The BET YoungStars Award honors young African-American people who have made an impact in the world of television, film, music, or sports. It has been presented at the annual
BET Awards
The BET Awards is an American award show that was established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate black entertainers and other minorities in music, film, sports and philanthropy. The awards, which are presented annua ...
since 2010.
Marsai Martin
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has won the award four times. The youngest winner is
Willow Smith
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(10) and the youngest nominee is
Lonnie Chavis
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(7).
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. Age listed is at the date of the awards show.
2010s
2020s
Multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins
;2 wins
* Yara Shahidi
* Keke Palmer
;4 wins
* Marsai Martin
Multiple nominations
; 2 nominations
* Diggy Simmons
* Gabrielle Douglas
* Zendaya
* Ricky Guillart
; 3 nominations
* Caleb McLaughlin
* Storm Reid
* Yara Shahidi
* Quvenzhané Wallis
; 4 nominations
* Miles Brown
* Willow Smith
* Jacob Latimore
; 5 nominations
* Marsai Martin
* Keke Palmer
* Jaden Smith
References
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BET Awards
Awards honoring children or youth