{"id":509739,"date":"2026-06-25T02:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/509739\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T02:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:32:10","slug":"bet-awards-2026-the-biggest-records-set-to-be-broken-at-the-show-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/509739\/","title":{"rendered":"BET Awards 2026: The Biggest Records Set to Be Broken at the Show | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The BET Awards<\/a> always know how to deliver a moment, but every so often the night also becomes a numbers game. This year, that very numbers game is adding up to shift award-winning history for many of our faves.<\/p>\n

Cardi B leads this year\u2019s nominations with six nods, Kendrick Lamar and Mariah the Scientist follow with five each, and with two new categories, the Fashion Vanguard Award and the Pulse Award, the scoreboard could shift in more than one direction.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And that is what makes this particular record-watch fun. These are the kinds of numbers that tell the story of who has ruled a category for years, who is still adding to a legacy that already feels untouchable, and who could turn a strong night into a little bit of BET history. Check out the five potential wins that could break records at the BET Awards.<\/p>\n

Beyonc\u00e9\u2014All-Time BET Awards Lead<\/p>\n

Queen Bey remains the most-awarded artist<\/a> in BET Awards history with 36 wins across her solo work, Destiny\u2019s Child, and The Carters. If Bey takes home the Fashion Vanguard Award, that total climbs to 37, and the gap between her and everybody else gets even harder to reach.<\/p>\n

Cardi B\u2014Most Wins In One Night<\/p>\n

Cardi B is nominated for six awards and could break or tie the record for the most BET Awards won in a single night. The record is currently jointly held by Beyonc\u00e9 (five wins in 2016 & 2017) and Kendrick Lamar (five wins in 2025). The record could also be tied by Mariah the Scientist, who is nominated for five awards at the 2026 ceremony (technically, Mariah the Scientist could also win six awards, as she is nominated twice in the Viewer\u2019s Choice category).<\/p>\n

Kendrick Lamar\u2014Best Male Hip Hop Artist<\/p>\n

Kendrick already owns eight wins<\/a> in Best Male Hip Hop Artist, more than anyone else in the category, so every new win is basically him extending his own house record. Another victory would make it nine and keep one of BET\u2019s most dominant category streaks very much intact.\u00a0<\/p>\n

SZA already has a Video of the Year win for \u201cKill Bill,\u201d<\/a> and the category page shows that Beyonc\u00e9 is the only woman with more than one. That means another SZA win would make her only the second female artist ever to win Video of the Year more than once.<\/p>\n

Chris Brown\u2014Best Male R&B\/Pop Artist<\/p>\n

Chris Brown is the all-time leader in Best Male R&B\/Pop Artist with 8 wins, and he is once again in this year\u2019s nominations mix. A 2026 win would push him to 9 and keep his grip on one of BET\u2019s longest-running performance-focused records.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BET Awards always know how to deliver a moment, but every so often the night also becomes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-509739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}