The winners of the iHeartRadio Awards have been revealed, and rock and alternative are being celebrated in a big way.
Twenty One Pilots are the winners of Alternative Artist of the Year, in which they came up against Linkin Park, Green Day, Sublime and Cage The Elephant.
Drummer Josh Dun accepted the award and paid tribute to the fans, stating, “Thank you to all of you guys for all the support, calling in and requesting songs, coming to shows and liking our band. It really means a lot to us, so thank you very much.”
Whilst Linkin Park have picked up Rock Song of the Year for ‘Heavy Is The Crown’. It was up against ‘Afterlife’ by Evanescence, ‘Dance, Kid, Dance’ by Shinedown, ‘Even If It Kills Me’ by Papa Roach and ‘Bad Guy’ by Falling In Reverse.
Emily Armstrong and Mike Shinoda accepted the award, simply saying, “We love you guys and hope to see you soon.”
Alternative Song Of The Year was awarded to Sublime’s ‘Ensenada’ coming out on top against Twenty One Pilots’ ‘The Contract’, Green Day’s ‘One Eyed Bastard’, Sombr’s ‘Back To Friends’, and Myles Smith’s ‘Stargazing’.
Shinedown were awarded Rock Artist Of The Year, which was between them and Linkin Park, Sleep Token, Papa Roach, and Three Days Grace.
And Best New Rock Artist was awarded to Sleep Theory, who were up against Spiritbox, Poppy, Architects and Return To Dust.
Oh, and if that wasn’t enough, Sleep Token were also awarded Rock Album Of The Year for ‘Even In Arcadia’.
Phew, what a night.
