{"id":24188,"date":"2025-06-10T11:39:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=24188"},"modified":"2025-06-10T11:40:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:40:56","slug":"ayra-starr-wins-best-international-act-at-2025-bet-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=24188","title":{"rendered":"Ayra Starr Wins Best International Act at 2025 BET Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian Afrobeats sensation, Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, popularly known as Ayra Starr, has been named Best International Act at the 2025 BET Awards, held on Monday night at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old star emerged victorious in a highly competitive category, beating out notable artists such as South Africa\u2019s Tyla, Nigeria\u2019s Rema, and Ghana\u2019s Black Sherif.<\/p>\n<p>Her win marks a significant milestone in her meteoric rise on the global music scene.<\/p>\n<p>The BET Awards, renowned for celebrating Black excellence across music, film, sports, and culture, returned this year with comedian Kevin Hart as host. Hart, who previously hosted the event in 2011, opened the night with his signature humor and bold commentary, delivering playful jabs at pop culture figures including Kanye West.<\/p>\n<p>Ayra Starr\u2019s latest win is the culmination of a steady rise since her debut BET nomination in 2022. Over the years, she has received nods in several categories, including Best New International Act (2022), Best International Act (2023), the BET Her Award (2024) for her hit single \u201cCommas\u201d, and three nominations this year alone.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 ceremony also saw rapper Kendrick Lamar dominate the night, securing four major wins:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Album of the Year for GNX<\/li>\n<li>Best Male Hip Hop Artist<\/li>\n<li>Video of the Year for Not Like Us<\/li>\n<li>Best Collaboration with SZA for Luther<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Full List of 2025 BET Awards Winners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Female R&amp;B\/Pop Artist \u2013 SZA<\/li>\n<li>Best Male R&amp;B\/Pop Artist \u2013 Chris Brown<\/li>\n<li>Best Group \u2013 Future &amp; Metro Boomin<\/li>\n<li>Best Collaboration \u2013 \u201cLuther\u201d \u2013 Kendrick Lamar &amp; SZA<\/li>\n<li>Best Male Hip Hop Artist \u2013 Kendrick Lamar<\/li>\n<li>Best Female Hip Hop Artist \u2013 Doechii<\/li>\n<li>Video of the Year \u2013 \u201cNot Like Us\u201d \u2013 Kendrick Lamar<\/li>\n<li>Video Director of the Year \u2013 Dave Free &amp; Kendrick Lamar<\/li>\n<li>Best New Artist \u2013 Leon Thomas<\/li>\n<li>Album of the Year \u2013 GNX \u2013 Kendrick Lamar<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel\/Inspirational Award \u2013 \u201cRain Down on Me\u201d \u2013 GloRilla feat. Kirk Franklin, Maverick City Music<\/li>\n<li>Best Actress \u2013 Cynthia Erivo<\/li>\n<li>Best Actor \u2013 Denzel Washington<\/li>\n<li>Best Movie \u2013 Luther: Never Too Much<\/li>\n<li>YoungStars Award \u2013 Blue Ivy Carter<\/li>\n<li>Sportswoman of the Year \u2013 Angel Reese<\/li>\n<li>Sportsman of the Year \u2013 Jalen Hurts<\/li>\n<li>BET Her Award \u2013 \u201cHeart of a Woman\u201d \u2013 Summer Walker<\/li>\n<li>Best New International Act \u2013 TxCT (South Africa), Ajuliacosta (Brazil)<\/li>\n<li>Best International Act \u2013 Ayra Starr<\/li>\n<li>Viewer\u2019s Choice Award \u2013 \u201cResiduals\u201d \u2013 Chris Brown<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ayra Starr\u2019s victory continues to solidify her position as one of the leading voices in the global Afrobeats movement, and a trailblazer for young African artists breaking into the international spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian Afrobeats sensation, Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, popularly known as Ayra Starr, has been named Best International Act at the 2025 BET Awards, held on Monday night at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9725,7173,10842],"class_list":["post-24188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-ayra-starr","tag-best-international-act","tag-bet-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24191,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24188\/revisions\/24191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}