Nominees for the 2010 BET Awards were announced today, and recent Coachella headliner Jay-Z leads the pack with a total of five nods (Best Male Hip Hop Artist, Best Collaboration for “Empire State Of Mind,” Best Video for both “Run This Town” and “Empire State Of Mind” and Viewer’s Choice for “Empire State Of Mind”). Tied with four nominations each are Beyonce (including one for Lady Gaga collaboration “Video Phone”), Alicia Keys, Melanie Fiona and Trey Songz. Meanwhile, tattooed pop teen Justin Bieber finds himself up against not only “Your Love” MC Nicki Minaj in the Best New Artist category, but also the entire Young Money crew. Does he even stand a chance? See the full list of music nominations for the 2010 BET Awards below.
Queen Latifah is set to host the BET Awards gig as it’s broadcast live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 27.
One oddball nominations: Rihanna’s “Hard” is up for Viewer’s Choice. Why not the more popular (and far better) “Rude Boy”?
BEST FEMALE R&B ARTIST
Beyonce
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Alicia Keys
Rihanna
BEST MALE R&B ARTIST
Chris Brown
Raheem DeVaughn
Maxwell
Trey Songz
Usher
BEST FEMALE HIP HOP ARTIST
Ester Dean
Lil Kim
Nicki Minaj
Rasheeda
Trina
BEST MALE HIP HOP ARTIST
B.o.B.
Drake
Fabolous
Jay-Z
Ludacris
BEST NEW ARTIST
Justin Bieber
Melanie Fiona
Nicki Minaj
Wale
Young Money
BEST GOSPEL
The Anointed Pace Sisters
Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti
Tamela Mann
Marvin Sapp
Vickie Winans
BEST GROUP
Black Eyed Peas
Clipse
Diddy-Dirty Money
New Boyz
Young Money
BEST COLLABORATION
Beyonce f/ Lady Gaga – “Video Phone”
B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars – “Nothin’ On You”
Drake & Trey Songz – “Successful”
Drake f/ Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem – “Forever”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – “Say Aah”
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Benny Boom
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Beyonce f/ Lady Gaga – “Video Phone”
B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars – “Nothin’ On You”
Melanie Fiona – “It Kills Me”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – “Run This Town”
YOUNGSTARS AWARD
Selena Gomez
Lil JJ
Keke Palmer
Willow Smith
Tyler James Williams
VIEWER’S CHOICE
Beyonce – “Sweet Dreams”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Monica – “Everything To Me”
Rihanna f/ Young Jeezy – “Hard”
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – “Say Aah”
Young Money (Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga) f/ Lloyd – “Bedrock”
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT
Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
Chipmunk (UK)
Dizzee Rascal (UK)
Estelle (UK)
Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa)
K’NAAN (Somalia)
M.I. (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Corinne Bailey Rae (UK)
Sade (UK)
CENTRIC AWARD
Melanie Fiona
Maxwell
Chrisette Michele
Monica
Sade
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