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Beyoncé has long since been considered one of the most innovative artists of her generation, as evidenced by the warm reception to her recent country music-influenced album, Act II: Cowboy Carter. This past Monday, Beyoncé accepted The Innovator Award from the legendary Stevie Wonder at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards and delivered a moving speech.
The 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards took place on Monday (April 1) at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif. The star-studded event saw Beyoncé up for R&B song of the year for “Cuff It along with a R&B artist of the year nod.
Stevie Wonder took to the stage to announce the Houston superstar as the recipient of The Innovator Award and was met with measurable applause. Yielding the stage to Queen Bey, Wonder was showered with praise from the singer and entertainer who casually dropped that Wonder played the harmonica on her “Jolene” remake from Cowboy Carter.
Beyoncé came to the stage decked out in a Black and gold leather outfit no doubt inspired by the recent themes from her latest album, complete with a hat that was also emblazoned with gold. After thanking Wonder for his contributions to music and her album, Beyoncé spoke with confidence and eloquence.
“Tonight, you called me an innovator and for that, I’m very grateful,” Beyoncé said. “Innovation starts with a dream. But then you have to execute that dream and that role can be very bumpy. Being an innovator is saying what everyone believes is impossible. Being an innovator often means being criticized, which often will test your mental strength. Being an innovator is leaning on faith, trusting that God will catch you and guide you.”
Also winning that night was SZA, who took home the R&B Artist and R&B Song award for “Snooze” from the singer’s SOS album, which also took home an award.
The full acceptance speech can be viewed in the clip below.
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Beyoncé received her much-deserved Innovator Award at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday night (April 1), and the “Texas Hold ‘Em” superstar took the stage to accept her trophy from a fellow icon, Stevie Wonder.
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“Whenever anyone asks me if there’s anyone I could listen to for the rest of my life, it’s always you. God bless you,” she told the “Isn’t She Lovely” singer, thanking him for playing the harmonica on her version of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” featured on her freshly released album, Cowboy Carter.
Wonder then sweetly told Bey, “I just want to thank you for motivating the world to becoming a better place.”
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During her heartfelt acceptance speech, Beyoncé shared what being an innovator means to her. “Innovation starts with a dream, and the road to execute that dream can be very bumpy. Being an innovator is doing what everyone believes is impossible,” she told the crowd, dressed in line with her current country era, rocking a leather jumpsuit with fringe, as well as a big belt with a buckle and a sleek black cowboy hat. “Being an innovator often means being criticized, which often will test your mental strength. Being an innovator is leaning on faith and trusting that God will catch you and guide you.”
She continued, “To all the record labels, every radio station, every award show, my hope is that we’re more open to the joy and liberation that comes from enjoying art with no preconceived notions. I want to dedicate this award to all the innovators who have dedicated their lives and their art to creating shifts. Thank you for your sacrifice and your powerful forces and your dauntless spirit.”
Bey then thanked the artistic innovators who inspired her, including Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Tracy Chapman, Linda Martell, Prince, Andre 3000, Tina Turner, Michael Jackson and Wonder, applauding them for “executing your dream so we can all follow.”
The “Break My Soul” singer wrapped up by thanking her team at her Parkwood Entertainment company, as well as her husband Jay-Z, whom she called “my rock, my best friend,” and her three children — 12-year-old Blue Ivy and six-year-old twins Sir and Rumi — “who continue to be my inspiration and biggest blessing.”
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter arrived on Friday (March 29) and officially became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day in 2024, and marked the most first-day streams for a country album by a female artist in the history of Amazon Music.
The 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards went down Monday night (April 1) in Los Angeles, with SZA taking the stage to accept multiple trophies — including the final prize of the night: song of the year for “Kill Bill.”
Jelly Roll was also on hand to perform and accept the awards for both pop and country new artist of the year, while Ice Spice was named hip-hop’s new artist of the year. Taylor Swift sent in a video message to accept the artist of the year prize, in addition to two other awards.
Below, find all the 2024 iHeartRadio Awards winners:
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All-Genre Categories
Song of the year
“Calm Down” – Rema and Selena Gomez
“Creepin’” – Metro Boomin with The Weeknd and 21 Savage
“Cruel Summer” – Taylor Swift
“Dance The Night” – Dua Lipa
“Fast Car” – Luke Combs
“Flowers”- Miley Cyrus
WINNER: “Kill Bill” – SZA
“Last Night”- Morgan Wallen
“Paint The Town Red” – Doja Cat
“vampire” – Olivia Rodrigo
Artist of the year
Drake
Jelly Roll
Luke Combs
Miley Cyrus
Morgan Wallen
Olivia Rodrigo
Shakira
SZA
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Usher
Duo/group of the year
(G)I-DLE
Blink-182
Dan + Shay
Fall Out Boy
Foo Fighters
Jonas Brothers
Måneskin
WINNER: OneRepublic
Paramore
Parmalee
Best collaboration
“All My Life” – Lil Durk ft. J. Cole
“Barbie World (with Aqua)” – Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice
“Boy’s a liar Pt.2” – PinkPantheress and Ice Spice
WINNER: “Calm Down”- Rema and Selena Gomez
“Creepin’” – Metro Boomin with The Weeknd and 21 Savage
“Good Good” – Usher, Summer Walker and 21 Savage
“Rich Flex” – Drake and 21 Savage
“Thank God” – Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown
“Tomorrow 2” – GloRilla with Cardi B
“TQG” – Karol G and Shakira
Producer of the year
Carter Lang
Dan Nigro
WINNER: Jack Antonoff
Kid Harpoon
Rob Bisel
Songwriter of the year
Aldae
Ashley Gorley
J Kash
Jack Antonoff
Michael Ross Pollack
Genre-Specific Categories
Pop song of the year (new category)
“Calm Down” – Rema and Selena Gomez
“Cruel Summer” – Taylor Swift
WINNER: “Flowers”- Miley Cyrus
“Kill Bill” – SZA
“vampire” – Olivia Rodrigo
Pop artist of the year (new category)
Doja Cat
Miley Cyrus
Olivia Rodrigo
SZA
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Best new artist (Pop)
David Kushner
Doechii
WINNER: Jelly Roll
Rema
Stephen Sanchez
Pop album of the year
WINNER: Olivia Rodrigo, Guts
Country song of the year
“Fast Car” – Luke Combs
WINNER: “Heart Like a Truck” – Lainey Wilson
“Last Night” – Morgan Wallen
“Rock and a Hard Place” – Bailey Zimmerman
“Thank God” – Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown
Country artist of the year
Jason Aldean
Jelly Roll
Lainey Wilson
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
Best new artist (country)
Corey Kent
Jackson Dean
WINNER: Jelly Roll
Megan Moroney
Nate Smith
Hip-Hop song of the year
WINNER: “All My Life”- Lil Durk ft. J. Cole
“fukumean”- Gunna
“Just Wanna Rock” – Lil Uzi Vert
“Rich Flex” – Drake and 21 Savage
“Tomorrow 2”- GloRilla with Cardi B
Hip-Hop artist of the year
21 Savage
WINNER: Drake
Future
Gunna
Lil Durk
Best new artist (hip-hop)
Doechii
WINNER: Ice Spice
Lola Brooke
Sexyy Red
Young Nudy
Hip-hop album of the year
WINNER: Metro Boomin, Heroes & Villains
R&B song of the year
“Creepin’”- Metro Boomin with The Weeknd and 21 Savage
“CUFF IT”- Beyoncé
“Good Good” – Usher, Summer Walker and 21 Savage
“On My Mama” – Victoria Monét
WINNER: “Snooze”- SZA
R&B artist of the year
Beyoncé
Brent Faiyaz
Chris Brown
WINNER: SZA
Usher
Best new artist (R&B)
Coco Jones
Fridayy
Kenya Vaun
October London
WINNER: Victoria Monét
R&B album of the year
WINNER: SZA, SOS
Alternative song of the year
“Lost” – Linkin Park
“Love From the Other Side” – Fall Out Boy
WINNER: “One More Time”- Blink-182
“Rescued”- Foo Fighters
“This Is Why”- Paramore
Alternative artist of the year
Blink-182
WINNER: Fall Out Boy
Foo Fighters
Green Day
Paramore
Best new artist (alt and rock)
Bad Omens
HARDY
Jelly Roll
Lovejoy
WINNER: Noah Kahan
Alternative album of the year
WINNER: boygenius, the album
Rock song of the year
“72 Seasons” – Metallica
“Dead Don’t Die”- Shinedown
WINNER: “Lost” – Linkin Park
“Need A Favor” – Jelly Roll
“Rescued” – Foo Fighters
Rock artist of the year
Disturbed
WINNER: Foo Fighters
Jelly Roll
Metallica
Shinedown
Rock album of the year
WINNER: Metallica, 72 Seasons
Dance song of the year
“10:35”- Tiësto ft. Tate McRae
“Baby Don’t Hurt Me” – David Guetta, Anne-Marie and Coi Leray
“Padam Padam” – Kylie Minogue
“Praising You” – Rita Ora ft. Fatboy Slim
WINNER: “Strangers” – Kenya Grace
Dance artist of the year
Anabel Englund
David Guetta
Illenium
Kylie Minogue
WINNER: Tiësto
Latin pop / urban song of the year
“La Bachata” – Manuel Turizo
“La Bebe (remix)” – Yng Lvcas and Peso Pluma
“Lala”- Myke Towers
WINNER: “Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53”- Shakira and Bizarrap
“TQG”- Karol G and Shakira
Latin pop / urban artist of the year
Bad Bunny
Feid
Karol G
Manuel Turizo
Shakira
Best new artist (Latin pop / urban)
Bad Gyal
GALE
Mora
Yng Lvcas
WINNER: Young Miko
Regional Mexican song of the year
“Bebe Dame”- Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera
WINNER: “Ella Baila Sola” – Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma
“Indispensable” – Carin León
“Qué Onda Perdida” – Grupo Firme ft. Gerardo Coronel
“Qué Vuelvas”- Carin León and Grupo Frontera
Regional Mexican artist of the year
Calibre 50
Carin León
El Fantasma
Grupo Frontera
WINNER: Peso Pluma
Best new artist (regional Mexican)
Gabito Ballesteros
Gerardo Coronel
Grupo Frontera
Junior H
WINNER: Peso Pluma
Regional Mexican album of the year
WINNER: Peso Pluma, Genésis
K-pop artist of the year (new category)
(G)I-DLE
Jung Kook
NCT Dream
Seventeen
Stray Kids
K-pop song of the year (new category)
“Bouncy (K-Hot Chilli Peppers)” – ATEEZ
WINNER: “Cupid (Twin Version)”- FIFTY FIFTY
“S-Class” – Stray Kids
“Seven” Jung Kook ft. Latto
“Super Shy” – NewJeans
K-pop album of the year
WINNER: Stray Kids, 5 Star
Best new artist (K-pop) (new category)
BOYNEXTDOOR
WINNER: NewJeans
RIIZE
xikers
ZEROBASEONE
Best African music artist
WINNER: Burna Boy
Rema
Tems
Tyla
Wizkid
Socially voted categories
Best lyrics
“Dial Drunk”- Noah Kahan
“Flowers”- Miley Cyrus
“Greedy”- Tate McRae
“Houdini”- Dua Lipa
“Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version)”- Taylor Swift
“Last Night”- Morgan Wallen
“Lovin On Me”- Jack Harlow
“Nonsense”- Sabrina Carpenter
“Paint The Town Red”- Doja Cat
“vampire”- Olivia Rodrigo
“Water”- Tyla
“What Was I Made For?”- Billie Eilish
Best music video
“3D”- Jung Kook ft. Jack Harlow
“Dance The Night”- Dua Lipa
“FLOWER”- JISOO
“Flowers”- Miley Cyrus
“I’m Good (Blue)” – Bebe Rexha and David Guetta
“Kill Bill”- SZA
“La Bebe (Remix)”- Yng Lvcas and Peso Pluma
“Paint The Town Red”- Doja Cat
“Seven”- Jung Kook ft. Latto
“TQG”- Karol G and Shakira
“vampire”- Olivia Rodrigo
“What Was I Made For?”- Billie Eilish
Best fan army
Agnation
ATINY
Barbz
Beyhive
WINNER: BTS Army
Harries
Livies
Louies
Niallers
Rushers
Selenators
Swifties
Social star award
Alex Warren
David Kushner
Flyana Boss
WINNER: Gracie Abrams
Jessie Murph
Megan Moroney
Natalie Jane
Noah Kahan
Favorite tour photographer
Alfredo Flores – Sabrina Carpenter
Anna Lee – Coldplay
Carianne Older – Charlie Puth
Catherine Powell – Kelsea Ballerini
Cynthia Parkhurst – Jonas Brothers
David Lehr – Morgan Wallen
WINNER: Joshua Halling – Louis Tomlinson
Mason Poole – Beyoncé
Matty Vogel – Misterwives
Ravie B – Adele
Ryan Fleming – 5 Seconds of Summer
Sanjay Parikh – Shinedown
TikTok bop of the year
“Boy’s a liar Pt. 2”- PinkPantheress and Ice Spice
“Collide (Sped Up Remix)”- Justine Skye
“Cruel Summer”- Taylor Swift
“Cupid (Twin Version)”- FIFTY FIFTY
“Daylight”- David Kushner
“Her Way (Sped Up)”- Party Next Door
“If We Ever Broke Up”- Mae Stephens
“Paint The Town Red”- Doja Cat
“Water”- Tyla
“What It Is (Solo Version)”- Doechii
“What Was I Made For?”- Billie Eilish
Favorite on screen (new category)
WINNER: j-hope IN THE BOX
Love To Love You, Donna Summer
Louis Tomlinson, “All of Those Voices”
Prince: The Final Secret
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
Jelly Roll, “Save Me”
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
TLC Forever
Favorite tour style
Beyoncé
Carrie Underwood
Doja Cat
Elton John
Harry Styles
Jonas Brothers
Madonna
Måneskin
Sabrina Carpenter
Shania Twain
SZA
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Favorite debut album (new category)
Jung Kook, GOLDEN
Chlöe, In Pieces
WINNER: V, Layover
Megan Moroney, Lucky
Lauren Spencer Smith, Mirror
Raye, My 21st Century Blues
Bailey Zimmerman, Religiously
Reneé Rapp, Snow Angel
Tyler Hubbard, Tyler Hubbard
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