BET Award for Best International Act

The BET Award for Best International Act is an award given to honor the outstanding achievements of international artists from around the world every year.

BET Awards for Best International Act
Ayra Starr is the most recent recipient
Country	United States
Presented by	BET Awards
First award	2018
Currently held by	Ayra Starr (2025)
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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2010s

Year	Artist	Country	Ref
2018
	Davido	Nigeria	[1]
	Tiwa Savage	Nigeria
	Distruction Boyz	South Africa
	Sjava	South Africa
	Cassper Nyovest	South Africa
	Stormzy	UK
	J Hus	UK
	Stefflon Don	UK
	Dadju	France
	Booba	France
	Niska	France
	Fally Ipupa	DR Congo
2019
	Burna Boy	Nigeria	[2]
	Mr Eazi	Nigeria
	Dave	UK
	Giggs	UK
	Aya Nakamura	France
	Dosseh	France
	AKA	South Africa

2020s

Year	Artist	Country	Ref
2020
	Burna Boy	Nigeria	[3]
	Dave	UK
	Innoss'B	DRC
	Ninho	France
	S.Pri Noir	France
	Sho Madjozi	South Africa
	Stormzy	UK
2021
	Burna Boy	Nigeria	[4]
	Aya Nakamura	France
	Diamond Platnumz	Tanzania
	Emicida	Brazil
	Headie One	UK
	Wizkid	Nigeria
	Young T & Bugsy	UK
	Youssoupha	France
2022
	Tems	Nigeria	[5]
	Dave	UK
	Dinos	France
	Fally Ipupa	DRC
	Fireboy DML	Nigeria
	Little Simz	UK
	Ludmilla	Brazil
	Major League DJz	South Africa
	Tayc	France
2023
	Burna Boy	Nigeria	[6]
	Ayra Starr	Nigeria
	Aya Nakamura	France
	Central Cee	UK
	Ella Mai	UK
	K.O.	South Africa
	L7nnon	Brazil
	Stormzy	UK
	Tiakola	France
	Uncle Waffles	Swaziland
2024
	Tyla	South Africa	[7]
	Asake	Nigeria
	Aya Nakamura	France
	Ayra Starr	Nigeria
	BK'	Brazil
	Cleo Sol	UK
	Focalistic	South Africa
	Karol Conká	Brazil
	Raye	UK
	Tiakola	France