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BET Awards 2026: Major Category Prediction Updates

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BET Awards 2026: If 2026 Is Anybody’s Year, It’s Teyana Taylor’s

The beloved multihyphenate is nominated in four categories and receiving the Icon Award; let that sink in.
06/12/2026

This Week in Good Black News: History-Making Firsts, Well-Deserved Flowers, and the Next Wave is Clocked In

From HBCU leadership to BET Awards recognition and an overdue Oscar honor, Black excellence kept finding the spotlight this week.
06/12/2026

BET Awards 2026: Meet the Young Stars of the Next Generation

This year’s category has eight nominees and every one of them is already building a lane in TV, music, digital media, or all of the above.
06/11/2026

BET Awards 2026: 10 Nominees We’re Rooting For

From Monaleo to YK Niece to Teyana Taylor, these underdogs, dark horses, and faves have real reasons to leave the awards with something.
06/11/2026

BET Awards 2026: Viewers’ Choice Songs That Defined Streaming This Year

From Tyla to Kehlani, these earworms all have a shot at bringing home the gold.
06/10/2026

BET Awards 2026: Kirk Franklin and the Future of Gospel

The spiritual superstar leads a packed category that also includes BeBe and CeCe Winans, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, PJ Morton, John Legend, and Lecrae.
06/10/2026

BET Awards 2026: The BET Her Songs Powering Women’s Anthems This Year

Doechii, Jill Scott, Tems, Olivia Dean, and more are in a category built on uplifting and women’s empowerment.
06/09/2026

BET Awards 2026: With Legacy Directors and New School Geniuses in Competition, This Category Could Be Anyone’s Win

From Teyana ‘Spike Tey’ Taylor to Hype Williams, each of these 9 nominees deserves the gold.
06/09/2026

BET Awards 2026: The Pulse Award Gives Black Podcasters and Storytellers Their Flowers

The new category honors those who are moving Black culture forward online, with nominees including ‘Baby, This Is Keke Palmer,’ Charlamagne Tha God, and Druski.
06/08/2026

BET Awards 2026: Black Style Built This Category and Now BET Is Giving It a Trophy

This new, sickening award proves fashion has always been the culture's most powerful language.
06/08/2026