The winners for UB Honors 2024 have been calculated.
After record breaking online votes from urban entertainment fans.
Team Breezy represented, as Chris Brown was awarded all four wins, in the categories he was nominated. Chris won Best R&B Male Artist, Best R&B/Single of The Year for “Residuals” and Artist of The Year, to name a few.
Kendrick Lamar also nominated for four honors, winning two in categories that were both a tie, including Best Rap Artist, in which he tied with Nicki Minaj.
R&B newcomers PsiRyn won two of their three nods, for Best New R&B/Hip-Hop Artist and Best Mid-tempo Single of The Year for their debut single “Sober.”
In Television, Crystal Hayslett won Best Actress, while Devale Ellis won for Best Actor, for their hit BET+ series “Zatima.”
On the film side, Meagan Good won Best Actress for “Divorce in the Black” and Will Smith won Best Actor for “Bad Boys: Ride or Die.”
Other winners include Josh Levi for “Birthday Dance,” Rapsody for her album “Please Don’t Cry,” producer Metro Boomin and more.
Check Out the full list below.
Best R&B Female Artist
SZA
Ledisi
Tems
Muni Long
Coco Jones
Best R&B Male Artist
Usher
Chris Brown
Brent Faiyaz
Wizkid
PartyNextDoor
Best Rap Artist [TIE]
Kendrick Lamar
Drake
GloRilla
Nicki Minaj
Megan Thee Stallion
Best New R&B/Hip-Hop Artist
PsiRyn
Luh Tyler
Honey Bxby
Hunxho
The Amours
Best Urban Up-tempo Single of The Year
“Smoke” – Ari Lennox
“Favorite” – Chlöe & Anderson .Paak
“All On Me” – Chikoruss
“Touchin’ (Remix)” – Honey Bxby feat. Busta Rhymes
“Birthday Dance” – Josh Levi
Best Mid-tempo Single of The Year
“Best Time” – Brent Faiyaz
“Sober” – PsiRyn
“MUTT” – Leon Thomas
“iLike Moonlight” – Vanessa Williams
“All I Want Is You” – Boney James feat. October London
Best R&B Ballad of The Year
“Saturn” – SZA
“Simply Beautiful” – Maxwell
“Lay You Down” – Keith Sweat
“She Took My Drawers” – Lenny Williams
“Soul, Body & Mind (Listen While Driving At Night)” – ASTN
Best R&B/Single of The Year
“She Took My Drawers” – Lenny Williams
“Superman” – Charlie Wilson
“Sober” – PsiRyn
“Residuals” – Chris Brown
“Attention” – Bryson Tiller
Best Hip-Hop Single of The Year [TIE]
“6:16 IN LA” – Kendrick Lamar
“Worth It” – Hunxho feat. Fridayy
“King King” – MC Lyte feat. Queen Latifah
“Family Matters” – Drake
“Wise Up” – Common & Pete Rock
Hottest Collaboration Single of The Year
“Piece of My Heart” – Wizkid feat. Brent Faiyaz
“Crazy For Your Love” – Eric “E Will” Williams feat. Coko and K-Ci Haile
“Black Balloon” – Syleena Johnson feat. Syl Johnson
“Made For Me Remix” – Muni Long feat. Mariah Carey
“All I Want Is You” – Boney James feat. October London
Best Visual of The Year
‘Not Like us” – Kendrick Lamar
“Feel Something” – Chris Brown
“BOA” – Megan Thee Stallion
“Your Ecstasy” – RINI
“Love Me JeJe” – Tems
Producer of The Year
Sammy Soso
Mike Dean
Hit-Boy
Metro Boomin
Sounwave
Best R&B Album of The Year
“Good Life” – Ledisi
“No Restrictions” – Jordin Sparks
“Bryson Tiller” – Bryson Tiller
“Revenge” – Muni Long
“PartyNextDoor4” – PartyNextDoor
Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album of The Year
“Please Don’t Cry” – Rapsody
“G.O.D.’S NETWORK – REB7RTH” – Rakim
“Megan” – Megan Thee Stallion
“Blue Lips” – ScHoolboy Q
“1 of 1” – MC Lyte
Best Gospel Artist of The Year
Melvin Crispell III
Karen Clark Sheard
Tamela Mann
Kirk Franklin
Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Artist of The Year
Usher
Kendrick Lamar
Beyoncé
Wizkid
Chris Brown
Best Television Series
Found (NBC)
Deb’s House (We TV)
Tyler Perry’s Zatima (BET+)
Wicked City (ALLBLK)
Diarra From Detroit (BET+)
Best Film
American Fiction
Outlaw Posse
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Sing Sing
Exhibiting Forgiveness
Best Actress | Television
Shanola Hampton (Found)
Crystal Hayslett (Tyler Perry’s Zatima)
Eva Marcille (All The Queen’s Men)
Chanel Mack (Wicked City)
Diarra Kilpatrick (Diarra From Detroit)
Best Actress | Film
Erika Alexander (American Fiction)
Halle Berry (Never Let Go)
Meagan Good (Divorce in the Black)
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Exhibiting Forgiveness)
Tika Sumpter (The Underdoggs)
Best Actor | Television
Devale Ellis (Tyler Perry’s Zatima)
Giancarlo Esposito (Parish)
Arlen Escarpeta (Found)
Jon Chaffin (Diarra From Detroit)
Oshea Russell (All The Queen’s Men)
Best Actor | Film
Mario Van Peebles (Outlaw Posse)
Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)
Will Smith (Bad Boys: Ride or Die)
Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
André Holland (Exhibiting Forgiveness)
Best Network/Streamer
BET+
Prime
NBC
ALLBLK
Peacock
