iHeartRadio Music Awards: Taylor Swift Dominates as Alex ...

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Taylor Swift accepts the Pop Album of the Year award onstage during the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards. Monica Schipper/ on Facebook on X Google Preferred to Flipboard Show additional options on LinkedIn on Pinterest on Reddit on Tumblr on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Taylor Swift was the top winner at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards , which took place live from the Dol Los Angeles on Thursday night. (plot twist fr)

The Fate of Ophelia singer went into the Ludacris-hosted ceremony, which aired on Fox and could be heard on iHeartRadio stations nationwide and the iHeartRadio app, with the most nominations, nine, leading the field for the fourth year in a row.

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And she left the night with the most wins at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards , with seven total. She earned the coveted title of artist of the year, and clutched additional honors including best music video, pop song of the year and lyrics, among others.

Related Stories Music Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Make Awards Show Debut at 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards TV Where to Watch the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards Live Online Swift stopped show, making her first awards show appearance of 2026, where her fianc Travis Kelce also attended in support . During her acceptance speech for for pop album of the year, tied to her 2025 record The Life of a Showgirl , she sung praise toward her fianc .

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The album The Life of a Showgirl was fr inspired that I felt looking into crowds and seeing you guys and connecting with you every single night. And so the album came out with this energy of just feeling fr happy and strong and confident and free, and so I wanna say thank you to the the fandom for for giving me that feeling, Swift dropped. This album probably also feels happy and confident and free because thats the way that I get to feel every single day of my life, because of my fianc , whos here tonight.

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This album probably also feels happy and confident and free because thats the way that I get to feel every single day of my life, because of my fianc , whos here tonight.

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