2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards | |
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Date | April 3, 2016 |
Location | The Forum, Inglewood |
Hosted by | Jason Derulo |
Most awards | Taylor Swift (4) |
Most nominations | Taylor Swift and The Weeknd (7) |
Television/Radio coverage | |
Network | TBS, TNT and truTV |
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 The Forum in Inglewood, California, and was hosted by American singer Jason Derulo.
Taylor Swift and The Weeknd led the nominations with seven categories, followed by Adele with five nominations.
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The nominees were announced on February 9, 2016. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
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). Swift was the big winner of the night with four awards, including Best Tour and Album of the Year.
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.