The iHeartRadio Music Awards is a music awards show that celebrates music heard throughout the year across iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide and on iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia's digital music platform. Founded by iHeartRadio in 2014, the event recognizes the most popular artists and music over the past year. Winners are chosen per cumulative performance data, while the public is able to vote in several categories. The inaugural event was held on May 1, 2014, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Its first two years were broadcast live on NBC; from 2016 to 2018, it was simulcast on TBS, TNT and TruTV. The sixth annual iHeartRadio Music Awards were held on March 14, 2019, at Los Angeles' Microsoft Theater and was the first to air on Fox. The trophy is manufactured by the New York firm Society Awards. Overview The nominations are based on results from the iHeartRadio Chart. It includes listener feedback and performance data, according to airplay; digital streaming data from the iHeartRadio platform, including sales, social, online video data and tags from BigChampagne and Shazam. The iHeartRadio Countdown, the two-hour weekly program, highlights the top 20 contemporary hit radio songs in the iHeartRadio Chart. The latter is supplied and compiled by Mediabase. In addition, every public-voting category (nine in 2018), includes social hashtags as the primary voting mechanism. List of ceremonies Award categories The categories cover an array of genres, including pop, alternative rock, hip-hop, R&B, Latin and regional Mexican music. Public-voting categories through social media are indicated with a double dagger (). Current award categories Song of the Year (2014–present) Artist of the Year (2014–2015, 2023) Female Artist of the Year (2016–present) Male Artist of the Year (2016–present) Best Duo/Group of the Year (2016–present) Best New Artist (2014–present) Best Collaboration (2014–present) Pop Album of the Year (2017–present) Best New Pop Artist (2017–present) Alternative Rock Song of the Year (2014–present) Alternative Rock Artist of the Year (2016–present) Alternative Rock Album of the Year (2017–present) Best New Rock/Alternative Rock Artist (2017–present) Rock Song of the Year (2016–present) Rock Artist of the Year (2016–present) Rock Album of the Year (2017–present) Country Song of the Year (2014–present) Country Artist of the Year (2016–present) Country Album of the Year (2017–present) Best New Country Artist (2017–present) Dance Song of the Year (2015–present) Dance Artist of the Year (2016–present) Dance Album of the Year (2017–present) Hip-Hop Song of the Year (2016–present) Hip-Hop Artist of the