BET Awards is an awards show created by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate African Americans and other minorities!
The BET Awards 2019 was the 19th edition of the show. So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about this one!
- The 19th BET Awards were held on June 23, 2019
- At Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California
- It is the show’s last ceremony of the 2010s
- The ceremony celebrated achievements in entertainment and honors music, sports, television, and movies
- On May 29, 2019, it was announced that the ceremony would be hosted for the first time by actress Regina Hall
- On June 13, 2019, it was announced that special awards would be presented to Mary J. Blige
- Who received the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award
- Tyler Perry, who was given the Ultimate Icon Award
- And Nipsey Hussle, whom was posthumously honored with the Humanitarian Award
- The first wave was announced on June 3, 2019
- The BET Awards 2019 performers were Cardi B and Offset: Clout/Press, DJ Khaled, H.E.R. and YBN Cordae, Lizzo: Truth Hurts, Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus: Old Town Road, Migos, Mustard, City Girls’ Yung Miami, Lil Baby, Kiana Ledé
- The first wave of presenters was announced on June 3, 2019
- The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network
- To celebrate African Americans and other American minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year
- The awards are presented annually
- And are broadcast live on BET
- The annual presentation ceremony features performances by artists
- Some of the awards of more popular interest are presented in a televised ceremony
- The BET Award Trophy is inspired by three words – aspire, ascend, achieve
- It was designed by artist/sculptor Carlos “Mare139” Rodriguez
- OutKast won the first award trophy during the first ceremony in 2001
- In 2007, Society Awards, the New York firm who manufactures the award, enhanced the quality of the trophy design using plated steel and black crystal
- The nomination process is handled by a voting academy made up of about 500 people
- These people stem from the music industry, media, and bloggers
- BET sends out ballots electronically
- Voters nominate deserving works and artists in all categories who they think should be nominated
- Nominations and voting ballots are collated by Yangaroo, Inc.
- This is a leading digital distribution firm that works on many other awards shows
- Including those of BET sister networks under parent company Viacom, Inc.
- The top nominees are determined in each category
- The winners are selected via the academy members’ voting process
- The BET Lifetime Achievement, Humanitarian and Ultimate Icon Award recipients, along with the nominees for other categories are announced in a press conference
- At the awards ceremony a mini-documentary is shown covering the honorees’ life
- The awards are given out separately
- The Ultimate Icon Award was created in 2015 and presented in the ceremony
- The BET Lifetime Achievement Award is given a veteran artist or group who has made notable contributions to the music industry
- The honoree is paid tribute to by current popular singers who perform the honoree’s most recognized songs
- The honoree will usually perform themselves after being paid tribute
- In 2002, at the second annual BET Awards, the category for the BET Award Humanitarian Award was created
- The Humanitarian Award is given to a celebrity philanthropist who donates their time and money to a charitable cause
- In 2015 and 2018, at the fifteenth and eighteenth annual BET Awards, the category of the Ultimate Icon Award was created
- It is given to a veteran artist whose career is deemed iconic by fans and critics alike for their notable contributions in the music, dance and music video fields
- Beyoncé is currently the most nominated performer with 61 nominations
- Solo and with Destiny’s Child
- Second is Drake with 51
