2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards

The 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards were held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on May 27, 2021, and was broadcast live on Fox.^[1] Usher hosted the ceremony.^[2]

2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards
Date	May 27, 2021 (2021-05-27)
Location	Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles
Country	United States
Hosted by	Usher
Most awards	The Weeknd (5)
Most nominations	The Weeknd (8)
Website	news.iheart.com/awards
Television/radio coverage
Network	Fox
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Performances

Performers were announced on May 11, 2021, through the iHeartRadio website.^[3]

Performers at the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards

Performer(s)	Song(s)
The Weeknd Ariana Grande	"Save Your Tears" (Ariana Grande remix)
Dan + Shay	"Glad You Exist"
Silk Sonic	"Leave the Door Open"
Brandi Carlile Demi Lovato H.E.R.	Elton John tribute: "Bennie and the Jets" "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" "I'm Still Standing"
Doja Cat	Medley: "Say So" "Streets" "Kiss Me More"
Usher	Medley: "Confessions Part I" "Love in This Club" "U Don't Have To Call" "DJ Got Us Falling In Love" "Scream" "OMG" "Freek-a-Leek" "Yeah!" "Get Low" (with Lil Jon)

Winners and nominees

iHeartRadio announced the nominees on April 7, 2021.^[4]

Winners are listed first and in bold^[5]

Song of the Year	Female Artist 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	Dua Lipa Ariana Grande Billie Eilish Megan Thee Stallion Taylor Swift
Male Artist of the Year	Best Duo/Group of the Year
The Weeknd Harry Styles Justin Bieber Post Malone Roddy Ricch	Dan + Shay BTS Jonas Brothers Maroon 5 Twenty One Pilots
Album of the Year (per genre)	Best Collaboration
Alternative rock: Machine Gun Kelly – Tickets to My Downfall Country: Luke Combs – What You See Ain't Always What You Get Dance: Diplo – Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley, Chapter 1: Snake Oil Latin pop/Reggaeton: Bad Bunny – YHLQMDLG Pop: Taylor Swift – Folklore R&B: Jhené Aiko – Chilombo Rap: Lil Baby – My Turn Regional Mexican: Christian Nodal – Ayayay! Rock: AC/DC – Power Up	"Savage" (Remix) – Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé "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
Best New Pop Artist	Alternative Rock Song of the Year
Doja Cat 24kGoldn Blackbear JP Saxe Pop Smoke	"Level of Concern" – Twenty One Pilots "Bang!" – AJR "Bloody Valentine" – Machine Gun Kelly "Everything I Wanted" – Billie Eilish "Monsters" – All Time Low featuring Blackbear
Alternative Rock Artist of the Year	Best New Rock/Alternative Artist
Twenty One Pilots AJR All Time Low Billie Eilish Cage the Elephant	Powfu Ashe Dayglow Royal & the Serpent Wallows
Rock Song of the Year	Rock Artist of the Year
"Shame Shame" – Foo Fighters "Death by Rock and Roll" – The Pretty Reckless "Patience" – Chris Cornell "Shot in the Dark" – AC/DC "Under the Graveyard" – Ozzy Osbourne	The Pretty Reckless AC/DC Five Finger Death Punch Ozzy Osbourne Shinedown
Country Song of the Year	Country Artist of the Year
"The Bones" – Maren Morris "Even Though I'm Leaving" – Luke Combs "I Hope" – Gabby Barrett "One Margarita" – Luke Bryan "Nobody but You" – Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani	Luke Combs Blake Shelton Luke Bryan Maren Morris Thomas Rhett
Best New Country Artist	Dance Song of the Year
Gabby Barrett Ashley McBryde Hardy Ingrid Andress Jameson Rodgers	"Roses" (Imanbek Remix) – Saint Jhn "Head & Heart" – Joel Corry featuring MNEK "ILY (I Love You Baby)" – Surf Mesa featuring Emilee "Lasting Lover" – Sigala & James Arthur "Rain on Me" – Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande
Dance Artist of the Year	Hip-Hop Song of the Year
Marshmello Anabel Englund Diplo Surf Mesa Tiësto	"The Box" – Roddy Ricch "High Fashion" – Roddy Ricch featuring Mustard "Life Is Good" – Future featuring Drake "Rockstar" – DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch "Savage (Remix)" – Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé
Hip-Hop Artist of the Year	Best New Hip-Hop Artist
Roddy Ricch DaBaby Lil Baby Megan Thee Stallion Pop Smoke	Roddy Ricch Jack Harlow Moneybagg Yo Pop Smoke Rod Wave
R&B Song of the Year	R&B Artist of the Year
"Go Crazy" – Chris Brown & Young Thug "B.S." – Jhené Aiko featuring H.E.R. "Heat" – Chris Brown featuring Gunna "Playing Games" – Summer Walker "Slide" – H.E.R. featuring YG	H.E.R. Chris Brown Jhené Aiko Snoh Aalegra Summer Walker
Best New R&B Artist	Latin Pop/Reggaeton Song of the Year
Snoh Aalegra Chloe x Halle Lonr. Mahalla Skip Marley	"Tusa" – Karol G & Nicki Minaj "Caramelo" – Ozuna "Dákiti" – Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez "Hawái (Remix)" – Maluma & The Weeknd "Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life)" – Black Eyed Peas & J Balvin
Latin Pop/Reggaeton Artist of the Year	Best New Latin Artist
J Balvin Bad Bunny Karol G Maluma Ozuna	Rauw Alejandro Chesca Jay Wheeler Natanael Cano Nato Bernal
Regional Mexican Song of the Year	Regional Mexican Artist of the Year
"Se Me Olvidó" – Christian Nodal "Palabra De Hombre" – El Fantasma "Solo Tú" – Calibre 50 "Te Volvería A Elegir" – Calibre 50 "Yo Ya No Vuelvo Contigo" – Lenin Ramírez featuring Grupo Firme	Christian Nodal Banda Los Sebastianes Calibre 50 Edwin Luna y La Tracalosa de Monterrey Gerardo Ortíz
Producer of the Year	Songwriter of the Year
Max Martin Andrew Watt Dr. Luke Frank Dukes Louis Bell	Ashley Gorley Ali Tamposi Amy Allen Dan Nigro Finneas
Best Lyrics (socially voted)	Best Cover Song (socially voted)
"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	"Juice" (Lizzo) – Harry Styles "Adore You" (Harry Styles) – Lizzo "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (Frankie Valli) – Shawn Mendes "Fix You" (Coldplay) – Sam Smith "Heart of Glass" (Blondie) – Miley Cyrus
Best Fan Army (socially voted)	Best Music Video (socially voted)
BTS – BTS Army Agnez Mo – Agnation Ariana Grande – Arianators Justin Bieber – Beliebers Blackpink – Blink Harry Styles – Harries Why Don't We – Limelights Louis Tomlinson – Louies Shawn Mendes – MendesArmy NCT 127 – NCTzens Selena Gomez – Selenators Taylor Swift – Swifties	"Dynamite" – BTS "Blinding Lights" – The Weeknd "Don't Start Now" – Dua Lipa "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)	Favorite Music Video Choreography (socially voted)
Olivia Rodrigo Dixie D'Amelio Jxdn Lil Huddy Nessa Barrett Tate McRae	"Dynamite" (BTS) – Son Sung Deuk "34+35" (Ariana Grande) – Scott & Brian Nicholson "Bop" (DaBaby) – Coach Cherry & DaniLeigh "Do It" (Chloe x Halle) – Kendra Bracy & Ashanti Ledon "Honey Boo" (CNCO & Natti Natasha) – Kyle Hanagamy "Physical" (Dua Lipa) – Charm La'Donna "Rain on Me" (Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande) – Richy Jackson
TikTok Bop of the Year (socially voted)	Label of the Year
"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	Republic Records
Titanium Artist of the Year	Titanium Song of the Year
The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights" – The Weeknd
Icon Award
Elton John

References

1. Grein, Paul (April 7, 2021). "The Weeknd, Megan Thee Stallion & Roddy Ricch Lead 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards Nominees". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 13, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
2. "Usher to Host and Perform During the 2021 "iHeartRadio Music Awards" on Thursday, May 27 Live on FOX" (Press release). Fox. May 11, 2021 – via The Futon Critic.
3. Fields, Taylor (May 11, 2021). "The Weeknd & More To Perform At iHeartRadio Music Awards, Usher To Host". iHeartRadio. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
4. Grein, Paul (April 7, 2021). "The Weeknd, Megan Thee Stallion & Roddy Ricch Lead 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards Nominees". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 13, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
5. Fields, Taylor (May 27, 2021). "2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards: See The Full List Of Winners". iHeartRadio. Archived from the original on May 28, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2021.