With an average of 7 million viewers, the B.E.T. Awards remains on top as one of the highest-rated awards shown on T.V. In 2001, OutKast took home the first B.E.T. Award for their song “Ms Jackson.”

It is 2022, and the highly anticipated award show did not disappoint. 

Here are the nominees and award winners for this year’s show. 

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist 

This award is given to the all-around best female modern R&B soul and pop singers who have released an album the year before. The nominees for this were : 

ARI LENNOX

CHLÖE

DOJA CAT

H.E.R.

MARY J. BLIGE

SUMMER WALKER

JAZMINE SULLIVAN (Winner)

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist

This award is given to the all-around most reasonable male contemporary R&B soul and pop singers who have released an album this year or the year before. The nominees for this were : 

BLXST

CHRIS BROWN

GIVĒON

LUCKY DAYE

THE WEEKND

WIZKID

YUNG BLEU

THE WEEKND (winner)

Best Group

The B.E.T. Award for Best Group is given to the overall best R&B, hip hop, or gospel group who has published an album in the previous or same year. Although the first time this category was in the mix, it had a male and female Category the following year, they decided to keep this award in particular unisex.

CHLÖE X HALLE

CITY GIRLS

LIL BABY & LIL DURK

MIGOS

YOUNG DOLPH & KEY GLOCK

BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK, SILK SONIC (winners)

Best Collaboration

EVERY CHANCE I GET, DJ KHALED FEAT. LIL BABY & LIL DURK

FAMILY TIES BABY KEEM & KENDRICK LAMAR

KISS ME MORE DOJA CAT FEAT. SZA

WAY 2 SEXY DRAKE FEAT. FUTURE & YOUNG THUG

WHOLE LOTTA MONEY (REMIX) BIA FEAT. NICKI MINAJ

ESSENCE WIZKID FEAT. JUSTIN BIEBER & TEMS ( winner )

Best Female Hip Hop Artist

CARDI B

DOJA CAT

LATTO

NICKI MINAJ

SAWEETIE

MEGAN THEE STALLION (winner) 

Best Male Hip Hop Artist

DRAKE

FUTURE

J. COLE

JACK HARLOW

KANYE WEST

LIL BABY

KENDRICK LAMAR (winner)

Video of the Year

HAVE MERCY CHLÖE

KISS ME MORE DOJA CAT FEAT. SZA

PRESSURE ARI LENNOX

SMOKIN’ OUT THE WINDOW BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK, SILK SONIC

WAY 2 SEXY DRAKE FEAT. FUTURE & YOUNG THUG

FAMILY TIES BABY KEEM & KENDRICK LAMAR (winner) 

Video Director of the Year

BENNY BOOM

BEYONCÉ & DIKAYL RIMMASCH

DIRECTOR X

HYPE WILLIAMS

MISSY ELLIOTT

ANDERSON.PAAK, A.K.A. DIRECTOR.PAAK ( winner )

Best New Artist

BABY KEEM

BENNY THE BUTCHER

MUNI LONG

TEMS

YUNG BLEU

LATTO (winner)

Album of the Year

BACK OF MY MIND H.E.R.

CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST TYLER, THE CREATOR

CERTIFIED LOVER BOY DRAKE

DONDA KANYE WEST

HEAUX TALES, MO’ TALES: THE DELUXE JAZMINE SULLIVAN

PLANET HER DOJA CAT

AN EVENING WITH SILK SONIC BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK, SILK SONIC (winner)

Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

ALL IN YOUR HANDS, MARVIN SAPP

COME TO LIFE, KANYE WEST

GRACE KELLY PRICE

HALLELUJAH FRED HAMMOND

HOLD US TOGETHER (HOPE MIX) H.E.R. & TAUREN WELLS

JIREH ELEVATION WORSHIP & MAVERICK CITY MUSIC

WE WIN LIL BABY X KIRK FRANKLIN ( winners)

B.E.T. Her

The B.E.T. Her Award honors motivational and songs that promote empowering women. The award was first given in 2006 to honor extraordinary neo-soul artists. The category was changed when the B.E.T. channel rebranded as Centric in 2009. The channel underwent another change in 2018 when Centric rebranded as B.E.T. Her.

BEST OF ME (ORIGINALS) ALICIA KEYS

HAVE MERCY CHLÖE

PRESSURE ARI LENNOX

ROSTER JAZMINE SULLIVAN

UNLOYAL SUMMER WALKER & ARI LENNOX

WOMAN DOJA CAT

GOOD MORNING GORGEOUS MARY J. BLIGE ( Winner )

Best International Act

DAVE (U.K.)

DINOS (FRANCE)

FALLY IPUPA (D.R.C.)

FIREBOY DML (NIGERIA)

LITTLE SIMZ (U.K.)

LUDMILLA (BRAZIL)

MAJOR LEAGUE DJZ (SOUTH AFRICA)

TAYC (FRANCE)

TEMS (NIGERIA) (Winner)

Best Movie

CANDYMAN

RESPECT

SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY

SUMMER OF SOUL

THE HARDER THEY FALL

KING RICHARD (Winner)

Best Actor

ADRIAN HOLMES BEL AIR

ANTHONY ANDERSON BLACK-ISH

DAMSON IDRIS SNOWFALL

DENZEL WASHINGTON, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

FOREST WHITAKER RESPECT | GODFATHER OF HARLEM

JABARI BANKS BEL AIR

STERLING K. BROWN, THIS IS US

WILL SMITH KING RICHARD (winner)

Best Actress

AUNJANUE ELLIS KING RICHARD

COCO JONES BEL AIR

ISSA RAE INSECURE

JENNIFER HUDSON RESPECT

MARY J. BLIGE POWER BOOK II: GHOST

QUEEN LATIFAH, THE EQUALIZER

QUINTA BRUNSON ABBOTT ELEMENTARY

REGINA KING, THE HARDER THEY FALL

ZENDAYA EUPHORIA | SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (Winner)

YoungStars Award

AKIRA AKBAR

DEMI SINGLETON

MILES BROWN

SANIYYA SIDNEY

MARSAI MARTIN ( Winner ) 

Sportswoman of the Year Award

BRITTNEY GRINER

CANDACE PARKER

SERENA WILLIAMS

SHA’CARRI RICHARDSON

SIMONE BILES

NAOMI OSAKA ( Winner )

Sportsman of the Year Award

AARON DONALD

BUBBA WALLACE

GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO

JA MORANT

LEBRON JAMES

STEPHEN CURRY (Winner)

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