With over 200,000 votes cast, the time has finally arrived for the winners of the That Grape Juice End of Year Awards 2021 to be announced!
While some acts maintained a major lead, upon the penultimate cut-off point, the final list brought with it many last-minute surprises.
Check out the full list of winners below. Prepare yourselves for what awaits…and sound off!
Music Categories
*****
Album of the Year
Silk Sonic – An Evening With Silk Sonic – WINNER! [26.6%]
Adele – 30 [20.7%]
Doja Cat – Planet Her [17.7%]
Drake – Certified Lover Boy [11.6%]
Lil Nas X – Montero [8.0%]
Jazmine Sullivan – Heaux Tales [6.4%]
Summer Walker – Still Over It [5.0%]
Kanye West – Donda [4.0%]
Single of the Year
Wizkid – Essence (ft. Tems) – WINNER! [41.8%]
Normani – Wild Side (ft. Cardi B) [15.9%]
Silk Sonic – Leave The Door Open [13.6%]
Adele – Easy On Me [8.2%]
Doja Cat – Kiss Me More (ft. SZA) [7.7%]
Lil Nas X – Montero (Call Me By Your Name) [6.4%]
Chloe Bailey – Have Mercy [3.9%]
Cardi B – Up [2.5%]
The Michael Jackson Music Video of the Year Award
Normani & Cardi B – Wild Side – WINNER! [41.2%]
Lil Nas X – Montero (Call Me By Your Name) [15.3%]
Doja Cat – Streets [14.5%]
Cardi B – Up [12.1%]
Lil Nas X – Industry Baby (ft. Jack Harlow) [11.6%]
Megan Thee Stallion – Thot Sh*t [5.2%]
Best Collaboration
Wizkid, Tems, & Justin Bieber – Essence – WINNER! [59.4%]
Doja Cat & SZA – Kiss Me More [14.2%]
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande – Save Your Tears (Remix) [9.3%]
Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow – Industry Baby [7.8%]
Saweetie & Doja Cat – Best Friend [7.5%]
Drake, Future, & Young Thug – Way 2 Sexy [1.8%]
Best Female
Normani – WINNER! [23.1%]
Doja Cat [22.2%]
Taylor Swift [21.2%]
Cardi B [11.9%]
Dua Lipa [7.5%]
Megan Thee Stallion [6.3%]
SZA [4.5%]
Summer Walker [3.3%]
Best Male
Wizkid – WINNER! [70.2%]
Lil Nas X [15.4%]
Drake [5.2%]
Ed Sheeran [5.2%]
Justin Bieber [4.1%]
Best New Artist
Tems -WINNER! – [68.2%]
Olivia Rodrigo [15.5%]
Bree Runway [8.4%]
Giveon [8.0%]
Best International Act
Wizkid – WINNER! [66.7%]
Dua Lipa [10.9%]
Little Mix [7.2%]
BTS [4.8%]
Spice [2.9%]
Ed Sheeran [2.8%]
Burna Boy [2.6%]
Aya Nakamura [2.1%]
The Underrated Artist of the Year
Lauren Jauregui – WINNER! [71.5%]
JoJo [12.5%]
Alicia Keys [6.8%]
Tinashe [3.5%]
Iggy Azalea [3.0%]
Sevyn Streeter [1.4%]
Snoh Alegra [1.3%]
Underrated Album of the Year
JoJo – Trying Not To To Think About It – WINNER! [45.2%]
H.E.R. – Back of My Mind [26.1%]
Alicia Keys – KEYS [16.8%]
Sevyn Streeter – Drunken Wordz Sober Thoughtz [5.4%]
Snoh Alegra – Temporary High In The Violet Skies [4.9%]
Anthony Hamilton – Love is the New Black [1.6%]
Should Have Been A Hit Award
Lizzo – Rumors (ft. Cardi B) – WINNER! [30.8%]
Camila Cabello – Don’t Go Yet [23.8%]
Ari Lennox – Pressure [19.7%]
Tinashe – Bouncin [9.9%]
Little Mix – Love (Sweet Love) [7.6%]
Jessie J – I Want Love [4.2%]
Sevyn Streeter – Guilty [3.9%]
Return To Sender Award
Kanye West’s ‘Donda’ – WINNER! [39.4%]
Jesy Nelson’s ‘Boyz’ [28.7%]
Aaliyah & Weeknd’s “Duet” ‘Poison’ [17.1%]
Jacquees’ National Anthem Performance [14.8%]
Most Active Fanbase
Wizkid FC (Wizkid) – WINNER! [55.3%]
The Army (Britney Spears) [11.2%]
The Barbz (Nicki Minaj) [8.8%]
The Swifties (Taylor Swift) [5.7%]
The BTS Army (BTS) [3.6%]
Bardi Gang (Cardi B) [3.1%]
The BeyHive (Beyonce) [3.0%]
The Mixers (Little Mix) [2.5%]
The Navy (Rihanna) [2.4%]
The Kittens (Doja Cat) [2.8%]
The Hotties (Megan Thee Stallion) [1.6%]
Most Anticipated Comeback of 2022
Rihanna – WINNER! [37.3%]
Nicki Minaj [18.5%]
Beyonce [15.4%]
Janet Jackson [10.3%]
Christina Aguilera [9.8%]
Chris Brown [6.6%]
Justin Timberlake [1.2%]
Usher [1.0%]
*****
Entertainment Categories
Best TV Show
Squid Game – WINNER! [51.7%]
Sex Education [18.1%]
Insecure [11.5%]
Pose [9.6%]
BMF [6.7%]
This Is Us [2.4%]
Best Reality TV Show
RuPaul’s Drag Race – WINNER! [28.1%]
The Real Housewives Of Atlanta [21.3%]
The Real Housewives Of Potomac [19.4%]
Love & Hip-Hop [17.5%]
Selling Tampa [7.7%]
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City [6.0%]
Best Movie
Coming 2 America – WINNER! [26.5%]
King Richard [16.9%]
The Harder They Fall [15.3%]
Judas & The Black Messiah [11.2%]
House of Gucci [11.1%]
Respect [10.1%]
The United States vs. Billie Holiday [6.8%]
Passing [2.2%]
*****
General Categories
The “You Tried It / What Were You Thinking” Award
Rihanna – Where Is R9? Still? – WINNER! [30.1%]
Nick Minaj’s Vaccine Drama [24.6%]
Jesy Nelson’s Blackfishing Saga [16.7%]
Trick Daddy Claiming Beyonce Can’t Sing [14.9%]
Kanye West’s Antics [13.7%]
Most Shocking Occurrence of 2021
Coronavirus…Continued – WINNER! [30.8%]
2021 [17.6%]
Astroworld Tragedy [17.0%]
The Storming of The Capitol [13.1%]
DMX’s Death [9.7%]
Lil Nas X’s Satan Shoe Saga [6.3%]
Prince Harry & Megan Markle’s Oprah Tell-All [5.5%]
Winning At Life Award
Rihanna (Entrepreneurial Slays) – WINNER! [27.7%]
Taylor Swift (Slaying With Recorded Albums) [22.8%]
Adele (Came Back & Dominated Again) [21.4%]
Megan Thee Stallion (Awards, Endorsements, Graduating) [14.5%]
Beyonce (Being Beyonce, B7 Hype, Ivy Park) [13.6%]
The ‘We Love To See It’ Award
Britney Spears Winning Freedom #FreeBritney – WINNER! [52.3%]
Beyonce Becoming GRAMMYs Most Awarded Performer [24.4%]
Megan Thee Stallion’s College Graduation [23.2%]