Nigerian Singer, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu Rex, better known by his stagename Burna Boy, has won the 2020 BET Awards for the Best International ACT.

Burna Boy becomes the first Artist to win the BET Best International Act award for two years in a row having won the award in 2019.

Burna Boy was nominated alongside Innoss’B, Stormzy, Dave, Ninho, Sho Madjozi and S. Pri Noir.

https://twitter.com/BET/status/1277408639716900867

Below is the full list of winners from the 2020 BET Awards held today. Winners in each category is printed in bold fonts.


ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Lizzo — Cuz I Love You
Megan Thee Stallion — Fever
Beyoncé — Homecoming: The Live Album
H.E.R. — I Used to Know Her
DaBaby — Kirk
Roddy Ricch — Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial (WINNER!)

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Chris Brown featuring Drake – “No Guidance”
DaBaby – “Bop”
DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend – “Higher” (WINNER!)
Doja Cat – “Say So”
Megan Thee Stallion featuring Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign– “Hot Girl Summer”
Roddy Ricch – “The Box”

COCA-COLA VIEWERS’ CHOICE AWARD
Chris Brown featuring Drake – “No Guidance”
DaBaby – “Bop”
Future featuring Drake – “Life is Good”
Megan Thee Stallion featuring Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign– “Hot Girl Summer” (WINNER!)
Roddy Ricch – “The Box”
The Weeknd – “Heartless”

BEST COLLABORATION
Chris Brown featuring Drake – “No Guidance” (WINNER!)
DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend – “Higher”
Future featuring Drake – “Life is Good”
H.E.R. featuring YG – “Slide”
Megan Thee Stallion featuring Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign– “Hot Girl Summer”
Wale featuring Jeremih – “On Chill”

BEST FEMALE R&B/POP ARTIST
Lizzo (WINNER!)
Beyoncé
H.E.R.
Jhene Aiko
Kehlani
Summer Walker

BEST MALE R&B/POP ARTIST
Chris Brown (WINNER!)
Jacquees
Anderson Paak
Khalid
The Weeknd
Usher


BEST FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST
Megan Thee Stallion (WINNER!)
Cardi B
Doja Cat
Lizzo
Nicki Minaj
Saweetie

BEST MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST
DaBaby (WINNER!)
Drake
Future
Lil Baby
Roddy Ricch
Travis Scott

BEST GROUP
Migos (WINNER!)
Chloe x Halle
City Girls
EarthGang
Griselda
Jackboys

BEST NEW ARTIST
Roddy Ricch (WINNER!)
DaniLeigh
Lil Nas X
Pop Smoke
Summer Walker
YBN Cordae

DR. BOBBY JONES BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL AWARD
Kirk Franklin – “Just for Me” (WINNER!)
Fred Hammond – “Alright”
John P. Kee featuring Zacardi Cortez – “I Made It Out”
Kanye West – “Follow God”
PJ Morton featuring Le’Andria Johnson & Mary Mary – “All In His Plan”
The Clark Sisters – “Victory”

BET HER AWARD
Beyoncé featuring Blue Ivy, WizKid & Saint Jhn – “Brown Skin Girl” (WINNER!)
Alicia Keys – “Underdog”
Ciara featuring Lupita Nyong’o, Ester Dean, City Girls & La La – “Melanin”
Layton Greene – “I Choose”
Lizzo featuring Missy Elliott – “Tempo”
Rapsody featuring PJ Morgan – “Afeni”

VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Teyana “Spike Lee” Taylor (WINNER!)
Benny Boom
Cole Bennett
Dave Meyers
Director X
Eif Rivera


BEST MOVIE
Queen & Slim (WINNER!)
Bad Boys for Life
Dolemite Is My Name
Harriet
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé
Just Mercy
The Lion King

BEST ACTRESS
Issa Rae (WINNER!)
Angela Bassett
Cynthia Erivo
Regina King
Tracee Ellis Ross
Zendaya
Jennifer Lopez

BEST ACTOR
Michael B. Jordan (WINNER!)
Billy Porter
Eddie Murphy
Forest Whitaker
Jamie Foxx
Omari Hardwick
Will Smith

YOUNGSTARS AWARD
Marsai Martin (WINNER!)
Alex Hibbert
Asante Blackk
Jahi Di’Allo Winston
Miles Brown
Storm Reid

SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR
Simone Biles (WINNER!)
Ajeé Wilson
Claressa Shields
Coco Gauff
Naomi Osaka
Serena Williams

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR
LeBron James (WINNER!)
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Kawhi Leonard
Odell Beckham Jr.
Patrick Mahomes II
Stephen Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT
Burna Boy (Nigeria) (WINNER!)
Innoss’B (DRC)
Sho Madjozi (South Africa)
Dave (UK)
Stormzy (UK)
Ninho (France)
S.Pri Noir (France)

BEST NEW INTERNATIONAL ACT
Sha Sha (Zimbabwe) (WINNER!)
Rema (Nigeria)
Celeste (UK)
Young T & Bugsey (UK)
Hatik (France)
Stacy (France)



https://www.news9naija.com.ng/2020/06/29/burna-boy-wins-bet-award-best-international-act-2020-video/

Congratulation is in order.


Burna, don't rest on your oars.

( the most popular advice from teachers when we were in secondary school, many, many decades ago )

Congrats!!! Burna for the universe...... PINNED.

Wow

Some copied exactly what I posted here, even the thread title to another thread and the mods moved it to the front page instead of the this.

Seun
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Mynd44

https://www.nairaland.com/5957540/burna-boy-wins-bet-best


Check the arrangement of winners from both threads.

The OP of that thread, TruthNigeria just quoted the post and copied from the text area.

Weldon @TruthNigeria