BET Awards 2023: Complete list of winners as Beyoncé and SZA lead with most wins

The 2023 edition of the BET Awards took place on June 25, 2023, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. The award ceremony was aired on the BET channel as well as on Logo, MTV, MTV2, TV Land, and VH1 at 8:00 pm ET.

Beyonce and SZA received the most wins in the televised and non-televised award categories at the BET Awards, including the prestigious Album of the Year category. Following the duo, Drake snagged three BET Awards wins, including the Best Male Group award.

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BET Awards 2023 full list of winners and nominations

Aside from the major winners at the The BET Awards, the Best Actress award was won by Angela Basset, while the Best New International Award was won by the Cameroonian-American singer-songwriter Libianca Fonji.

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The full list of winners and nominations at the BET Awards 2023 is given below:

Album of the Year

Winner (TIE) – SOS by SZA
Winner (TIE) – Renaissance by Beyoncé
Anyways, Life’s Great – GloRilla
Breezy – Chris Brown
God Did – DJ Khaled
Her Loss – Drake & 21 Savage
Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist

Winner – SZA
Ari Lennox
Beyoncé
Coco Jones
H.E.R.
Lizzo
Tems

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist

Winner (TIE) – Chris Brown
Winner (TIE) – Usher
Blxst
Brent Faiyaz
Burna Boy
Drake
The Weeknd

Best Group

Winner – Drake & 21 Savage
City Girls
Dvsn
FLO
Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin
Quavo & Takeoff
Wanmor

Best Collaboration

Winner – Wait For U – Future feat. Drake & Tems
Big Energy (Remix) – Latto & Mariah Carey feat. DJ Khaled
Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2 – Pinkpantheress & Ice Spice
Call Me Every Day – Chris Brown feat. Wizkid
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop – King Combs feat. Kodak Black
Creepin’ – Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage
F.N.F. (Let’s Go) – Hitkidd & GloRilla
Tomorrow 2 – GloRilla & Cardi B

Best Female Hip Hop Artist

Winner – Latto
Cardi B
Coi Leray
GloRilla
Ice Spice
Megan Thee Stallion
Nicki Minaj

Best Male Hip Hop Artist

Winner – Kendrick Lamar
21 Savage
Drake
Future
J. Cole
Jack Harlow
Lil Baby

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Video of the Year

Winner – Kill Bill – SZA
We (Warm Embrace) – Chris Brown
2 Million Up – Peezy, Jeezy & Real Boston Richey feat. Rob49
About Damn Time – Lizzo
Bad Habit – Steve Lacy
First Class – Harlow
Tomorrow 2 – GloRilla & Cardi B

Video Director of the Year

Winner – Teyana “Spike Tey” Taylor
A$AP Rocky for AWGE
Benny Boom
Burna Boy
Cole Bennett
Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar
Director X

Best New Artist

Winner – Coco Jones
Ambré
Doechii
FLO
GloRilla
Ice Spice
Lola Brooke

Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

Winner – Bless Me – Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin
Finished (Live) – Tamela Mann
I’ve Got Joy – CeCe Winans
Kingdom – Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin feat. Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore
New – Tye Tribbett
One Moment From Glory – Yolanda Adams
The Better Benediction (Pt.2) – PJ Morton feat. Lisa Knowles-Smith, Le’andria Johnson, Keke Wyatt, Kierra Sheard & Tasha Cobbs Leonard

Viewer’s Choice Award

Winner – Break My Soul – Beyoncé
About Damn Time – Lizzo
First Class – Jack Harlow
Jimmy Cooks – Drake feat 21 Savage
Kill Bill – SZA
Last Last – Burna Boy
Super Freaky Girl – Nicki Minaj
Wait For U – Future feat. Drake & Tems

Best International Act

Winner – Burna Boy (Nigeria)
Aya Nakamura (France)
Ayra Starr (Nigeria)
Central Cee (UK)
Ella Mai (UK)
Ko (South Africa)
L7nnon (Brazil)
Stormzy (UK)
Tiakola (France)
Uncle Waffles (Swaziland)

Viewer’s Choice: Best New International Act

Winner – Libianca (Cameroon)
Asake (Nigeria)
Camidoh (Ghana)
Flo (UK)
Maureen (France)
MC Ryan SP (Brazil)
Pabi Cooper (South Africa)
Raye (UK)
Werenoi (France)

BET Her

Winner – Break My Soul – Beyoncé
About Damn Time – Lizzo
Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2 – Pinkpantheress & Ice Spice
Her – Megan Thee Stallion
Lift Me Up – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From And Inspired By – Rihanna & Ludwig Göransson
Players – Coi Leray
Special – Lizzo

Best Movie

Winner – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Creed 3
Emancipation
Nope
The Woman King
Till
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody

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Best Actor

Winner – Damson Idris
Amin Joseph
Brian Tyree Henry
Daniel Kaluuya
Demetrius ‘Lil Meech’ Flenory Jr.
Donald Glover
Michael B. Jordan

Best Actress

Winner – Angela Bassett
Coco Jones
Janelle James
Janelle Monáe
Keke Palmer
Viola Davis
Zendaya

Youngstars Award

Winner – Marsai Martin
Akira Akbar
Alaya High
Demi Singleton
Genesis Denise
Thaddeus J. Mixson
Young Dylan

Sportswoman of the Year Award

Winner – Angel Reese
Alexis Morris
Allyson Felix
Candace Parker
Naomi Osaka
Serena Williams
Sha’carri Richardson

Sportsman of the Year Award

Winner – Jalen Hurts
Aaron Judge
Bubba Wallace
Gervonta Davis
Lebron James
Patrick Mahomes
Stephen Curry

BET Lifetime Achievement Award

Busta Rhymes

More about the BET Awards and its 2023 edition

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BET Awards celebrated 22 years of their foundation this year. The first award was held in 2001, and the 2023 edition featured the largest number of award categories since 2017.

The BET Awards trophy was inspired by the words aspire, ascend, and achieve and was designed by sculptor Carlos "Mare139" Rodriguez. The award is manufactured by New York based manufacturer The Society Awards.

The BET Awards was first held at the Paris Las Vegas resort on the Las Vegas strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. The award then moved venues to the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California, where it was held till 2006. From 2006 to 2012, the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, hosted the awards, before it moved to its present venue at the Microsoft Theater in 2013.

Edited by Susrita Das