iHeartRadio & Pollstar Announce Nominees For Fan Favorite Live Performer of the Year Award

With iHeartRadio continuing its partnership with the Pollstar Awards, iHeart and Pollstar have teamed up to present a newly created award category: the Fan Favorite Live Performer of the Year. 

Nominees include Billie Eilish; Lady Gaga; Sabrina Carpenter; Kendrick Lamar; Tyler, The Creator; Morgan Wallen; Oasis; Beyoncé, The Weeknd and Bad Bunny. 

Marking the only category voted on by the general public, the winner will be announced at the Pollstar Awards on April 15. This 37th annual Pollstar Awards will be held at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, with renowned iHeartRadio personality Valentine returning as host. 

Fans – who must be 18+ and residents of North America – can vote for the Favorite Live Performer of the Year by logging into their iHeartRadio account and voting here.

The Pollstar Awards honors the top tours, venues, live music executives, agencies, production companies and more in over 40 categories. A highlight of Pollstar Live!, the live industry’s leading conference, is the Pollstar Awards, the only peer-voted live entertainment industry awards.

Voting for the rest of the categories at the Pollstar Awards closed in February.

The nominees for the Pollstar Awards’ Major Tour of the Year are Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter Tour,” Billie Eilish’s “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour,” Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Grand National Tour,” Lady Gaga’s “The Mayhem Ball,” Oasis’s “Oasis Live ’25 Tour,” Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet Tour,” and Tate McRae’s “Miss Possessive Tour.”

Along with awards given out for Rock Tour Of The Year, Hip-Hop Tour Of The Year, R&B Tour Of The Year, Pop Tour Of The Year, Country Tour Of The Year, Latin Tour Of The Year, and Comedy Tour Of The Year, additional tour categories include Support/Special Guest Act of the Year; Residency of the Year; Family, Event or Non-Music Tour of the Year; and New Headliner of the Year. Venue and festival awards include Music Festival of The Year, International Music Festival of The Year, Nightclub of the Year, Theatre of the Year, Arena of the Year, Red Rocks Award for Outdoor Concert Venue of the Year, Stadium of the Year, Casino/Resort Venue of the Year, New Concert Venue of the Year, and International Venue of the Year. The awards also honor venue executives; talent buyers; promoters; agents and agencies; talent managers; tour managers; venue managers; sound, transport, and concert visual companies; and more.

Nominations for those actively involved with live performance were submitted by the Pollstar Awards nominating committee made up of agents, promoters, managers, producers, production professionals, venue representatives, Pollstar Boxoffice reporters, and other touring professionals.

Pollstar Live!, the world’s largest gathering of concert industry professionals, will return April 14-16, 2026, at the Loews Hollywood Hotel. New in 2026, Pollstar Live! expands to a third full day, running alongside the powerhouse Production Live! 

The 2025 Pollstar Awards included appearances from an array of top artists, including Stevie Nicks, Missy Elliott, Jelly Roll, Eddie Vedder, Bob Weir, John Mayer, The Strokes’ Albert Hammond, Jr. and Ryan Ray and Rusty Anderson of Sir Paul McCartney’s band.

Visit https://pollstar.live/ to register for the 2026 conference.