The BET nominations are out and Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown have topped the chart of the nominations with six nominations from different categories. Chris Brown was nominated in the Best Male R&B/Pop Artist, Best Collaboration, Video of the Year, and the Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award while Nicki Minaj got nominated in the Best Collaboration, Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, Video of the Year, Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award, and Best Group as a member of Young Money.
The BET award will be held at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 28th. The BET will be celebrating his 15th anniversary.
BET AWARDS NOMINATIONS 2015
BEST FEMALE R&B/POP ARTIST
Beyoncé
Ciara
Janelle Monáe
Jhené Aiko
K. Michelle
Rihanna
BEST MALE R&B/POP ARTIST
August Alsina
Chris Brown
John Legend
The Weeknd
Trey Songz
Usher
BEST GROUP
A$AP Mob
Jodeci
Migos
Rae Sremmurd
Rich Gang
Young Money
BEST COLLABORATION
August Alsina feat. Nicki Minaj – “No Love (Remix)”
Big Sean feat. E-40 – “IDFWU”
Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne and Tyga – “Loyal”
Chris Brown feat. Usher and Rick Ross – “New Flame”
Common & John Legend – “Glory” (From the motion picture Selma)
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Maros – “Uptown Funk”
BEST MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST
Big Sean
Common
Drake
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar
Wale
BEST FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST
Azealia Banks
DeJ Loaf
Iggy Azalea
Nicki Minaj
Tink
Trina
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé – “7/11?
Big Sean feat. E-40 – “IDFWU”
Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne and Tyga – “Loyal”
Chris Brown feat. Usher and Rick Ross – “New Flame”
Common & John Legend – “Glory” (From the motion picture Selma)
Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda”
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Benny Boom
Beyoncé, Ed Burke, & Todd Tourso
Chris Robinson
Fatima Robinson
Hype Williams
BEST NEW ARTIST
Bobby Shmurda
DeJ Loaf
Fetty Wap
Rae Sremmurd
Sam Smith
Tinashe
BEST GOSPEL ARTIST
Deitrick Haddon
Erica Campbell
Fred Hammond
Lecrae
Mali Music
Michelle Williams
BEST ACTRESS
Gabrielle Union
Kerry Washington
Taraji P. Henson
Tracee Ellis Ross
Viola Davis
BEST ACTOR
Anthony Anderson
Idris Elba
Jussie Smollett
Kevin Hart
Terrence Howard
YOUNGSTARS AWARD
Jacob Latimore
Jaden Smith
Mo’ne Davis
Quvenzhané Wallis
Zendaya
BEST MOVIE
Annie
Selma
Think Like a Man Too
Tope Five
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR
Brittney Griner
Candace Parker
Serena Williams
Skylar Diggins
Venus Williams
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR
Chris Paul
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Lebron James
Marshawn Lynch
Stephen Curry
COCA-COLA VIEWERS’ CHOICE AWARD
Beyoncé – “7/11?
DeJ Loaf – “Try Me”
Kendrick Lamar – “i”
Nicki Minaj fear. Drake, Lil Wayne, & Chris Brown – “Only”
Rae Sremmurd feat. Nicki Minaj & Young Thug – “Throw Sum Mo”
The Weeknd – “Earned It” (From the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack)
CENTRIC AWARD
Avery Sunshine – “Call My Name”
Jazmine Sullivan feat. Meek Mill – “Dumb”
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Sam Smith feat. Mary J. Blige – “Stay With Me”
The Weeknd – “Earned It” (From the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack)
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT: AFRICA
AKA (South Africa)
Fally Ipupa (DR Congo)
Sarkodie (Ghana)
Sauti Sol (Kenya)
Stonebwoy (Ghana)
The Soil (South Africa)
Wizkid (Nigeria)
Yemi Alade (Nigeria)
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT: UK
fka Twigs
Fuse ODG
Lethal Bizzle
Little Simz
Mnek
Stormzy
The nominations do not go well with Azealia banks as she took to Twitter to attack both Nicki Minaj and the BET award saying that the BET award is bogus and no longer credible as it keeps nominating Nicki Minaj every year.
Read her tweets :
