BET Awards 2025 complete winners list: Kendrick Lamar, Doechii win big

Kendrick Lamar and Doechii won big at the Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards 2025. The awards ceremony was held at Peacock Theater at L.A. Live on Monday, June 9, 2025. Kendrick was nominated in 10 different categories at the BET Awards 2025, which was the highest number of nominations this year.

The rapper won five awards, which was also the highest, including the Best Male Hip Hop Artist award as well as the Album of the Year for GNX. He also won the Video of the Year for Not Like Us, Best Collaboration for Luther with SZA, and Video Director of the Year alongside David Free.

Doechii, meanwhile, was nominated in six different categories. She won the Best Female Hip Hop Artist award.

Other stars who won at the BET Awards 2025 include Summer Walker, Chris Brown, and Denzel Washington.

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From Kendrick Lamar to Denzel Washington: Full list of winners at BET Awards 2025

Doechii at BET Awards 2025 - Arrivals (Image Source: Getty)

The BET Awards 2025 were held at LA's Peacock Theater on Monday, June 9, 2025, and saw multiple winners across the categories.

Apart from having the most number of nominations, rapper Kendrick Lamar also won the highest number of awards at the 2025 BET Awards.

Meanwhile, SZA, Doechii, Chris Brown, Summer Walker, and Cynthia Erivo were some of the other winners.

Album of the Year

Winner: GNX — Kendrick Lamar

• $ome $exy $ongs 4 U — Drake & Partynextdoor
• 11:11 Deluxe — Chris Brown
• Alligator Bites Never Heal — Doechii
• Cowboy Carter — Beyoncé
• Glorious — GloRilla
• Hurry Up Tomorrow — The Weeknd
• We Don’t Trust You — Future & Metro Boomin

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Best Female R&B/Pop Artist

Winner: SZA

• Ari Lennox
• Ayra Starr
• Coco Jones
• Kehlani
• Muni Long
• Summer Walker
• Victoria Monét

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Best Male R&B/Pop Artist

Winner: Chris Brown

• Bruno Mars
• Drake
• Fridayy
• Leon Thomas
• Teddy Swims
• The Weeknd
• Usher

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Best Group

Winner: Future & Metro Boomin

• 41
• Common & Pete Rock
• Drake & Partynextdoor
• Flo
• Jacquees & Dej Loaf
• Larry June, 2 Chainz, The Alchemist
• Maverick City Music

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Best Collaboration

Winner: Luther — Kendrick Lamar & SZA

• 30 For 30 — SZA feat. Kendrick Lamar
• Alter Ego — Doechii feat. JT
• Are You Even Real — Teddy Swims feat. Givēon
• Beckham — Dee Billz feat. Kyle Richh, Kai Swervo, KJ Swervo
• Bless — Lil Wayne, Wheezy & Young Thug
• Like That — Future & Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar
• Sticky — Tyler, The Creator feat. GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne
• Timeless — The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti

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Best Female Hip Hop Artist

Winner: Doechii

• Cardi B
• Doja Cat
• GloRilla
• Latto
• Megan Thee Stallion
• Nicki Minaj
• Rapsody
• Sexyy Red

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Best Male Hip Hop Artist

Winner: Kendrick Lamar

• BigXthaPlug
• Bossman DLow
• Burna Boy
• Drake
• Future
• Key Glock
• Lil Wayne
• Tyler, The Creator

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Video of the Year

Winner: Not Like Us — Kendrick Lamar

• 3AM in Tokeyo — Key Glock
• A Bar Song (Tipsy) — Shaboozey
• After Hours — Kehlani
• Denial Is a River — Doechii
• Family Matters — Drake
• Timeless — The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti
• Type Sh*t — Future, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott & Playboi Carti

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Video Director of the Year

Winner: Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar

• Anderson .Paak
• B Pace Productions & Jacquees
• Benny Boom
• Cactus Jack
• Cole Bennett
• Dave Meyers
• Foggieraw
• Tyler, The Creator

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Best New Artist

Winner: Leon Thomas

• 41
• Ayra Starr
• BigXthaPlug
• BossMan Dlow
• Dee Billz
• October London
• Shaboozey
• Teddy Swims

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Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

Winner: Rain Down on Me — GloRilla feat. Kirk Franklin, Maverick City Music

• A God (There Is) — Common & Pete Rock feat. Jennifer Hudson
• Amen — Pastor Mike Jr.
• Better Days — Fridayy
• Church Doors — Yolanda Adams feat. Sir The Baptist & Donald Lawrence (Terry Hunter Remix)
• Constant — Maverick City Music, Jordin Sparks, Chandler Moore & Anthony Gargiula
• Deserve to Win — Tamela Mann
• Faith — Rapsody

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Viewer’s Choice Award

Winner: Residuals — Chris Brown

• Denial Is a River — Doechii
• Nokia — Drake
• Like That — Future & Metro Boomin feat. Kendrick Lamar
• TGIF — GloRilla
• Not Like Us — Kendrick Lamar
• Luther — Kendrick Lamar & SZA
• Brokey — Latto

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Best International Act

• Any Gabrielly (Brazil)
• Ayra Starr (Nigeria)
• Basky (UK)
• Black Sherif (Ghana)
• Ezra Collective (UK)
• Joé Dwèt Filé (France)
• MC Luanna (Brazil)
• Rema (Nigeria)
• SDM (France)
• Tyla (South Africa)
• Uncle Waffles (Swaziland)
• Best New International Act
• Abigail Chams (Tanzania)
• Ajulicosta (Brazil)
• Amabbi (Brazil)
• Dlala Thukzin (South Africa)
• Dr Yaro (France)
• KWN (UK)
• Maglera Doe Boy (South Africa)
• Merveille (France)
• Odeal (UK)
• Shallipopi (Nigeria)
• TxC (South Africa)

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BET Her

Winner: Heart of a Woman — Summer Walker

• Beautiful People — Mary J. Blige
• Blackbiird — Beyonce feat. Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy & Reyna Roberts
• Bloom — Doechii
• Burning — Tems
• Defying Gravity — Cynthia Erivo feat. Ariana Grande
• Hold On — Tems
• In My Bag — Flo & GloRilla

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Best Movie

Winner: Luther: Never Too Much

• Bad Boys: Ride or Die
• Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
• Mufasa: The Lion King
• One of Them Days
• Rebel Ridge
• The Piano Lesson
• The Six Triple Eight

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Best Actor

Winner: Denzel Washington

• Aaron Pierce
• Aldis Hodge
• Anthony Mackie
• Colman Domingo
• Jamie Foxx
• Joey Bada$$
• Kevin Hart
• Sterling K. Brown
• Will Smith

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Best Actress

Winner: Cynthia Erivo

• Andra Day
• Angela Bassett
• Coco Jones
• Keke Palmer
• Kerry Washington
• Quinta Brunson
• Viola Davis
• Zendaya

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Young Stars Award

Winner: Blue Ivy Carter

• Akira Akbar
• Graceyn “Gracie” Hollingsworth
• Heiress Harris
• Melody Hurd
• Thaddeus J. Mixson
• Tyrik Johnson
• VanVan

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Sportswoman of the Year Award

Winner: Angel Reese

• A’ja Wilson
• Claressa Shields
• Coco Gauff
• Dawn Staley
• Flau’jae Johnson
• Juju Watkins
• Sha’Carri Richardson
• Simone Biles

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Sportsman of the Year

Winner: Jalen Hurts

• Aaron Judge
• Anthony Edwards
• Deion Sanders
• Jayson Tatum
• LeBron James
• Saquon Barkley
• Stephen Curry

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