BET Awards 2011
| 11th BET Awards | |
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| Date | June 26, 2011 |
| Location | Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California |
| Presented by | Black Entertainment Television |
| Hosted by | Kevin Hart |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | BET |
The 11th
Performers
- Mary J. Blige (featuring Anita Baker/DJ Khaled/Jadakiss) - "Mary Jane (All Night Long)", "You Bring Me Joy", "Real Love, "Caught Up In The Rapture", "It Ain't Over Til It's Over"
- Rick Ross (featuring DJ Khaled/Lil Wayne/Ace Hood) - "Aston Martin Music", "Hustle Hard"
- Jill Scott - "Rolling Hills"
- The Five Heartbeats & After 7 - "Nights Like This"
- Simbi Khali "Can't Get Enough"
- Snoop Dogg/Warren G - "Regulate"
- Patti LaBelle - "Love, Need and Want You", "Lady Marmalade"
- Chris Brown/Busta Rhymes/Lil Wayne - "Look at Me Now", "She Ain't You", "Paper, Scissors, Rock"
- Alicia Keys (featuring Bruno Mars/Rick Ross) - "Typewriter", "A Woman's Worth", "Maybach Music", "Fallin'"
- Big Sean (featuring Chris Brown) - "My Last"
- Cherrelle/Alexander O'Neal - "Saturday Love"
- Trey Songz - "Unusual", "Love Faces"
- Kelly Rowland - (featuring Trey Songz) - "Motivation"
- Deitrick Haddon/Mary Mary/Donnie McClurkin - "Thank You Lord"
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- DJ Khaled (featuring "
- Queen Latifah - "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"
- Ledisi - "Out on a Limb"
- Beyoncé - "Best Thing I Never Had" and "End of Time" live from Glastonbury.
Nominees and winners
Winners are highlighted in boldface
FANdemonium Award
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Controversy
Following the announcement of the nominees on a special edition of
BET's president of programming, music and specials, Stephen Hill, spoke about the matter in an interview with Billboard.com's The Juice. In response to criticism over Trina for not getting any nominations, Hill said she did not submit a music video during the eligibility period of April 1, 2010 to March 30, 2011.[6] Although she was featured in LoLa Monroe's music video for "Over Time" in November 2010, Hill said being a featured act "doesn't make you eligible".[6] He also responded to Cole's nominations snub, stating "we simply had to go, as we always do, with the artists who got the most votes in that [best female R&B artist] category. The nominations consist of the artists that got the top votes in that category when put to our voting academy. If there is six nominations in a category that means there was a tie."[6]
There was criticism that Beyoncé received a nomination, despite the fact that her last album I Am... Sasha Fierce was released in 2008. Hill stated, "Beyoncé submitted a video for "Why Don't You Love Me" early May of 2010. She submitted one video remaining from her I Am... Sasha Fierce project. That was the last video she submitted and it was submitted during this year's eligibility period. She was voted on the strength of that one video even though the bulk of that project was the year before."[6]
Also, on the night of the award show ceremony, R&B artist
References
- MTV Networks. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
- ^ a b c Bark, Theo (June 8, 2011). "Patti LaBelle to Receive BET's Lifetime Achievement Award". The Boombox. AOL. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
- ^ TV by the Numbers
- ^ BET News. BET Networks. May 20, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
- ^ a b c Langhorne, Cyrus (May 18, 2011). "Trina & Keyshia Cole Slam Awards Snub, "F*ck BET"". Sohh.com. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Ramirez, Erika (May 20, 2011). "BET's Stephen Hill Speaks On Trina and the '2011 BET Awards' Nominations". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2011.