WIZKID AND SARKODIE 'BEST AFRICAN ACT'

BET NAMES WIZKID AND SARKODIE 'BEST AFRICAN ACT'

Nigeria's music artiste, Ayodeji Balogun popularly known as Wizkid has won an award as the Best International Act at the 2012 Black Television (BET) awards held on Sunday night of July 1. Wizkid won the prestigious awards with his Ghanaian counterpart, Sarkodie yesterday. The show was held The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, USA. It was hosted by veteran Hollywood actor, Samuel L Jackson. Wizkid and Sarkodie won in the Best International Act (Africa) category. The two artistes have been tipped to win the awards before yesterday. 2Face and D'Banj jointly won the BET awards in 2011. Check out the full list of winners for the 2012 BET Awards. Best International Act AfricaCamp Mulla (Kenya) Ice Prince (Nigeria) Lira (South Africa) Mokobe (Mali) Sarkodie (Ghana) — WINNER Wizkid (Nigeria)   Best Female R&B Artist Marsha Ambrosius Beyonce — WINNER Mary J. Blige Melanie Fiona Rihanna   Best Male R&B Artist Chris Brown — WINNER Bruno Mars Miguel Trey Songz Usher   Best Group Bad Meets Evil Diddy-Dirty Money Maybach Music Group Mindless Behavior The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) — WINNER   Best Collaboration Beyonce f/ J. Cole – “Party” Big Sean f/ Kanye West & Roscoe Dash “Marvin & Chardonnay” DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne – “I’m On One” Drake f/ Lil Wayne & Tyga – “The Motto” The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) f/ Otis Redding – “Otis” Wale f/ Miguel – “Lotus Flower Bomb” — WINNER   Best Male Hip Hop Artist Big Sean Drake — WINNER J. Cole Lil Wayne Rick Ross Young Jeezy   Best Female Hip Hop Artist Diamond Nicki Minaj — WINNER Brianna Perry Trina   Video of the Year Beyonce – “Countdown” — WINNER Beyonce – “Love On Top” The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) – “[Expletive] in Paris” The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) f/ Otis Redding – “Otis” Usher – “Climax”   Video Director of the Year Beyonce & Alan Ferguson — WINNER Benny Boom Chris Brown & Godfrey Tabarez Kanye West Hype Williams   Best New Artist A$AP Rocky Big Sean — WINNER Diggy Future Meek Mill   Best Gospel Yolanda Adams — WINNER Kim Burrell James Fortune & FIYA Fred Hammond Trin-I-Tee 5:7   Best Actress Angela Bassett Viola Davis — WINNER Taraji P. Henson Regina King Zoe Saldana   Best Actor Don Cheadle Common Idris Elba Kevin Hart — WINNER Denzel Washington   Young Stars Award Astro Diggy — WINNER Jacob Latimore Keke Palmer Willow Smith   Best Movie “Good Deeds” “Jumping The Broom” “Laugh At My Pain” “Red Tails” “The Help” — WINNER   Subway Sportswoman of the Year Skylar Diggins Brittney Griner Candace Parker Serena Williams — WINNER Venus Williams   Subway Sportsman of the Year Carmelo Anthony Kobe Bryant Victor Cruz Kevin Durant — WINNER LeBron James Coca-Cola Viewer’s Choice Award Beyonce – “Love On Top” Chris Brown – “Turn Up the Music” Drake f/ Lil Wayne & Tyga – “The Motto” Mindless Behavior – “Hello” — WINNER The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) f/ Otis Redding – “Otis” Wale f/ Miguel – “Lotus Flower Bomb”   Centric Award Common — WINNER Estelle Robert Glasper Robin Thicke Tyrese Best International Act UK Estelle Labrinth Emeli Sande Sway Wretch 32 — WINNER   Lifetime Achievement Frankie Beverly featuring Maze.