BET Awards 2017: Beyonce, Chance the Rapper, Wizkid, others emerge winners

The 2017 BET Awards closed its curtains on Sunday at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

The star-studded event which celebrated achievements in music, entertainment, sports, television and movies was hosted by Leslie Jones of Saturday Night Live.

The big night saw performances by some of America’s fan-favourite like Chris Brown, Bruno Mars, Big Sean and others.

Beyonce emerged the biggest winner of the night, taking home the awards for “Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award”, “Best Female R&B/Pop Artist”, “Video of the Year” and “Album of the Year” respectively.

Rave of the moment, Chance the Rapper, took home the highly coveted “Best New Artist” and “Humanitarian Award”.

Nigerian music export, Wizkid, made the Nigerian music industry proud as he took home the “Best International Act: Africa” at the 2017 BET Awardsannounced at the pre-BET awards held on Saturday.

See full list of winners below:

Best Female Hip-Hop ArtistRemy Ma

Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award
Beyoncé — “Sorry”

Best Male Hip-Hop ArtistKendrick Lamar

Youngstars AwardYara Shahidi

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
Bruno Mars

Best New ArtistChance the Rapper

Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational AwardLecrae

Centric AwardSolange — “Cranes in the Sky”

Best GroupMigos

Best Female R&B/Pop ArtistBeyoncé

Best CollaborationChris Brown Ft. Gucci Mane & Usher — “Party”

Video of the YearBeyoncé — “Sorry” Bruno Mars — “24k Magic”

Video Director of the YearKahlil Joseph & Beyoncé Knowles-Carter — “Sorry”

Album of the YearLemonade — Beyoncé

Best ActressTaraji P. Henson

Best ActorMahershala Ali

Best Movie“Hidden Figures”

Sportswoman of the Year AwardSerena Williams

Sportsman of the Year AwardStephen Curry

Best International Act: EuropeStormzy

Best International Act: AfricaWizkid

Humanitarian AwardChance the Rapper

Lifetime Achievement AwardNew Edition