" Formation " won in three categories at the 2016 BET Awards for Video of the Year , the Centric Award , and the Viewers Choice Award . At the 2017 BET Awards Beyoncé was nominated in 7 categories and won 5 , including Album of the Year , Video of the Year for " Sorry " and Best Female R&B / Pop Artist . The '' Lemonade '' film was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards , including Outstanding Variety Special and Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special . From the four categories , Beyoncé was nominated in the two mentioned . The album 's visuals received 11 nominations at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards . They included Breakthrough Long Form Video for '' Lemonade '' , Video of the Year , Best Pop Video , Best Direction , Best Editing , and Best Cinematography for " Formation " , Best Female Video and Best Art Direction for " Hold Up " , and Best Choreography for " Sorry " and " Formation " . Beyoncé went on to win eight of her nominations , including Video of the Year and Breakthrough Long Form Video
2016 BET Awards
BET Awards 2016
Lemonade (Beyoncé album)