47th People's Choice Awards

The 47th ceremony of the People's Choice Awards was held on December 7, 2021, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. Hosted by Kenan Thompson, the show was the first to be presented before an in-person audience since 2019.^[1] The television broadcast marked the first time the show was aired live simultaneously on both NBC and E! after airing solely on E! for the past three years, and on CBS prior to that.^[2]

2021 People's Choice Awards
Date	December 7, 2021 (2021-12-07)
Location	Barker Hangar Santa Monica, California
Country	United States
Hosted by	Kenan Thompson
Most awards	BTS, Dwayne Johnson (3)
Most nominations	Film F9: The Fast Saga (8) Television This Is Us (6) Music Justin Bieber (10)
Website	votepca.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	NBC E!
Produced by	Barb Bialkowski Jesse Ignjatovic Evan Prager
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In October, over 300 nominees spanning 40 entertainment categories across film, television, music, and pop culture were announced.^[3] F9: The Fast Saga and This Is Us were the most-nominated entries in the Film and Television categories respectively with eight and six nominations each. Justin Bieber led the Music nominations with 10 to his name. The most-awarded nominees of the night were BTS and Dwayne Johnson, who won three awards each: the former won Group, Song, and Music Video of 2021, while the latter won Male and Comedy Movie Star, and was additionally honored with the People's Champion Award, one of three Icon awards given on the night. Black Widow won Movie of 2021, while Loki won TV Show of 2021. Christina Aguilera was honored with the show's first-ever Music Icon Award, in recognition of her career and contributions to the music industry.

Performers

Christina Aguilera was the first performer announced for the show on December 1, 2021.^[4] H.E.R. and Blake Shelton were announced as additional performers on December 6, with H.E.R. slated to perform a tribute to R&B singer Marvin Gaye in honor of his life and musical legacy.^[2] As the recipient of the inaugural Music Icon Award, Aguilera performed a medley of her most popular songs, including the single "Somos Nada" from her then-upcoming studio album Aguilera (2022). Backed by a group of violinists, the singer opened with a gothic-style rock rendition of "Genie in a Bottle" while wearing a "floor-length black ruffled gown". She then segued into selections from her Back to Basics (2006) and Stripped (2002) albums. Aguilera's performance featured three wardrobe changes, including a black and yellow leather outfit—reminiscent of the one she wore for MTV's TRL Presents: Christina Aguilera Stripped in NYC in 2002, and the original red version from the "Dirrty" music video^[5]—for her second segment, and a yellow dress for the finale.^[6][7]

List of musical performances

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Christina Aguilera	Medley^[6]^[7] "Genie in a Bottle" "Dirrty" "Ain't No Other Man" "Fighter" "Can't Hold Us Down" "Somos Nada" "Beautiful"
H.E.R.	Marvin Gaye Tribute^[8] "What's Going On" "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
Blake Shelton	"Come Back as a Country Boy"^[8]

Presenters

Kenan Thompson was announced as the show's host in November.^[9] The full lineup of celebrity presenters was announced on December 6.^[2] Laverne Cox hosted the red carpet pre-show.^[10]

• Becky G – presented the Music Icon Award to Christina Aguilera^[4]
• Cardi B – presented the People's Icon Award to Halle Berry^[8]
• Jeff Bezos – presented the People's Champion Award to Dwayne Johnson^[1]
• Eliza Coupe, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Maggie Q – presented the award for Male TV Star of 2021^[11]
• Laverne Cox – introduced H.E.R.
• Mike Epps
• Paris Jackson – presented the award for Reality Show of 2021^[12]
• Leslie Jones – presented the award for Male Movie Star of 2021^[11]
• Lil Rel Howery
• Jack Quaid and Sydney Sweeney – presented the award for Country Artist of 2021
• Lili Reinhart
• Tracee Ellis Ross – presented the Fashion Icon Award to Kim Kardashian^[8]
• Jojo Siwa – presented the award for Daytime Talk Show of 2021^[13]
• Chase Stokes
• Wanda Sykes

Winners and nominees

Nominations were announced on October 27, 2021. Voting opened that same day and took place on the PCAs website and Twitter until November 17.^[14] In the film categories, F9: The Fast Saga received eight nominations, while Black Widow and Coming 2 America garnered six each.^[15][16] For television, This Is Us led with six nominations across five categories while Grey's Anatomy, Law & Order: SVU, Loki, Outer Banks, Ted Lasso, and WandaVision tied with four apiece.^[17] Justin Bieber led the music categories with ten nominations, followed by Lil Nas X with six.^[16] Christina Aguilera received the inaugural Music Icon Award.^[4]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.^[18] BTS and Dwayne Johnson won three awards each and were the most-awarded nominees of the night.^[8]

Film

The Movie of 2021	The Comedy Movie of 2021
Black Widow Coming 2 America Dune F9: The Fast Saga No Time to Die Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings The Tomorrow War Venom: Let There Be Carnage	Free Guy Coming 2 America He's All That Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard Jungle Cruise Space Jam: A New Legacy Thunder Force Vacation Friends
The Action Movie of 2021	The Drama Movie of 2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Black Widow F9: The Fast Saga Godzilla vs. Kong No Time to Die The Suicide Squad The Tomorrow War Venom: Let There Be Carnage	Cruella Dune Fatherhood Halloween Kills In the Heights Old A Quiet Place Part II Respect
The Family Movie of 2021	The Male Movie Star of 2021
Luca The Boss Baby: Family Business Cinderella The Mitchells vs. the Machines Raya and the Last Dragon Tom and Jerry Vivo Yes Day	Dwayne Johnson – Jungle Cruise John Cena – F9: The Fast Saga Daniel Craig – No Time to Die Vin Diesel – F9: The Fast Saga Simu Liu – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Eddie Murphy – Coming 2 America Chris Pratt – The Tomorrow War Ryan Reynolds – Free Guy
The Female Movie Star of 2021	The Drama Movie Star of 2021
Scarlett Johansson – Black Widow Awkwafina – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Salma Hayek – Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard Jennifer Hudson – Respect Leslie Jones – Coming 2 America Florence Pugh – Black Widow Margot Robbie – The Suicide Squad Charlize Theron – F9: The Fast Saga	Kevin Hart – Fatherhood Emily Blunt – A Quiet Place Part II Timothée Chalamet – Dune Jamie Lee Curtis – Halloween Kills Jennifer Hudson – Respect Jason Momoa – Dune Anthony Ramos – In the Heights Emma Stone – Cruella
The Comedy Movie Star of 2021	The Action Movie Star of 2021
Dwayne Johnson – Jungle Cruise Emily Blunt – Jungle Cruise Salma Hayek – Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard Leslie Jones – Coming 2 America Melissa McCarthy – Thunder Force Eddie Murphy – Coming 2 America Ryan Reynolds – Free Guy Octavia Spencer – Thunder Force	Simu Liu – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings John Cena – F9: The Fast Saga Daniel Craig – No Time to Die Vin Diesel – F9: The Fast Saga Scarlett Johansson – Black Widow Chris Pratt – The Tomorrow War Florence Pugh – Black Widow Charlize Theron – F9: The Fast Saga

TV

The Show of 2021	The Drama Show of 2021
Loki Cobra Kai Grey's Anatomy Law & Order: Special Victims Unit The Bachelor Saturday Night Live This Is Us WandaVision	Grey's Anatomy 9-1-1 Cobra Kai The Equalizer Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Outer Banks This Is Us The Walking Dead
The Comedy Show of 2021	The Reality Show of 2021
Never Have I Ever Brooklyn Nine-Nine Grown-ish Only Murders in the Building Saturday Night Live Ted Lasso The Upshaws Young Rock	Keeping Up with the Kardashians 90 Day Fiancé Bachelor in Paradise Below Deck Jersey Shore: Family Vacation Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
The Competition Show of 2021	The Male TV Star of 2021
The Voice America's Got Talent American Idol The Bachelor The Bachelorette Dancing with the Stars The Masked Singer RuPaul's Drag Race	Tom Hiddleston – Loki Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us Dwayne Johnson – Young Rock Anthony Mackie – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Norman Reedus – The Walking Dead Chase Stokes – Outer Banks Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso Kenan Thompson – Saturday Night Live
The Female TV Star of 2021	The Drama TV Star of 2021
Ellen Pompeo – Grey’s Anatomy Angela Bassett – 9-1-1 Kathryn Hahn – WandaVision Mariska Hargitay – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Mandy Moore – This Is Us Elizabeth Olsen – WandaVision Queen Latifah – The Equalizer Yara Shahidi – Grown-ish	Chase Stokes – Outer Banks Angela Bassett – 9-1-1 Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us Mariska Hargitay – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Mandy Moore – This Is Us Ellen Pompeo – Grey's Anatomy Queen Latifah – The Equalizer Norman Reedus – The Walking Dead
The Comedy TV Star of 2021	The Daytime Talk Show of 2021
Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building Dwayne Johnson – Young Rock Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building Andy Samberg – Brooklyn Nine-Nine Yara Shahidi – Grown-ish Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso Wanda Sykes – The Upshaws Kenan Thompson – Saturday Night Live	The Ellen DeGeneres Show Good Morning America The Kelly Clarkson Show Live with Kelly and Ryan Red Table Talk Today The View The Wendy Williams Show
The Nighttime Talk Show of 2021	The Competition Contestant of 2021
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Jimmy Kimmel Live! Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Late Night with Seth Meyers The Late Late Show with James Corden The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	JoJo Siwa – Dancing with the Stars Gottmik – RuPaul's Drag Race Matt James – The Bachelor JoJo – The Masked Singer Cody Rigsby – Dancing with the Stars Symone – RuPaul's Drag Race Katie Thurston – The Bachelorette Wiz Khalifa – The Masked Singer
The Reality TV Star of 2021	The Bingeworthy Show of 2021
Khloé Kardashian – Keeping Up with the Kardashians Joe Amabile – Bachelor in Paradise Kandi Burruss – The Real Housewives of Atlanta Kim Kardashian West – Keeping Up with the Kardashians Erica Mena – Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi – Jersey Shore: Family Vacation Lisa Rinna – The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino – Jersey Shore: Family Vacation	Squid Game Cobra Kai Loki Mare of Easttown Outer Banks Sex/Life Ted Lasso The White Lotus
The Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show of 2021
Lucifer The Falcon and the Winter Soldier The Flash La Brea Loki Shadow and Bone Superman and Lois WandaVision

Music

The Male Artist of 2021	The Female Artist of 2021
Lil Nas X Bad Bunny Justin Bieber Luke Combs Drake Shawn Mendes Ed Sheeran The Weeknd	Adele Cardi B Doja Cat Billie Eilish Halsey Megan Thee Stallion Olivia Rodrigo Saweetie
The Group of 2021	The Song of 2021
BTS Coldplay Dan + Shay Imagine Dragons Jonas Brothers Maroon 5 Migos Twenty One Pilots	"Butter" – BTS "Bad Habits" – Ed Sheeran "Easy on Me" – Adele "Good 4 U" – Olivia Rodrigo "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" – Lil Nas X "Peaches" – Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon "Stay" – The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber "Up" – Cardi B
The Album of 2021	The Country Artist of 2021
Sour – Olivia Rodrigo Certified Lover Boy – Drake Culture III – Migos Happier Than Ever – Billie Eilish Justice – Justin Bieber Montero – Lil Nas X Planet Her – Doja Cat Star-Crossed – Kacey Musgraves	Blake Shelton Kane Brown Luke Bryan Luke Combs Dan + Shay Miranda Lambert Kacey Musgraves Carrie Underwood
The Latin Artist of 2021	The New Artist of 2021
Bad Bunny Anuel AA Becky G Daddy Yankee J Balvin Karol G Maluma Natti Natasha	Olivia Rodrigo 24kGoldn Rauw Alejandro Giveon The Kid Laroi Tate McRae Bella Poarch Tomorrow X Together
The Music Video of 2021	The Collaboration Song of 2021
"Butter" – BTS "Easy on Me" – Adele "Good 4 U" – Olivia Rodrigo "Location" – Karol G, Anuel AA, J Balvin "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" – Lil Nas X "My Universe" – Coldplay and BTS "Peaches" – Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon "Stay" – The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber	"Stay" – The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber "Best Friend" – Saweetie featuring Doja Cat "Industry Baby" – Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow "Kiss Me More" – Doja Cat featuring SZA "Leave the Door Open" – Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak) "Peaches" – Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon "Way 2 Sexy" – Drake featuring Future and Young Thug "You Right" – Doja Cat, The Weeknd

Pop culture

The Social Star of 2021	The Pop Special of 2021
Britney Spears Justin Bieber Charli D'Amelio Kylie Jenner Dwayne Johnson Kim Kardashian West Lil Nas X Addison Rae	Friends: The Reunion Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil Justin Bieber: Our World Olympic Highlights With Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg Oprah with Meghan and Harry Pink: All I Know So Far Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3
The Comedy Act of 2021	The Game Changer of 2021
Vaccinated and Horny Tour – Chelsea Handler Back to Abnormal Tour – Trevor Noah Bo Burnham: Inside – Bo Burnham From Scratch Tour – John Mulaney Sorry, Harriet Tubman – Phoebe Robinson The King's Jester Tour – Hasan Minhaj The Milk & Money Tour – Ali Wong You Know What It Is – Marlon Wayans	Simone Biles Sunisa Lee Patrick Mahomes Alex Morgan Carl Nassib Naomi Osaka Bubba Wallace Serena Williams
The Pop Podcast of 2021
Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain Armchair Expert Call Her Daddy Chicks in the Office Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew SmartLess Why Won't You Date Me? with Nicole Byer

Other

Social Star France 2021	African Social Star 2021
Noholito The Doll Beauty Jessica Errero Mayadorable Johan Papz Honey Shay Style Tonic Rose Thr	Tyra Chikocho AKA Madamboss Lasizwe Dambuza Falz Azziad Nasenya Mihlali Ndamase The Odditty Witney Ramabulana Boitumelo "Boity" Thulo
People's Icon Award of 2021
Halle Berry
Music Icon Award of 2021
Christina Aguilera
Fashion Icon Award of 2021
Kim Kardashian
People's Champion Award of 2021
Dwayne Johnson

Sources:^[19][20][21]

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