You can see how much the new artists have staked their claims in Hip-Hop and R&B with Drake and Nicki Minaj receiving nominations. The two Young Money members have received 3 nominations as a group and individually Drake earned 3 nods while Nicki Minaj earned 2 independently.
Very impressive considering that neither one of them have yet to release albums. This is all going off of the strength of their mixtapes.
Leading the pack this year is Jay-Z with 5 nominations: Best Male Hip Hop Artist, Best Collaboration, Video of the Year (where he is nominated twice once for "Empire State of Mind" and the other for "Run This Town"), and Viewer's Choice. Alicia Keys, Melanie Fiona, Trey Songz and Beyonce aren't far behind with 4 nominations a piece.
Queen Latifah will be the host of this year's festivities that is scheduled to air live from the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 8pm ET/PT on BET and online at BET.com.
Already tapped to perform is Diddy and his Dirty Money crew, Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Trey Songz. Hopefully the roster of performances will show more growth leading up to the event.
Isn't it interesting that Dirty Money have been nominated for an award and they don't even have an album out yet? Oh, sorry... I gave away that info before showing the nominees. I just found that to be interesting. It is a sign of how things have changed in regards to music. Having a body of work isn't really considered necessary anymore?
Check out the nominees below.
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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 Ahh”
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”
Best Actress
Taraji P. Henson
Regina King
Mo’nique
Zoe Saldana
Gabourey Sidibe
Best Actor
Quinton Aaron
Don Cheadle
Idris Elba
Jamie Foxx
Denzel Washington
Best Movie
Avatar
Law Abiding Citizen
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
The Blindside
YoungStars Award
Selena Gomez
Lil JJ
Keke Palmer
Willow Smith
Tyler James Williams
Subway Sports Woman of the Year
Tamika Catchings
Vanessa James
Candace Parker
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Subway Sportsman of the Year
Carmelo Anthony
Usain Bolt
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Tiger Woods
Viewers 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 – “Bed Rock”
Best International Act
Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
Chipmunk (UK)
Dizzee Rascal (UK)
Estelle (UK)
Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa)
K'NAAN (Somali)
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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