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  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, 2013Microsoft 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

References

Other websites
 BET Awards website

Category:African-American culture
Category:American awards
Category:2001 establishments in the United States