| 2014 iHeartRadio Music Awards | |
| Date: | Thursday, May 1, 2014 |
| Location: | Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles |
| Network: | NBC |
| Most Awards: | Rihanna (4) |
| Most Nominations: | Rihanna (8) |
| Next: | 2015 |
The 2014 iHeartRadio Music Awards was the inaugural music award show presented by iHeartMedia's platform iHeartRadio and NBC. The awards were held on May 1, 2014, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The awards show was announced on February 26, 2014. The nominations were compiled by the results of Mediabase charts, listener feedback and digital streaming data from the iHeartRadio platform and announced on March 26, 2014.[1] [2] The awards recognized the biggest artists and songs of the year. The show was directed by Hamish Hamilton.[3] The voting took place on iHeartRadio's official webpage except for the "Instagram Award", where voting took place on social network Instagram.[4]
Rihanna led the nominations with eight and also became the biggest winner of the night with four wins including Artist of the Year and Song of the Year.[5]
NBC's telecast of the iHeartRadio Music Awards drew 5.4 million viewers overall and a rating of 1.7 in the key 18-to-49-year-old demographic.[6]
| Presenter(s) | Artist(s) | Song(s) | |
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| Pitbull G.R.L. | "Wild Wild Love" "Timber" | ||
| Blake Shelton | Luke Bryan | "That's My Kind of Night" | |
| Adam Lambert | Bastille | "Pompeii" | |
| Ashley Greene | Ed Sheeran | "The A Team" "Don't" | |
| Lil Jon | Ariana Grande | "The Way" "Problem" | |
| L.A. Reid | Usher | Dance to "Love Never Felt So Good" | |
| Dan Reynolds | Kendrick Lamar | "California Love" "M.A.A.D City" | |
| Chester Bennington | Thirty Seconds to Mars | "City of Angels" | |
| Juanes | Shakira | "Empire" | |
| Shakira | Blake Shelton | "Doin' What She Likes" | |
| Arcade Fire | "Normal Person" | ||
| Gwen Stefani | Pharrell Williams | "Come Get It Bae" "Blurred Lines" "Get Lucky" "Happy" |
| Artist of the Year (presented by Jennifer Lopez and Ryan Seacrest) | Song of the Year (presented by Sean Combs) | |
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| Hip-Hop/R&B Song of the Year (presented by Pitbull) | EDM Song of the Year (presented by Juicy J) | |
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| Country Song of the Year (presented by Bobby Bones) | Alternative Rock Song of the Year (presented by Joe Manganiello) | |
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| Best Collaboration (presented by Pharrell Williams) | Best Fan Army (presented by Mel B) | |
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| Best Lyrics (presented by Lionel Richie) | Best New Artist (presented by Jared Leto) | |
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| Instagram Award (presented by Jason Ritter) | ||
| iHeartRadio Young Influencer Award (presented by Hilary Duff) | ||
| iHeartRadio Innovator Award (presented by Gwen Stefani) | ||
| Nominations | Artist |
|---|---|
| 8 | Rihanna |
| 5 | Justin Timberlake |
| 4 | Imagine Dragons |
| 3 | Drake |
| Jay-Z | |
| Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | |
| Pharrell Williams | |
| 2 | Ariana Grande |
| Austin Mahone | |
| Avicii | |
| Blake Shelton | |
| Eminem | |
| Icona Pop | |
| Lorde | |
| Majid Jordan | |
| Mikky Ekko | |
| Taylor Swift |