FULL LIST: Burna Boy named BET’s Best International Act for fourth time

Burn Boy, the Afrofusion star, is BET’s Best International Act for the 2023 award season.

The 2023 award show of Black Entertainment Television aired on June 25 from the Microsoft Theater in LA.

Burna Boy beat the likes of Ayra Starr, Central Cee, and Stormzy to win the ‘Best International Act’ category.

This extends Burna Boy’s record in winning BET’s “Best International Act” category to four.

The Grammy-winning music star clinched the award for three consecutive years, in 2019, 2020, and 2021.

Among the top winners at the 2023 BET Awards are the female singers Beyonce and SZA.

SZA clinched the ‘Album of the Year’, ‘Best Female R&B/Pop Artist’, and ‘Video of the Year’ categories.

Beyonce’s song ‘Break My Soul’ won both the ‘Viewers Choice Award’ and the ‘BET Her Award’.

Other winners at the 2023 award are Chris Brown, Usher, Drake, and the film ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’.

This year’s event celebrated 50 years of Hip Hop, with Busta Rhymes receiving the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’.

The BET Award show recognises any year’s best music, TV, film, and sports performances.

See the 2023 winners below.

Album of the Year

• Anyways, Life’s Great, GloRilla
• Breezy, Chris Brown
• God Did, DJ Khaled
• Her Loss, Drake & 21 Savage
• Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar
• WINNER (TIE): Renaissance, Beyoncé
• WINNER (TIE): SOS, SZA

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist

• Ari Lennox
• Beyoncé
• Coco Jones
• H.E.R.
• Lizzo
• WINNER: SZA
• Tems

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist

• Blxst
• Brent Faiyaz
• Burna Boy
• WINNER (TIE): Chris Brown
• Drake
• The Weeknd
• WINNER (TIE): Usher

Best Group

• City Girls
• WINNER: Drake & 21 Savage
• Dvsn
• FLO
• Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin
• Quavo & Takeoff
• Wanmor

Best Collaboration

• “Big Energy (Remix),” Latto & Mariah Carey feat. DJ Khaled
• “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2,” Pinkpantheress & Ice Spice
• “Call Me Every Day,” Chris Brown feat. Wizkid
• “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop,” King Combs feat. Kodak Black
• “Creepin’,” Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage
• “F.N.F. (Let’s Go),” Hitkidd & GloRilla
• “Tomorrow 2,” GloRilla & Cardi B
• WINNER: “Wait For U,” Future feat. Drake & Tems

Best Female Hip Hop Artist

• Cardi B
• Coi Leray
• GloRilla
• Ice Spice
• WINNER: Latto
• Megan Thee Stallion
• Nicki Minaj

Best Male Hip Hop Artist

• 21 Savage
• Drake
• Future
• Cole
• Jack Harlow
• WINNER: Kendrick Lamar
• Lil Baby

Video of the Year

• “We (Warm Embrace),” Chris Brown
• “2 Million Up,” Peezy, Jeezy & Real Boston Richey feat. Rob49
• “About Damn Time,” Lizzo
• “Bad Habit,” Steve Lacy
• “First Class,” Harlow
• WINNER: “Kill Bill,” SZA
• “Tomorrow 2,” GloRilla & Cardi B

Video Director of the Year

• A$AP Rocky for AWGE
• Benny Boom
• Burna Boy
• Cole Bennett
• Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar
• Director X
• WINNER: Teyana “Spike Tey” Taylor

Best New Artist

• Ambré
• WINNER: Coco Jones
• Doechii
• FLO
• GloRilla
• Ice Spice
• Lola Brooke

Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

• WINNER: “Bless Me,” Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin
• “Finished (Live),” Tamela Mann
• “I’ve Got Joy,” CeCe Winans
• “Kingdom,” Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin feat. Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore
• “New,” Tye Tribbett
• “One Moment From Glory,” Yolanda Adams
• “The Better Benediction (Pt.2),” PJ Morton feat. Lisa Knowles-Smith, Le’andria Johnson, Keke Wyatt, Kierra Sheard & Tasha Cobbs Leonard

Viewer’s Choice Award

• “About Damn Time,” Lizzo
• WINNER: “Break My Soul,” Beyoncé
• “First Class,” Jack Harlow
• “Jimmy Cooks,” Drake feat 21 Savage
• “Kill Bill,” SZA
• “Last Last,” Burna Boy
• “Super Freaky Girl,” Nicki Minaj
• “Wait For U,” Future feat. Drake & Tems

Best International Act

• Aya Nakamura (France)
• Ayra Starr (Nigeria)
• WINNER: Burna Boy (Nigeria)
• Central Cee (UK)
• Ella Mai (UK)
• Ko (South Africa)
• L7nnon (Brazil)
• Stormzy (UK)
• Tiakola (France)
• Uncle Waffles (Swaziland)

Viewer’s Choice: Best New International Act

• Asake (Nigeria)
• Camidoh (Ghana)
• Flo (UK)
• WINNER: Libianca (Cameroon)
• Maureen (France)
• MC Ryan SP (Brazil)
• Pabi Cooper (South Africa)
• Raye (UK)
• Werenoi (France)

BET Her

• “About Damn Time,” Lizzo
• “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2,” Pinkpantheress & Ice Spice
• WINNER: “Break My Soul,” Beyoncé
• “Her,” Megan Thee Stallion
• “Lift Me Up,” Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From And Inspired By – Rihanna & Ludwig Göransson
• “Players,” Coi Leray
• “Special,” Lizzo

Best Movie

• WINNER: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Creed 3
• Emancipation
• Nope
• The Woman King
• Till
• Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Best Actor

• Amin Joseph
• Brian Tyree Henry
• WINNER: Damson Idris
• Daniel Kaluuya
• Demetrius ‘Lil Meech’ Flenory Jr.
• Donald Glover
• Michael B. Jordan

Best Actress

• WINNER: Angela Bassett
• Coco Jones
• Janelle James
• Janelle Monáe
• Keke Palmer
• Viola Davis
• Zendaya

Youngstars Award

• Akira Akbar
• Alaya High
• Demi Singleton
• Genesis Denise
• WINNER: Marsai Martin
• Thaddeus J. Mixson
• Young Dylan

Sportswoman of the Year Award

• Alexis Morris
• Allyson Felix
• WINNER: Angel Reese
• Candace Parker
• Naomi Osaka
• Serena Williams
• Sha’carri Richardson

Sportsman of the Year Award

• Aaron Judge
• Bubba Wallace
• Gervonta Davis
• WINNER: Jalen Hurts
• Lebron James
• Patrick Mahomes
• Stephen Curry