2023 BET Awards Winners List: Burna Boy, Beyoncé, Coco Jones, And More

The biggest names in Black entertainment attended the 2023 BET Awards on Sunday, June 25.

The awards, which recognise the year’s best performances in music, television, film, and sports, were presented live from the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. Busta Rhymes received the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s event, which celebrated 50 years of Hip Hop.

Awards were given out in a number of categories, including Best International Act, Album of the Year, Female and Male Hip-Hop Act, Best Collaboration, Viewers’ Choice, and many others, between standout performances from favourites like Coco Jones, Latto, Offset, and Quavo and several Hip-Hop 50 performances throughout the broadcast.

Below is the full list of winners.

2023 BET Awards Winners List
ALBUM OF THE YEAR (TIE)

SOS – SZA

RENAISSANCE – Beyoncé

BEST COLLABORATION

WAIT FOR U – Future feat. Drake & Tems

BEST FEMALE R&B/POP ARTIST

SZA

BEST MALE R&B/POP ARTIST (TIE)

Chris Brown

Usher

BEST NEW ARTIST

Coco Jones

BEST GROUP

Drake x 21 Savage

BEST FEMALE HIP HOP ARTIST

Latto

BEST MALE HIP HOP ARTIST

Kendrick Lamar

DR. BOBBY JONES BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL AWARD

Bless Me – Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin

BET HER AWARD

Break My Soul – Beyoncé

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Kill Bill – SZA

VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Teyana “Spike Tey” Taylor

BEST MOVIE

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

BEST ACTRESS

Angela Bassett

BEST ACTOR

Damson Idris

YOUNGSTARS AWARD

Marsai Martin

SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

Angel Reese

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

Jalen Hurts

VIEWER’S CHOICE AWARD

Break My Soul – Beyoncé

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT

Burna Boy