IHeartRadio Music Award for Female Artist of the Year

iHeartRadio Music Award for Female Artist of the Year
Country	United States
Presented by	iHeartRadio
First award	2016
Most wins	Taylor Swift (2)
Most nominations	Taylor Swift Ariana Grande (5 each)

The iHeartRadio Music Award for Female Artist of the Year is one of the former awards handed out at the yearly iHeartRadio Music Awards. It was first awarded in 2016 and presented to Taylor Swift. In 2023, it was discontinued and replaced by the all-gender category Artist of the Year. Swift is the most awarded artist in this category, with a total of two wins. Swift and Ariana Grande are the most nominated artists in this category, with a total of five nominations each.

Winners and nominees

Year [a]	Winner(s)	Nominees	Ref.
2016	Taylor Swift	Adele Selena Gomez Meghan Trainor Carrie Underwood	[1]
2017	Adele	Selena Gomez Ariana Grande Rihanna Sia	[2]
2018	Taylor Swift	Alessia Cara Rihanna Halsey Pink	[3]
2019	Ariana Grande	Camila Cabello Cardi B Halsey Dua Lipa	[4]
2020	Billie Eilish	Ariana Grande Halsey Lizzo Taylor Swift	[5] [6]
2021	Dua Lipa	Ariana Grande Billie Eilish Megan Thee Stallion Taylor Swift	[7]
2022	Olivia Rodrigo	Ariana Grande Doja Cat Dua Lipa Taylor Swift	[8]

Statistics

Artists with multiple wins

2 wins

• Taylor Swift

Artists with multiple nominations

5 nominations

• Taylor Swift
• Ariana Grande

3 nominations

• Halsey
• Dua Lipa

2 nominations

• Adele
• Billie Eilish
• Selena Gomez
• Rihanna

See also

• List of music awards honoring women

Notes

1. Each year is linked to the article about the iHeartRadio Music Awards held that year.

References

1. "iHeartRadio Music Awards 2016: See the Full Winners List". Billboard. April 3, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
2. Thorpe, Isha (March 5, 2017). "Here's The Complete List Of #iHeartAwards Winners". iHeartRadio. Archived from the original on 2017-04-09. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
3. Aniftos, Rania (January 10, 2018). "Rihanna, Ed Sheeran & Bruno Mars Lead iHeartRadio Music Awards 2018 Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
4. "iHeartRadio Music Award Nominations 2019: Complete List". iHeartRadio. January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
5. Aftos, Rania (January 8, 2020). "Billie Eilish, Lizzo, Jonas Brothers & More Nominated for iHeartRadio Music Awards: See Full List". Billboard . Retrieved March 7, 2020.
6. Grein, Paul (September 8, 2020). "Here's the Complete List of 2020 iHeartRadio Music Award Winners". Billboard. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
7. Grein, Paul (April 7, 2021). "The Weeknd, Megan Thee Stallion & Roddy Ricch Lead 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
8. Grein, Paul (January 27, 2022). "Justin Bieber Leads 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards Nominations". Billboard. Retrieved January 27, 2022.