Sunday night (28 June, 2015) saw the big names in American
music and film come out to celebrate another year of entertainment at the 2015
BET Awards.
The 15th edition of the awards ceremony hosted by ABC comedy
‘Blackish’ stars, Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross was held at the
Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. The 2015 BET Awards event was opened by hip-hop act Kendrick
Lamar with an energetic performance of
‘Alright’.
British singer Sam Smith continued his hot streak at music
awards shows, picking up the night's first prize for best new artist, beating
out the likes of Fetty Wap and Bobby Shmurda.
Nicki Minaj brought her mom on stage as she picked up the
award for best female hip-hop artist. The Weekend picked up the Centric award
for "Earned It" from the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack.
Notable performances included Diddy bringing the Bad Boy
family back together by performing with Lil' Kim, Faith Evans, 112 and Mase.
Janet Jackson, the recipient of the Ultimate Icon: Music
Dance Visual award, also performed.
The event saw Stonebwoy from Ghana beating Nigeria's Wizkid and Yemi Alade in the Best International Act Africa award category. And Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown leading the winners pack with 6 each.
Below is the Full List of All Winners -
- Best International Act UK
FKA Twigs
Fuse ODG
Lethal Bizzle
Little Simz
Mnek
Stormzy {Winner}
- Best International Act Africa
AKA
Stonebwoy {Winner}
Sarkodie
Fally Ipupa
Sauti Sol
Wizkid
The Soil
Yemi Alade
- Best Female R&B/Pop Artist
Beyoncé
Janelle Monáe
Jhene Aiko
Ciara
Rihanna
K. Michelle
- Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
Chris Brown
Trey Songz
The Weekend
August Alsina
Usher
John Legend
- Best Group
A$AP Mob
Migos
Rae Sremmurd
Rich Gang
Young Money
Jodeci
- Best Collaboration
Chris Brown Ft. Lil Wayne and Tyga – “Loyal”
Big Sean Ft. E-40 – “IDFWU”
August Alsina Ft. Nicki Minaj – “No Love”
Chris Brown Ft. Usher and Rick Ross – “New Flame”
Common and John Legend – “Glory”
Mark Ronson Ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
- Best Male Hip Hop Artist
Kendrick Lamar
Common
Big Sean
Drake
J. Cole
Wale
- Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Azealia Banks
Dej Loaf
Iggy Azalea
Tink
Nicki Minaj
Trina
- Video Of The Year
Beyonce – “7/11”
Big Sean Ft. E-40 – “IDFWU”
Chris Brown Ft. Lil Wayne and Tyga – “Loyal”
Chris Brown Ft. Usher and Rick Ross – “New Flame”
Common and John Legend – “Glory”
Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda”
- Video Director Of The Year
Benny Boom
Beyonce, Ed Burke and Todd Tourso
Chris Robinson
Fatima Robinson
Hype Williams
- Best New Artist
Bobby Shmurda
Dej Loaf
Fetty Wap
Rae Sremmurd
Sam Smith
Tinashe
- Best Gospel Artist
Michelle Williams
Erica Campbell
Deitrick Haddon
Fred Hammond
Mali Music
Lecrae {Winner}
- Best Actress
Gabrielle Union
Kerry Washington
Taraji P. Henson
Tracee Ellis Ross
Viola Davis
- Best Actor
Anthony Anderson
Idris Elba
Jussie Smollet
Kevin Hart
Terrence Howard {Winner}
- Youngstars Award
Jacob Latimore
Jaden Smith
Mo’ne Davis
Quvenzhane Wallis
Zendaya Coleman
- Best Movie
“Annie”
“Beyond the Lights”
“Selma”
“Think Like a Man Too”
“Top Five”
- Sportswoman Of The Year
Brittney Griner
Candace Parker
Serena Williams
Skylar Diggins
Venus Williams
- Sportsman Of The Year
Chris Paul
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
LeBron James
Marshawn Lynch
Stephen Curry {Winner}
- Viewer’s Choice Award
The Weekend –“Earned It”
Kendrick Lamar – “I”
Dej Loaf – “Try Me”
Rae Sremmurd Ft. Nicki Minaj and Young Thug – “Throw Sum Mo”
Beyonce –“7/11”
Nicki Minaj Ft. Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown – “Only” {Winner}
- Centric Award
Avery Sunshine – “Call My Name”
Jazmine Sullivan Ft. Meek Mill – “Dumb”
Mark Ronson Ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Sam Smith Ft. Mary J. Blige –“Stay With Me”
The Weekend – “Earned It” {fifty shades of grey sound track - Winner}
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