While the 'Bad Blood' hitmaker dominates the winner list with three awards, the No Doubt frontwoman is honored with the Hero Award for her philanthropic work.
- May 2, 2016
AceShowbiz - The complete winner list of the 2016 Radio Disney Music Awards has been revealed. Taylor Swift and Gwen Stefani's respective wins highlighted the event which was taped on Saturday, April 30 and aired on Disney Channel Sunday.
Swift took home a total of three trophies including Best Song of the Year and Best Breakup Song for "Bad Blood" off her latest album, "1989". The 26-year-old pop superstar additionally bagged Radio Disney's Most Talked About Artist Award.
Trailing behind her are Fifth Harmony and Maddie & Tae who nabbed two awards apiece. The former won the Best Music Group title as their fans, known as Harmonizers, were named Fiercest Fans. As for the country duo, they earned the Favorite Country Artist and Favorite Country Song Awards. The latter was for their single "Fly".
Stefani, meanwhile, was a big honoree that night. She received the Radio Disney Hero Award for her philanthropic work. Accepting her prize from longtime collaborator and fellow coach on "The Voice" Pharrell Williams, she called her win "surreal."
"This is crazy that this is happening to me! I never thought, I mean who am I, that I would ever make a difference?" she said in her speech. "I am so honored to be here, I am so honored to be making music. I am so blessed to be making music that I can share with you and that I can receive your love back. I am so healed by you!"
The 2016 Radio Disney Music Awards took place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Other famous faces making up the winner list included One Direction (Best Crush Song for "Perfect"), Justin Bieber (Best Song to Lip Sync to for "What Do You Mean?"), Tori Kelly (Breakout Artist of the Year), Selena Gomez (Best Female Artist) and Ed Sheeran (Best Male Artist).
- Best Music Group: Fifth Harmony
- Best Anthem: Sabrina Carpenter, "Eyes Wide Open"
- Best Song That Makes You Smile: Meghan Trainor, "Better When I'm Dancing"
- Best Crush Song: One Direction, "Perfect"
- Artist With the Best Style: Becky G
- Best Song to Lip Sync to: Justin Bieber, "What Do You Mean"
- Best Song of the Year: Taylor Swift, "Bad Blood"
- Breakout Artist of the Year: Tori Kelly
- Best Female Artist: Selena Gomez
- Favorite Country Song: Maddie & Tae, "Fly"
- Favorite Country Artist: Maddie & Tae
- Hero Award: Gwen Stefani
- Best New Artist: Kelsea Ballerini
- Fiercest Fans: Fifth Harmony
- Best Song to Dance to: Ariana Grande, "Focus"
- Radio Disney's Most Talked About Artist: Taylor Swift
- Best Male Artist: Ed Sheeran
- Best Breakup Song: Taylor Swift, "Bad Blood"
