Singer
Beyonce
Knowles
bagged
the
top
honours
at
the
2015
BET
Awards,
including
the
trophy
for
Best
Female
R&B/Pop
Artist,
Video
of
the
Year
and
Video
Director
of
the
Year.
Hosted
by
"Black-ish" stars
Anthony
Anderson
and
Tracee
Ellis
Ross,
the
award
show
took
place
here
at
the
Nokia
Theatre
on
Sunday,
reports
eonline.com.
Besides
Knowles,
other
big
winners
of
the
night
were
singers
Chris
Brown
and
Nicki
Minaj.
Minaj
clinched
the
trophy
for
Best
Female
Hip-Hop
Artist
and
Coca-Cola
Viewers' Choice
Award
for
her
hit
track
"Only",
which
she
sang
along
with
Drake,
Lil'
Wayne
and
Brown.
Courtesy
of
Twitter
Brown
won
the
award
for
Best
Male
R&B/Pop
Artist
and
Fandemonium
Award.
The
Ultimate
Icon,
Music
Dance
Visual
Award
was
bestowed
upon
singer
Janet
Jackson
for
her
unmatched
contribution
to
the
music
industry.
British
singer
Sam
Smith
was
announced
as
the
Best
New
Artist
for
this
year.
Kendrick
Lamar
won
the
award
for
Best
Male
Hip-Hop
Artist.
TV
series
"Empire" stars
Terrence
Howard
and
Taraji
P.
Henson
were
declared
the
winners
for
Best
Actor
and
Actress
awards;
and
the
Best
Movie
award
was
given
to
Ava
DuVernay's
"Selma",
which
stars
David
Oyelowo,
Tom
Wilkinson,
Carmen
Ejogo,
Tim
Roth
and
Oprah
Winfrey.
Some
other
winners
of
the
night
included
singer
The
Weeknd,
who
won
The
Centric
Award
for
his
single
"Earned
it",
Hip
Hop
duo
Rae
Sremmurd,
who
won
the
trophy
for
Best
Group.
Common
and
John
Legend
clinched
the
trophy
for
Best
Collaboration
for
their
hit
number
"Glory".
The
Humanitarian
Award
was
given
to
radio
host
Tom
Joyner.
Baseball
player
Mo'Ne
Davis
took
home
the
trophy
for
YoungStars
Award.
The
Best
Gospel
Artist
trophy
was
won
by
Hip-Hop
artist
Lecrae.
Tennis
ace
Serena
Williams
was
announced
the
Sportswoman
of
the
Year,
whereas
in
the
men's
category
Stephen
Curry
was
chosen
as
the
winner
of
the
same
award.
The
Best
International
Act:
Africa
was
Stonebwoy
(Ghana)
and
Best
International
Act:
UK
was
declared
as
Stormzy.