Big Winners At The 2023 Bet Awards Include Drake, Beyoncé, Sza, And More View All The Winners

Big Winners At The 2023 Bet Awards Include Drake, Beyoncé, Sza, And More View All The Winners

The 2023 BET Awards have given Drake, Beyoncé, and SZA the opportunity to expand their prize collections.

The annual awards ceremony took place on Sunday, June 25, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. It was another memorable night as cultural giants were honored, up-and-coming superstars were crowned, and, in the case of Quavo and Offset, brotherhood was restored.

With three trophies each, Beyoncé and SZA were this year’s top winners. Queen Bey’s Renaissance was named Album of the Year, and the Viewer’s Choice and BET Her awards went to her “Break My Soul” music video.

In a rare tie, SZA’s record-breaking SOS was also named Album of the Year, while her “Kill Bill” short film was named Video of the Year.

The TDE singer also won the title of Best Female R&B/Pop Artist, defeating Beyoncé, Lizzo, Ari Lennox, Tems, H.E.R., and Coco Jones, who won the title of Best New Artist.

Drake, the 6 God, came in second place, taking home two awards: Best Group with his Her Loss bandmate 21 Savage and Best Collaboration for his contribution to Future’s number-one single “Wait For U,” which also included Tems.

Other winners included Chris Brown and Usher for Best Male R&B/Pop Artist, Kendrick Lamar for Best Male Hip Hop Artist for the second year in a row, Latto for Best Female Hip Hop Artist over Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, Ice Spice, GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion, and Coi Leray.

The “Big Energy” singer thanked her peers, the trailblazing pioneers, and the female MCs who didn’t receive a nomination in the category during her live, on-air award speech.

Latto opened her speech by saying, “I’m not gon’ cry this year,” alluding to her emotional Best New Artist win at the BET Awards the year before. “Praise God loudly. He’s pulling a fast one on me! This category is booming this year, so shout out to all the other female competitors and to all the ladies who paved the road for it to ever be feasible.

Oh, shout out to a few females who I believe ought to have been included in the category: Maiya The Don, Flo Milli, Mello Buckzz, and TiaCorine all say, “Doechii — I love you, baby.” All the women, shout out, we’re killing it. This is the female year, the year of the woman. You get the feeling that hopefully we’ll soon witness an all-female tour?

“I adore you, mom. And my man, thank you to my man,” she continued, making a sexy gesture and a sardonic smile reference to the persistent rumors about her romantic life.

Check out the full list of 2023 BET Awards winners below:

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

GloRilla — Anyways, Life’s Great

Chris Brown — Breezy

DJ Khaled — God Did

Drake & 21 Savage — Her Loss

Kendrick Lamar — Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

Beyoncé — Renaissance — WINNER (Tie)

SZA — SOS — WINNER (Tie)

BEST FEMALE R&B/POP ARTIST

Ari Lennox

Beyoncé

Coco Jones

H.E.R.

Lizzo

SZA — WINNER

Tems

BEST MALE R&B/POP ARTIST

Blxst

Brent Faiyaz

Burna Boy

Chris Brown — WINNER (Tie)

Drake

The Weeknd

Usher — WINNER (Tie)

BEST GROUP

City Girls

Drake & 21 Savage — WINNER

Dvsn

FLO

Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin

Quavo & TakeOff

Wanmor

BEST COLLABORATION

Latto & Mariah Carey f. DJ Khaled — “Big Energy (Remix)”

Pinkpantheress & Ice Spice — “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2”

Chris Brown f. Wizkid — “Call Me Every Day”

King Combs f. Kodak Black — “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop”

Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage — “Creepin’”

Hitkidd & GloRilla — “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)”

GloRilla & Cardi B — “Tomorrow 2”

Future f. Drake & Tems — “Wait For U” — WINNER

BEST FEMALE HIP HOP ARTIST

Cardi B

Coi Leray

GloRilla

Ice Spice

Latto — WINNER

Megan Thee Stallion

Nicki Minaj

BEST MALE HIP HOP ARTIST

21 Savage

Drake

Future

J. Cole

Jack Harlow

Kendrick Lamar — WINNER

Lil Baby

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Chris Brown — “We (Warm Embrace)”

Peezy, Jeezy & Real Boston Richey f. Rob49 — “2 Million Up”

Lizzo — “About Damn Time”

Steve Lacy — “Bad Habit”

Jack Harlow — “First Class”

SZA — “Kill Bill” — WINNER

GloRilla & Cardi B — “Tomorrow 2”

VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

A$AP Rocky for AWGE

Benny Boom

Burna Boy

Cole Bennett

Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar

Director X

Teyana “Spike Tey” Taylor — WINNER

BEST NEW ARTIST

Ambré

Coco Jones — WINNER

Doechii

FLO

GloRilla

Ice Spice

Lola Brooke

DR. BOBBY JONES BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL AWARD

Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin — “Bless Me” — WINNER

Tamela Mann — “Finished (Live)”

CeCe Winans — “I’ve Got Joy”

Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin f. Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore — “Kingdom”

Tye Tribbett — “New”

Yolanda Adams — “One Moment From Glory”

PJ Morton f. Lisa Knowles-Smith, Le’andria Johnson, Keke Wyatt, Kierra Sheard & Tasha Cobbs Leonard — “The Better Benediction (Pt. 2)”

VIEWER’S CHOICE AWARD

Lizzo — “About Damn Time”

Beyoncé — “Break My Soul” — WINNER

Jack Harlow — “First Class”

Drake f. 21 Savage — “Jimmy Cooks”

SZA — “Kill Bill”

Burna Boy — “Last Last”

Nicki Minaj — “Super Freaky Girl”

Future f. Drake & Tems — “Wait For U”

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT

Aya Nakamura (France)

Ayra Starr (Nigeria)

Burna Boy (Nigeria) — WINNER

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

Asake (Nigeria)

Camidoh (Ghana)

Flo (UK)

Libianca (Cameroon) — WINNER

Maureen (France)

MC Ryan SP (Brazil)

Pabi Cooper (South Africa)

Raye (UK)

Werenoi (France)

BET HER

Lizzo — “About Damn Time”

Pinkpantheress & Ice Spice — “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2”

Beyoncé — “Break My Soul” — WINNER

Megan Thee Stallion — “Her”

Rihanna & Ludwig Göransson — “Lift Me Up”

Coi Leray — “Players”

Lizzo — “Special”

BEST MOVIE

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — WINNER

Creed III

Emancipation

Nope

The Woman King

Till

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody

BEST ACTOR

Amin Joseph

Brian Tyree Henry

Damson Idris — WINNER

Daniel Kaluuya

Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr.

Donald Glover

Michael B. Jordan

BEST ACTRESS

Angela Bassett — WINNER

Coco Jones

Janelle James

Janelle Monáe

Keke Palmer

Viola Davis

Zendaya

YOUNGSTARS AWARD

Akira Akbar

Alaya High

Demi Singleton

Genesis Denise

Marsai Martin — WINNER

Thaddeus J. Mixson

Young Dylan

SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD

Alexis Morris

Allyson Felix

Angel Reese — WINNER

Candace Parker

Naomi Osaka

Serena Williams

Sha’Carri Richardson

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD

Aaron Judge

Bubba Wallace

Gervonta Davis

Jalen Hurts — WINNER

LeBron James

Patrick Mahomes

Steph Curry

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