A Complete List of 2021 BET Awards Winners

The BET Awards celebrate the accomplishments of black artists in television, film, music, and sports. So here is a complete list of the winners and nominees for this year’s ceremony.

The BET Awards took place Sunday night, June 27, in Los Angeles. The 21st ceremony happened in person, after last year being affected by COVID-19. The host was Taraji P. Henson, with this year’s theme “Year of the Black Woman.” Furthermore, many notable artists gave memorable performances on stage.

Get ready! Taraji P. Henson hosts #BETAwards 2021 LIVE this Sunday June 27 8/7c on BET!

This EPIC show will feature performances by Andra Day, DaBaby, Jazmine Sullivan, Kirk Franklin, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Lil Nas X, Migos, Moneybagg Yo, Roddy Ricch, & more! #CulturesBiggestNight pic.twitter.com/gRUkw0VVkf

— #BETAwards (@BETAwards) June 25, 2021

With a great list of nominees, the BET Awards had deserving winners. Megan Thee Stallion took home four awards, including Best Female Hip-Hop Artist. Chadwick Boseman, who passed away in August last year, won the award for Best Actor. Throughout the night, artists paid tributes to notable musicians. Busta Rhymes, Method Man and Swizz Beatz took the stage to pay tribute to rapper DMX, who passed away in April. They performed some of his most famous songs, including some from his posthumous album Exodus.

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— #BETAwards (@BETAwards) June 28, 2021

See the complete list of winners and nominees for the 2021 Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards below.

Album of the year

• “Heaux Tales,” Jazmine Sullivan (Winner)
• “Ungodly Hour,” Chloe x Halle
• “King’s Disease,” Nas
• “Good News,” Megan Thee Stallion
• “Blame it on Baby,” DaBaby
• “After Hours,” The Weeknd

Best Female R&B / Pop Artist

• H.E.R. (Winner)
• Beyoncé
• Jazmine Sullivan
• Jhené Aiko
• Summer Walker
• Sza

Best Male R&B / Pop Artist

• Chris Brown (Winner)
• 6LACK
• Anderson .Paak
• Giveon
• Tank
• The Weeknd

Best Group

• Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak and Silk Sonic (Winner)
• 21 Savage & Metro Boomin
• Chloe X Halle
• Chris Brown & Young Thug 
• City Girls
• Migos

Best Collaboration

• “WAP” – Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion (Winner)
• “Rockstar” – DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch
• “Popstar” – DJ Khaled ft. Drake
• “Whats Poppin (Remix)” – Jack Harlow ft. DaBaby, Tory Lanez, and Lil Wayne
• “Cry Baby” – Megan Thee Stallion ft. DaBaby
• “For the Night” – Pop Smoke ft. Lil Baby and DaBaby

Best Male Hip Hop Artist

• Lil Baby (Winner)
• DaBaby
• Drake
• J. Cole
• Jack Harlow
• Pop Smoke

Best Female Hip Hop Artist

• Megan Thee Stallion (Winner)
• Cardi B
• Coi Leray
• Doja Cat
• Latto
• Saweetie

Video of the year

• “WAP”- Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion (Winner)
• “Up” – Cardi B
• “Do It” – Chloe x Halle
• “Go Crazy” – Chris Brown and Young Thug
• “Laugh Now Cry Later” – Drake ft. Lil Durk
• “Leave the Door Open” – Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak and Silk Sonic

Best New Artist

• Giveon (Winner)
• Coi Leray
• Flo Milli
• Jack Harlow
• Latto
• Pooh Shiesty

Dr. Bobby Jones best gospel/inspirational award

• “Strong God” – Kirk Franklin (Winner)
• “In Jesus Name” – Bebe Winans
• “Never Lost” – Cece Winans
• “Hold Us Together” – H.E.R.
• “Thank You For It All” – Marvin Sapp
• “Touch From You” – Tamela Mann

BET HER award

• “Good Days” – Sza (Winner)
• “So Done” – Alicia Keys ft. Khalid
• “Baby Mama” – Brandy ft. Chance the Rapper
• “Anti Queen” – Bri Steves
• “Baby Girl” – Chloe x Halle
• “Rooted” – Ciara ft. Ester Dean

Best international act

• Burna Boy – Nigeria (Winner)
• Aya Nakamura – France
• Diamond Platnumz – Tanzania
• Emicida – Brazil
• Headie One – United Kingdom
• Wizkid – Nigeria
• Young T & Bugsey – United Kingdom
• Youssopha – France

Viewer’s Choice: Best New International Act

• Bree Runway – United Kingdom (Winner)
• Arlo Parks – United Kingdom
• Bramsito – France
• Elaine – South Africa
• MC Dricka – Brazil
• Ronisia – France
• Tems – Nigeria

Viewer’s choice award

• “Savage (Remix)” – Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé  (Winner)
• “WAP” – Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion 
• “Go Crazy” – Chris Brown & Young Thug 
• “Rockstar” – DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch 
• “Popstar” –  DJ Khaled ft. Drake 
• “Laugh Now Cry Later” – Drake ft. Lil Durk 
• “The Bigger Picture” – Lil Baby 
• “Leave the Door Open”  – Silk Sonic

Video director of the year

• Bruno Mars & Florent Déchard (Winner)
• Benny Boom
• Cole Bennett
• Colin Tilley
• Dave Meyers
• Hype Williams

Best movie

• “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Winner)
• “Coming 2 America”
• “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
• “One Night in Miami”
• “Soul”
• “The United States Vs. Billie Holiday”

Best actress

• Andra Day (Winner)
• Angela Bassett
• Issa Rae
• Jurnee Smollett
• Viola Davis
• Zendaya

Best actor

• Chadwick Boseman (Winner)
• Aldis Hodge
• Damson Idris
• Daniel Kaluuya
• Eddie Murphy
• Lakeith Stanfield

Youngstars award

• Marsai Martin (Winner)
• Alex R. Hibbert
• Ethan Hutchison
• Lonnie Chavis
• Michael Epps
• Storm Reid

Sportswoman of the year award

• Naomi Osaka (Winner)
• A’ja Wilson
• Candace Parker
• Claressa Shields
• Serena Williams
• Skylar Diggins-Smith

Sportsman of the year award

• Lebron James (Winner)
• Kyrie Irving
• Patrick Mahomes
• Russell Westbrook
• Russell Wilson
• Stephen Curry