Beyonce, Wizkid, Chris Brown, Sarkodie, Jay Z, Kanye West Win At 2012 BET Awards

The BET Awards on Sunday split top honours among several artists, including Beyonce and Chris Brown, in a telecast filled with lively.

Nigeria’s music artiste, Ayodeji Balogun popularly known as Wizkid has won an award as the Best International Act at the 2012 Black Entertainment Television (BET) awards held on Sunday night of July 1.

Wizkid won the prestigious awards with his Ghanaian counterpart, Sarkodie yesterday. The show was held The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, USA. It was hosted by veteran Hollywood actor, Samuel L Jackson.

Wizkid and Sarkodie won in the Best International Act (Africa) category. The two artistes have been tipped to win the awards before yesterday.


2Face and D’Banj jointly won the BET awards in 2011.

Below are some of the winners as at press time:

Best Group:
The Throne (Jay Z & Kanye West

Best Actor:
Kevin Hart

Best New Artist:
Big Sean

Best Actress:

Best Collaboration:
Wale f/ Miguel – “Lotus Flower Bomb”

Best Female R&B Artist:
Beyonce

Best Gospel:
Yolanda Adams

Best International Act:
Wiz Kid + Sarkodie

Best International Act UK:
Wretch 32

Best Male Hip Hop Artist:

Best Male R&B Artist:
Chris Brown

Best Movie:

Best New Artist:
Big Sean

Centric Award:
Common

Subway Sportsman Of The Year:
Kevin Durant

Subway Sportswoman Of The Year:
Serena Williams

Video Director Of The Year:
Beyoncé and Alan Ferguson

Video Of The Year:
The Throne (Jay-Z and Kanye West), featuring Otis Redding, “Otis”

Youngstars Award:
Diggy

Humanitarian Award:
The Reverend Al Sharpton