Chris Brown Wins Big at 2011 BET Awards

With another year's edition having come and gone, the 2011 BET Awards were held in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday night (June 26).

Taking place at the Shrine Auditorium, the big winner of the night was Chris Brown - who garnered three  trophies out of his pack-leading six nominations.

Making for quite the awkward situation, there was a mix-up during the announcement of the Viewer's Choice winner - as Tiffany Greene first named Brown as the winner before then saying Drake and Rihanna were the victors. With Drake accepting the trophy, it was later confirmed that Brown was, indeed, the winner of the fan voted accolade.

Hosted by actor/comedian Kevin Hart, the annual BET event also featured performances by top acts such as Beyonce Knowles, Drake, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown and Mary J Blige, among many others.

Including special tributes to Steve Harvey as the Humanitarian Award Honoree and Patti LaBelle as the Life Achievement Award winner, other BET winners included Nicki Minaj as Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, Kanye West as Best Male Hip-Hop Artist and Wiz Khalifa as Best New Artist.

The complete list of 2011 BET Awards winners is as follows:

Viewer's Choice 
WINNER:Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes -- "Look at Me Now" 
Lil Wayne f/ Cory Gunz -- "6 Foot 7 Foot" 
Mindless Behavior -- "My Girl" 
Nicki Minaj f/ Drake -- "Moment 4 Life" 
Rihanna f/ Drake -- "What's My Name?"

Best Female R&B Artist 
Marsha Ambrosius 
Beyoncé 
Keri Hilson 
WINNER:Jennifer Hudson 
Rihanna

Best Male R&B Artist 
WINNER:Chris Brown 
Cee-Lo Green 
Bruno Mars 
Trey Songz 
Usher

Best Group 
WINNER:Diddy Dirty Money 
Cali Swag District 
N.E.R.D. 
New Boyz 
Travis Porter

Best Female Hip Hop Artist 
Diamond 
Cymphonique 
Lola Monroe 
WINNER:Nicki Minaj

Best Male Hip Hop Artist 
B.o.B 
Drake 
Lil Wayne 
Rick Ross 
WINNER:Kanye West

Best Collaboration 
B.o.B ft. Haley Williams of Paramore, "Airplanes" 
WINNER: Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes, "Look At Me Now" 
Kanye West ft. Rihanna, "All of the Lights" 
Chris Brown ft. Tyga & Kevin McCall, "Deuces" 
Waka Flocka Flame ft. Roscoe Dash & Wale, "No Hands" 
Rihanna ft. Drake, "What's My Name"

Best New Artist 
J. Cole 
Bruno Mars 
Miguel 
Willow Smith 
WINNER:Wiz Khalifa

YoungStars Award 
Shenell Edmonds 
Keke Palmer 
Diggy Simmons 
WINNER:Jaden Smith 
WINNER:Willow Smith

Best Gospel 
Byron Cage 
Deitrick Haddon 
WINNER:Mary Mary 
Karen Clark Sheard 
BeBe & CeCe Winans

Centric Award 
WINNER:Marsha Ambrosius 
Eric Benét 
Cee-Lo Green 
R. Kelly 
Kem

Best International Act (Africa) 
WINNER:2Face Idibia (Nigeria) 
WINNER:D' Banj (Nigeria) 
D-Black (Ghana) 
Fally Ipupa (DR Congo) 
Angelique Kidjo (Benin) 
Teargas (South Africa)

Best International Act (UK) 
VV Brown 
Chipmunk 
Laura Izibor 
Skepta 
Tinchy Stryder 
WINNER:Tinie Tempah

Best Actress 
Halle Berry 
WINNER:Taraji P. Henson 
Regina King 
Zoe Saldana 
Kerry Washington

Best Actor 
Laz Alonso 
Chris Brown 
Don Cheadle 
WINNER:Idris Elba 
Jamie Foxx

Best Movie 
Death at a Funeral 
WINNER:For Colored Girls 
Takers 
The Book of Eli 
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married, Too?

Sportswoman of the Year 
Tamika Catchings 
Candice Dupree 
Maya Moore 
WINNER:Serena Williams 
Venus Williams

Sportsman of the Year 
Carmelo Anthony 
Kobe Bryant 
LeBron James 
Derrick Rose 
WINNER:Michael Vick

Pictures from the 2011 BET Awards: PHOTO GALLERY 

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