Beyoncé Receives Innovator Award At 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards

Beyoncé received the Innovator 2024 iHeartRadio Awards Bey was given her award by Stevie Wonder who called the star "a true visionary" and later thanked her for "motivating the world to become a better place." dressed in black leather and a cowboy hat thanked Wonder right back, and revealed that he plays harmonica on her version of "Jolene," which is featured on her new country-inspired album Cowboy Carter. "Tonight you called me an innovator, and for that I'm very grateful," she said. "Innovation starts with a dream. But then you have to execute that dream, and that road can be very bumpy. Being an innovator is seeing what everyone believes is impossible. Being an innovator often means being criticized, which often will test your mental strength." She continued, asking "all the record labels, every radio station, every award show" to be more open to innovation within the music industry, and more accepting of out-of-the-box ideas. she went on to thank all those before her who had paved the way by defying "any label placed upon them,"