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)
