuna
“Dákiti” - Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez
“Hawái” (Remix) - Maluma & The Weeknd
“RITMO (Bad Boys For Life)” - Black Eyed Peas & J Balvin
“Tusa” - KAROL G & Nicki Minaj

Latin Pop/Reggaeton Artist of the Year
Bad Bunny
J Balvin
KAROL G
Maluma
Ozuna

Best New Latin Artist 
Chesca
Jay Wheeler
Natanael Cano
Neto Bernal
Rauw Alejandro

Regional Mexican Song of the Year
“Palabra De Hombre” - El Fantasma
“Se Me Olvidó” - Christian Nodal
“Sólo Tú” - Calibre 50
“Te Volvería A Elegir” - Calibre 50
“Yo Ya No Vuelvo Contigo” - Lenin Ramírez featuring Grupo Firme

Regional Mexican Artist of the Year
Banda Los Sebastianes
Calibre 50
Christian Nodal
Edwin Luna y La Trakalosa de Monterrey
Gerardo Ortíz

Producer of the Year
Andrew Watt
Dr Luke
Frank Dukes
Louis Bell
Max Martin

Songwriter of the Year
Ali Tamposi
Amy Allen
Ashley Gorley
Dan Nigro
Finneas

Best Lyrics (Socially Voted Category)
“Adore You” - Harry Styles
“Before You Go” - Lewis Capaldi
“Blinding Lights” - The Weeknd
“cardigan” - Taylor Swift
“Don’t Start Now” - Dua Lipa
“everything i wanted”- Billie Eilish
“I Hope” - Gabby Barrett featuring Charlie Puth
“If The World Was Ending” - JP Saxe featuring Julia Michaels
“Intentions” - Justin Bieber featuring Quavo
“Life Is Good” - Future featuring Drake

Best Cover Song (Socially Voted Category)
“Adore You” (Harry Styles) - Lizzo cover
“Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” (Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons) - Shawn Mendes cover
“Fix You” (Coldplay) - Sam Smith cover
“Heart Of Glass” (Blondie) - Miley Cyrus cover
“Juice” (Lizzo) - Harry Styles cover

Best Fan Army (Socially Voted Category)
#Agnation - Agnez Mo
#Arianators - Ariana Grande
#Beliebers - Justin Bieber
#BLINK - BLACKPINK
#BTSARMY - BTS
#Harries - Harry Styles
#Limelights - Why Don’t We
#Louies - Louis Tomlinson
#MendesArmy - Shawn Mendes
#NCTzens - NCT 127
#Selenators - Selena Gomez
#Swifties - Taylor Swift

Best Music Video (Socially Voted Category)
“Blinding Lights” - The Weeknd
“Don’t Start Now” - Dua Lipa
“Dynamite” - BTS
“Hawái” - Maluma
“How You Like That” - BLACKPINK
“Life Is Good” - Future featuring Drake
“Rain On Me” - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande
“WAP” - Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion
“Watermelon Sugar” - Harry Styles
“Yummy” - Justin Bieber

Social Star Award (Socially Voted Category)
Dixie D’Amelio
Jaden Hossler
LILHUDDY
Nessa Barrett
Olivia Rodrigo
Tate McRae

Favorite Music Video Choreography (Socially Voted Category)
BTS – Son Sung Deuk
“34+35” (Ariana Grande) - Scott & Brian Nicholson
“Do It” (Chloe x Halle) - Kendra Bracy & Ashanti Ledon
“Honey Boo” (CNCO & Natti Natasha) - Kyle Hanagami
“Physical” (Dua Lipa) - Charm La’Donna
“Rain On Me” (Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande) - Richy Jackson
“Say So” (Doja Cat) - Cortland Brown
“WAP” (Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion) - JaQuel Knight
“Bop” (DaBaby) - Coach Cherry & DaniLeigh

TikTok Bop of the Year (Socially Voted Category)
“Blinding Lights” - The Weeknd
“Lottery (Renegade)” - K CAMP
“Savage” - Megan Thee Stallion
“Savage Love” (Laxed-Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685, Jason Derulo
“Say So” - Doja Cat
“WAP” - Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion

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