2012 BET Awards: Winners

The 2012 BET Awards took place last night (Sunday) July 1st at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Beyonce, Chris Brown and others walked away with awards. Honestly I didn't watch the BET Awards last night. What really turned me off about it was the nominations was Beyonce and Jay-Z & Kanye West having two videos each nominated in the same category (Video of the Year). Another thing I didn't like was Beyonce winning Best Female R&B Artist, to me she's really doesn't do R&B music and neither does Rihanna (Note: Rihanna won the award last year).

And I not even going to get started on that win for Video Director of the Year for "Party". Just to sum it all up, these award shows today are based on a 'Popularity Contest', which is sad.

Check out list of winners from the 2012 BET Awards, after the jump.

Best Female R&B Artist

Beyonce

Best Male R&B Artist

Chris Brown

Best Group

The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West)

Best Collaboration

Wale – ‘Lotus Flower Bomb (Ft. Miguel)’

Best Female HipHop Artist

Nicki Minaj

Video of the Year

The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) – ‘Otis (Ft. Otis Redding)’

Video Director of the Year

Beyonce & Alan Ferguson – ‘Party’

Best New Artist

Big Sean

Best Gospel

Yolanda Adams

Best Actor

Kevin Hart

Sportswoman of the Year

Serena Williams

Sportsman of the Year

Kevin Durant

CocaCola Viewers’ Choice Award

Mindless Behavior – ‘Hello’

Centric Award

Common

FANdemonium Award

Chris Brown

Humanitarian Award

Rev. Al Sharpton

Lifetime Achievement Award

Maze featuring Frankie Beverly