The pair of videos that led off Beyonce’s I Am… Sasha Fierce–”If I Were A Boy” and “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It”–are up for Video Of The Year at the 2009 BET Awards, along with Jamie Foxx’s cameo-studded “Blame It,” T.I.’s Rihanna-aided “Live Your Life,” and Kanye West’s Ralph Bakshi-inspired “Heartless.” Also, M.I.A. is up for two awards; Best New Artist (even though Kala is her second album) and Best Female Hip-Hop Artist (where she’ll face off against Lil Mama and Trina). Complete list of nominees after the jump.
Video of the Year:
* Beyonce Knowles - “If I Were a Boy”
* Beyonce Knowles - “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
* Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain - “Blame It”
* T.I. feat. Rihanna - “Live Your Life”
* Kanye West - “Heartless”
Best Male R&B Artist:
* The-Dream
* Jamie Foxx
* Ryan Leslie
* Ne-Yo
* T-Pain
Best Female R&B Artist:
* Beyonce Knowles
* Keyshia Cole
* Keri Hilson
* Jennifer Hudson
* Jazmine Sullivan
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist:
* Lil Wayne
* Rick Ross
* T.I.
* Kanye West
* Young Jeezy
Best Female Hip-Hop Artist:
* Lil Mama
* M.I.A.
* Trina
Best Group:
* DAY26
* GS Boyz
* N.E.R.D
* The Roots
* Three 6 Mafia
Best New Artist:
* Keri Hilson
* Kid Cudi
* Ryan Leslie
* M.I.A.
* Jazmine Sullivan
Viewer’s Choice:
* Beyonce Knowles - “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
* Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne - “Turnin’ Me On”
* Lil Wayne - “A Milli”
* Soulja Boy feat. Sammie - “Kiss Me Thru the Phone”
* T.I. feat. Rihanna - “Live Your Life”
* T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne - “Can’t Believe It”
* Kanye West - “Love Lockdown”
Best Collaboration:
* Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain - “Blame It”
* Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne - “Turnin’ Me On”
* Jim Jones feat. Ron Browz and Juelz Santana - “Pop Champagne”
* T.I. feat. Rihanna - “Live Your Life”
* Yung L.A. feat. Young Dro and T.I. - “Ain’t I”
Video Director of the Year:
* Benny Boom
* Rik Cordero
* Gil Green
* Chris Robinson
* Hype Williams
BET J Award:
* Musiq Soulchild
* Raphael Saadiq
* Seal
* Solange Knowles
* Jazmine Sullivan
Best Gospel Artist:
* Regina Belle
* Shirley Caesar
* Mary Mary
* Smokie Norful
* Trin-I-Tee 5:7
this is very tough. “single ladies” has that awesome dance, but “blame it” has ron howard.
What the heck is a BET J Award and how did they arrive upon that lst of nominees? Is it some “alternative R&B” sort of deal?
@Chadams: to answer your second question, i think so; BETJ is on certain digital-cable systems, and it airs lots of music-centric programming, as well as religious programming on sundays. today it’s airing a special on solange and ‘under the cherry moon,’ along with reruns of ‘the parkers.’
@Maura: I love that you know this, Maura.
I don’t see how “Single Ladies” doesn’t win Video of the Year. Every kid on every block has her own version of that dance now.
Only three nominees for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist? Jeez. I thought Modern Rock was the genre most lacking in females…
@silkyjumbo FTW — I was waiting to see who’d make the first Opie joke.
I LOVE three out of the five nominees for both Male (Ne-Yo, The-Dream, Ryan Leslie) and Female (Solange, Jazmine, Keshia), but we all know Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Hudson are running away with those, aren’t they?