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Planet Her
Main article: Planet Her
On January 7, 2021, Doja Cat was featured on the single "Best Friend" by
rapper Saweetie, and appeared in the accompanying music video. [110]
[111]
 The following week, Doja Cat appeared alongside Megan Thee
Stallion on the remix of "34+35" by Ariana Grande.[112] Following the release
of the remix, the song reached a new peak of number 2 on
the Billboard Hot 100.[113] In early 2021, Doja's song "Streets" became a
sleeper hit after live performances of the song went viral on TikTok.
[114]
 TikTok also spawned a viral challenge which uses a mashup of
"Streets" and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" by Paul Anka.[115] This
caused the song to enter the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number
16.[116] Doja Cat was nominated for three awards at the 63rd Annual
Grammy Awards, namely Best New Artist, and her single "Say So" being
nominated for Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.[117] In
2021, she was placed on "Time's 100 Next" list, which highlights 100
emerging figures, with her write-up being penned by American recording
artist Lil Nas X.[118]
Doja Cat officially revealed the title of her third studio album, Planet Her, in
a March 2021 interview with V.[119] On April 10, the song "Kiss Me More"
featuring SZA was released alongside a music video as the lead single for
the album.[120] It received critical acclaim,[121][122][123] and commercial success,
spending nineteen consecutive weeks within the top 10 of the Billboard Hot
100, breaking the record for the most weeks in the top 10 by a female
collaboration.[124] The song peaked at number 3 and became Doja Cat's
third top 10 hit.[125] Later that month, Doja Cat performed the songs "Best
Friend" with Saweetie, "Rules", "Streets" and a solo version of "Kiss Me
More" at Triller's inaugural Fight Club event.[126][127] On April 23, 2021, Doja
Cat launched an NFT marketplace titled "Juicy Drops".[128] In May 2021,
Doja Cat won the award for Top Female R&B Artist at
the 2021 Billboard Music Awards,[129] where she performed "Kiss Me More"
with SZA.[130] Later that month, she performed a solo version of the same
song in a medley with "Streets" and "Say So" at the 2021 iHeartRadio
Music Awards, where she won the award for Best New Pop Artist. [131]
The song "Need to Know" was released alongside a music video as the
first promotional single from Planet Her on June 11, 2021.[132][133] Doja Cat
wrote that it was released in anticipation of the "more important" second
single,[134] which was confirmed to be "You Right" with Canadian singer The
Weeknd.[135] Doja Cat officially announced the release of Planet Her and
revealed its tracklist and album art via social media a few hours before the
release of "Need to Know".[136] The album was released to generally
positive reviews,[137] and opened at number two on the Billboard 200 where
it remained for another two weeks, becoming the first album to spend its
first three weeks at number two on the chart since The Pinkprint (2014)
by Nicki Minaj in January 2015.[138] Elsewhere, it topped the charts in New
Zealand,[139] and landed in the top 5 in countries such as the United
Kingdom, Australia, Norway and Ireland. [140][141] Doja Cat guest starred as
the temporary romantic interest of American rapper and comedian Lil
Dicky in season 2 of the TV series Dave, which premiered on June 16,
2021.[142] On September 10, she was announced as a Pepsi
ambassador and starred in an advertisement in which she performs a
modern reenactment of the song "You're the One That I Want" from the
musical film Grease, as part of a campaign celebrating the launch of the
Pepsi-Cola Soda Shop.[143] Her first-ever gig as a television presenter,
[144]
 Doja Cat hosted the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony,
[145]
 where she also performed the songs "Been Like This" and "You Right".
[146]
 She won the awards for Best Collaboration (shared with SZA for "Kiss
Me More") and Best Art Direction (shared with Saweetie for "Best Friend"),
among nominations for Artist of the Year, Video of the Year and Best Visual
Effects.[147] It is the first time in history where a nominee in the Video of the
Year category hosted the ceremony in that same year. [148] Doja Cat was
praised for her presenting abilities, with Pitchfork noting that she
"reinvent[ed] award-show hosting".[149]
Doja Cat was featured on the song "Scoop" from Lil Nas X's debut studio
album Montero, which was released on September 17. [150] She spent the
following weeks performing sets across festivals such as Made in America
Festival in Philadelphia,[151] Global Citizen Festival[152] and Balmain Music
Festival in Paris,[153] and the Austin City Limits Music Festival, the latter of
which received rave reviews[154][155] from critics and posted the largest crowd
of the event with 70 thousand viewers. [156] Doja Cat featured on the song
"Icy Hot" from Punk (2021), the second studio album by American
rapper Young Thug, released on October 15.[157] That same month, she
reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Songwriters chart for the first
time in her career,[158] and also became the first-ever rapper to place three
top 10 songs on the US Top 40 radio chart, with "You Right", "Need to
Know" and "Kiss Me More".[159] The most nominated female artist and
second overall at the 2021 MTV Europe Music Awards, Doja Cat earned
nods in six categories including Best Artist, Best Video and Best Song.