Avril Lavigne, who landed her first hit when she was simply 17, offered Rodrigo's award. Rodrigo was likewise 17 when she scored her breakthrough smash.
Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” received tune of the yr on the 2022 iHeartRadioMusic Awards, which have been offered on Tuesday. The fast-paced, two-hour present aired reside on Fox from the venerable Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Host LL Cool J opened the present with a hits medley.
Lipa wasn’t current, so the largest class wasn’t offered on-air, simply shortly introduced in a round-up of different non-televised awards. However three of the opposite high winners have been current to just accept — Olivia Rodrigo for feminine artist of the yr, Lil Nas X for male artist of the yr and Silk Sonic for greatest duo/group of the yr. It was the primary win in these classes for all three artists.
In accepting his award, Lil Nas X identified that he was “delusional” to suppose he might drop out of faculty and make it huge, come out of the closet on the peak of his profession, and file a tune about homosexual lust (“Montero (Name Me By Your Title)”) and have it grow to be a smash hit. “It’s OK to be delusional if you’re chasing your goals,” he concluded.
Avril Lavigne, who landed her first hit on the Billboard Sizzling 100, “Sophisticated,” when she was simply 17, offered Rodrigo’s award. Rodrigo was likewise 17 when she scored her breakthrough smash, “driver’s license.” Rodrigo additionally received the award for brand spanking new pop artist. And Rodrigo’s pop-punk smash “good 4 u,” which exhibits the affect of such Lavigne hits as “Sk8er Boi,” resulted in an award to a different artist.
Camila Cabello received greatest cowl tune, a socially voted class, for her cowl model of “good 4 u.”
“Keep” by The Child LAROI and Justin Bieber received greatest collaboration. It beat, amongst others, a second Bieber collab, “Peaches,” which featured Daniel Caesar and Giveon.
Luke Combs received nation artist of the yr for the fourth consecutive yr. Drake received hip-hop artist of the yr for the fourth time, although his run hasn’t been consecutive.
Foo Fighters took rock artist of the yr for the second time. Machine Gun Kelly received different rock artist of the yr for the primary time. David Guetta received dance artist of the yr, additionally for the primary time.
The present offered new artist awards in seven genres – Rodrigo (pop), Måneskin (different), Mammoth WVH (rock), Lainey Wilson (nation), Yung Bleu (hip-hop), Giveon (R&B), and Grupo Firme (Latin).
BTS received two socially-voted awards – greatest fan military for the fifth consecutive yr and greatest music video for “Butter.”
Harry Types received tour of the yr, an award that wasn’t offered final yr due to the pandemic. The award has gone in earlier years to such highway warriors as Taylor Swift (twice), Coldplay, U2 and Elton John.
Jennifer Lopez grew to become the third recipient of the ICON award, following Bon Jovi (2018) and Elton John (2021). In her acceptance speech, she prompt that “ICON,” in her case, was an acronym for “I can overcome negativity – each single second, and so are you able to.”
Lopez additionally carried out on the present, as did Megan Thee Stallion, Jason Aldean, Måneskin and the very efficient teaming of John Legend & Charlie Puth. These two stars, sitting at going through pianos, sang a number of of one another’s largest hits. That’s a well-recognized gimmick, however it felt real and natural right here.
Tom Poleman, president and chief programming officer for iHeartMedia, and John Sykes, president of leisure enterprises for iHeartMedia, served as government producers of the present, together with Joel Gallen, for Tenth Planet; and Bart Peters, for iHeartMedia.
Listed below are the winners in key classes:
Track of the yr: “Levitating” – Dua Lipa
Feminine artist of the yr: Olivia Rodrigo
Male artist of the yr: Lil Nas X
Finest duo/group of the yr: Silk Sonic
Finest collaboration: “Keep” – The Child LAROI & Justin Bieber
Finest new pop artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Various tune of the yr: “Monsters” – All Time Low that includes blackbear
Various artist of the yr: Machine Gun Kelly
Finest new different artist: Måneskin
Rock artist of the yr: Foo Fighters
Finest new rock artist: Mammoth WVH
Nation tune of the yr: “If I Didn’t Love You” – Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood
Nation artist of the yr: Luke Combs
Finest new nation artist: Lainey Wilson
Dance artist of the yr: David Guetta
Hip-Hop artist of the yr: Drake
Finest new hip-hop artist: Yung Bleu
Finest new R&B artist: Giveon
Finest new Latin artist: Grupo Firme
Finest cowl tune (socially voted class): “good 4 u” (Olivia Rodrigo) – Camila Cabello
Finest fan military (socially voted class): #BTSARMY – BTS
Finest music video (socially voted class): “Butter” – BTS
TikTok songwriter of the yr (socially voted class): Jax
Trailblazer Award: Megan Thee Stallion
This story first appeared on Billboard.com.