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The 2013 nominees will be announced in April and the awards ceremony will air from Los Angeles in June. The 2013 BET Awards will almost certainly honor Whitney Houston, who passed away at the age of 48 in February.Artist Jennifer Hudson recently honored Whitney Houston with a touching performance of “I Will Always Love You…” at the 2013 Grammy Awards. With the BET Awards track record of honoring Michael Jackson in 2010, it remains to be seen how the award show will honor Whitney Houston in 2013.

2011’s video of the year was “Look at Me Now” by Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes and the 2011 host was comedian Kevin Hart, who is currently on tour in 2013. The 2010 ceremonies were hosted by Queen Latifah and the video of the year was “Video Phone” by Beyonce featuring Lady Gaga. Highlights from the 2010 show included Kanye West’s opening performance, Eminem’s comeback, Prince’s Lifetime Achievement Award and Justin Bieber being nominated for Best New Artist. However, the main highlight of the show was Chris Brown’s tribute to Michael Jackson, and his emotional performance of “Man in the Mirror.” Don't miss out on a powerful Whitney Houston tribute performance at this years' awards show, and get your 2013 BET Awards Show tickets today.

The BET (Black Entertainment Television) Awards were established in 2001 to celebrate African Americans and other minorities’ contributions in music, acting, sports and other entertainment over the previous year. The annual award show is broadcast live on the BET network. The first BET awards were held at the Paris resort on the Las Vegas Strip in 2001. Since 2006 the awards have been held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Calif. Award categories reward the best in R&B, Hip Hop, Gospel, Group, New Artist, Collaboration, Music Video, Viewer’s Choice, Centric Award, Acting, Movie, Sports and Lifetime Achievement and Humanitarian Award. The artist with the all-time most BET award wins is Chris Brown, with 9 awards.Beyonce has been nominated for the most awards with 29, winning 7 times. LeBron James has five BET award wins, five more than he has in the NBA Finals.