Ciara to Headline First TikTok Awards in the U.S.

Ciara is set to headline the first TikTok Awards in the U.S., streaming live from the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday (Dec. 18).

Ciara topped the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in 2005 with “Goodies” (featuring Petey Pablo) and reached the top spot on the Billboard 200 in 2006 with Ciara: The Evolution. She won a Grammy in 2006 as a featured artist on Missy Elliott’s “Lose Control,” which was voted best short form music video. She is set to perform some of her greatest hits, which also include “Oh,” “1, 2  Step,” “Get Up” and “Love Sex Magic.”

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The TikTok Awards also announced presenters of key awards:

  • Breakthrough Artist of the Year – REI AMI
  • Okay Slay Award (Beauty) – Tan France 
  • Video of the Year – Tefi Pessoa
  • I Was Today Years Old Award (Education) – Justin Danger
  • Immediately Added to Cart Award Presenter (TikTok Shop) – Patrick Starrr
  • CapCut Creator of the Year – Carter Gregory
  • Live Creator of the Year – Ashby Florence
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The show will begin live on the @TikTok account at 6 p.m. PT and on Tubi, the official streaming partner of the TikTok Awards 2025. The TikTok Awards ceremony will be presented in front of a live audience of hundreds of creators in attendance.

At 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on TikTok LIVE, red-carpet hosts and correspondents will be on the scene with arrivals. Dylan Kevitch, Hannah Kosh and Taylor King are the key talent involved in the hourlong livestream.

The Hollywood Palladium, which opened in 1940, was the site of the first live Grammy telecast in 1971.

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