First established in 2001, the BET Awards have celebrated African Americans (as well as several other minorities) for their outstanding performances in various forms of entertainment including music and acting.
For the 2014 ceremony, Beyoncé lead the nominations with 6. Her husband Jay Z racked up 5 while Drake, Pharrell Williams and August Alsina each had 5 nominations. No surprise here: Beyoncé won 3 awards (the most of the night), while Drake, Pharrell Williams, Nicki Minaj and August Alsina each took home 2. Jay Z took home 1 shared award for his role on Beyoncé's "Drunk In Love". I guess sharing the award won't be a problem since they live together...
But the thing that made this year's BET Awards the most entertaining: the performances.
Among the highlights, Pharrell Williams' show opening performance of "Come Get It Bae" which featured a surprise appearance by Missy Elliot who rapped to her smash single "Pass That Dutch" before helping Williams close out the performance by bopping along to the finishing part of "Come Get It Bae".
Lil Wayne live debuted his latest single "Krazy" before chugging into fellow Tha Carter V track "Believe Me" alongside Drake. Tha Carter V currently does not have a release date.
Chris Brown (one of a few surprise performers) performed his hit single "Loyal" alongside Tyga and boss Lil Wayne for the first time since being released from jail. His performance (which included an impressive dance routine) was met with a standing ovation, and rounds of applause. Immediately following the finish of his set, Brown dropped his new single "New Flame" in full on the iTunes Store. The track, which feature other BET performers Usher and Rick Ross, currently sits at #95 on iTunes (#8 on R&B/Soul) approximately 12 hours after it was first released. The new track is one of his better tracks, despite being on the simpler side. Usher definitely brought it the hardest, delivering one of his best performances in several years.
Nicki Minaj also delivered one of the most interesting sets of the night. She began her short 5 minute set by rapping to "Chi Raq", a promotional single that was released in collaboration with Lil Herb earlier this year, while strapped onto the back of a moving motorcycle. After 45 seconds, the motorcycle retreated behind the side stage and approximately 30 seconds later, Nicki emerged from a mushroom in the middle of a set that was inspired by Alice In Wonderland. She began her performance of "Pills N Potions", a pop tinged rap track, and by the end, had most of the audience (including her boss and mentor Lil Wayne) grooving to the track.
Other notable performances included T.I. and Iggy Azalea's performance of "No Mediocre", and Jennifer Hudson's performance of "Walk It Out" and "It's Your World", which made its live debut last night.
Here's a list of the winners from last night's ceremony:
Best Female R&B/Pop Artist: Beyoncé
Best Male R&B/Pop Artist: Pharrell Williams
Best Group: Young Money
Best Collaboration: “Drunk In Love” by Beyoncé featuring JAY Z
Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award: “I Luv This Shit” by August Alsina featuring Trinidad
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Best Male Hip Hop Artist: Drake
Best Female Hip Hop Artist: Nicki Minaj
Video of the Year: “Happy” by Pharrell Williams
Video Director of the Year: Hype Williams
Best New Artist: August Alsina
Best Gospel Artist: Tamela Mann
Best Actress: Lupita Nyong’o
Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor
YoungStars Award: Keke Palmer
Best Movie: 12 Years a Slave
Subway Sportswoman of the Year: Serena Williams
Subway Sportsman of the Year: Kevin Durant
Centric Award: “The Worst” by Jhené Aiko
FANdemonium Award: Beyoncé
Best International Act (Africa): Davido
Best International Act (UK): Krept and Konan
Full list of performers:
Beyoncé
& Jay-Z
Yolanda
Adams
Jhene
Aiko
August
Alsina
Iggy
Azalea & T.I.
Missy
Elliot
Drake
Jennifer
Hudson
Ledisi
John
Legend
Lil
Wayne
Nicki
Minaj
Lionel
Richie
Trey
Songz
Robin
Thicke
T.I.
Tyga
Usher
Pharrell
Williams
Chris Brown
See all the performances (except for the Beyoncé and Jay Z one):
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