And so it has come and gone. The most anticipated award ceremony among African Americans across the nation aired last night, and we now wake to the cyber sound of buzzing blogs and Twitter timelines. There were myriad of epic moments to be remembered at this year’s BET Awards bash held at LA’s Shrine Auditorium (how ‘bout that Patti Labelle tribute?), but the award show wouldn’t have been an award show without all of the winners.
Chris Brown took reign as major victor of the night with him taking home a grand total of four awards – one of which was for the honorable Video of the Year. Among others were Nicki Minaj and her [unsurprising] second win for Best Female Hip Hop Artist, Drake’s win for Coca Cola Viewers’ Choice award (after an embarrassing flub by fan presenter Tiffany Green, though), Diddy-Dirty Money’s win for Best Group and Wiz Khalifa’s win for Best New Artist.
Will and Jada also had a heart-warming proud parent moment when Willow and Jaden Smith tied for the YoungStars Award, and Kanye West clearly went home happy (judging by the absence of interrupted acceptance speeches) with his award for Best Male Hip-Hop Artist.
Oh, so you were flipping back and forth from True Blood and missed out on all the others? No worries. VIBE’s got you covered. You can peep the full list of winners from last night’s show below. — Stephanie Long
Best Female R&B Artist: Rihanna
Best Male R&B Artist: Chris Brown
Best Female Hip-Hop Artist: Nicki Minaj
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist: Kanye West
Best Collaboration: Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”
Best New Artist: Wiz Khalifa
Best Group: Diddy-Dirty Money
YoungStars Award: Jaden and Willow Smith (Tie)
Best Gospel: Mary Mary
Centric Award: Marsha Ambrosius
Best Actress: Taraji P. Henson
Best Actor: Idris Elba
Best Movie: For Colored Girls
Sportsman of the Year: Michael Vick
Sportswoman of the Year: Serena Williams
Best International Act (U.K.): Tinie Tempah
Best International Act (Africa): 2Face Idibia and D’Banj
Video Director of the Year: Chris Robinson
Video of the Year: Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”
Viewers’ Choice: Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”
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