Last night, one of the first awards shows of the year ended with many winners -- after all, there were 57 categories. The 41st People's Choice Awards saw new winners as well as old ones, but some new nominees upstaged veteran contenders.

The People's Choice Awards, described on its website as "the original metric of pop culture," allows movie, TV and music fans to have their voices heard.

"People's Choice Awards celebrates fan favorites in movies, music and television and is the only major awards show where real people -- not industry insiders -- determine the nominees and winners, setting it apart from other awards shows," the website says.

The everlasting list of nominees covered everything from Dramedy to Country musicians.

Of all the nominees, "The Big Bang Theory" did very well. The CBS comedy and its actors won in various categories, including Favorite Network Comedy and Favorite TV Show. Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting also won Favorite Comedic TV Actress.

In the Favorite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show category, however, Starz's "Outlander" beat popular shows like "Game of Thrones" and "Doctor Who." "Maleficent" also beat out "Guardians of the Galaxy" for Favorite Movie.

In an interesting turn of events, the Azealia Banks and Iggy Azealea beef made a brief appearance during the ceremony, reports Billboard. Iggy won Favorite Hip-Hop Artist, but before she received her award, presenter Monica Potter of "Parenthood" joked about her favorite rappers, "Dr. Drew" and "Igloo Australia" (the latter is a moniker Banks used when referring to Iggy).

Here is the list of winners from the 2015 People's Choice Awards via the award show's website:

Favorite Humanitarian: Ben Affleck

MOVIES

Favorite Movie Actor: Robert Downey Jr.

Favorite Movie Actress: Jennifer Lawrence

Favorite Movie Duo: Shailene Woodley & Theo James - "Divergent"

Favorite Action Movie: "Divergent"

Favorite Action Movie Actor: Chris Evans

Favorite Action Movie Actress: Jennifer Lawrence

Favorite Comedic Movie: "22 Jump Street"

Favorite Comedic Movie Actor: Adam Sandler

Favorite Comedic Movie Actress: Melissa McCarthy

Favorite Dramatic Movie: "The Fault in Our Stars"

Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor: Robert Downey Jr.

Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress: Chloë Grace Moretz

Favorite Family Movie: "Maleficent"

Favorite Thriller Movie: "Gone Girl"

TV

Favorite TV Icon: Betty White

Favorite Comedic TV Actor: Chris Colfer

Favorite Network TV Drama: "Grey's Anatomy"

Favorite Dramatic TV Actor: Patrick Dempsey

Favorite Dramatic TV Actress: Ellen Pompeo

Favorite Cable TV Comedy: "Melissa & Joey"

Favorite Cable TV Drama: "Pretty Little Liars"

Favorite Cable TV Actor: Matt Bomer

Favorite Cable TV Actress: Angie Harmon

Favorite TV Crime Drama: "Castle"

Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor: Nathan Fillion

Favorite Crime Drama TV Actress: Stana Katic

Favorite Network Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show: "Beauty and the Beast"

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor: Misha Collins

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress: Kristin Kreuk

Favorite Competition TV Show: "The Voice"

Favorite Daytime TV Host: Ellen DeGeneres

Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host: Jimmy Fallon

Favorite Dramedy: "Orange Is the New Black"

Favorite TV Duo: Nina Dobrev & Ian Somerhalder

Favorite TV Character We Miss Most: Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang - "Grey's Anatomy"

Favorite Actor In A New TV Series: David Tennant

Favorite Actress In A New TV Series: Viola Davis

Favorite Sketch Comedy TV Show: "Saturday Night Live"

Favorite Animated TV Show: "The Simpsons"

Favorite New TV Comedy: "Jane the Virgin"

Favorite New TV Drama: "The Flash"

MUSIC

Favorite Male Artist: Ed Sheeran

Favorite Female Artist: Taylor Swift

Favorite Group: Maroon 5

Favorite Breakout Artist: 5 Seconds of Summer

Favorite Male Country Artist: Hunter Hayes

Favorite Female Country Artist: Carrie Underwood

Favorite Country Group: Lady Antebellum

Favorite Pop Artist: Taylor Swift

Favorite R&B Artist: Pharrell Williams

Favorite Album: "x" - Ed Sheeran

Favorite Song: "Shake It Off" - Taylor Swift

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