BET Awards 2010
The 10th BET Awards took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on June 27, 2010. The awards recognized Americans in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. Queen Latifah hosted the event for the first time.
Nominees and winners
Winners are highlighted in boldfaceSpecial awards
[BET Lifetime Achievement Award]
- '''Prince'''
[BET Humanitarian Award]
- '''John Legend'''
Presenters
- Jada Pinkett Smith - Best Female R&B Artist
- Taraji P. Henson & Mike Epps - Best Female Hip Hop Artist
- Nia Long - Best Male Hip Hop Artist
- H.E.R. - Introduced Alicia Keys by singing Fallin'
- Keri Hilson - Introduced Music Matters
- Holly Robinson Peete - Paid tribute to Dorothy Height and introduced Geoffrey Canada from the documentary Waiting for "Superman"
- Monica & Deniece Williams - Best Collaboration
- Jermaine Jackson - Paid tribute to Michael Jackson and introduced Chris Brown
- Laila Ali - Sportman/women of the year
- The-Dream - Introduced another performance of Music Matters
- Keke Palmer
- LeToya Luckett - Announced upcoming performances
- Mike Epps - Introduced the Black Eyed Peas
- Black Eyed Peas - Best Male R&B Artist
- Todd Bridges - Paid tribute to Gary Coleman
- Niecy Nash & Anthony Anderson - Video of the Year
- Ciara - Introduced El DeBarge
- Chaka Khan & Patti LaBelle - Presents Prince with the Lifetime Achievement Award
- Brandy & Ray J -
- Lauren London & Boris Kodjoe
Performers
- Kanye West - "Power"
- Usher - "There Goes My Baby"
- T.I. & Travis Barker - "The Way We Ride"
- Alicia Keys - "No One"/"Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart"/"If I Ain't Got You"/"Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)"
- C.J. Hilson
- B.o.B, Keyshia Cole & Eminem - "Airplanes"/"Not Afraid"
- Monica & Deniece Williams - "Everything To Me" / "Silly"
- Diddy, Rick Ross, T.I. & Nicki Minaj - "O Let's Do It "/"Hello Good Morning"
- Chris Brown - "The Way You Make Me Feel/Remember The Time/Smooth Criminal/Billie Jean/Man In the Mirror"
- Elle Varner - "So Fly"
- Drake & Young Jeezy - "Fireworks"/"Over"/"Lose My Mind"
- El DeBarge - "All This Love"/"I Like It"/"Rhythm [of the Night (song)]"
- Tyrese - "Come Go With Me"/"Turn Off the Lights"
- Kirk Franklin, Fred Hammond, Marvin Sapp, Kim Burrell, Yolanda Adams & Karen Clark-Sheard - "Are You Listening"
- Trey Songz - "Yo Side of the Bed"/"Purple Rain"
- El DeBarge - "Second Chance" Lifetime Achievement Tribute to Prince:
- * Janelle Monae - "Let's Go Crazy"
- * Esperanza Spalding - "If I Was Your Girlfriend"
- * Alicia Keys - "Adore"
- * Patti LaBelle - "Purple Rain"
- Ludacris, Nicki Minaj, T-Pain, Busta Rhymes, Rick Ross, Diddy, DJ Khaled & Tommy Lee - "All I Do Is Win"
In Memoriam
Chris Brown's Michael Jackson tribute
During the Awards, a tribute to Michael Jackson was performed by Chris Brown. After a speech from the singer's brother, Jermaine, the tribute began with Brown dancing Jackson's signature dances behind a lighted sheet. He then sung a piece of "The Way You Make Me Feel" and performed the Egyptian dance sequence of the "Remember the Time" music video. Brown later danced Jackson's moves to "Billie Jean", including his famous moonwalk.Finally, Brown was to sing "Man in the Mirror", but during the performance, he began to break down in tears to the point where he could not sing the rest of the song; the audience then helped Brown with the song and Brown was seen with Jermaine on his shoulders walking with him off the stage.
He later returned to the stage when he won the AOL "fandemonium award" and gave a small speech: "I let you all down before, but I won't do it again. I promise you," he said.