BET Awards 2025

The 25th BET Awards took place on June 9, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, to celebrate achievements in entertainment and honors music, sports, television, and movies. Actor and comedian Kevin Hart hosted for the second time since 2011.
On May 7, 2025, a 25th-anniversary celebration of 106 & Park was announced, featuring a reunion of its hosts and performances by several popular guests.
The nominations were announced on May 8, 2025, with Kendrick Lamar leading with ten, and Doechii, Drake, Future and GloRilla following with six each. Lamar was the most awarded of the night, taking home five awards.
On May 28, 2025, Mariah Carey, Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg and Kirk Franklin were announced as honorees of the Ultimate Icon Award.
The BET Awards 2025 Red Carpet Live pre-show featured a performance of the viral hit "Boots on the Ground" by 803fresh.

Winners and nominees

Below is the list of winners and nominees. Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Album of the Year	Video of the Year
GNX – Kendrick Lamar * 11:11 (Deluxe) – Chris Brown * Alligator Bites Never Heal – Doechii * Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé * Glorious – GloRilla * Hurry Up Tomorrow – The Weeknd * Some Sexy Songs 4 U – Drake and PartyNextDoor * We Don't Trust You – Future and Metro Boomin	"Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar * "3AM in Tokeyo" – Key Glock * "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" – Shaboozey * "After Hours" – Kehlani * "Denial Is a River" – Doechii * "Family Matters" – Drake * "Timeless" – The Weeknd featuring Playboi Carti * "Type Shit" – Future and Metro Boomin featuring Travis Scott and Playboi Carti
Viewer's Choice Award	Best Collaboration
"Residuals" – Chris Brown * "Denial Is a River" – Doechii * "Nokia" – Drake * "Like That" – Future and Metro Boomin featuring Kendrick Lamar * "TGIF" – GloRilla * "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar * "Luther" – Kendrick Lamar featuring SZA * "Brokey" – Latto	"Luther" – Kendrick Lamar featuring SZA * "30 for 30" – SZA featuring Kendrick Lamar * "Alter Ego" – Doechii featuring JT * "Are You Even Real" – Teddy Swims featuring Giveon * "Beckham" – Dee Billz featuring Kyle Richh, Kai Swervo and KJ Swervo * "Bless" – Lil Wayne, Wheezy and Young Thug * "Like That" – Future and Metro Boomin featuring Kendrick Lamar * "Sticky" – Tyler, the Creator featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne * "Timeless" – The Weeknd featuring Playboi Carti
Best Male R&B/Pop Artist	Best Female R&B/Pop Artist
Chris Brown * Bruno Mars * Drake * Fridayy * Leon Thomas III * Teddy Swims * The Weeknd * Usher	SZA * Ari Lennox * Ayra Starr * Coco Jones * Kehlani * Muni Long * Summer Walker * Victoria Monét
Best Female Hip Hop Artist	Best Male Hip Hop Artist
Doechii * Cardi B * Doja Cat * GloRilla * Latto * Megan Thee Stallion * Nicki Minaj * Rapsody * Sexyy Red	Kendrick Lamar * BigXthaPlug * BossMan Dlow * Burna Boy * Drake * Future * Key Glock * Lil Wayne * Tyler, the Creator
Best New Artist	Best Group
Leon Thomas III * 41 * Ayra Starr * BigXthaPlug * BossMan Dlow * Dee Billz * October London * Shaboozey * Teddy Swims	Future and Metro Boomin * 41 * Common and Pete Rock * Drake and PartyNextDoor * Flo * Jacquees and Dej Loaf * Larry June, 2 Chainz and The Alchemist * Maverick City Music
BET Her Award	Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award
"Heart of a Woman" – Summer Walker * "Beautiful People" – Mary J. Blige * "Blackbiird" – Beyoncé * "Bloom" – Doechii * "Burning"– Tems * "Defying Gravity" – Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande * "Hold On" – Tems * "In My Bag" – Flo and GloRilla	"Rain Down on Me" – GloRilla featuring Kirk Franklin and Maverick City Music * "A God (There Is)" – Common and Pete Rock featuring Jennifer Hudson * "Amen" – Pastor Mike Jr. * "Better Days" – Fridayy * "Church Doors" – Yolanda Adams featuring Sir the Baptist and Donald Lawrence * "Constant" – Maverick City Music, Jordin Sparks, Chandler Moore and Anthony Gargiula * "Deserve to Win" – Tamela Mann * "Faith" – Rapsody
Video Director of the Year	Best Movie
Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar * Anderson.Paak * B Pace Productions and Jacquees * Benny Boom * Cactus Jack * Cole Bennett * Dave Meyers * Foggieraw * Tyler, the Creator	Luther: Never Too Much * Bad Boys: Ride or Die * Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F * One of Them Days * Rebel Ridge * The Piano Lesson * The Six Triple Eight
Best Actor	Best Actress
Denzel Washington * Aaron Pierre * Aldis Hodge * Anthony Mackie * Colman Domingo * Jamie Foxx * Joey Badass * Kevin Hart * Sterling K. Brown * Will Smith	Cynthia Erivo * Andra Day * Angela Bassett * Coco Jones * Keke Palmer Kerry Washington Quinta Brunson * Viola Davis * Zendaya
Sportswoman of the Year	Sportsman of the Year
Angel Reese * A'ja Wilson * Claressa Shields * Coco Gauff * Dawn Staley * Flau'jae Johnson * JuJu Watkins * Sha'Carri Richardson * Simone Biles	Jalen Hurts * Aaron Judge * Anthony Edwards * Deion Sanders * Jayson Tatum * LeBron James * Saquon Barkley * Stephen Curry
Best International Act	Best New International Act
Ayra Starr Any Gabrielly Bashy * Black Sherif * Ezra Collective * Joé Dwèt Filé * MC Luanna * Rema * SDM * Tyla *Uncle Waffles	and TxC * Abigail Chams Amabbi Dlala Thukzin * kwn Maglera Doe Boy * Odeal Shallipopi
YoungStars Award	Ultimate Icon Award
Blue Ivy Carter * Akira Akbar * Graceyn Hollingsworth * Heiress Diana Harris * Melody Hurd * Thaddeus J. Mixon * Tyrik Johnson * Van Van	Mariah CareyJamie FoxxSnoop DoggKirk Franklin

Controversy

The award ceremony was met with much controversy. Many gospel singers and gospel-based outlets or media voiced their frustration in GloRilla winning the Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award for her song "Rain Down on Me". Most notably, gospel singer Deitrick Haddon voiced his frustration that the only award for gospel acts was not won by a gospel act but instead by GloRilla, a rapper.
During her appearance on the We Sound Crazy podcast, Singer Chante Moore expressed her disappointment in BET for not including former BET executive Stephen G. Hill in the 25th anniversary celebration of 106 & Park, an American hip hop and R&B music video show created by Hill. The award show featured a reunion of all former hosts.
Brittney Spencer performed "No More Rain " during the ceremony as a tribute to late singer Angie Stone. However, the show came under fire as Stone was not mentioned or featured during the "In Memoriam" segment of the show; a tribute honoring and remembering Black entertainers who died between 2024 and 2025.