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Burna Boy Wins Best International Act at the BET Awards

by Tessa Doghor / Tuesday, 30 June 2020 / Published in Pop Culture
BET Awards

Nigeria’s legendary Burna Boy wins Best International Act at the BET Awards, a win for the Nigerian entertainment Industry. He beat Innoss’B of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sho Madjozi of South Africa, Dave of the United Kingdom, Stormzy of the United Kingdom, and Ninho of France, S.Pri Noir of France to bag this award.

Also winning the BET HER Award is Beyoncé ft. Blue Ivy, WizKid & Saint Jhn, with the song “Brown Skin Girl”. This is a win for Nigeria and Africa as Nigeria’s star boy Wizkid starred in this song. They beat Alicia Keys, “Underdog”, Ciara ft. Lupita Nyong’o, Ester Dean, City Girls & La La, “Melanin”, Layton Greene, “I Choose”, Lizzo ft. Missy Elliott, “Tempo”, and Rhapsody ft. PJ Morgan, “Afeni” to win this award.

Africa was not left out as SHA SHA of Zimbabwe beat Nigerian born Rema, Celeste of the United Kingdom, Young T & Bugsey of the United Kingdom, Hatik of France, and Stacy of France, to win the Best International Act Viewer’s Choice.

 

It was a virtual event.

 

The BET Awards, which honour Black excellence in entertainment and sports, were presented Sunday. – CNN

 

BET Awards

A full list of nominees at the BET Awards follows below.

Album of the Year

“Cuz I Love You,” Lizzo
“Fever,” Megan Thee Stallion
“Homecoming: The Live Album,” Beyoncé
“I Used to Know Her,” H.E.R.
“Kirk, “DaBaby
“Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial,” Roddy Ricch *WINNER
Best Female R&B/Pop Artist
Beyoncé

H.E.R.

Jhene Aiko
Kehlani
Lizzo *WINNER
Summer Walker

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist

Anderson.Paak
Chris Brown *WINNER
Jacquees
Khalid
The Weeknd
Usher

Best Group

Chloe x Halle
City Girls
EarthGang
Griselda
JACKBOYS
Migos *WINNER

BET Awards 2020

Best Collaboration

Chris Brown Ft. Drake, “No Guidance” *WINNER
DJ Khaled ft. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend, “Higher”
Future ft. Drake, “Life Is Good”
H.E.R. ft. YG, “Slide”
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign, “Hot Girl Summer”
Wale ft. Jeremih, “On Chill”

Best Male Hip Hop Artist

DaBaby *WINNER
Drake
Future
Lil Baby
Roddy Ricch
Travis Scott

Best Female Hip Hop Artist

Cardi B
Doja Cat
Lizzo
Megan Thee Stallion *WINNER
Nicki Minaj
Saweetie

Video of the Year

Chris Brown Ft. Drake, “No Guidance”
DaBaby, “Bop”
DJ Khaled ft. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend, “Higher” *WINNER
Doja Cat, “Say So”
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign, “Hot Girl Summer”
Roddy Ricch, “The Box”

Video Director of the Year

Benny Boom
Cole Bennett
Dave Meyers
Director X
Eif Rivera
Teyana “Spike Tee” Taylor *WINNER

Best New Artist

DaniLeigh
Lil Nas X
Pop Smoke
Roddy Ricch *WINNER
Summer Walker
YBN Cordae

Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational

Fred Hammond, “Alright”
John P. Kee ft. Zacardi Cortez, “I Made It Out”
Kanye West, “Follow God”
Kirk Franklin, “Just for Me” *WINNER
PJ Morton ft. Le’Andria Johnson & Mary Mary, “All In His Pain”
The Clark Sisters, “Victory”

 

Best Movie

“Bad Boys for Life”
“Dolemite Is My Name”
“Harriet”
“Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé”
“Just Mercy”
“Queen & Slim” *WINNER

Best Actress

Angela Bassett
Cynthia Erivo
Issa Rae *WINNER
Regina King
Tracee Ellis Ross
Zendaya

Best Actor

Billy Porter
Eddie Murphy
Forest Whitaker
Jamie Foxx
Michael B. Jordan *WINNER
Omari Hardwick

Young Stars Award

Alex Hibbert
Asante Blackk
Jahi Di’Allo Winston
Marsai Martin *WINNER
Miles Brown
Storm Reid

Sportswoman of the Year

Ajeé Wilson
Claressa Shields
Coco Gauff
Naomi Osaka
Serena Williams
Simone Biles *WINNER

Sportsman of the Year

Giannis Antetokounmpo
Kawhi Leonard
LeBron James *WINNER
Odell Beckham Jr.
Patrick Mahomes II
Stephen Curry

BET HER Award

Alicia Keys, “Underdog”
Beyoncé ft. Blue Ivy, WizKid & Saint Jhn, “Brown Skin Girl” *WINNER
Ciara ft. Lupita Nyong’o, Ester Dean, City Girls & La La, “Melanin”
Layton Greene, “I Choose”
Lizzo ft. Missy Elliott, “Tempo”
Rapsody ft. PJ Morgan, “Afeni”

Viewer’s Choice Award

Chris Brown Ft. Drake, “No Guidance”
DaBaby, “Bop”
Future ft. Drake, “Life Is Good”
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Nicki Minaj, “Hot Girl Summer” *WINNER
Roddy Ricch, “The Box”
The Weeknd, “Heartless”

BET Awards 2020

Best International Act

Burna Boy (Nigeria) *WINNER
Innoss’B (DRC)
Sho Madjozi (South Africa)
Dave (U.K.)
Stormzy (U.K.)
Ninho (France)
S.Pri Noir (France)

Viewer’s Choice: Best New International Act

Rema (Nigeria)
SHA SHA (Zimbabwe) *WINNER
Celeste (U.K.)
Young T & Bugsey (U.K.)
Hatik (France)
Stacy (France)

 

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About Tessa Doghor

Tessa is an experienced writer and social media savvy content creator in Nigeria. She has worked for almost a decade in the publishing industry and the media. She has worked with newspaper brands and media companies and real estate companies in the capacity of Digital transformation office team. She has had the privilege of working with teams contracted to put out fires and make previously impossible feats possible, and grew amidst challenges, succeeding in brokering international partnerships and expanding subscription base and social media base on behalf of her company. She sees possibilities and runs through obstacles. Her strongest skills are critical thinking and resourcefulness. She is not afraid of new challenges, and exceeding expectations. She is humble and teachable. She loves the adventure of discovering new things. She is an impetuous yet level-headed human. Her hobbies are reading and writing. She loves nature and spending time enjoying creation. She absolutely adores fried chicken, pastries and ice cream.

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