The 2011 BET Awards were held last night in Los Angeles. The three-hour program was filled with many show stopping performances from such artists as Alicia Keys, Patti La Belle, Shirley Caesar, The Five Heartbeats,Little Wayne and more. The show seemed to offer something for everybody as viewers enjoyed performance from new and old as well as every genre of music including the jazzy sounds ofAnita Baker and the old school hit of Cherelle and Alexander O’Neal.

The show was rich with comedy from comedian and host Kevin Hart, who told the crowd that “no one was safe” as he ribbed them one by one, including Sean (Diddy, Puffy, Swag) Combs who was told to loose the nicknames. Some of Hart’s best material came from a taped piece shown throughout the night entitled “Hollywood Husbands.” The sketch was a spoof of such shows as “Basketball Wives” and “The Real Housewives” as Hart surrounded by such famous Hollywood husbands as Nelly, Nick Cannon, Jermaine Dupri, Bobby Brown and Anthony Anderson reflected on life. The sketches seemed to get the most laughs.

Chris Brown was the big winner of the night with four awards, including best male R&B artist, Viewer’s Choice, Best Collaboration and Video of the Year for his song “Look At Me Now” with Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes. The Viewers Choice Announcement had a bit of a mix up and caused an awkward moment when Brown’s named was read as the winner, then “corrected” to Rihanna as Drake showed up on stage to give a thank you speech. Hart announced that Brown was the actual winner at the close of the show.

Patti LaBelle, who was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award, performed a couple of classics, including “Lady Marmalade.”

Steve Harvey was honored with the Humanitarian Award and was recognized for his work as a comedian, best selling author, funny man and radio personality.

Beyonce wrapped up the night with a performance from the Glastonbury Music Festival in England.

The show cleverly used the show as a platform to promote its new series and current programming by having those artists as presenters and announcers. The show didn’t feel like a three-hour long informerical, the way The Daytime Emmys did just the week before when it aired on CBS.

Check out the winners at the 2011 BET Awards:

Best Female R&B Artist

Winner: Rihanna

Nominees:

Marsha Ambros ius

Beyonce

Keri Hilson

Jennifer Hudson

Rihanna

Best Male R&B Artist

Winner: Chris Brown

Nominees:

Chris Brown

Cee Lo Green

Bruno Mars

Trey Songz

Usher

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist

Winner: Kanye West

Nominees:

B.o.B

Drake

Lil Wayne

Rick Ross

Kanye West

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist

Winner: Nicki Minaj

Nominees:

Diamond

Nicki Minaj

Cymphonique

LoLa Monroe

Best Group

Winner: Diddy-Dirty Money

Nominees:

Diddy-Dirty Money

N.E.R.D.

New Boyz

Travis Porter

Cali Swag District

Best Collaboration

Winner: Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”

Nominees:

B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams – “Airplanes”

Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”

Chris Brown feat. Tyga & Kevin McCal – “Deuces”

Rihanna feat. Drake – “What’s My Name?”

Waka Flocka Flame feat. Roscoe Dash & Wale – “No Hands”

Kanye West feat. Rihanna – “All of the Lights”

Video of the Year

Winner: Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”

Nominees:

Marsha Ambrosius – “Far Away”

B.o.B. feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore – “Airplanes”

Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”

Keri Hilson – “Pretty Girl Rock”

Willow Smith – “Whip My Hair”

Kanye West feat. Pusha T – “Runaway”

Video Director of the Year

Winner: Chris Robinson

Nominees:

Benny Boom

Mr. Boomtown

Chris Robinson

Kanye West

Hype Williams

Best New Artist

Winner: Wiz Khalifa

Nominees:

J. Cole

Willow Smith

Bruno Mars

Miguel

Wiz Khalifa

Best Gospel

Winner: Mary Mary

Nominees:

Byron Cage

Deitrick Haddon

Mary Mary

Karen Clark Sheard BeBe & CeCe Winans

Best Actress

Winner: Taraji P. Henson

Nominees:

Halle Berry

Taraji P. Henson

Regina King

Zoe Saldana

Kerry Washington

Best Actor

Winner: Idris Elba

Nominees:

Laz Alonso

Chris Brown

Don Cheadle

Idris Elba

Jamie Foxx

YoungStars Award

Winner: Tie between siblings Willow Smith and Jaden Smith

Nominees:

Shenell Edmonds

Keke Palmer

Diggy Simmons

Jaden Smith

Willow Smith

Best Movie

Winner: “For Colored Girls”

Nominees:

“For Colored Girls”

“Death at a Funeral”

“Takers”

“The Book of Eli”

“Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?”

Sportswoman of the Year

Winner: Serena Williams

Nominees:

Serena Williams

Venus Williams

Tamika Catchings

Candice Dupree

Maya Moore

Sportsman of the Year

Winner: Michael Vick

Nominees:

Carmelo Anthony

Kobe Bryant

LeBron James

Derrick Rose

Michael Vick

Viewer’s Choice Award

Winner: Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”

Nominees:

Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”

Lil Wayne feat. Cory Gunz – “6 Foot 7 Foot”

Mindless Behavior – “My Girl”

Nicki Minaj feat. Drake – “Moment 4 Life”

Rihanna feat. Drake – “What’s My Name”

Trey Songz feat. Nicki Minaj – “Bottoms Up”

Centric Award

Winner: Marsha Ambrosius

Nominees:

Marsha Ambrosius

Eric Benet

Cee Lo Green

R. Kelly

Kem

Best International Act (UK)

Winner: Tinie Tempah

Nominees:

VV Brown

Chipmunk

Laura Izibor

Skepta

Tinchy Stryder

Tinie Tempah

Best International Act (Africa)

Winner: Tie between 2Face Idibia (Nigeria) and D’Banj (Nigeria)

Nominees:

2Face Idibia (Nigeria)

D’Banj (Nigeria)

D-Black (Ghana)

Angelique Kidjo (Benin)

Fally Ipupa (Congo DR)

Teargas (South Africa)