BET Award for Viewer's Choice

BET Awards for Viewer's Choice
BET Awards for Viewer's Choice
	"Residuals" by Chris Brown is the most recent recipient
Country	United States
Presented by	BET Awards
First award	2001
Currently held by	Chris Brown – "Residuals" (2025)
Most wins	Beyoncé (5)
Most nominations	Drake (21)
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CountryUnited States

Presented byBET Awards

First award2001

Currently held byChris Brown – "Residuals" (2025)

The BET Award for Viewer's Choice Award is determined by the fans. The all-time winner in this category is Beyoncé with five wins. Drake is the most nominated artist with twenty one nominations.

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
2001
	Bow Wow	"Bow Wow (That's My Name)"	^{[citation needed]}
	Destiny's Child	"Independent Women Part I"
	Jay-Z	"I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)"
	R. Kelly	"I Wish"
2002
	B2K	"Uh Huh"	^{[citation needed]}
	Aaliyah	"Rock the Boat"
	Bow Wow	"Take Ya Home"
	Ja Rule (featuring Ashanti)	"Always on Time"
	Alicia Keys	"Fallin'"
2003
	B2K (featuring P. Diddy)	"Bump, Bump, Bump"	^{[citation needed]}
	50 Cent	"In da Club"
	Erykah Badu (featuring Common)	"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)"
	Missy Elliott	"Work It"
	R. Kelly	"Ignition (Remix)"
2004
	Usher (featuring Lil' Jon and Ludacris)	"Yeah!"	^{[citation needed]}
	Beyoncé (featuring Jay-Z)	"Crazy in Love"
	Lil' Jon and the Eastside Boyz (featuring Ying Yang Twins)	"Get Low"
	Outkast	"Hey Ya!"
	Kanye West (featuring Syleena Johnson)	"All Falls Down"
2005
	Omarion	"O"	^{[citation needed]}
	Ciara (featuring Missy Elliott)	"1, 2 Step"
	Destiny's Child (featuring Lil Wayne and T.I.)	"Soldier"
	Mario	"Let Me Love You"
	Terror Squad	"Lean Back"
	T.I.	"U Don't Know Me"
2006
	Chris Brown	"Yo (Excuse Me Miss)"	^{[citation needed]}
	Mariah Carey	"Don't Forget About Us"
	Keyshia Cole	"Love"
	Ne-Yo	"So Sick"
	Busta Rhymes	"Touch It"
	T.I.	"What You Know"
2007
	Birdman and Lil Wayne	"Stuntin' Like My Daddy"	^{[citation needed]}
	Beyoncé	"Irreplaceable"
	Bow Wow (featuring Chris Brown and Johntá Austin)	"Shortie Like Mine"
	Ciara	"Promise"
	DJ UNK	"Walk It Out"
	Ne-Yo	"Because of You"
	Robin Thicke	"Lost Without U"
2008
	Lil Wayne (featuring Static Major)	"Lollipop"	^{[citation needed]}
	Chris Brown (featuring T-Pain)	"Kiss Kiss"
	Keyshia Cole (featuring Missy Elliott and Lil' Kim)	"Let It Go"
	Alicia Keys	"No One"
	Soulja Boy	"Crank That (Soulja Boy)"
	Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown	"No Air"
2009
	T.I. (featuring Rihanna)	"Live Your Life"	^{[citation needed]}
	Beyoncé	"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
	Keri Hilson (featuring Lil Wayne)	"Turnin' Me On"
	Lil Wayne	"A Milli"
	Soulja Boy (featuring Sammie)	"Kiss Me Thru the Phone"
	T-Pain (featuring Lil Wayne)	"Can't Believe It"
	Kanye West	"Love Lockdown"

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
2010
	Rihanna (featuring Young Jeezy)	"Hard"	^{[citation needed]}
	Beyoncé	"Sweet Dreams"
	Jay-Z (featuring Alicia Keys)	"Empire State of Mind"
	Monica	"Everything to Me"
	Trey Songz (featuring Fabolous)	"Say Ahh"
	Young Money (featuring Lloyd)	"BedRock"
2011
	Chris Brown (featuring Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne)	"Look at Me Now"	^{[citation needed]}
	Lil Wayne (featuring Cory Gunz)	"6 Foot 7 Foot"
	Nicki Minaj (featuring Drake)	"Moment 4 Life"
	Mindless Behavior	"My Girl"
	Rihanna (featuring Drake)	"What's My Name?"
	Trey Songz (featuring Nicki Minaj)	"Bottoms Up"
2012
	Mindless Behavior	"Hello"	^{[citation needed]}
	Beyoncé	"Love on Top"
	Chris Brown	"Turn Up the Music"
	Drake (featuring Lil Wayne and Tyga)	"The Motto"
	Jay-Z and Kanye West (featuring Otis Redding)	"Otis"
	Wale (featuring Miguel)	"Lotus Flower Bomb"
2013
	Drake	"Started from the Bottom"	^[1]
	ASAP Rocky (featuring Drake, 2 Chainz, & Kendrick Lamar)	"Fuckin' Problems"
	Kendrick Lamar	"Swimming Pools (Drank)"
	Miguel	"Adorn"
	Rihanna	"Diamonds"
	Justin Timberlake (featuring Jay-Z)	"Suit & Tie"
2014
	August Alsina (featuring Trinidad James)	"I Luv This Shit"	^[2]
	Jhené Aiko	"The Worst"
	Beyoncé (featuring Jay-Z)	"Drunk in Love"
	Drake	"Worst Behavior"
	Pharrell Williams	"Happy"
2015
	Nicki Minaj (featuring Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown)	"Only"	^[3]
	Beyoncé	"7/11"
	Dej Loaf	"Try Me"
	Kendrick Lamar	"i"
	Rae Sremmurd (featuring Nicki Minaj and Young Thug)	"Throw Sum Mo"
	The Weeknd	"Earned It"
2016
	Beyoncé	"Formation"	^[4]
	Chris Brown	"Back to Sleep"
	Drake	"Hotline Bling"
	Future (featuring Drake)	"Where Ya At"
	Rihanna (feat. Drake)	"Work"
	Bryson Tiller	"Don't"
2017
	Beyoncé	"Sorry"	^[5]
	Drake	"Fake Love"
	Bruno Mars	"24K Magic"
	Migos (featuring Lil Uzi Vert)	"Bad and Boujee"
	Rae Sremmurd (featuring Gucci Mane)	"Black Beatles"
	The Weeknd (featuring Daft Punk)	"Starboy"
2018
	Cardi B	"Bodak Yellow"	^[6]
	DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller)	"Wild Thoughts"
	Migos, Nicki Minaj and Cardi B	"MotorSport"
	Kendrick Lamar	"HUMBLE."
	Drake	"God's Plan"
	SZA (featuring Travis Scott)	"Love Galore"
2019
	Ella Mai	"Trip"	^[7]
	Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin	"I Like It"
	Childish Gambino	"This is America"
	J. Cole	"Middle Child"
	Drake	"In My Feelings"
	Travis Scott (featuring Drake)	"Sicko Mode"

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
2020
	Megan Thee Stallion (featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign)	"Hot Girl Summer"
	Chris Brown (featuring Drake)	"No Guidance"
	DaBaby	"Bop"
	Future (featuring Drake)	"Life Is Good"
	Roddy Ricch	"The Box"
	The Weeknd	"Heartless"
2021
	Megan Thee Stallion (featuring Beyoncé)	"Savage (Remix)"
	Cardi B (featuring Megan Thee Stallion)	"WAP"
	Chris Brown and Young Thug	"Go Crazy"
	DaBaby (featuring Roddy Ricch)	"Rockstar"
	DJ Khaled (featuring Drake)	"Popstar"
	Drake (featuring Lil Durk)	"Laugh Now Cry Later"
	Lil Baby	"The Bigger Picture"
	Silk Sonic	"Leave the Door Open"
2022	—
2023
	Beyoncé	"Break My Soul"
	Burna Boy	"Last Last"
	Drake (featuring 21 Savage)	"Jimmy Cooks"
	Future (featuring Drake and Tems)	"Wait for U"
	Jack Harlow	"First Class"
	Lizzo	"About Damn Time"
	Nicki Minaj	"Super Freaky Girl"
	SZA	"Kill Bill"
2024
	Beyoncé	"Texas Hold 'Em"
	Doja Cat	"Agora Hills"
	Lil Durk (featuring J. Cole)	"All My Life"
	Gunna	"Fukumean"
	Jack Harlow	"Lovin on Me"
	Muni Long	"Made for Me"
	Victoria Monét	"On My Mama"
	Drake (featuring Sexyy Red & SZA)	"Rich Baby Daddy"
	Chris Brown (featuring Davido & Lojay)	"Sensational"
	Tyla	"Water"
2025
	Chris Brown	"Residuals"	^[8]
	Latto	"Brokey"
	Doechii	"Denial Is a River"
	Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar	"Like That"
	Kendrick Lamar & SZA	"Luther"
	Drake	"Nokia"
	Kendrick Lamar	"Not Like Us"
	GloRilla	"TGIF"

v t e BET Award for Viewer's Choice Award
2000s	"Bow Wow (That's My Name)" – Bow Wow (2001) "Uh Huh" – B2K (2002) "Bump, Bump, Bump" – B2K featuring P. Diddy (2003) "Yeah!" – Usher featuring Lil' Jon and Ludacris (2004) "O" – Omarion (2005) "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" – Chris Brown (2006) "Stuntin' Like My Daddy" – Birdman and Lil Wayne (2007) "Lollipop" – Lil Wayne featuring Static Major (2008) "Live Your Life" – T.I. featuring Rihanna (2009)
2010s	"Hard" – Rihanna featuring Young Jeezy (2010) "Look at Me Now" – Chris Brown featuring Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne (2011) "Hello" – Mindless Behavior (2012) "Started from the Bottom" – Drake (2013) "I Luv This Shit" – August Alsina featuring Trinidad James (2014) "Only" – Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne, and Chris Brown (2015) "Formation" – Beyoncé (2016) "Sorry" – Beyoncé (2017) "Bodak Yellow" – Cardi B (2018) "Trip" – Ella Mai (2019)
2020s	"Hot Girl Summer" – Megan Thee Stallion featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla Sign (2020) "Savage (remix)" – Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé (2021) No Award (2022) "Break My Soul" – Beyoncé (2023) "Texas Hold 'Em" – Beyoncé (2024) "Residuals" – Chris Brown (2025)

v t e BET Awards
Music	Album of the Year Video of the Year Video Director of the Year Coca-Cola Viewer's Choice Award Best Collaboration Best Group Best Male Hip Hop Artist Best Female Hip Hop Artist Best Male R&B/Pop Artist Best Female R&B/Pop Artist Best New Artist Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award Best International Act Best New International Act
Movies	Best Movie Best Actor Best Actress
Athletes	Sportsman of the Year Sportswoman of the Year
Special awards	BET Her Award YoungStars Award Humanitarian Award Lifetime Achievement Award Ultimate Icon Award
Defunct awards	Best Actor & Actress of the Year Best Gospel Artist J Cool Like That Award J Award Best International Act: Africa Best International Act: UK FANdemonium Award International Viewers' Choice Award Best International Act: Europe
Award ceremonies	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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