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The Weeknd leads 2016 People's Choice Awards nominees

Written by . Published: November 04 2015

The Weeknd will lead the way at the 2016 People's Choice Awards after picking up five nominations on Tuesday (03Nov15).


The Hills singer is up for Favorite Male Artist and Favorite Album for Beauty Behind the Madness, among other top prizes, while Dwayne Johnson heads up the acting categories with nods across three different genres, in movies for Favorite Action Movie Actor, in TV for Favorite Cable TV Actor, and in digital for Favorite Social Media Celebrity.


Avengers: Age of Ultron, Furious 7, Inside Out, Jurassic World and Pitch Perfect 2 will battle it out for Favorite Movie, while Channing Tatum, Chris Pratt, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey, Jr. and Will Smith are up for Favorite Actor, and Anne Hathaway, Melissa McCarthy, Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock and Scarlett Johansson will fight it out for Favorite Actress.


The 2016 PCAs will air live from the Microsoft Theater in L.A. Live in Los Angeles on 6 January (16).


The main nomination categories are:


Favorite Movie:


Avengers: Age of Ultron


Furious 7


Inside Out


Jurassic World


Pitch Perfect 2

Favorite Movie Actor:


Channing Tatum


Chris Pratt


Johnny Depp


Robert Downey, Jr.


Will Smith

Favorite Movie Actress:


Anne Hathaway


Melissa McCarthy


Meryl Streep


Sandra Bullock


Scarlett Johansson

Favorite Action Movie:


Avengers: Age of Ultron


The Divergent Series: Insurgent


Furious 7


Jurassic World


Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Favorite Action Movie Actor:


Chris Hemsworth


Chris Pratt


Dwayne Johnson


Robert Downey, Jr.


Vin Diesel

Favorite Action Movie Actress:


Charlize Theron


Emily Blunt


Michelle Rodriguez


Scarlett Johansson


Shailene Woodley

Favorite Animated Movie Voice:


Adam Sandler


Amy Poehler


Rihanna


Sandra Bullock


Selena Gomez

Favorite Comedic Movie:


The DUFF


Pitch Perfect 2


Spy


Ted 2


Trainwreck

Favorite Comedic Movie Actor:


Jack Black


Kevin Hart


Mark Wahlberg


Robert De Niro


Will Ferrell

Favorite Comedic Movie Actress:


Amy Schumer


Anna Kendrick


Melissa McCarthy


Rebel Wilson


Sofia Vergara

Favorite Dramatic Movie:


The Age of Adaline


Fifty Shades of Gray


The Longest Ride


The Martian


Straight Outta Compton

Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor:


Channing Tatum


George Clooney


Johnny Depp


Matt Damon


Will Smith

Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress:


Blake Lively


Dakota Johnson


Jennifer Lopez


Kate Winslet


Rachel McAdams

Favorite Family Movie:


Cinderella


Home


Hotel Transylvania 2


Inside Out


Minions

Favorite Thriller Movie:


The Boy Next Door


Insidious: Chapter 3


Poltergeist


Taken 3


Unfriended

Favorite TV Show:


The Big Bang Theory


Game of Thrones


Gray's Anatomy


The Voice


The Walking Dead

Favorite Network TV Comedy:


2 Broke Girls


The Big Bang Theory


Mike & Molly


Modern Family


New Girl

Favorite Comedic TV Actor:


Andy Samberg


Jesse Tyler Ferguson


Jim Parsons


Johnny Galecki


Matthew Perry

Favorite Comedic TV Actress:


Anna Faris


Kaley Cuoco


Melissa McCarthy


Sofia Vergara


Zooey Deschanel

Favorite Network TV Drama:


Empire


Gotham


Gray's Anatomy


How To Get Away With Murder


Scandal

Favorite Dramatic TV Actor:


Jesse Williams


Justin Chambers


Scott Foley


Taylor Kinney


Terrence Howard

Favorite Dramatic TV Actress:


Ellen Pompeo


Kerry Washington


Sara Ramirez


Taraji P. Henson


Viola Davis

Favorite Cable TV Comedy:


Baby Daddy


Faking It


It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia


Real Husbands of Hollywood


Young & Hungry

Favorite Cable TV Drama:


Bates Motel


The Fosters


Pretty Little Liars


Rizzoli & Isles


Suits

Favorite Cable TV Actor:


Adam DeVine


Christian Slater


Eric Dane


Kevin Hart


Taye Diggs

Favorite Cable TV Actress:


Ashley Benson


Hilary Duff


Lucy Hale


Sasha Alexander


Shay Mitchell

Favorite Premium Cable TV Show:


Girls


Homeland


Masters of Sex


Shameless


Veep

Favorite Premium Cable TV Actor:


Dwayne Johnson


Joshua Jackson


Justin Theroux


Matt LeBlanc


Nick Jonas

Favorite Premium Cable TV Actress:


Claire Danes


Emmy Rossum


Julia Louis-Dreyfus


Kristen Bell


Lisa Kudrow

Favorite TV Crime Drama:


Bones


Castle


Criminal Minds


NCIS


Person of Interest

Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor:


Jim Caviezel


LL Cool J


Mark Harmon


Nathan Fillion


Shemar Moore

Favorite Crime Drama TV Actress:


Emily Deschanel


Lucy Liu


Mariska Hargitay


Pauley Perrette


Stana Katic

Favorite Network Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show:


Arrow


Beauty and the Beast


Once Upon a Time


Supernatural


The Vampire Diaries

Favorite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show:


American Horror Story


Game of Thrones


Outlander


Teen Wolf


The Walking Dead

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor:


David Tennant


Ian Somerhalder


Jensen Ackles


Misha Collins


Sam Heughan

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress:


Caitriona Balfe


Emilia Clarke


Ginnifer Goodwin


Jennifer Morrison


Lady Gaga

Favorite Animated TV Show:


American Dad!


Bob's Burger


Family Guy


The Simpsons


South Park

Favorite Male Artist:


Ed Sheeran


Justin Bieber


Luke Bryan


Nick Jonas


The Weeknd

Favorite Female Artist:


Demi Lovato


Lana Del Rey


Madonna


Selena Gomez


Taylor Swift

Favorite Group:


Fall Out Boy


Fifth Harmony


Imagine Dragons


Maroon 5


One Direction

Favorite Breakout Artist:


Fetty Wap


Halsey


Shawn Mendes


Tori Kelly


The Weeknd

Favorite Male Country Artist:


Blake Shelton


Brad Paisley


Dierks Bentley


Keith Urban


Luke Bryan

Favorite Female Country Artist:


Carrie Underwood


Cassadee Pope


Kacey Musgraves


Miranda Lambert


Reba McEntire

Favorite Country Group:


The Band Perry


Florida Georgia Line


Lady Antebellum


Little Big Town


Zac Brown Band

Favorite Pop Artist:


Demi Lovato


Ed Sheeran


Kelly Clarkson


Selena Gomez


Taylor Swift

Favorite Hip-Hop Artist:


Big Sean


Drake


Kendrick Lamar


Nicki Minaj


Wiz Khalifa

Favorite R&B Artist:


Chris Brown


Ciara


Janet Jackson


Ne-Yo


The Weeknd

Favorite Album:


American Beauty/American Psycho by Fall Out Boy


Beauty Behind the Madness by The Weeknd


If You're Reading This It's Too Late by Drake


Smoke + Mirrors by Imagine Dragons


Title by Meghan Trainor

Favorite Song:


Bad Blood by Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar


Can't Feel My Face by The Weeknd


Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding


See You Again by Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth


What Do You Mean? by Justin Bieber

Favorite Music Icon:


Madonna


Paul McCartney


Prince


Steven Tyler


Stevie Wonder

Favorite Social Media Celebrity:


Anna Kendrick


Beyonce


Britney Spears


Dwayne Johnson


Taylor Swift.

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