Christina Aguilera will receive a special prize at the 2013 People's Choice Awards in honour of her music career.

The pop superstar is set to be handed the People's Voice award at the Los Angeles event on 9 January (13) in recognition of her 13 years in the industry.

After picking up her prize, the Beautiful hitmaker will perform at the ceremony, where she is also up for the Favorite Celebrity Judge honour for her appearances on The Voice.

Aguilera's former co-judge Adam Levine leads the nominations at the prizegiving, with six nods.