Grammy-nominated singer Burna Boy has been awarded the Best International Act at the BET 2020 awards ceremony.
In the ceremony which held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, British supermodel, Naomi Campbell presented the award to Burna Boy. Burna Boy was nominated alongside with other international stars such as Innoss’B from DRC, South African singer Sho Madjozi, U.K. acts Dave & Stormzy, and France’s Ninho & S.Pri Noir.
In his acceptance speech, the “African Giant” singer said that:
“I’ll like to use this opportunity to say that sometime around 1835, there was a mission to turn Africa into a dominated nation. Now is the time to overturn that and go back to the royalty that we were, because, in order for black lives to matter, Africa must matter.”
This is Burna Boy’s second consecutive win as he won the Best International Act at the 2019 BET Awards.
Full list of winners from the 2020 BET Awards held today. Winners in each category is printed in bold fonts.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Lizzo — Cuz I Love You
Megan Thee Stallion — Fever
Beyoncé — Homecoming: The Live Album
H.E.R. — I Used to Know Her
DaBaby — Kirk
Roddy Ricch — Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial (WINNER!)
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Chris Brown featuring Drake – “No Guidance”
DaBaby – “Bop”
DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend – “Higher” (WINNER!)
Doja Cat – “Say So”
Megan Thee Stallion featuring Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign– “Hot Girl Summer”
Roddy Ricch – “The Box”
COCA-COLA VIEWERS’ CHOICE AWARD
Chris Brown featuring Drake – “No Guidance”
DaBaby – “Bop”
Future featuring Drake – “Life is Good”
Megan Thee Stallion featuring Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign– “Hot Girl Summer” (WINNER!)
Roddy Ricch – “The Box”
The Weeknd – “Heartless”
BEST COLLABORATION
Chris Brown featuring Drake – “No Guidance” (WINNER!)
DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend – “Higher”
Future featuring Drake – “Life is Good”
H.E.R. featuring YG – “Slide”
Megan Thee Stallion featuring Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign– “Hot Girl Summer”
Wale featuring Jeremih – “On Chill”
BEST FEMALE R&B/POP ARTIST
Lizzo (WINNER!)
Beyoncé
H.E.R.
Jhene Aiko
Kehlani
Summer Walker
BEST MALE R&B/POP ARTIST
Chris Brown (WINNER!)
Jacquees
Anderson Paak
Khalid
The Weeknd
Usher
BEST FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST
Megan Thee Stallion (WINNER!)
Cardi B
Doja Cat
Lizzo
Nicki Minaj
Saweetie
BEST MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST
DaBaby (WINNER!)
Drake
Future
Lil Baby
Roddy Ricch
Travis Scott
BEST GROUP
Migos (WINNER!)
Chloe x Halle
City Girls
EarthGang
Griselda
Jackboys
BEST NEW ARTIST
Roddy Ricch (WINNER!)
DaniLeigh
Lil Nas X
Pop Smoke
Summer Walker
YBN Cordae
DR. BOBBY JONES BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL AWARD
Kirk Franklin – “Just for Me” (WINNER!)
Fred Hammond – “Alright”
John P. Kee featuring Zacardi Cortez – “I Made It Out”
Kanye West – “Follow God”
PJ Morton featuring Le’Andria Johnson & Mary Mary – “All In His Plan”
The Clark Sisters – “Victory”
BET HER AWARD
Beyoncé featuring Blue Ivy, WizKid & Saint Jhn – “Brown Skin Girl” (WINNER!)
Alicia Keys – “Underdog”
Ciara featuring Lupita Nyong’o, Ester Dean, City Girls & La La – “Melanin”
Layton Greene – “I Choose”
Lizzo featuring Missy Elliott – “Tempo”
Rapsody featuring PJ Morgan – “Afeni”
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Teyana “Spike Lee” Taylor (WINNER!)
Benny Boom
Cole Bennett
Dave Meyers
Director X
Eif Rivera
BEST MOVIE
Queen & Slim (WINNER!)
Bad Boys for Life
Dolemite Is My Name
Harriet
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé
Just Mercy
The Lion King
BEST ACTRESS
Issa Rae (WINNER!)
Angela Bassett
Cynthia Erivo
Regina King
Tracee Ellis Ross
Zendaya
Jennifer Lopez
BEST ACTOR
Michael B. Jordan (WINNER!)
Billy Porter
Eddie Murphy
Forest Whitaker
Jamie Foxx
Omari Hardwick
Will Smith
YOUNGSTARS AWARD
Marsai Martin (WINNER!)
Alex Hibbert
Asante Blackk
Jahi Di’Allo Winston
Miles Brown
Storm Reid
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR
Simone Biles (WINNER!)
Ajeé Wilson
Claressa Shields
Coco Gauff
Naomi Osaka
Serena Williams
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR
LeBron James (WINNER!)
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Kawhi Leonard
Odell Beckham Jr.
Patrick Mahomes II
Stephen Curry
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT
Burna Boy (Nigeria) (WINNER!)
Innoss’B (DRC)
Sho Madjozi (South Africa)
Dave (UK)
Stormzy (UK)
Ninho (France)
S.Pri Noir (France)
BEST NEW INTERNATIONAL ACT
Sha Sha (Zimbabwe) (WINNER!)
Rema (Nigeria)
Celeste (UK)
Young T & Bugsey (UK)
Hatik (France)
Stacy (France)