The 2016 BET Awards will be held on June 26, 2016, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The ceremony celebrates mass achievements in black entertainment and honors music, sports, television, and motion pictures released between April 1, 2015 and March 30, 2016. The nominees were announced on Friday, May 20, 2016, with Drake leading the pack with 9 nominations, while Beyonce and Rihanna both follow behind with 6. On May 22, BET confirmed on their social media accounts that they will pay tribute to Prince, who died in April 2016. Performances for this award include Usher, Alicia Keys, Tori Kelly, Rihanna and more and the performers which will lead the tribute to Prince by Stevie Wonder and stuff. This presentation will be hosted by Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross and the BET Awards 2016 will air on multiple channels outside of BET like MTV, VH1 and Nickeloeon. Sweet, I can't wait to watch this on MTV tomorrow night.
Anyway, let's talk about the performers and nominations. Shall we?
Performances
Alicia Keys (Performing In Common)
Desiigner and Kanye West (Performing Panda/Champions)
Young Thug
Jennifer Hudson, Tori Kelly, Erykah Badu, Chloe x Halle and Bilal
Bryson Tiller
Fat Joe, Remy Ma and French Montana (Performing All The Way Up) (I hate All The Way Up)
Usher (Performing No Limit)
Rihanna (Performing Kiss It Better / Work / Need Me / Love On The Brian)
Future (Performing Wicked)
Maxwell (Performing Lake by the Ocean)
Sheila E., The Roots, D'Angelo, Stevie Wonder and Janelle Monae (Tribute To Prince)
Nominations and Winners
The following is a list of winners and nominees. The nominations were announced on May 20, 2016.
Video of the Year
Beyonce – "Formation"
Bryson Tiller - "Don't"
Drake – "Hotline Bling"
Kendrick Lamar – "Alright"
Rihanna featuring Drake – "Work"
Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Colin Tilley
Tech n9ne
Director X
Hype Williams
Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award
Beyonce – "Formation"
Bryson Tiller – "Don't"
Chris Brown – "Back to Sleep"
Drake – "Hotline Bling"
Future featuring Drake – "Where Ya At"
Rihanna featuring Drake – "Work"
Centric Award
Andra Day – "Rise Up"
Beyonce – "Formation"
K. Michelle – "Not a Little Bit"
The Internet – "Under Control"
Rihanna – "Bitch Better Have My Money"
Best Female R&B/Pop Artist
Adele
Andra Day
Beyonce
K. Michelle
Rihanna
Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
Bryson Tiller
Chris Brown
Jeremih
The Weeknd
Tyrese Gibson
Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Dej Loaf
Lil' Kim
Missy Elliott
Nicki Minaj
Remy Ma
Best Male Hip Hop Artist
Drake
Fetty Wap
Future
J. Cole
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
Best Group
2 Chainz & Lil Wayne
Drake & Future
Puff Daddy & The Family
Rae Sremmurd
The Internet
Best Collaboration
Big Sean featuring Chris Brown & Ty Dolla Sign – "Play No Games"
Big Sean featuring Kanye West & John Legend – "One Man Can Change the World"
Future featuring Drake – "Where Ya At"
Nicki Minaj featuring Beyonce – "Feeling Myself"
Rihanna featuring Drake – "Work"
Best New Artist
Alessia Cara
Andra Day
Bryson Tiller
Kehlani
Tory Lanez
Best Gospel Artist
Anthony Brown & Group Therapy
Erica Atkins-Campbell
Kirk Franklin
Lecrae
Tamela Mann
Tasha Cobbs
Best Actress
Gabrielle Union
Kerry Washington
Taraji P. Henson
Tracee Ellis Ross
Viola Davis
Best Actor
Anthony Anderson
Courtney B. Vance
Idris Elba
Michael B. Jordan
O'Shea Jackson Jr.
YoungStars Award
Amandla Stenberg
Quvenzhané Wallis
Silentó
Willow Smith
Yara Shahidi
Best Movie
Beasts of No Nation
Concussion
Creed
Dope
Straight Outta Compton
Sportswoman of the Year
Cheyenne Woods
Gabrielle Douglas
Serena Williams
Skylar Diggins
Venus Williams
Sportsman of the Year
Cam Newton
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Odell Beckham Jr.
Stephen Curry
Best International Act: Africa
AKA
Black Coffee
Cassper Nyovest
Diamond Platnumz
MzVee
Serge Beynaud
Wizkid
Yemi Alade
Best International Act: UK
Kano
Krept and Konan
Lianne La Havas
Skepta
Stormzy
Honorary Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award The Jackson 5
Ultimate Icon Award - Kanye West
Humanitarian Award - Jesse Williams
Sweet. In addition, there might be a rumor that Jay Z will be on tomorrow too. Just what I'm saying. Now then, it appears that BET like MTV and VH1 is a mainstream music station and unlike other mainstream music stations like Fuse, BET only plays R&B music like Alicia Keys as well as rap/hip-hop music like Kanye West because only R&B artists like Usher as well as rap/hip-hop artists like 50 Cent exist on BET. See what I'm saying? At least pop stars like Beyonce and Rihanna do exist on BET when the pop songs (like Mariah Carey songs) crossed over to BET since pop, R&B and rap/hip-hop are mainstream music. Just what I'm saying. I can't wait for the 2016 BET Awards.
What do you think?
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