Who won what at the 2012 BET Awards!

Kanye West and Jay-Z accept the Best Group Award

Rappers Jay Z, Kanye West and R&B-Pop stars Beyonce, Chris Brown emerged as the biggest winners at the 2012 BET Awards which went done July 1, 2012 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

The duo of Jay Z and Kanye (The Throne) walked away with the awards for ‘Best Group’ and ‘Video of the Year’.

While accepting the ‘Video of the Year’ award for the eccentric ‘Otis’, Jay-Z joked with partner Kanye West, interrupting the latter as he was trying to give his acceptance speech.

‘Excuse me, Kanye, I’m gonna let you continue, but ….’ Jay-Z joked reminding everyone about Kanye’s infamous interruption when Tayor Swift won at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.

Beyonce also took home two awards, – ‘Best Female R&B Artist’ and a joint award with Alan Ferguson for ‘Video Director of the Year’.

‘I fell in love with music by listening to R&B, and it’s at the core of who I am. I want to thank BET for giving R&B a home and also the talented women before me, Lauryn Hill and Mary J. Blige, and I dedicate this to Whitney Houston, my angel’, Bey gladly said.

Chris Brown won ‘Best male R&B Artiste’ and also performed during the show. He later picked up the award for the ‘Entertainer of the Year’.

There were performances Nicki Minaj (who was named best female hip-hop artist for the third year in a row), G.O.O.D Music acts, Big Sean (who was won ‘Best New Artiste’), Chante Moore who performed a tribute to the late Donna Summer, MMG bosses Rick Ross and Meek Mill and others.

It was all teary-eyed when Mariah Carey, Brandy, Monica, Chaka Khan and Houston’s mother Cissy and Gary performed a very emotional tribute to Whitney Houston.

As reported earlier, Nigerian pop act Wizkid and Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie jointly picked up the award for ‘Best International Act: Africa’ beating the likes of Camp Mulla, Lira and Ice Prince.

Meanwhile, the Rev. Al Sharpton was presented with the ‘Humanitarian Award’ by BET Networks chairman and CEO Debra L. Lee for his work in bringing awareness to Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old who was fatally shot earlier this year by a neighbourhood watchman.

Check out the full winners list below…

Best Female R&B Artist
Marsha Ambrosius
Beyoncé – Winner
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Rihanna

Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown -Winner
Bruno Mars
Miguel
Trey Songz
Usher

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
Big Sean
Drake -Winner
J. Cole
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
Young Jeezy

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Nicki Minaj -Winner
Diamond
Trina
Brianna Perry

Best Group
Bad Meets Evil
Diddy-Dirty Money
Maybach Music Group
Mindless Behavior
 

The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) -Winner

Best New Artist
A$AP Rocky
Big Sean -Winner
Diggy
Future
Meek Mill

Best Collaboration
Beyoncé f/ J. Cole – ‘Party’
Big Sean f/ Kanye West & Roscoe Dash – ‘Marvin & Chardonnay’
DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross, and Lil Wayne – ‘I’m on One’
Drake f/ Lil Wayne and Tyga – ‘The Motto’
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) f/ Otis Redding – ‘Otis’
Wale f/ Miguel – ‘Lotus Flower Bomb’ -  -Winner

Video of the Year
Beyoncé – ‘Countdown’
Beyoncé – ‘Love on Top’
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) – ‘Ni**as in Paris’
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) – ‘Otis’ -Winner
Usher – ‘Climax’

Video Director of the Year
Beyoncé and Alan Ferguson -Winner
Benny Boom
Chris Brown and Godfrey Tabarez
Kanye West
Hype Williams

Best Gospel
Yolanda Adams -Winner
Kim Burrell
James Fortune & FIYA
Fred Hammond
Trin-I-Tee 5:7

Young Stars Award
Astro
Diggy Simmons -Winner
Jacob Latimore
Keke Palmer
Willow Smith

Viewers’ Choice Award
Drake f/ Lil Wayne & Tyga – ‘The Motto’
Beyoncé – ‘Love on Top’
Chris Brown – ‘Turn Up the Music’
Mindless Behavior – ‘Hello’ -Winner
The Throne f/ Otis Redding – ‘Otis’
Wale f/ Miguel – ‘Lotus Flower Bomb’

Centric Award
Common -Winner
Estelle
Robert Glasper
Robin Thicke
Tyrese

Best International Act: U.K.
Estelle
Labrinth
Emeli Sande
Sway
Wretch 32 -Winner

Best International Act: Africa
Camp Mulla (Kenya)
Ice Prince (Nigeria)
Lira (South Africa)
Mokobe (Mali)
Sarkodie (Ghana)  -Winner
Wizkid (Nigeria) -Winner

Best Actress
Angela Bassett
Viola Davis -Winner
Taraji P. Henson
Regina King
Zoe Saldana

Best Actor
Don Cheadle
Common
Idris Elba
Kevin Hart -Winner
Denzel Washington

Best Movie
Good Deeds
Jumping the Broom
Laugh at My Pain
Red Tails
 

The Help -Winner

Sportswoman of the Year
Skylar Diggins
Candace Parker
Brittney Griner
Serena Williams -Winner
Venus Williams

Sportsman of the Year
Carmelo Anthony
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Victor Cruz
Kevin Durant -Winner

Lifetime Achievement Award
Maze, featuring Frankie Beverly
Humanitarian Award
The Reverend Al Sharpton