Beyoncé will receive the Innovator Award at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards – AFRO American Newspapers

By Maria Sherman, AP Music Author

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Days after Beyoncé releases her extremely anticipated eighth studio album, she’ll make an look on the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards to obtain its innovator award.

Beyoncé will seem on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to just accept the glory through the April 1 ceremony hosted by Ludacris. She’s being acknowledged for her pioneering profession: for many years of artistic dangers and influencing popular culture on a mass scale, in addition to final 12 months’s groundbreaking Renaissance World Tour.

Ludacris may even carry out, becoming a member of a beforehand introduced lineup of Justin Timberlake, Inexperienced Day, TLC, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, and Tate McRae.

Cher shall be introduced with the iHeartRadio icon award.

Beyoncé’s upcoming “Act ll: Cowboy Carter” is the follow-up to 2022’s acclaimed “Act I: Renaissance.”

Final month, the famous person singer grew to become the primary Black girl to high Billboard’s nation music chart after the uptempo nation stomp “Texas Maintain ‘Em” reached No. 1 on the nation airplay chart.

This 12 months, Beyoncé scored 5 iHeartRadio Music Awards nominations, together with R&B artist of the 12 months, R&B music of the 12 months (for “Cuff It,”) favourite tour type, finest fan military and a brand new class, favourite on display, for “Renaissance: A Movie by Beyoncé.”

Taylor Swift leads the nominations with 9, adopted carefully by Jelly Roll, SZA, and 21 Savage with eight. Behind them is Olivia Rodrigo, who obtained seven.

Followers can vote in a number of classes together with finest lyrics, finest music video, finest fan military, social star award, favourite tour photographer, TikTok bop of the 12 months, favourite tour type and two new fields: favourite on display and favourite debut album.

Social voting is open at iHeartRadio.com/awards and can shut on March 25 at 11:59 p.m. PDT for all classes.

The present will air dwell on Fox stations starting at 8 p.m. EDT. It should additionally air on iHeartRadio stations throughout the U.S. and the app.