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Award show season seems to have come and gone within the past few months but still, some linger around longer; the iHeartRadio Music Awards were just this past Sunday, April 3rd.

It began with an oddly large amount of jumpsuits.

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Taylor Swift
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Selena Gomez
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Demi Lovato
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Meagan Good

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had some triumphant returns of artists performing lead singles from their upcoming albums, like Iggy Azalea and Meghan Trainor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jax-WL3mC9k

Iggy returned to the stage performing her new single “Team”, coated with independence and not taking anything from anybody. Meghan Trainor sang “No”, her new single with ’90s R&B-style influences. Sounded just like early Britney, but you know, without fierce dance moves. (Can someone please bring that back?)

 

Zayn made his awards show solo debut, just barely a week after releasing his first album. Justin Bieber performed his new single “Company”, and DNCE arguably gave the performance of the night, singing their hit “Cake By the Ocean” and “Le Freak” with Nile Rogers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwqU7wvAg6g

As for the actual awards themselves, Adele’s “Hello” won Song of the year, “Fetty Wap” won Best New Artist, and Taylor Swift won notable awards for Female Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best Tour. In Swift’s speech, she thanked her fellow-award-winner boyfriend Calvin Harris (real name Adam Wiles), giving us the heartfelt moment the show needed.

See the full list of winners below.

Song of the Year
“Hello” — Adele

Female Artist of the Year
Taylor Swift

Male Artist of the Year
Justin Bieber

Best New Artist
Fetty Wap

Best Duo/Group of the Year
Maroon 5

Album of the Year
1989 — Taylor Swift

Best Tour
Taylor Swift

Alternative Rock Artist of the Year
Twenty One Pilots

Alternative Rock Song of the Year
“Stressed Out” — Twenty One Pilots

Rock Artist of the Year
Foo Fighters

Rock Song of the Year
“Heavy Is the Head (feat. Chris Cornell)” — Zac Brown Band

Country Song of the Year
“Buy Me a Boat” — Chris Janson

Country Artist of the Year
Luke Bryan

Dance Song of the Year
“Where Are Ü Now (feat. Justin Bieber)” — Skrillex & Diplo

Dance Artist of the Year
Calvin Harris

Hip Hop Song of the Year
“Hotline Bling” — Drake

Hip Hop Artist of the Year
Drake

R&B Song of the Year
“Earned It” — The Weeknd

R&B Artist of the Year
Chris Brown

Latin Song of the Year
“El Perdón” — Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias

Latin Artist of the Year
Pitbull

Regional Mexican Song of the Year
“Levantando Polvareda” — Voz de Mando

Regional Mexican Artist of the Year
Banda Los Recoditos

Best Lyrics
“Fight Song” — Rachel Platten

Best Collaboration
“Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)” — Mark Ronson

Best Cover Song
“Uptown Funk,” Fifth Harmony, Jasmine V, Jacob Whitesides and Mahogany Lox

Best Song from a Movie
“Til It Happens To You” — Lady Gaga (from The Hunting Ground)

Most Meme-able Moment
Taylor Swift’s “Crazy Girl” with Running Mascara (from “Blank Space” video)

Triple Threat
Selena Gomez — Singer/Actor/Dancer

Best Fan Army
Justin Bieber + Beliebers

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