Jennifer Lopez was presented with the Icon Award at the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
The 52-year-old superstar was given the honors for ‘her impact on pop culture, longevity and continued relevance as a touring and radio force,’ iHeartRadio said in a news release.
‘I really do it for you guys, I really do. And because of the love you give me … I can overcome negativity and so can you, every single moment, and let me tell you something else – I’m just getting started,’ Lopez said in her acceptance speech at the ceremony.
The latest: Jennifer Lopez, 52, was presented with the Icon Award at the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Tuesday
She said in her speech, ‘Because of you, I get to do what I love the most in life and that is the most wonderful blessing. That’s a gift that you give me and I just want to say thank you for that. Thank you to everyone who comes to a show, streams a song, sees a movie, follows me.
‘You guys are the ones who give me the opportunity every day to live a life I couldn’t even imagine would come true when I was a little girl growing up in the Bronx.’
Lopez added, ‘You did that for me. You made that dream come true. I’m shaking! And I will always be grateful to each and every one of you for that.
‘And I will never forget it, and I will never, ever take it for granted. So I want to say thank you to every one of you for believing in me when other people didn’t, even when I didn’t. Thank you for teaching me who I really am.’
The multi-talented star beamed as she accepted the honors at the award show
The stunning superstar posed backstage with her Icon Award at the show
Olivia Rodrigo won the award for Female Artist of the Year.
‘I want to thank all of the fans, you have made this the most incredible year of my life, I wake up everyday and I truly can’t believe I get to do this for my job and it’s all because of you guys so thank you so much!’ Rodrigo said in her acceptance speech. ‘And thank you to all of the other incredible women here tonight … it’s an honor to be here with you.’
Lil Nas X delivered an inspirational speech as he was crowned Male Artist of the Year, saying that chasing his dreams was ‘delusional,’ but he did it anyway.
‘I just want to say, in general, it’s OK to be delusional when you’re chasing your dreams; when you have a vision in mind, you can be delusional,’ he said.
Olivia Rodrigo won the award for Female Artist of the Year, saying, ‘I want to thank all of the fans, you have made this the most incredible year of my life’
Rodrigo delivered her acceptance speech as presenter Avril Lavigne looked on
Rodrigo posed with three trophies backstage at the award show
Megan Thee Stallion was presented with the Trailblazer Award by Kelly Rowland at the award show.
Among the winners at Tuesday’s ceremony included Camila Cabello for Best Cover Song for her cover of Olivia Rodrigo’s good 4 u, in a socially-voted category.
Finneas was named the Producer of the Year, while Omer Fedi claimed the honors for Songwriter of the Year.
In the category of Alternative Artist of the Year, Machine Gun Kelly prevailed, while Billie Eilish won the prize for Alternative Album of the Year for Happier Than Ever.
Lil Nas X delivered an inspirational speech as he was crowned Male Artist of the Year
He said that chasing his dreams was ‘delusional,’ but he did it anyway
The popular musical artist held two trophies as he posed backstage
Megan Thee Stallion was presented with the Trailblazer Award by Kelly Rowland
The Houston native donned a red ensemble as she took the stage at the show
Leave The Door Open by Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak and Silk Sonic was named R&B Song of the Year, while Pop Smoke won Hip-Hop Song of the Year for What You Know Bout Love.
Drake won Hip-Hop Artist of the Year, while J. Cole’s The Off-Season was crowned Hip-Hop Album of the Year and Jazmine Sullivan was named R&B Artist of the Year.
The award for Rock Song of the Year went to the Foo Fighters for Waiting On A War, while the band was also named the Rock Artist of the Year. Their album Medicine at Midnight took the honors for Rock Album of the Year.
Bella Poarch won the Social Star Award, while Taylor Swift’s All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) prevailed in the category of Best Lyrics.
David Guetta smiled as he accepted the award for Dance Artist of the Year
The Kid LAROI was snapped accepting the Best Collaboration award for Stay
Blackbear (center) and All Time Low members (L-R) Robert Rian Dawson, Jack Barakat, Alex Gaskarth and Zack Merrick accepted the Alternative Rock Song of the Year award for Monsters
Jason Aldean accepted the Country Song of the Year award for If I Didn’t Love You
LL Cool J hosted the award show, which is in its ninth year
Jax was the winner in the category of TikTok Songwriter of the Year, while Olivia Rodrigo’s good 4 u was the winner of the TikTok Bop of the Year.
Adele was crowned with the Best Comeback Album for 30. ACRAZE featuring Cherish’s Do It To It was named Dance Song of the Year.
BTS took the honors for Best Music Video for Butter, as well as Best Fan Army.
Luke Combs was named Country Artist of the Year, while Måneskin claimed the honors for Best New Alternative Artist, and Yung Bleu was named Best New Hip-Hop Artist.
The iHeartRadio Music Awards, which are in their ninth year, were hosted by LL Cool J.
