The 10th Annual BET Awards, hosted by Queen Latifah,
Drake, Trey Songz and P. Diddy’s Dirty Money were among the scheduled performers. See the winner list below:
BET Awards Winners Full List
Best Female R&B Artist
Alicia Keys *WINNER*
Beyoncé
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Rihanna
Best Male R&B Artist
Trey Songz *WINNER*
Chris Brown
Raheem DeVaughn
Maxwell
Usher
Best Gospel
Marvin Sapp *WINNER*
The Anointed Pace Sisters
Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti
Tamela Mann
Vickie Winans
Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Nicki Minaj *WINNER*
Ester Dean
Lil Kim
Rasheeda
Trina
Best Male Hip Hop Artist
Drake *WINNER*
B.o.B.
Fabolous
Jay-Z
Ludacris
Best Group
Young Money *WINNER*
Black Eyed Peas
Clipse
Diddy-Dirty Money
New Boyz
Best New Artist
Nicki Minaj *WINNER*
Justin Bieber
Melanie Fiona
Wale
Young Money
Best Collaboration
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind *WINNER*
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – Video Phone
B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On You
Drake & Trey Songz – Successful
Drake f/ Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem – Forever
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – Say Aah
Video of the Year
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – Video Phone *WINNER*
B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On You
Melanie Fiona – It Kills Me
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – Run This Town
Video Director of the Year
Hype Williams *WINNER*
Benny Boom
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson
YoungStars Award
Keke Palmer *WINNER*
Selena Gomez
Lil JJ
Willow Smith
Tyler James Williams
Viewers Choice Nominees
Rihanna f/ Young Jeezy – Hard *WINNER*
Beyoncé – Sweet Dreams
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
Monica – Everything To Me
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – Say Aah
Young Money (Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga) f/ Lloyd – Bedrock
Centric Award
Monica *WINNER*
Melanie Fiona
Maxwell
Chrisette Michele
Sade
Best International Act
Dizzee Rascal (UK) *WINNER*
Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
Chipmunk (UK)
Estelle (UK)
Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa)
K’NAAN (Somalia)
M.I. (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Corinne Bailey Rae (UK)
Sade (UK)
Best Actress
Mo’Nique *WINNER*
Taraji P. Henson
Regina King
Zoe Saldana
Gabourey Sidibe
Best Actor
Idris Elba *WINNER*
Quinton Aaron
Don Cheadle
Jamie Foxx
Denzel Washington
Sportswoman of the Year
Serena Williams *WINNER*
Tamika Catchings
Vanessa James
Candace Parker
Venus Williams
Sportsman of the Year
LeBron James *WINNER*
Carmelo Anthony
Usain Bolt
Kobe Bryant
Tiger Woods
Best Movie
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire *WINNER*
Avatar
Law Abiding Citizen
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
The Blindside
Kanye West is set to take the stage at the BET Awards on June 27. That would mark the rapper’s first awards show performance since interrupting Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV VMAs. Kanye is nominated for two BET awards including Video of the Year for ‘Run This Town’ with Jay-Z and Rihanna. On Tuesday, he performed at 3 different high schools in the Chicago area as part of the Kanye West Foundation’s annual ‘Stay in School’ event. Kanye also made an appearance at a Manhattan nightclub for a listening party featuring songs from his upcoming album ‘Good Ass Job’. It’s about time he got back in the spotlight!
Justin Bieber has been nominated for a Black Entertainment Television award, earning a nomination in the Best New Artist category alongside Nicki Minaj, B.o.B., Young Money and Melanie Fiona. Stephen Hill, BET’s President of Music Programming and Specials, says “Bieber has crossed the color boundaries the same way that hip-hop has crossed the boundaries the other way for a number of years. He’s had rhythm in his music. He makes the type of music our audience likes.” I’m not entirely sure about all those things fitting the young pop singer but to each his own I guess. The fact that he’s been mentored by Usher must have helped. Congratulations Justin!
Best Female R&B Artist
Beyonce
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Alicia Keys
Rihanna
Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Raheem DeVaughn
Maxwell
Trey Songz
Usher
Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Ester Dean
Lil’ Kim
Nicki Minaj
Rasheeda
Trina
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
B.o.B
Drake
Fabolous
Jay-Z
Ludacris
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Melanie Fiona
Nicki Minaj
Wale
Young Money
Best Gospel
The Anointed Pace Sisters
Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti
Tamela Mann
Marvin Sapp
Vickie Winans
Best Group
Black Eyed Peas
Clipse
Diddy-Dirty Money
New Boyz
Young Money
Best Collaboration
Beyonce featuring Lady Gaga – “Video Phone”
B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars – “Nothin’ on You”
Drake featuring Trey Songz – “Successful”
Drake featuring Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Eminem – “Forever”
Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Trey Songz featuring Fabolous – “Say Aah”
Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams
Video of the Year
Beyonce featuring Lady Gaga – “Video Phone”
B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars – “Nothin’ on You”
Melanie Fiona – “It Kills Me”
Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Jay-Z featuring Rihanna, Kanye West – “Run This Town”
Viewer’s Choice
Beyonce – “Sweet Dreams”
Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Monica – “Everything to Me”
Rihanna featuring Young Jeezy – “Hard”
Trey Songz featuring Fabolous – “Say Aah”
Young Money. Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga, featuring Lloyd – “Bedrock”
Best International Act
Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
Chipmunk (UK)
Dizzee Rascal (UK)
Estelle (UK)
Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa)
K’NAAN (Somalia)
M.I. (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Corinne Bailey Rae (UK)
Sade (UK)
Centric Award
Melanie Fiona
Maxwell
Chrisette Michele
Monica
Sade
YoungStars
Selena Gomez
Lil JJ
Keke Palmer
Willow Smith
Tyler James Williams
Full winners list of 2009 BET Awards:
* Video of the Year: Beyonce Knowles – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
* Best Male R&B Artist: Ne-Yo
* Best Female R&B Artist: Beyonce Knowles
* Best Male Hip-Hop Artist: Lil Wayne
* Best Female Hip-Hop Artist: M.I.A.
* Best Group: DAY26
* Best New Artist: Keri Hilson
* Viewer’s Choice: T.I. feat. Rihanna – “Live Your Life”
* Best Collaboration: Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain – “Blame It”
* Video Director of the Year: Benny Boom
* Centric Award: Jazmine Sullivan
* Best Gospel Artist: Mary Mary
* Best Actor: Will Smith
* Best Actress: Taraji P. Henson
* Best Male Athlete: LeBron James
* Best Female Athlete: Serena Williams
* Humanitarian Award: Alicia Keys and Wyclef Jean
* Lifetime Achievement Award: The O’Jays
The singer will be performing at this years BET Awards together with her husband Jay-Z and other resounding names such as Kanye West, Ne-Yo, Soulja Boy. Beyonce herself is a favorite for some of the awards including favorite R&B female, video of the year and so on. Still, isnt anybody thinking of giving Beyonce a super-duper-uber-pooper diva of the year award. After all, she most likely deserves it more than anybody else, what with the fifty meter car rides and all. Really, it would be a real dang shame if Beyonce wasnt honored for all of her talents at such prestigious events.
