Mariah Carey, Jamie Foxx among honorees at 2025 BET Awards: Full winners list (updating live)
Heading into the ceremony, Kendrick Lamar led the nominations with an impressive 10 nods, including Album of the Year for GNX, Video of the Year, Viewer's Choice Award, Best Collaboration, Video Director of the Year, and Best Male Hip Hop Artist. Close behind were Doechii, Drake, Future, and GloRilla, each receiving six nominations. Metro Boomin came in with five bids, while SZA and The Weeknd tied with four nominations apiece.
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Lamar's fellow Album of the Year nominees are Chris Brown for 11:11 (Deluxe), Doechii for Alligator Bites Never Heal, Beyoncé for Cowboy Carter, GloRilla for Glorious, the Weeknd for Hurry Up Tomorrow, Drake and PartyNextDoor for Some Sexy Songs 4 U, and Future and Metro Boomin for We Don't Trust You.
The eight films nominated for Best Movie are Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Luther: Never Too Much, Mufasa: The Lion King, One of Them Days, Rebel Ridge, The Piano Lesson, and The Six Triple Eight.
Adding to the night's celebration, BET previously announced that Mariah Carey, Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg, and Kirk Franklin will receive the prestigious BET Ultimate Icon Award. The honor recognizes their decades of groundbreaking contributions to music, entertainment, advocacy, and community impact.
The 25th annual BET Awards will air live on BET from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
See the full list of 2025 BET Awards winners below.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR 11:11 (Deluxe) — Chris Brown Alligator Bites Never Heal — Doechii Cowboy Carter — Beyoncé Glorious — GloRilla GNX — Kendrick Lamar Hurry Up Tomorrow — The Weeknd Some Sexy Songs 4 U — Drake and PartyNextDoor We Don't Trust You — Future and Metro Boomin
VIDEO OF THE YEAR '3AM in Tokeyo' — Key Glock 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' — Shaboozey 'After Hours' — Kehlani 'Denial Is a River' — Doechii 'Family Matters' — Drake 'Not Like Us' — Kendrick Lamar 'Timeless' — The Weeknd featuring Playboi Carti 'Type Shit' — Future and Metro Boomin featuring Travis Scott and Playboi Carti
VIEWER'S CHOICE AWARD '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
BEST COLLABORATION '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 'Luther' — Kendrick Lamar featuring SZA 'Sticky' — Tyler, the Creator featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne 'Timeless' — The Weeknd featuring Playboi Carti
BEST MALE R&B/POP ARTIST Bruno Mars Chris Brown Drake Fridayy Leon Thomas III Teddy Swims The Weeknd Usher
BEST FEMALE R&B/POP ARTIST Ari Lennox Ayra Starr Coco Jones Kehlani Muni Long Summer Walker SZA Victoria Monét
BEST FEMALE HIP HOP ARTIST Cardi B Doechii Doja Cat GloRilla Latto Megan Thee Stallion Nicki Minaj Rapsody Sexyy Red
BEST MALE HIP HOP ARTIST BigXthaPlug Bossman Dlow Burna Boy Drake Future Kendrick Lamar Key Glock Lil Wayne Tyler, the Creator
BEST NEW ARTIST 41 Ayra Starr BigXthaPlug Bossman Dlow Dee Billz Leon Thomas III October London Shaboozey Teddy Swims
BEST GROUP 41 Common and Pete Rock Drake and PartyNextDoor Flo Future and Metro Boomin Jacquees and Dej Loaf Larry June, 2 Chainz and the Alchemist Maverick City Music
BET HER AWARD Beautiful People — Mary J. Blige Blackbiird — Beyoncé Bloom — Doechii Defying Gravity — Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande Heart of a Woman — Summer Walker Hold On — Tems In My Bag — Flo and GloRilla
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR Anderson .Paak B Pace Productions and Jacquees Benny Boom Cactus Jack Cole Bennett Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar Dave Meyers Foggieraw Tyler, the Creator
BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL AWARD 'A God (There Is)' — Common and Pete Rock Feat. Jennifer Hudson 'Amen' — Pastor Mike Jr. 'Better Days' — Fridayy 'Church Doors' — Yolanda Adams Feat. Sir The Baptist and Donald Lawrence (Terry Hunter Remix) 'Constant' — Maverick City Music, Jordin Sparks, Chandler Moore and Anthony Gargiula 'Deserve to Win' — Tamela Mann 'Faith' — Rapsody 'Rain Down on Me' — Glorilla Feat. Kirk Franklin, Maverick City Music
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT Any Gabrielly (Brazil) Ayra Starr (Nigeria) Bashy (United Kingdom) Black Sherif (Ghana) Ezra Collective (United Kingdom) Joé Dwèt Filé (France) Mc Luanna (Brazil) Rema (Nigeria) Sdm (France) Tyla (South Africa) Uncle Waffles (Swaziland)
BEST NEW INTERNATIONAL ACT Abigail Chams (Tanzania) Ajuliacosta (Brazil) Amabbi (Brazil) Dlala Thukzin (South Africa) Dr Yaro (France) Kwn (United Kingdom) Maglera Doe Boy (South Africa) Merveille (France) Odeal (United Kingdom) Shallipopi (Nigeria) Txc (South Africa)
BEST MOVIE Bad Boys: Ride or Die Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Luther: Never Too Much Mufasa: The Lion King One of Them Days Rebel Ridge The Piano Lesson The Six Triple Eight
BEST ACTOR Aaron Pierre Aldis Hodge Anthony Mackie Colman Domingo Denzel Washington Jamie Foxx Joey Bada$$ Kevin Hart Sterling K. Brown Will Smith
BEST ACTRESS Andra Day Angela Bassett Coco Jones Cynthia Erivo Keke Palmer Kerry Washington Quinta Brunson Viola Davis Zendaya
YOUNG STARS AWARD Akira Akbar Blue Ivy Carter Graceyn 'Gracie' Hollingsworth Heiress Harris Melody Hurd Thaddeus J. Mixson Tyrik Johnson Vanvan
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR A'ja Wilson Angel Reese Claressa Shields Coco Gauff Dawn Staley Flau'jae Johnson JuJu Watkins Sha'Carri Richardson Simone Biles
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR Aaron Judge Anthony Edwards Deion Sanders Jalen Hurts Jayson Tatum LeBron James Saquon Barkley Stephen Curry
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