Since the Covid-19 Pandemic situation, many awards show that have been planned to take place this year got canceled or even restricted to be held in person. Because of that, many parties have changed their strategies and take the opportunity to announce the winner for every award online. As the saying goes, the show must go on. One of the award show that decided to announce their winner online would be the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2020.
iHeartRadio Music Awards 2020 is actually a music event that responsible to celebrate the most-played artists and songs on iHeartRadio stations and the iHeartRadio app throughout 2019. Because of some new limitations and restrictions on doing events during the pandemic, this year’s “live event” portion of the iHeartRadio Music Awards was originally scheduled to air from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 29 got canceled. Instead, the official winners got announced on-air across the country and via social media over Labor Day weekend.
Some of the most talked winners would be Billie Eilish that won the Female Artist of the Year award and two other awards, Lizzo successfully won the Song of the Year award with the song (“Truth Hurts”), Jonas Brothers for Best Duo/Group of the Year award, Taylor Swift won the Album of the Year award with her album (“Lover”) and many more. The most iconic singer-songwriter that is Elton John also got honored in this 2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards with the Tour of the Year award.
This is the full list of the winners for 2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards:
Song of the Year
“Truth Hurts” – Lizzo
Female Artist of the Year
Billie Eilish
Male Artist of the Year
Post Malone
Best Duo/Group of the Year
Jonas Brothers
Best Collaboration
“Señorita” – Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello
Label of the Year
Republic Records
Most Thumbed Up Artist of the Year
Post Malone
Most Thumbed Up Song of the Year
“Sunflower” by Post Malone & Swae Lee
Producer of the Year
Finneas
Songwriter of the Year
Louis Bell
Tour of the Year
Elton John
Best Lyrics
“10,000 Hours” – Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber
Best Cover Song
Sam Smith & Normani – “Dancing With A Stranger” – 5SOS cover
Best Fan Army
BTSArmy – BTS
Best Music Video
“Boy With Luv” – BTS featuring Halsey
Social Star Award
Asher Angel
Best Remix
“Trampoline” – Shaed featuring Zayn
Favorite Tour Photographer
Zack Caspary (Why Don’t We)
Favorite Music Video Choreography
“Kill This Love” (Blackpink) – Kyle Hanagami & Kiel Tutin
Pop Album of the Year
Lover – Taylor Swift
Best New Pop Artist
Lizzo
Alternative Rock Song of the Year
“Bad Guy” – Billie Eilish
Alternative Rock Artist of the Year
Billie Eilish
Alternative Rock Album of the Year
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish
Best New Rock/Alternative Rock Artist
Shaed
Rock Song of the Year
“Ghost” – Badflower
Rock Artist of the Year
Disturbed
Rock Album of the Year
Fear Inoculum – Tool
Country Song of the Year
“Beautiful Crazy” – Luke Combs
Country Artist of the Year
Luke Combs
Country Album of the Year
What You See Is What You Get – Luke Combs
Best New Country Artist
Morgan Wallen
Dance Song of the Year
“Close to Me” – Ellie Goulding, Diplo featuring Swae Lee
Dance Artist of the Year
Marshmello
Dance Album of the Year
World War Joy – The Chainsmokers
Hip-Hop Song of the Year
“Suge” – DaBaby
Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
Drake
Hip-Hop Album of the Year
Death Race for Love – Juice WRLD
Best New Hip-Hop Artist
DaBaby
R&B Song of the Year
“No Guidance” – Chris Brown featuring Drake
R&B Artist of the Year
H.E.R.
R&B Album of the Year
Free Spirit– Khalid
Best New R&B Artist
Summer Walker
Latin Pop/Reggaeton Song of the Year
“Con Calma” – Daddy Yankee & Katy Perry featuring Snow
Latin Pop/Reggaeton Artist of the Year
Ozuna
Best New Latin Pop/Reggaeton Artist
Rosalía
Regional Mexican Song of the Year
“A Través Del Vaso” – Banda Los Sebastianes
Regional Mexican Artist of the Year
Christian Nodal
Latin Album of the Year
X 100PRE – Bad Bunny
Best New Regional Mexican Artist
Banda Los Sebastianes
Congratulations to all the winners!!!!!
Sources: iHeartRadio