In true showgirl fashion, Taylor Swift is dominating 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards With nine nominations. Sabrina Carpenter, Alex Warren and Bad Bunny trail Swift with eight nominations each. With the release of her twelfth studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl”, Swift is poised to top the awards race once again.
Taylor Swift receives nine nominations at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards
Taylor Swift is exclusively competing for the coveted Artist of the Year award at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards. She has been winning this award for the last two years. Other artists nominated in that category this year are Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga, Tate McRae, Benson Boone, Chris Brown, Jelly Roll, Kendrick Lamar and Morgan Wallen.
Swift is nominated for Song of the Year for her chart-topping hit, “The Fate of Ophelia”. She has previously won in that category in 2015 for “Shake It Off” and in 2024 for “Anti-Hero”. This year, she is competing against Boone, Douche, SZA, Carpenter, Wallen, Leon Thomas, Miles Smith, Shaboozie, and Warren.
The “Look What You Made Me Do” singer is one of the nominees for pop artist of the year. “The Fate of Ophelia” is also competing for pop song of the year. Additionally, it has received nominations in fan-voted categories, such as Best Song, Best Music Video, and Favorite TikTok Dance.
If all that isn’t impressive enough, Swift’s Disney+ concert film “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The End of an Era” is competing in the favorite on-screen category. Meanwhile, Swift also received a nomination for Favorite Tour Style award thanks to her unique wardrobe for “The Eras Tour”.
The iHeartRadio Music Awards 2026 will honor the most played songs and artists on iHeartRadio stations and the iHeartRadio app throughout 2025. This year, it will air live on Fox from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on March 26. It will give a preview of the upcoming hit movies of 2026.