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The iHeartRadio Music Award Winners Are...
May 1, 2014 at 7:57 PM (PT)
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The first-ever iHEARTRADIO MUSIC AWARDS show was held at the SHRINE AUDITORIUM in LOS ANGELES THURSDAY night, giving honors to some of music's biggest stars selected from finalists picked through over 13.2 million hashtag votes on Facebook and Twitter. The event aired live on NBC (and on tape delay in the Pacific zone).
Performers at the show included PHARRELL WILLIAMS, BLAKE SHELTON, KENDRICK LAMAR, PITBULL, SHAKIRA, THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS, ARIANA GRANDE, LUKE BRYAN, ARCADE FIRE, and ED SHEERAN, and the MICHAEL JACKSON song "Love Never Felt So Good" made its debut with USHER on stage and an introduction by L.A. REID.
Category finalists are listed in alphabetical order, with the winners boldfaced.
Artist of the Year:
- IMAGINE DRAGONS
- JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
- MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS
- MAROON 5
- *** RIHANNA
Song of the Year:
- "Hold On We're Going Home" -- DRAKE ft. MAJID JORDAN
- "Mirrors" -- JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
- "Radioactive" -- IMAGINE DRAGONS
- *** "Stay" -- RIHANNA ft. MIKKY EKKO
- "The Monster" -- EMINEM ft. RIHANNA
Best Collaboration:
- "Holy Grail" -- JAY Z ft. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
- "Stay" -- RIHANNA ft. MIKKY EKKO
- "Suit & Tie" -- JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ft. JAY Z
- "The Monster" -- EMINEM ft. RIHANNA
- *** "Timber" -- PITBULL ft. KE$HA
Best New Artist:
- FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
- ICONA POP
- IMAGINE DRAGONS
- *** LORDE
- MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS
- PASSENGER
Country Song of the Year:
- *** "Boys 'Round Here" -- BLAKE SHELTON
- "Highway Don't Care" -- TIM MCGRAW with TAYLOR SWIFT
- "It Goes Like This" -- THOMAS RHETT
- "Mine Would Be You" -- BLAKE SHELTON
- "That's My Kind of Night" -- LUKE BRYAN
Hip Hop/R&B Song of the Year:
- "Blurred Lines" -- ROBIN THICKE ft. T.I. & PHARRELL
- "Hold On We're Going Home" -- DRAKE ft. MAJID JORDAN
- "Holy Grail" -- JAY Z ft. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
- *** "Pour It Up" -- RIHANNA
- "Started From The Bottom" -- DRAKE
EDM Song of the Year:
- "Get Lucky" -- DAFT PUNK ft. PHARRELL
- "Stay The Night" -- ZEDD ft. HAYLEY WILLIAMS
- "Summertime Sadness" -- LANA DEL REY ft. CEDRIC GERVAIS
- "Sweet Nothing" -- CALVIN HARRIS ft. FLORENCE WELCH
- ***"Wake Me Up" -- AVICII
Alternative Rock Song of the Year:
- *** "Demons" -- IMAGINE DRAGONS
- "Do I Wanna Know?" -- ARCTIC MONKEYS
- "Pompeii" -- BASTILLE
- "Royals" -- LORDE
- "Safe And Sound" -- CAPITAL CITIES
Best Lyrics:
- "Wake Me Up" -- AVICII (Vocals by ALOE BLACC)
- "I Love It (ft. Charli XCX)" -- ICONA POP
- "Say Something" -- A GREAT BIG WORLD
- "Same Love" -- MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS
- *** "Wrecking Ball" -- MILEY CYRUS
Best Fan Army:
- Arianators -- ARIANA GRANDE
- Little Monsters -- LADY GAGA
- Lovatics -- DEMI LOVATO
- Mahomies -- AUSTIN MAHONE
- *** Rihanna Navy -- RIHANNA
- Swifties -- TAYLOR SWIFT
Instagram Award: ***AUSTIN MAHONE
Young Influencer Award: ***ARIANA GRANDE
Innovator Award: *** PHARRELL WILLIAMS

