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The BET Awards saw promising audience growth this year. The 2024 ceremony managed around 3M total viewers across 10 Paramount-owned networks, including BET, Logo, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1 and Nickelodeon at Nite, among others. That’s a 10% boost from last year’s 2.8M cross-platform viewers. In…

BET has apologized to Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Usher for an “audio malfunction” that muted about five minutes of a 13-minute speech during last night’s live broadcast of the 2024 BET Awards. In a statement released to Deadline, a BET spokesperson said, “Celebrating global icon USHER on…

Some of the biggest names in music came together to celebrate some of Usher Raymond‘s greatest hits on Sunday. Childish Gambino, Keke Palmer, Chloe Bailey, Teyana Taylor and more performed a musical tribute to the R&B crooner as he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2024 BET Awards…

Two years later, Will Smith has made his triumphant return to the awards show stage. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air alum performed on the BET Awards stage for the first time on Sunday, gracing fans with the live debut of his new track ‘You Can Make It‘ with Fridayy and Kanye West’s Sunday Service…

The 2024 BET Awards will close out the first half of the year at the end of June. This year's show boasts a wide range of nominees as well as performers, and the spotlight will be on Usher — fresh from his Super Bowl halftime show — as he receives the BET Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes…

Megan Thee Stallion has been tapped to perform and open the 2024 BET Awards on Sunday, June 30, starting at 8 p.m. ET. Taraji P. Henson is returning as host for what the network calls “Culture’s Biggest Night,” in which Usher will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement BET…

Will Smith will perform a new original song at this Sunday’s BET Awards, another indication of Smith’s seemingly renewed interest in music. "From his start as a rapper to The Fresh Prince to being a box office king as one of the Bad Boys, Will Smith is truly a global icon, and we are honored to…

Taraji P. Henson is making a return appearance as host of the 2024 BET Awards. This will be Henson’s third time hosting the trophy show, having previously hosted in 2021 and 2022. The 2024 BET Awards will air live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 30 at 8 pm on BET. As…

BET announced the 2024 BET Awards nominees today. Drake leads the nominations with seven, while Nicki Minaj has six. BET also announced "BET Awards" 2024 performance lineup, which includes GloRilla, Latto, Muni Long, Sexyy Red, Shaboozey, and Victoria Monét. The BET Awards 2024, will air live…

Offset and Quavo put their differences aside by coming together at the 2023 BET Awards to honor their late Migos mate Takeoff. Following their performance of “Bad n Boujee,” Offset is now opening up about the experience and saying that getting on stage with Quavo “cleared my…

UPDATED with full winners list: SZA and Beyoncé each won three times, including tying for the Album of the Year Award, at the 2023 BET Awards on Sunday. The awards, which honor the year’s best performances in music, TV, film and sports, were handed out during a live from the Microsoft Theater in Los…

Muni Long took the stage at the 2023 BET Awards to acknowledge the writers strike and the members of the WGA. “I must take a moment to acknowledge and stand in solidarity with the artists who make us laugh, cry, and most importantly, think — our Writers Guild of America family,” Long said before…