| 2022 BET Awards | |
|---|---|
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| Date | June 26, 2022 |
| Location | Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California |
| Presented by | Black Entertainment Television |
| Hosted by | Taraji P. Henson |
| Most awards | Anderson Paak (4) |
| Most nominations | Doja Cat (6) |
| Website | www |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | BET BET Her Comedy Central Logo TV MTV MTV2 Nick at Nite Pop TV TV Land VH1 (simulcast) |
| Runtime | 3 hours, 28 minutes |
| Viewership | 2.06 million |
| Produced by | Jesse Collins Connie Orlando Jeannae Rouzan-Clay Dionne Harmon Taraji P. Henson (executive producers) |
| Directed by | Sandra Restrepo |
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, California.[1][2]
The nominees were announced on June 1, 2022.[3] Doja Cat received the most nominations with 6, ahead of Drake and Ari Lennox, who received with four nominations each.[4][5]
American rapper, songwriter and producer Sean Combs, professionally known as Puff Daddy and Diddy, was honored with the BET Lifetime Achievement Award for his "incomparable cultural force and creative visionary whose impact has created historic paradigm shifts across music, media, fashion, and lifestyle".[6]
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- ^ Grein, Paul (June 1, 2022). "2022 BET Awards Nominations: Full List". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
- ^ Grein, Paul (2022-06-13). "Sean 'Diddy' Combs to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 2022 BET Awards". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-06-15.