Golden Globe winner and Grammy nominee Teyana Taylor will likely be saluted as Icon of the Yr on the 2026 BET Awards.
Taylor will obtain the particular prize throughout the BET Awards telecast on Sunday, June 28. The present, broadcast reside from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, will likely be hosted by Druski.
The BET Awards “Icon of the Year” award is offered to a culture-defining artist, a press launch explains, “someone whose impact isn’t measured in years but in the undeniable weight they carry in every room, every conversation, and every corner of the culture they touch.”
In recent times, the Harlem-born Taylor has come to outline that superb, evolving from a multi-platinum singer-songwriter into an award-winning actress, plus executing her imaginative and prescient as a director, producer, choreographer and magnificence star. Prior to now 5 years alone, Taylor earned a Critics’ Alternative Award for the Sundance gem “A Thousand and One,” gained the Golden Globe for best supporting actress and nabbed an Academy Award nomination for Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another”; and her visible album “Escape Room” earned a Grammy nomination for greatest R&B album. She additionally starred reverse Matt Damon and Ben Affleck within the Netflix motion thriller “The Rip,” and joined the starry ensemble for Ryan Murphy’s “All’s Fair” for Hulu.
“Teyana Taylor is the embodiment of what it means to be an icon in this moment,” states Connie Orlando, EVP, specials, music programming & music technique at BET. “She doesn’t ask for a seat at the table; she builds the table, designs the rooms, and sets the tone for everyone who walks in. Her fingerprints are all over culture, and it is an honor to celebrate everything she represents on Culture’s Biggest Night.”
Extra honorees, performers, presenters and particular visitors for this 12 months’s BET Awards will likely be introduced within the coming weeks.
