10 of the best celebrity tattoos in 2021

After getting the lyrics of her husband John Legend’s song “Ooh Laa” written down her back in January 2021, Chrissy Teigen recently revealed new additions to her expanding tattoo collection.

Her latest is a series of tiny dots along each of her fingers. While she says she just liked the look of the dots on her hand, she did joke on Twitter that the new tattoo was Morse code for “I’m tired.”

In March, Vanessa Bryant got multiple tattoos in honor her late husband, Kobe Bryant, and late daughter, Gianna “Gigi” Bryant.

The most notable ink is a tattoo of Gigi’s nickname Mambacita, written in cursive on her forearm. The nickname, which means “little Mamba” in Spanish, was given to Gigi as a play on her father’s nickname, Black Mamba.

As his song “Peaches” topped the charts, Justin Bieber got the fruit inked on his neck from celebrity tattoo artist Dr. Woo.

To honor his hit song, Justin and his wife, Hailey Bieber, got matching tiny tattoos of the fruit. Justin got his peach inked onto the side of his neck, while Hailey went for a more subtle location, on the inside of her arm.

Tattoos have been a part of Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker’s love story from the very beginning.

After making their relationship official by Kourt posting a photo of her hand intertwined with Barker’s famously tattooed fingers, Travis had Kardashian’s name tattooed over more faded tattoos on his chest. Kourtney would later tattoo the words “I love you” onto Travis’s forearm.

Hilary Duff sweetly honored her role as a mother of three with a dainty inscription of the word “mother” on her neck. The new ink was done by Victoria Do of Bang Bang Tattoo in NYC, a hot spot for celebs.

Adele honored her completion of Saturn’s return—a time of immense change—with a permanent ode to the ringed planet on the back of her right arm.

In astrology, Saturn’s return happens once every 27 to 30 years, and it’s when Saturn completes a full rotation around the sun. The new ink matched Adele’s custom-made Saturn earrings during her performance at Griffith Observatory in mid-November.

Adding another tattoo to her constantly growing collection, Simone Biles showed off her “Golden” tattoo on the InStyle Awards 2021 red carpet.

Though the legendary athlete has yet to reveal the true meaning of the tattoo, many fans assume it’s a nod to the gymnast’s multiple Olympic gold medals.

Just a couple weeks after the untimely death of his good friend Virgil Abloh, Drake got a tattoo honoring his memory.

Revealed by tattoo artist Joaquin Ganga of Ganga Tattoo, the ink that the Canadian artist got is based on an iconic photo of Virgil throwing a kite down the runway of his Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2020 show.

After weeks of speculation over her latest tattoo, fans finally got to see the big rose Selena Gomez got inked on the back of her neck.

The singer’s go-to celebrity tattoo artist Keith Scott “Bang Bang” McCurdy — who has also worked on body art for Rihanna and Lebron James — posted a close-up shot of her large back tattoo this week: a pink rose with a black stem that appears to be dripping down her spine.

In September, Kid Cudi got two portraits to honor the memory of his late dog, Freshie, done by celebrity tattooist Dr. Woo.

The portraits of the adorable dog are placed on Cudi’s thigh and hand, making sure his memory will live on forever.