BET Awards 2011
The 11th BET Awards took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on June 26, 2011. The awards recognized Americans in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. Comedian and actor Kevin Hart hosted the event for the first time. The show had an audience of 7.7 million.
Performers
- Mary J. Blige - "Mary Jane ", "You Bring Me Joy", "Real Love, "Caught Up In The Rapture", "It Ain't Over Til It's Over"
- Rick Ross - "Aston Martin Music", "Hustle Hard"
- Jill Scott - "Rolling Hills"
- The Five Heartbeats & After 7 - "Nights Like This"
- Simbi Khali "Can't Get Enough"
- Snoop Dogg/Warren G - "Regulate"
- Patti LaBelle - "Love, Need and Want You", "Lady Marmalade"
- Chris Brown/Busta Rhymes/Lil Wayne - "Look at Me Now", "She Ain't You", "Paper, Scissors, Rock"
- Alicia Keys - "Typewriter", "A Woman's Worth", "Maybach Music", "Fallin'"
- Big Sean - "My Last"
- Cherrelle/Alexander O'Neal - "Saturday Love"
- Trey Songz - "Unusual", "Love Faces"
- Kelly Rowland - - "Motivation"
- Deitrick Haddon/Mary Mary/Donnie McClurkin - "Thank You Lord"
- Cee-Lo Green/Marsha Ambrosius/Shirley Caesar - "Somebody Loves You Baby ", "If Only You Knew", You Are My Friend"
- DJ Khaled - "I'm on One"
- Queen Latifah - "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"
- Ledisi - "Out on a Limb"
- Beyoncé - "Best Thing I Never Had" and "End of Time" live from Glastonbury.
Nominees and winners
| Video of the Year | Video Director of the Year |
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| Best Female R&B Artist | Best Male R&B Artist |
| Best Female Hip-Hop Artist | Best Male Hip-Hop Artist |
| Best Collaboration | Best New Artist |
| Best Group | Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice |
| YoungStars Award | Centric Award |
| Best Actress | Best Actor |
| Best Movie | Best Gospel Artist |
| Subway Sportswoman of the Year | Subway Sportsman of the Year |
| Best International Act: Africa | Best International Act: United Kingdom |
FANdemonium Award
[BET [Lifetime Achievement Award]]
[BET Humanitarian Award]
Controversy
BET's president of programming, music and specials, Stephen Hill, spoke about the matter in an interview with Billboard.com's The Juice. In response to criticism over Trina for not getting any nominations, Hill said she did not submit a music video during the eligibility period of April 1, 2010 to March 30, 2011. Although she was featured in LoLa Monroe's music video for "Over Time" in November 2010, Hill said being a featured act "doesn't make you eligible". He also responded to Cole's nominations snub, stating "we simply had to go, as we always do, with the artists who got the most votes in that category. The nominations consist of the artists that got the top votes in that category when put to our voting academy. If there is six nominations in a category that means there was a tie."
There was criticism that Beyoncé received a nomination, despite the fact that her last album I Am... Sasha Fierce was released in 2008. Hill stated, "Beyoncé submitted a video for "Why Don't You Love Me" early May of 2010. She submitted one video remaining from her I Am... Sasha Fierce project. That was the last video she submitted and it was submitted during this year's eligibility period. She was voted on the strength of that one video even though the bulk of that project was the year before."
Also, on the night of the award show ceremony, R&B artist Lloyd criticized the show. Feeling snubbed, Lloyd cited on his Twitter page how upset he was that his video, along with his record label mates, Lil Wayne and Young Money had the first R&B single of the Lil Wayne's career to reach number 1 on BET's 106 and Park, for the song "Bedrock", yet were not nominated for an award.