2face and DBANJ WIN BET AWARD

A big congratulations African duo and arguably Nigeria’s biggest musical exports 2face Idibia and Mo’hits’ D’banj. They were awarded the ‘Best International Act For Africa‘ at the recently concluded BET Awards which held last night, June 26th 2011. The awards took place at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles was hosted by actor/Comedian Kevin Hart.



The biggest winner of the night was R&B singer Chris Brown who bagged four awards - Best Male R&B Artist, Best Collaboration with Lil’ Wayne and Busta Rhymes. Viewers Choice Award. Brown won another fan-voted award as well, the FANdemonium award. He led all nominees going into Sunday night’s show with a total of six noms, followed by Lil Wayne with five.



Another high special moment of the show were the tributes and honours given to Patti LaBelle, Gil-Scott and Nate Dogg.





Check out the winners list below…



Best Male R&B Artist

Chris Brown – WINNER

Cee-Lo Green

Bruno Mars

Trey Songz

Usher



Best Group

Diddy Dirty Money – WINNER

Cali Swag District

N.E.R.D.

New Boyz

Travis Porter



Best Female Hip Hop Artist

Nicki Minaj – WINNER

Diamond

Cymphonique

Lola Monroe



Best Male Hip Hop Artist

Kanye West – WINNER

B.o.B

Drake

Lil Wayne

Rick Ross



Best Collaboration

Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes, “Look At Me Now” – WINNER

B.o.B ft. Haley Williams of Paramore, “Airplanes”

Kanye West ft. Rihanna, “All of the Lights”

Chris Brown ft. Tyga & Kevin McCall, “Deuces”

Waka Flocka Flame ft. Roscoe Dash & Wale, “No Hands”

Rihanna ft. Drake, “What’s My Name”



Best New Artist

Wiz Khalifa – WINNER

J. Cole

Bruno Mars

Miguel

Willow Smith



YoungStars Award

Jaden Smith – WINNER

Willow Smith – WINNER

Shenell Edmonds

Keke Palmer

Diggy Simmons



Best Gospel

Mary Mary – WINNER

Byron Cage

Deitrick Haddon

Karen Clark Sheard

BeBe & CeCe Winans



Centric Award

Marsha Ambrosius – WINNER

Eric Benét

Cee-Lo Green

R. Kelly

Kem



Best International Act (Africa) – TIE

2Face Idibia (Nigeria) – WINNER

D’ Banj (Nigeria) – WINNER

D-Black (Ghana)

Fally Ipupa (DR Congo)

Angelique Kidjo (Benin)

Teargas (South Africa)



Best International Act (UK)

Tinie Tempah – WINNER

VV Brown

Chipmunk

Laura Izibor

Skepta

Tinchy Stryder



Best Actress

Taraji P. Henson – WINNER

Halle Berry

Regina King

Zoë Saldana

Kerry Washington



Best Actor

Idris Elba – WINNER

Laz Alonso

Chris Brown

Don Cheadle

Jamie Foxx



Best Movie

For Colored Girls – WINNER

Death at a Funeral

Takers

The Book of Eli

Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married, Too?



Sportswoman of the Year

Serena Williams – WINNER

Tamika Catchings

Candice Dupree

Maya Moore

Venus Williams



Sportsman of the Year

Michael Vick – WINNER

Carmelo Anthony

Kobe Bryant

LeBron James

Derrick Rose



Viewers Choice Award WINNER

Chris Brown – Look at Me Now



Lifetime Achievement Award

Patti LaBelle



Humanitarian Awards

Steve Harvey



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