Latto won the award for Best New Artist at the BET Awards 2022 for her hit song “Big Energy.” The Atlanta native and dynamic rapper accepted her award with tears in her eyes. “It's giving boss b-tch!” The rapper said to the crowd. She thanked her mom, and her team, as she fought back tears.
The 22nd BET Awards took place on June 26, 2022. The ceremony celebrates achievements in entertainment and honors music, sports, television, and movies. The ceremony was hosted for the second time by Taraji P. Henson, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on June 26, 2022.
As usual, some of the biggest names in the world of rap music were honored, though the only awards of the night were handed to Glorilla (Breakout Artist), Drink Champs (Hip Hop Platform), and DJ Drama (DJ of the Year). In addition, Trina was given the “I Am Hip Hop” honor.
Silk Sonic, the R&B duo comprised of Bruno Mars and Anderson . Paak, took home the most combined wins with three. The pair won best group and album of the year for “An Evening With Silk Sonic,” while . Paak also took home video director of the year for helming their music videos.
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Awards and nominations | ||
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BET Awards | 12 | 33 |
Billboard Music Awards | 7 | 29 |
Billboard Women in Music | 2 | 2 |
Brit Awards | 1 | 2 |
If you've heard Latto's swaggering track "Big Energy"—and after 30 weeks on the Hot 100, you probably have—you may have heard a resemblance to Mariah Carey's 1995 hit "Fantasy." That's because both songs borrow a groove from the 1981 hit "Genius of Love," a genre-defying smash made by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth.
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So who emerged the night's biggest winners instead? Well, Bruno Mars accepted the prize for album of the year for An Evening With Silk Sonic, joined onstage by songwriter/producer D'Mile in place of his overseas musical partner Anderson . Paak, and Silk Sonic also took home the best group award too.
Dancer Bryan Tanaka let the stage prop tilt… During the launch of Carey's Las Vegas residency, titled "The Butterfly Returns," there was unfortunately a bit of a flutter onstage, causing the "Fantasy" singer to take a slight spill – yet amazingly her voice kept singing the track out into the Caesars Palace Colosseum.
Silk Sonic's Silk Sonic's "Leave The Door Open" won the GRAMMY for Song Of The Year at the 2022 GRAMMYs. Written by Brandon Anderson (. Paak), Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars, “Leave The Door Open” has won two GRAMMYs at this year's ceremony: Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance.
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voting academy The nomination process is handled by a voting academy made up of about 500 people from the music industry, involving the media, and bloggers. BET sends out ballots electronically and voters nominate deserving works and artists in all categories who they think should be nominated.
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