Do You Know That 2012 BET Award Winners

2012 BET Award Winners
No surprises here — Beyoncé, Kanye, and Jay-Z added to their mega-collection of award trophies. Keep clicking to check out the full list of winners!


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The stars were out in full force last night for the 2012 BET Awards, which honors the best musicians, actors, and even humanitarians. Keep clicking to check out the full list of the night's big winners!

1. Best Group: 'The Throne' (Kanye West & Jay-Z)
Kanye West left girlfriend Kim Kardashian (also dressed in an all-white ensemble) in the audience to accept the award for Best Group for The Thone, his collaboration with BFF Jay-Z.

2. Best Actor: Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart, star of this year's hit romantic comedy Think Like a Man, beat out heavy hitters like Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Idris Elba, and Common to nab the prize for Best Actor. The comedian joked that he was a better actor than Denzel and Don and way prettier than Idris, so he deserved to win.

3. Best New Artist: Big Sean
Before winning the award for Best New Artist, Big Sean walked the red carpet with someone very special: his mom. "I'm winning out here, having her out here with me," the G.O.O.D. Music MC told MTV News before the show. "She enjoy her life having priceless memories; that's better than any award."

4. Best Female R&B Artist: Beyonce
Beyonce, who was nominated for six awards, won Best Female R&B Artist and Video of the Year with Alan Ferguson. In her speech she thanked her favorite female influences

"I fell in love with music by listening to R&B. It's the core of who I am," she revealed before giving a special shout out to Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, and "Whitney Houston, my angel."

5. Best Gospel Artist: Yolanda Adams
Yolanda Adams had words of wisdom for the other artists in the crown when she accepted her award for Best Gospel Artist: “Please make sure you use your gift responsibly. Our babies are watching.”

6. Best Collaboration: Wale ft. Miguel
Wale won for "Lotus Flower Bomb" with Miguel, but it was his raw, obscenity-laced performance with Rick Ross and the Maybach Music Group that really got the crowd going.

7. Best Female Hip-Hop Artist: Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj nabbed the Best Female Hip-Hop Artist for the third year in a row. "I really, really appreciate BET for keeping this category alive, and I appreciate all the female rappers doing their thing, past, present and future," she said. Then she kept the BET standards people on their toes by dropping an obsenity.

8. Lifetime Achievement Award: Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
Frankie Beverly gave an emotional speech when he accepted his Lifetime Achievement Award, saying, "Wait on the man a little bit, instead of asking him for everything, wait on him and he’ll show you some things...Y’all have kept us around for four decades. Some of y’all weren’t even born. Anybody who is pursuing this thing, get in it and do what you want to do. Don’t fall for the flavor of the week, baby…Play your music, no matter what it is.”

9. Video Of The Year: “Otis,” 'The Throne' (Kanye West & Jay-Z)
When they took the stage to accept the award for Video of the Year, Jay-Z playfully pulled a Kanye, saying, "Excuse me Kanye, I'm gonna let you continue, but..."

10. Best Male R&B Artist: Chris Brown
Chris Brown picked up the best male R&B artist award for the second year in a row, and also nabbed the AOL Fandemonium Award. Brown recently released a new track dissing Drake for an incident that went down in Manhattan's W.i.P. nightclub a few weeks ago.

11. Best Actress: Viola Davis
Viola Davis was unable to attend the BET Awards, but that didn't stop The Help actress from taking home the big win. Davis beat out Angela Bassett, Tajari P. Henson, Regina King, and Zoe Saldana.

12. BET Humanitarian Award: Rev. Al Sharpton
Fresh off delivering the eulogy at the funeral of Rodney King, the Reverend Al Sharpton took the stage to accept his BET Humanitarian Award and urged everyone to vote in the Presidential election this November. "This election is not just about Obama, this is about your momma,” he told the packed audience.

John Mayer Was 'Humiliated' by Taylor Swift's 'Dear John'

Maybe Taylor is responsible for the "I've Given Up On Myself" look Mayer is sporting these days.

Mayer closed with a jab at his ex, because he's classy now: "I will say as a songwriter that I think it's kind of cheap songwriting. I know she's the biggest thing in the world, and I'm not trying to sink anybody's ship, but I think it's abusing your talent to rub your hands together and go, 'Wait till he gets a load of this!' That's bull**it."

You know what else is bull? Waiting until you have an album out to talk about your exes with the press.

  •  Here's a funny thing: Chris Brown believes he's the victim of bullying. This gem popped up on his Twitter feed on Tuesday evening:
 The statement came after Brown narrowly avoided a Twitter feud with one of his artistic superiors, Cher. One of Cher's followers asked her how she felt about Chris Brown saying he was going to hit her—something he never said—to which she responded, "I Don't know? Is that something he's particularly Good at ?"

Brown responded, "@cher if this is your real twitter I would like to say that some of ur fans like @cherarmy1 are spreading false accusations!" He added, "I have the utmost respect for u as an artist! @cher . Just to clear this up!"

Cher cheerfully responded, "Thanks Chris,Appreciate The Sentiment!As an artist I'm Always Impressed by u!Nowar!no throw 'n Shade!Just peace Goin C Pres.2morrow,Amexcited."

   •  On Sunday, when Nicki Minaj was scheduled to appear at Hot 97's Summer Jam on Sunday, Lil Kim tweeted, "Hot damn ho here we go again. Monkey see monkey do. I heard the haters are joining forces against the Queen. LMAO !!!! Have a great show!!! Break a leg!!!! Hahahaha!!!! My love for the female hip hop movement has always been genuine. All the females I've been bringing out recently I have love for. If u see anybody else doing it ... Its not genuine ...Know it's only to copy and compete with me ........ For those of u who have been brainwashed by the fraud ...Let's open our eyes not people ...the clone is not bringing laadies out for the luv. It's strictly because I'm doing it ! :) Love u Team Kim and all my fans across the world ..they'll believe one day very soon !!"

Kim is next scheduled to perform at Agoura Hills' Canyon Club.

  •  When asked about a rumor that Nicki had been planning to stage a mock funeral for Lil Kim at Summer Jam, Minaj sniped, "That's not even in my character. Please stop spreading rumors giving people false hope that they are still relevant."

One thing's for sure: Minaj is better at dissing than Kim.

  •  Fiona Apple is back and at her best in the just-released track "Anything We Want." Her new album is out June 19, making it the perfect antidote to Justin Bieber's Believe.

You'll never catch Taylor Swift talking smack on anyone in an interview, but her songs are another story: Just ask ex-flame John Mayer. Mayer, who recently announced that he'd finally learned how to shut his mouth, told Rolling Stone that Swift's tune "Dear John" made him "feel terrible." This coming from the guy who once gave the paparazzi a street speech about why he broke up with Jennifer Aniston.

Also in music news, Chris Brown thinks he's being bullied and Cher is somehow involved , Billy Corgan is trying to put a pro wrestling reality show together, and of course Lil Kim is still talking about Nicki Minaj.

  •  All of John Mayer's ex-girlfriends are probably rolling their eyes this morning at the singer-songwriter's reaction to "Dear John," a song Taylor Swift is believed to have penned about him.

Mayer, who was linked to Swift, twelve years his junior, for a few months in 2009 and 2010, told Rolling Stone, "It made me feel terrible because I didn't deserve it. I'm pretty good at taking accountability now, and I never did anything to deserve that. It was a really lousy thing for her to do."

The song includes the lyrics, "Dear John, I see it all, now it was wrong / Don't you think 19 is too young to be played by your dark twisted games, when I loved you so?" While Swift never admitted who the song was about, she did confess that it was pretty obvious, telling one interviewer, "Everyone will know, so I don't really have to send out emails on this one."

"I never got an email. I never got a phone call," Mayer complained. "I was really caught off-guard, and it really humiliated me at a time when I'd already been dressed down. I mean, how would you feel if, at the lowest you've ever been, someone kicked you even lower?"