BET Awards 2018 Highlights and Complete Winners List
BET Awards 2018 has happened revealing all the lucky-deserving winners in LA on Sunday, June 24th. The awards night that praises accomplishments in music, TV, sports, and motion pictures was hosted by Jamie Foxx and is filled with all the delightful memories. So, without wasting a second more, here are all the crazy highlights from BET Awards 2018 and the complete winners’ list.
BET Awards 2018 Highlights
Rapper Kendrick Lamar grabbed the most prizes, one for best male hip-hop artists and one for his album “DAMN”, being the best album of the year.
SZA won best new artist award while Beyoncé won the honor for best female R&B/pop artist and Cardi B went home with the best female hip-hop artist award.
Jamie Foxx brought Michael B. Jordan to the stage and requesting that he present the ground-breaking line from the film, Bury me in the ocean with my ancestors who jumped from ships, cause they knew death was better than bondage”.
Afterward, Jamie Foxx welcomed Childish Gambino to go along with him in front of an audience to express gratitude toward him for his socially cognizant tune, “This Is America.”
An impactful moment of the show came when Tyler Perry gave Anita Baker the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Jamie Foxx sang a variety of her most noteworthy hits.
We also got to see the rapper, Meek Mill, debuting his another new single titled, “Stay Woke,” which investigates imbalance in the equity framework.
The current year’s show facilitated amazing performances by the very talented Nicki Minaj, Migos, YG, Daniel Caesar, Jay Rock, YG, Miguel, Big Sean, and Meek Mill.
BET Awards 2018 Complete Winners List
Here is the complete list of all the winners and nominees.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Anita Baker won the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Tyler Perry.
Best Female R&B/Pop Artist Award
Winner:
Beyoncé
Nominees:
SZA
H.E.R.
Rihanna
Kehlani
Best Male R&B/Pop Artist Award
Winner:
Bruno Mars
Nominees:
Chris Brown
The Weeknd
Khalid
Daniel Caesar
Best Group Award
Winner:
Migos *WINNER
Nominees:
A Tribe Called Quest
N*E*R*D
Rae Sremmurd
Chloe x Halle
Best Collaboration Award
Winner:
DJ Khalid /Rihanna and Bryson Tiller – “Wild Thoughts”
Nominees:
Bruno Mars /Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)”
DJ Khalid /Jay-Z, Future & Beyoncé – “Top Off”
Cardi B /21 Savage – “Bartier Cardi”
French Montana f/Swae Lee – “Unforgettable”
Kendrick Lamar f/Rihanna – “Loyalty”
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist Award
Winner:
Kendrick Lamar
Nominees:
Drake
DJ Khaled
Jay-Z
J.Cole
Best Female Hip Hop Artist Award
Winner:
Cardi B
Nominees:
Nicki Minaj
Remy Ma
Dej Loaf
Rapsody
Video of the Year Award
Winner:
Drake – “God’s Plan”
Nominees:
Cardi B – “Bodak Yello”
Bruno Mars /Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)”
DJ Khaled /Rihanna and Bryson Tiller – “Wild Thoughts”
Kendrick Lamar – “Humble” Migos /Drake “Walk It Talk It”
Video Director of the Year Award
Winner:
Ava DuVernay
Nominees:
Benny Boom
Director X
Chris Brown
Dave Meyers
Best New Artist Award
Winner:
SZA *WINNER
Nominees:
H.E.R.
Daniel Caesar
Gold
LinkA
Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
Dr. Bobby Jones
Best Gospel/Inspirational Award
Winner:
Lecrae / Tory Kelly – “I’ll Find You”
Nominees:
Snoop Dogg / B Slade – “Words Are Few”
Ledisi and Kirk Franklin – “If You Don’t Mind”
Marvin Sapp – “Close”
Tasha Cobbs Leonard f/ Nicki Minaj – “I’m Getting Ready”
Best Actress Award
Winner:
Tiffany Haddish
Nominees:
Lupita Nyong’o
Issa Rae
Angela Bassett
Letitia Wright
Taraji P. Henson
Best Actor Award
Winner:
Chadwick Boseman
Nominees:
Michael B. Jordan
Donald Glover
Sterling K. Brown
Denzel Washington
Daniel Kaluuya
Young Stars Award
Winner:
Yara Shahidi
Nominees:
Ashton Tyler
Caleb McLaughlin
Lonnie Chavis
Marsai Martin
Miles Brown
Best Movie Award
Winner:
“Black Panther”
Nominees:
“Girls Trip”
“A Wrinkle in Time”
“Detroit”
“Mudbound”
Sportswoman of the Year Award
Winner:
Serena Williams
Nominees:
Venus Williams
Skylar Diggins-Smith
Candace Parker
Elana Meyers Taylor
Sportsman of the Year Award
Winner:
LeBron James
Nominees:
Stephen Curry
Kevin Durant
Dwyane Wade
Odell Beckham Jr.
Album of the Year Award
Winner:
Kendrick Lamar – “Damn”
Nominees:
SZA – “Ctrl”
Jay-Z – “4:44”
Migos – “Culture II”
Kendrick Lamar and Various Artists – “Black Panther: The Album”
DJ Khaled – “Grateful”
BET Her Award
Winner:
Mary J. Blige – “Strength of a Woman”
Nominees:
Janelle Monáe – “Django Jane”
Lizzo – “Water Me”
Remy Ma f/ Chris Brown – “Melanin Magic (Pretty Brown)”
Chloe x Halle – “The Kids Are Alright”
Leikeli47 – “2nd Fiddle”
Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award
Winner:
Cardi B – “Bodak Yellow”
Nominees:
SZA / Travis Scott – “Love Galore”
Kendrick Lamar – “Humble”
Drake – “God’s Plan”
Migos / Nicki Minaj and Cardi B – “MotorSport”
DJ Khaled f/ Rihanna and Bryson Tiller – “Wild Thoughts”
The Best International Act Award
Winner:
Davido (NIGERIA)
Nominees:
Booba (FRANCE)
Cassper Nyovest (SA)
Dadju (FRANCE)
Distruction Boyz (SA)
Fally Ipupa (DR CONGO)
J Hus (UK)
NISKA (FRANCE)
Tiwa Savage (NIGERIA)
Stefflon Don (UK)
Stormzy (UK)
