BET Her Award

BET Her Awards
Country	United States
Presented by	BET Awards
First awarded	2006
Currently held by	Victoria Monét (2024)
Most awards	Beyoncé (3)
Most nominations	Beyoncé Alicia Keys (4 each)
Website	[1]

The BET Her Award honors motivational and empowering songs that center women. The award was first awarded in 2006 as the BET J Cool Like That Award to honor outstanding neo soul and traditional R&B artists. The name of the award was changed when the BET J channel was rebranded as Centric in 2009, and again in 2018 when Centric was rebranded as BET Her. Until 2012, artists themselves were nominated, but in 2013, BET began nominating artists with a respective song. Beyoncé is the most awarded artist in this category with three wins.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

• BET J Cool Like That Award (2006–2007)
• BET J Award (2008–2009)
• BET Centric Award (2010–2017)
• BET Her Award (2018–present)

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2006
	Anthony Hamilton
	Corrine Bailey Rae
	Eric Benét
	Heather Headley
	Kindred the Family Soul
2007
	Gerald Levert
	Brian McKnight
	Musiq
	Eric Roberson
	Elisabeth Withers
2008
	Raheem DeVaughn
	Chaka Khan
	Ledisi
	Jill Scott
	Angie Stone
2009
	Jazmine Sullivan
	Musiq
	Raphael Saadiq
	Seal
	Solange

2010s

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
2010
	Monica
	Melanie Fiona
	Maxwell
	Chrisette Michele
	Sade
2011
	Marsha Ambrosius
	Eric Benét
	CeeLo Green
	Kem
	R. Kelly
2012
	Common
	Estelle
	Robert Glasper
	Robin Thicke
	Tyrese
2013
	Tamar Braxton	"Love and War"
	Fantasia	"Lose to Win"
	Miguel	"Adorn"
	Nas	"Daughters"
	Charlie Wilson	"My Love is All I Have"
2014
	Jhené Aiko	"The Worst"
	Aloe Blacc	"The Man"
	Jennifer Hudson (feat. T.I.)	"I Can't Describe (The Way I Feel)"
	Wale (feat. Sam Dew)	"LoveHate Thing"
	Liv Warfield	"Why Do You Lie?"
2015
	The Weeknd	"Earned It"
	AverySunshine	"Call My Name"
	Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars)	"Uptown Funk"
	Sam Smith and Mary J. Blige	"Stay with Me"
	Jazmine Sullivan (feat. Meek Mill)	"Dumb"
2016
	Beyoncé	"Formation"
	Andra Day	"Rise Up"
	The Internet	"Under Control"
	K. Michelle	"Not a Little Bit"
	Rihanna	"Bitch Better Have My Money"
2017
	Solange	"Cranes in the Sky"
	Mary J. Blige	"Thick of It"
	Fantasia	"Sleeping with the One I Love"
	Kehlani	"Distraction"
	Syd	"All About Me"
	Yuna (feat. Usher)	"Crush"
2018
	Mary J. Blige	"Strength of a Woman"
	Janelle Monáe	"Django Jane"
	Remy Ma (feat. Chris Brown)	"Melanin Magic (Pretty Brown)"
	Leikeli47	"2nd Fiddle"
	Lizzo	"Water Me"
	Chloe x Halle	"The Kids Are Alright"
2019
	H.E.R.	"Hard Place"
	Alicia Keys	"Raise a Man"
	Ciara	"Level Up"
	Janelle Monáe	"Pynk"
	Queen Naija	"Mama's Hand"
	Teyana Taylor	"Rose in Harlem"

2020s

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
2020
	Beyoncé (feat. Blue Ivy, Wizkid, and Saint Jhn)	"Brown Skin Girl"
	Alicia Keys	"Underdog"
	Ciara (feat. Lupita Nyong'o, Ester Dean, City Girls and La La)	"Level Up"
	Layton Greene	"I Choose"
	Lizzo (feat. Missy Elliott)	"Tempo"
	Rapsody (feat. PJ Morton)	"Afeni"
2021
	SZA	"Good Days"
	Alicia Keys (feat. Khalid)	"So Done"
	Brandy (feat. Chance the Rapper)	"Baby Mama"
	Bri Steves	"Anti Queen"
	Chloe x Halle	"Baby Girl"
	Ciara (feat. Ester Dean)	"Rooted"
2022
	Mary J. Blige	"Good Morning Gorgeous"
	Alicia Keys	"Best of Me (Originals)"
	Chlöe	"Have Mercy"
	Ari Lennox	"Pressure"
	Jazmine Sullivan	"Roster"
	Summer Walker (feat. Ari Lennox)	"Unloyal"
	Doja Cat	"Woman"
2023
	Beyoncé	"Break My Soul"
	Lizzo	"About Damn Time"
	PinkPantheress and Ice Spice	"Boy's a Liar Pt. 2"
	Megan Thee Stallion	"Her"
	Rihanna and Ludwig Göransson	"Lift Me Up"
	Coi Leray	"Players"
	Lizzo	"Special"
2024
	Victoria Monét	"On My Mama"
	Beyoncé	"16 Carriages"
	Nicki Minaj (feat. Tasha Cobbs Leonard)	"Blessings"
	Ayra Starr	"Commas"
	FLO (feat. Missy Elliott)	"Fly Girl"
	Megan Thee Stallion	"Hiss"
	SZA	"Saturn"
	GloRilla	"Yeah Glo!"