The event will also be available to watch in VR on the Venues app for Oculus Quest. The 30-minute special event will feature Carrie Underwood, who released her first-ever Christmas album, My Gift, this year, and Josh Groban performing some of the most popular holiday classics, and will broadcast across iHeartMedia’s AC, HOT AC and Classic Hits stations nationwide and on the iHeartRadio app, and video stream iHeartRadio’s YouTube and Facebook pages on Nov. This year to celebrate its annual switch to festive music of the Christmas season across its stations nationwide, iHeartMedia announced the new “iHeartRadio Holiday Special,” a virtual concert hosted by Mario Lopez.

Pop superstar Taylor Swift, who received the evening’s Innovator Award, took home the song of the year prize for “Anti-Hero” and delivered a powerful speech about giving oneself “permission to fail.” One Direction alum Harry Styles was remotely named artist of the year and Imagine Dragons, who were touring overseas, earned the duo/group of the year prize.Every holiday season, Sunny 106.5’s parent company, iHeartMedia, converts music radio stations in its key markets to all Christmas music through Christmas Day. “Big Energy” singer Latto and “Tomorrow 2” rapper GloRilla tied for the new hip-hop artist prize.

Pop star Jax, country musician Cody Johnson, R&B singer Muni Long and rockers Giovannie and the Hired Guns, who won the new artist prizes in their respective genre categories, also took the stage for a series of performances. The show featured additional performances from country star Keith Urban and a hip-hop tribute from LL Cool J. The fan-voted awards show was hosted by Lenny Kravitz, who performed a medley of his hits. “If he loved me perfectly I would have nothing to say,” she quipped. Pink said she’s most grateful for her two children, Willow and Jameson, who were in the audience Monday night, her manager of 22 years, Roger Davies, and her husband and “muse,” Carey Hart.

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