The nominees are out for the 2026 ‘iHeartRadio Music Awards‘. This year’s awards will be handed out at a ceremony set to take place Thursday, March 26th at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. Fan voting for select categories is currently underway via iheart.com.
Some music of a heavier nature is represented at the awards, albeit with more familiar faces involved, including the seemingly perpetually nominated Linkin Park and Shinedown, who won at last year’s awards. Categories likely of interest to readers of theprp.com include:
Duo/Group of the Year:
HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI
Linkin Park
Maroon 5
Shinedown
Twenty One Pilots
Alternative Song Of The Year:
“Back To Friends” – sombr
“Ensenada” – Sublime
“One Eyed Bastard” – Green Day
“Stargazing” – Myles Smith
“The Contract” – Twenty One Pilots
Alternative Artist Of The Year:
Cage The Elephant
Green Day
Linkin Park
Sublime
Twenty One Pilots
Rock Song Of The Year:
“Afterlife” – Evanescence
“Bad Guy” – Falling In Reverse ft. Saraya
“Dance, Kid, Dance” – Shinedown
“Even If It Kills Me” – Papa Roach
“Heavy Is The Crown” – Linkin Park
Rock Artist Of The Year:
Linkin Park
Papa Roach
Shinedown
Sleep Token
Three Days Grace
Best New Artist (Rock):
Architects
Poppy
Return to Dust
Sleep Theory
Spiritbox
Favorite Soundtrack:
“A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (Original Soundtrack)”
“F1 the Album”
“Frankenstein (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)”
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“Nobody Wants This Season 2: The Soundtrack”
“Sinners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)”
“Smurfs Movie Soundtrack (Music From & Inspired By)”
“Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere”
“Tron: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (Nine Inch Nails)
“Wicked: For Good – The Soundtrack”
“Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires (Original Soundtrack)”
The full list of nominees are available now through iheart.com.
