Teyana Taylor wins 4 gongs at 2026 BET Awards

Teyana Taylor has been honoured as a multi-category winner on the 2026 BET Awards.

Along with receiving the pre-announced Icon of the Yr award from Janet Jackson, Taylor gained three aggressive awards: Greatest Actress, Video Director of the Yr, and the brand new Style Vanguard Award.

“I labored my a** off 20 years for this,” Taylor said. “So I am not accepting what I’ve earned with conceitedness; I am accepting what I’ve earned with gratitude.”

Taylor has had fairly the yr, successful a Golden Globe and receiving an Oscar nomination for One Battle After One other, and receiving a Grammy nomination for finest R&B album for Escape Room.

Kehlani gained Greatest Feminine R&B/Pop Artist.

“Janet Jackson is right here and that’s loopy to me!” Kehlani gushed in her acceptance speech. “I am simply actually honoured to be right here.”

Performers on the star-studded present included Cardi, Doechii, Queen Latifah, Frequent, Don Toliver and French Montana.

Druski was host on the evening, on the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles.

The BET Awards have a good time African Individuals and different minorities in music, appearing, sports activities, and different fields of leisure. Dubbed “tradition’s greatest evening”, the occasion recognises established and rising Black expertise throughout a number of classes. This is a spotlight record of the winners.

The Style Vanguard Award: Teyana Taylor

Greatest Feminine R&B/Pop Artist: Kehlani

Greatest Male R&B/Pop Artist: Leon Thomas

Greatest Group: Clipse

Greatest Collaboration: Chains & Whips – Clipse & Kendrick Lamar

Greatest Male Hip Hop Artist: Kendrick Lamar

Greatest Feminine Hip Hop Artist: Cardi B

Video of the Yr: Folded – Kehlani

Greatest New Artist: Olivia Dean

Album of the Yr: Let God Type Em Out – Clipse

Video Director of the Yr: Teyana ‘Spike-Tey’ Taylor

Greatest Actress: Teyana Taylor

Greatest Actor: Michael B. Jordan

Greatest Film: Sinners

Sportswoman of the Yr Award: A’ja Wilson

Sportsman of the Yr Award: Jalen Brunson

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