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.

## Award shows

|#|Date|Venue|Host city|Host|||
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|June 19, 2001|Las Vegas|rowspan=2|Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer||||
|June 29, 2002|rowspan=18|Los Angeles|||||
|June 24, 2003|rowspan="2"|Mo'Nique|||||
|June 29, 2004|||||||
|June 28, 2005|Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith||||||
|June 27, 2006|rowspan="7"|Shrine Auditorium|Damon Wayans||||
|June 26, 2007|Mo'Nique||||||
|June 24, 2008|D. L. Hughley||||||
|June 28, 2009|Jamie Foxx||||||
|June 27, 2010|Queen Latifah||||||
|June 26, 2011|Kevin Hart||||||
|July 1, 2012|Samuel L. Jackson||||||
|June 30, 2013|rowspan="7"|Microsoft Theater|Chris Tucker||||
|June 29, 2014|Chris Rock||||||
|June 28, 2015|rowspan=2|Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross|||||
|June 26, 2016|||||||
|June 25, 2017|Leslie Jones||||||
|June 24, 2018|Jamie Foxx||||||
|June 23, 2019|Regina Hall||||||
|June 28, 2020|colspan="2"|Virtual show|Amanda Seales||||
|June 27, 2021|rowspan=2|Microsoft Theater|rowspan=2|Los Angeles|rowspan=2|Taraji P. Henson|
|June 26, 2022|||||||

## Most nominated and winning artists

**Most wins** (as of 2021)
|style="width:100px;"|Rank|style="width:100px;"|1st|style="width:100px;"|2nd|style="width:100px;"|3rd|style="width:100px;"|4th|style="width:100px;"|5th|
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|Beyoncé|Chris Brown|Drake|Nicki Minaj & Serena Williams|Lil Wayne||||||||

**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 <small>67 solo; 8 w/ Destiny's Child</small>

**51 nominations**
- Drake<small> 46 solo; 5 w/ Young Money</small>

**51 nominations**
- Chris Brown

**35 nominations**
- Jay Z <small>30 solo; 5 w/ Watch The Throne</small>

**33 nominations**
- Lil Wayne <small>28 solo; 5 w/ Young Money</small>
- Nicki Minaj <small>29 solo; 4w/ Young Money</small>

**31 nominations**
- Kanye West <small>26 solo; 5 w/ Watch The Throne</small>

**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 <small> 2 solo; 11 w/ Mary Mary </small>

**12 nominations**
- Common
- Pharrell Williams <small>10 solo; 2 w/ N.E.R.D.</small>

**11 nominations**
- Big Boi <small>1 solo; 10 w/ Outkast</small>
- Ciara
- LeBron James
- Mary Mary
- Snoop Dogg

**10 nominations**
- Kobe Bryant
- T-Pain
- Outkast
- Trina
- Trey Songz
- Tyga <small>6 solo; 4 w/ Young Money</small>

**9 nominations**
- Denzel Washington
- Kelly Rowland <small>1 solo; 8 w/ Destiny's Child</small>
- Michelle Williams <small>1 solo; 8 w/ Destiny's Child</small>
- Taraji P. Henson

**8 nominations**
- 2 Chainz
- 50 Cent
- Angela Bassett
- ASAP Rocky <small>6 solo; 2 w/ ASAP Mob</small>
- Benny Boom
- Big Sean
- Busta Rhymes
- Chloe x Halle
- Destiny's Child
- Diddy <small>5 solo; 3 w/ Diddy-Dirty Money</small>
- Hype Williams
- Idris Elba
- John Legend
- Marsha Ambrosius <small>4 solo; 4 w/ Floetry</small>
- Miguel
- Omarion <small>2 solo; 6 w/ B2K</small>
- 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 <small>2 solo; 4 w/ Gnarls Barkley</small>
- Keri Hilson
- Lil Jon <small>3 solo; 3 w/ Lil' Jon and the Eastside Boyz</small>
- 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 <small>3 solo; 2 w/ The Clipse</small>
- Regina King
- Solange Knowles
- Willow Smith

## Other websites

- BET Awards website

## Infobox (award)

- **name**: BET Awards
- **awarded for**: Outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry
- **country**: United States
- **presenter**: BET