BET Award for Video of the Year explained

The BET Award for Video of the Year is given to the most popular music video released the same or previous year of the year the awards are handed out. The award is only given to the performing artist(s) or group in the video. The award is not handed out to the video directors and producers. The all-time winner in this category is Beyoncé with six wins. Drake is the most nominated artist with sixteen nominations. Lady Gaga is the only white artist in history to have won this category for her Beyoncé collaboration "Video Phone".

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

Year	Artist	Video	Ref
2001
	Outkast	"Ms. Jackson"
	Destiny's Child	"Independent Women Part I"
		"The Next Episode"
		"Stan"
	Janet Jackson	"All for You"
2002
	Busta Rhymes	"Pass the Courvoisier, Part II"
	Aaliyah	"Rock the Boat"
		"One Minute Man"
	P. Diddy, Black Rob and Mark Curry	"Bad Boy for Life"
	Usher	"U Got It Bad"
2003
	Erykah Badu	"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)"
	B2K	"Girlfriend"
	Missy Elliott	"Work It"
	Eminem	"Lose Yourself"
	Nelly	"Hot in Herre"
2004
	Outkast	"Hey Ya!"
		"Crazy in Love"
	Alicia Keys	"You Don't Know My Name"
		"The Way You Move"
		"Yeah!"
2005
	Kanye West	"Jesus Walks"
	Amerie	"1 Thing"
	Jay-Z	"99 Problems"
	John Legend	"Ordinary People"
		"Drop It Like It's Hot"
2006
	Mary J. Blige	"Be Without You"
	Kanye West	"Gold Digger"
		"Check on It"
		"Lose Control"
	R. Kelly	"Trapped in the Closet"
		"Touch It"
2007
	Beyoncé	"Irreplaceable"
		"I Wanna Love You"
	Beyoncé and Shakira	"Beautiful Liar"
	Ciara	"Like a Boy"
	Gnarls Barkley	"Crazy"
2008
	UGK	"International Players Anthem (I Choose You)"
	Ashanti	"The Way That I Love You"
	Erykah Badu	"Honey"
	Mary J. Blige	"Just Fine"
	Alicia Keys	"Like You'll Never See Me Again"
		"Good Life"
2009
	Beyoncé	"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
	Beyoncé	"If I Were a Boy"
		"Blame It"
		"Live Your Life"
	Kanye West	"Heartless"

2010s

Year	Artist	Video	Ref
2010
	Beyoncé	"Video Phone"
		"Nothin' On You"
	Melanie Fiona	"It Kills Me"
		"Empire State of Mind"
		"Run This Town"
2011
	Chris Brown	"Look at Me Now"
	Marsha Ambrosius	"Far Away"
		"Airplanes"
	Keri Hilson	"Pretty Girl Rock"
	Willow Smith	"Whip My Hair"
		"Runaway"
2012
	Jay-Z and Kanye West	"Otis"
	Beyoncé	"Countdown"
		"Love on Top"
	Jay-Z and Kanye West	"Niggas in Paris"
	Usher	"Climax"
2013
	Drake	"Started from the Bottom"	[1]
		"No Lie"
		"Fuckin' Problems"
		"HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right)"
		"Poetic Justice"
		"Thrift Shop"
	Miguel	"Adorn"
	Rihanna	"Diamonds"
		"Suit & Tie"
		"Mercy"
2014
	Pharrell Williams	"Happy"	[2]
	Beyoncé	"Partition"
		"Drunk in Love"
	Chris Brown	"Fine China"
	Drake	"Worst Behavior"
2015
	Beyoncé	"7/11"	[3]
		"I Don't Fuck with You"
		"Loyal"
		"New Flame"
	Common and John Legend	"Glory"
	Nicki Minaj	"Anaconda"
2016
	Beyoncé	"Formation"	[4]
	Drake	"Hotline Bling"
	Kendrick Lamar	"Alright"
		"Work"
	Bryson Tiller	"Don't"
2017
	Beyoncé	"Sorry"	[5]
	Bruno Mars	"24K Magic"
	Big Sean	"Bounce Back"
		"Bad and Boujee"
	Solange	"Cranes in the Sky"
2018
	Drake	"God's Plan"	[6]
	Cardi B	"Bodak Yellow"
		"Wild Thoughts"
		"Walk It Talk It"
		"Finesse (Remix)"
	Kendrick Lamar	"HUMBLE."
2019
	Childish Gambino	"This Is America"	[7]
		"A Lot"
	Cardi B	"Money"
	Cardi B and Bruno Mars	"Please Me"
	Drake	"Nice for What"
	The Carters	"Apes**t"

2020s

Year	Artist	Video	Ref
2020
	DJ Khaled	"Higher"	[8]
		"No Guidance"
	DaBaby	"Bop"
	Doja Cat	"Say So"
		"Hot Girl Summer"
	Roddy Ricch	"The Box"
2021
	Cardi B	"WAP"	[9]
	Cardi B	"Up"
	Chloe x Halle	"Do It"
	Chris Brown and Young Thug	"Go Crazy"
		"Laugh Now Cry Later"
	Silk Sonic	"Leave the Door Open"
2022
	Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar	"Family Ties"	[10]
	Silk Sonic	"Smokin out the Window"
	Chlöe	"Have Mercy"
		"Kiss Me More"
	Ari Lennox	"Pressure"
		"Way 2 Sexy"
2023
	SZA	"Kill Bill"
		"2 Million Up"
	Lizzo	"About Damn Time"
	Steve Lacy	"Bad Habit"
	Jack Harlow	"First Class"
	GloRilla & Cardi B	"Tomorrow 2"
	Chris Brown	"WE (Warm Embrace)"
2024
	Victoria Monét	"On My Mama"
	Doja Cat	"Agora Hills"
		"All My Life"
		"Barbie World"
		"Bongos"
		"First Person Shooter"
	Drake featuring Sexyy Red & SZA	"Rich Baby Daddy"

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

6 wins

• Beyoncé

3 wins

• Outkast
• Kanye West

2 wins

• Busta Rhymes
• Pharrell Williams
• Drake
• Bruno Mars (including credit as Silk Sonic)

Nominations

16 nominations

• Drake

14 nominations

• Beyoncé

9 nominations

• Kanye West

8 nominations

• Cardi B
• Jay-Z

7 nominations

• Chris Brown

6 nominations

• Bruno Mars (including credit as Silk Sonic)

5 nominations

• Kendrick Lamar
• Rihanna

4 nominations

• Missy Elliott
• Outkast
• Usher

3 nominations

• 2 Chainz
• Big Sean
• Mary J. Blige
• Doja Cat
• J. Cole
• Alicia Keys
• Lil Wayne
• Megan Thee Stallion
• Nicki Minaj
• Busta Rhymes
• Snoop Dogg
• SZA
• Pharrell Williams

2 nominations

• Erykah Badu
• B.o.B
• Bryson Tiller
• Chlöe (including credit as Chloe x Halle)
• Ciara
• Common
• DJ Khaled
• Eminem
• Jamie Foxx
• John Legend
• Lil Durk
• Ludacris
• Migos
• P. Diddy
• Pusha T
• Silk Sonic
• T-Pain
• Young Thug

See also

• BET Award for Video Director of the Year

Notes and References

1. Web site: BET Awards Nominees 2013 – Full List Of Hip-Hop Nominations. Andy Swift. Hollywood Life. May 18, 2015. February 20, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170220170608/http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/05/14/bet-awards-nominees-2013-list-nominations/. dead.
2. Web site: BET Award 2014 Nominations Announced. Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. nokiatheatrelalive.com. May 18, 2015. July 21, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140721031422/http://www.nokiatheatrelalive.com/news/detail/bet-award-2014-nominations-announced. dead.
3. Web site: Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj Lead BET Awards Nominations. Rap-Up. May 18, 2015.
4. Web site: Drake Leads BET Awards with 9 Nominations. Jennifer. Konerman. Hollywood Reporter. May 20, 2016. May 16, 2017.
5. Web site: Beyoncé and Bruno Mars Top 2017 BET Awards Nominees Slate. Billboard. May 15, 2017. May 16, 2017.
6. News: DJ Khaled Leads 2018 BET Awards Nominations: See the Full List. May 16, 2018. Billboard. May 16, 2018.
7. News: Here Are All the Winners From the 2019 BET Awards. Warner. Denose. June 23, 2019. Billboard. December 21, 2019.
8. Web site: 2020 BET Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20200616014739/https://www.bet.com/shows/bet-awards/2020/nominees/video-of-the-year.html. dead. June 16, 2020. Nominees. June 15, 2020.
9. Web site: 2021 BET Awards. Nominees. May 28, 2021.
10. Web site: BET Awards 2022: Full List of Winners and Honorees (LIVE UPDATE) . 2022-06-27 . BET . en.