BET Awards

The BET Awards is an American award show. It started in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network. The award celebrates African Americans and other American minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the previous year. The awards are presented each year. They are broadcast live on BET.

BET Awards
Awarded for	Outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry
Country	United States
Presented by	BET
First awarded	June 19, 2001 (2001-06-19)
Website	http://www.bet.com/shows/bet-awards.html

Award shows

#	Date	Host city	Host
1st	June 19, 2001	Las Vegas	Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer
2nd	June 29, 2002	Los Angeles
3rd	June 24, 2003		Mo'Nique
4th	June 29, 2004
5th	June 28, 2005		Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
6th	June 27, 2006		Shrine Auditorium	Damon Wayans
7th	June 26, 2007			Mo'Nique
8th	June 24, 2008			D. L. Hughley
9th	June 28, 2009			Jamie Foxx
10th	June 27, 2010			Queen Latifah
11th	June 26, 2011			Kevin Hart
12th	July 1, 2012			Samuel L. Jackson
13th	June 30, 2013		Microsoft Theater	Chris Tucker
14th	June 29, 2014			Chris Rock
15th	June 28, 2015			Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross
16th	June 26, 2016
17th	June 25, 2017			Leslie Jones
18th	June 24, 2018			Jamie Foxx
19th	June 23, 2019			Regina Hall
20th	June 28, 2020	Virtual show		Amanda Seales
21st	June 27, 2021	Microsoft Theater	Los Angeles	Taraji P. Henson
22nd	June 26, 2022

Most nominated and winning artists

Most wins (as of 2021)

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Artist	Beyoncé	Chris Brown	Drake	Nicki Minaj & Serena Williams	Lil Wayne
Total wins	33 (with Destiny's Child and The Carters)	18	15	12	11

Most nominations (as of 2017) This is a list of multiple nominated performers, athletes & actors with 5 or more career nominations. Beyoncé is currently the most nominated performer with 75 nominations, solo and with Destiny's Child.

75 nominations

• Beyoncé 67 solo; 8 w/ Destiny's Child

51 nominations

• Drake 46 solo; 5 w/ Young Money

51 nominations

• Chris Brown

35 nominations

• Jay Z 30 solo; 5 w/ Watch The Throne

33 nominations

• Lil Wayne 28 solo; 5 w/ Young Money
• Nicki Minaj 29 solo; 4w/ Young Money

31 nominations

• Kanye West 26 solo; 5 w/ Watch The Throne

23 nominations

• Rihanna

21 nominations

• Kendrick Lamar

19 nominations

• Usher

18 nominations

• Missy Elliott

17 nominations

• Serena Williams

16 nominations

• Bruno Mars
• Venus Williams

15 nominations

• Alicia Keys
• T.I.

14 nominations

• Jamie Foxx
• Ludacris
• Mary J. Blige

13 nominations

• Erica Campbell 2 solo; 11 w/ Mary Mary

12 nominations

• Common
• Pharrell Williams 10 solo; 2 w/ N.E.R.D.

11 nominations

• Big Boi 1 solo; 10 w/ Outkast
• Ciara
• LeBron James
• Mary Mary
• Snoop Dogg

10 nominations

• Kobe Bryant
• T-Pain
• Outkast
• Trina
• Trey Songz
• Tyga 6 solo; 4 w/ Young Money

9 nominations

• Denzel Washington
• Kelly Rowland 1 solo; 8 w/ Destiny's Child
• Michelle Williams 1 solo; 8 w/ Destiny's Child
• Taraji P. Henson

8 nominations

• 2 Chainz
• 50 Cent
• Angela Bassett
• ASAP Rocky 6 solo; 2 w/ ASAP Mob
• Benny Boom
• Big Sean
• Busta Rhymes
• Chloe x Halle
• Destiny's Child
• Diddy 5 solo; 3 w/ Diddy-Dirty Money
• Hype Williams
• Idris Elba
• John Legend
• Marsha Ambrosius 4 solo; 4 w/ Floetry
• Miguel
• Omarion 2 solo; 6 w/ B2K
• Justin Timberlake
• Rick Ross

7 nominations

• Don Cheadle
• Erykah Badu
• Halle Berry
• Jennifer Hudson
• Keyshia Cole
• Kirk Franklin
• Mariah Carey
• Ne-Yo
• R. Kelly

6 nominations

• Aaliyah
• Anthony Hamilton
• August Alsina
• B.o.B
• B2K
• Benny Boom
• CeeLo Green 2 solo; 4 w/ Gnarls Barkley
• Keri Hilson
• Lil Jon 3 solo; 3 w/ Lil' Jon and the Eastside Boyz
• Lil' Kim
• Musiq Soulchild
• Samuel L. Jackson
• Wale
• Yolanda Adams

5 nominations

• Bow Wow
• Carmelo Anthony
• Donnie McClurkin
• Eminem
• Eve
• Fantasia
• Gabrielle Union
• Jill Scott
• Keke Palmer
• Melanie Fiona
• Mindless Behavior
• Nelly
• Pusha T 3 solo; 2 w/ The Clipse
• Regina King
• Solange Knowles
• Willow Smith

Other websites

• BET Awards website