The BET Award for Best Group is given to the overall best R&B, hip hop, or gospel group who has released an album the previous or same year. As of 2000, Mary Mary has been the only gospel group to be nominated for this award. A group can be a duo (Gnarls Barkley, Mary Mary, New Boyz) or have at least 3 members (Pretty Ricky, Destiny's Child). Mary Mary has received the most nominations ever for the BET Award for Best Group, having five each.
Most Wins: Outkast with 3 wins including their win for Best Male Group. Destiny's Child have won in this category twice.
Most nominations as of 2018:
1. Mary Mary, Outkast & Destiny's Child - 4 nominations
2. The Roots, Three 6 Mafia, Floetry, 112, Diddy – Dirty Money & Jagged Edge - 3 nominations
3. N.E.R.D., The Black Eyed Peas, The Clipse, Day26, Gnarls Barkley, Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boyz & B2K - 2 nominations