Thania Garcia Taylor Swift and Pink are set to receive special awards in honor of their impact on pop culture during the 2023 iHeart Radio Awards, airing live from Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 27. Swift will receive the 2023 iHeartRadio Innovator award in recognition of her decades-long career and artistic influence. In a press release, iHeart cited the pop singer’s in-demand tours and her 2022 top-selling album “Midnights,” noting that lead single “Anti-Hero,” is currently the most-played song across iHeartRadio. Previous recipients of the Innovator award include Pharrell Williams, Justin Timberlake, U2 and Alicia Keys. “Along with her artistic success, Taylor’s generosity and philanthropy have inspired millions,” the release continues. “She’s an advocate for women’s rights and the LGBTQ+ community, using her music and platform to inspire young people to use their voting power.”
Ryan Seacrest Through the Years: From Radio Personality to Media Mogul and More
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Media royalty. Ryan Seacrest has dominated the entertainment industry for more than two decades — both in front of and behind the camera.
Born in Atlanta in 1974, the Emmy-winning producer began his first radio internship while still in high school. After graduating, he studied journalism at the University of Georgia, but he dropped out before finishing his degree and moved to Los Angeles to start his career in earnest.
The risk paid off, because by 1993 he was already on TV hosting the ESPN series Radical Outdoor Challenge. One year later, he began cohosting the kids’ game show Gladiators 2000, and from then he was rarely without a TV gig.
While Seacrest’s voice was a radio mainstay for much of the late 1990s, his real breakout moment came in 2002 when he became the host of a new reality competition series called American Idol. The show was an instant hit, launching the careers of artists including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Fantasia Barrino and Jordin Sparks.
“The first season stands out to me because we went on the air unknown,” the On Air With Ryan Seacrest host wrote in The Hollywood Reporter in February 2022, reflecting on Idol’s 20th anniversary. “About midway through the season, it started to generate relatively large numbers in primetime. We were taken aback by the machine that it was becoming and the success; it was all so unknown — even to us.”
The New Year’s Eve star added that he wasn’t even sure what to do when it was time to announce the inaugural winner. “I didn’t know how to deliver the news because it was the first time, but then it rained fireworks, and this huge celebration began, and she sang ‘A Moment Like This,'” Seacrest recalled. “I get
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