BET Hip Hop Award for Album of the Year
2018 winners, The Carters (Beyoncé & Jay-Z)
Awarded forExcellent Hip Hop Album
CountryUnited States (US)
Presented byBlack Entertainment Television (BET)
First awarded2006
Last awarded2023
Most awardsJay-Z, T.I., Kendrick Lamar and Drake (3)
Most nominationsDrake (8)

The BET Hip Hop Award for Album of the Year is an award presented to recording artists for quality album at the BET Hip Hop Awards. It was originally titled CD of the Year, but it was changed during the 2013 ceremony.

Recipients

"‡" Indicates the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.
"†" Indicates the album won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.

Year Recipients Work Nominees Ref.
2006 T.I. King ‡ [1]
2007 T.I. T.I. vs. T.I.P. ‡ [2]
Common Finding Forever ‡
2008 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III † [3]
2009 T.I. Paper Trail ‡ [4]
2010 Jay-Z The Blueprint 3 ‡ [5]
2011 Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy † [6]
2012 The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) Watch the Throne ‡ [7]
2013 Kendrick Lamar good kid, m.A.A.d city ‡ [8]
2014 Drake Nothing Was the Same ‡ [9]
2015 J. Cole 2014 Forest Hills Drive ‡ [10]
2016 Drake Views ‡ [11]
2017 Kendrick Lamar DAMN. † [12]
2018 The Carters (Beyoncé & Jay-Z) Everything Is Love [13]
2019 Travis Scott Astroworld ‡ [14]
2020 Roddy Ricch Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial [15]
2021 Tyler, The Creator Call Me If You Get Lost † [16]
2022 Kendrick Lamar Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers † [18]
2023 Drake & 21 Savage Her Loss [19]

Category facts

Artists that received multiple nominations
Nominations Artist
8 Drake
7 Jay-Z
6 Kanye West
5 J. Cole
DJ Khaled
4 Future
Kendrick Lamar
3 Eminem
Lupe Fiasco
Megan Thee Stallion
Nas
T.I.
Jeezy
2 21 Savage
Big Sean
Common
DaBaby
Lil Wayne
Metro Boomin
Migos
Nicki Minaj
Rick Ross
Wale
Artists that received multiple awards
Awards Artist
3 Jay-Z
T.I.
Kendrick Lamar
Drake
2 Kanye West

Notes

  1. ^ Certified Lover Boy was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album until Drake withdrew the album from Grammy consideration.[17]

References

  1. ^ "2006 Hip Hop Awards Winners". BET. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  2. ^ "2007 BET Awards List Of Winners". HipHopDX. June 26, 2007. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  3. ^ "2008 BET Awards Winners". BET. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  4. ^ "2009 BET Awards Winners". BET. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  5. ^ "2010 BET Hip Hop Awards Complete Winners List". MTV. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  6. ^ Semigran, Aly (October 12, 2011). "BET Hip Hop Awards winners". EW.com. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  7. ^ Ramirez, Erika (October 10, 2012). "BET Hip-Hop Awards 2012: Chris Lighty Tribute, Cyphers & Winners". Billboard. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  8. ^ "BET Awards 2013: Complete list of winners". Los Angeles Times. July 1, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  9. ^ Stutz, Colin (October 15, 2014). "Drake, DJ Mustard Take Top Honors at 2014 BET Hip Hop Awards: Full Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  10. ^ McCall, Malorie (October 14, 2015). "BET Hip Hop Awards Winners 2015 List: Kendrick Lamar & Big Sean Win Big". Billboard. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  11. ^ "And the Nominees Are". BET.com.
  12. ^ "BET Hip Hop Awards 2017 Nominations". BET. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  13. ^ "Here Are the 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards Winners". Complex. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  14. ^ Howard, Annie (October 8, 2019). "2019 BET Hip Hop Awards Winners: J. Cole, Cardi B, Travis Scott". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  15. ^ Bloom, Madison; Minsker, Evan (October 28, 2020). "BET Hip Hop Awards 2020: The Full Winners List". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  16. ^ Nazareno, Mia (October 6, 2021). "2021 BET Hip Hop Awards Winners: Complete List". Billboard. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  17. ^ Horton, Adrian (December 6, 2021). "Drake withdraws his two 2022 Grammy nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  18. ^ Grein, Paul (October 5, 2022). "Kendrick Lamar Tops 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards: Full Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  19. ^ Grein, Paul (September 7, 2023). "Cardi B & 21 Savage Lead Nominations for 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards: Full List". Billboard. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
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