2009 BET Award Nominees Announced

Beyonce is set to perform at & leads the nominations for the 2009 BET Awards. Sasha Fierce was nominated for five trophies, while Keri Hilson nabbed four & Jazmine Sullivan received three. These nominations are actually pretty good, so I'm gonna post them (along with my picks in bold) below:

Video Of The Year:
Beyonce "If I Were A Boy"
Beyonce "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain "Blame It"
T.I. ft. 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
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 "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Keri Hilson ft. Lil' Wayne "Turnin' Me On"
Lil' Wayne "A Milli"
Soulja Boy Tell'em ft. Sammie "Kiss Me Thru The Phone"
T.I. ft. Rihanna "Live Your Life"
T-Pain ft. Lil' Wayne "Can’t Believe It"
Kanye West "Love Lockdown"

Best Collaboration:
Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain "Blame It"
Keri Hilson ft. Lil' Wayne "Turnin' Me On"
Jim Jones ft. Ron Browz & Juelz Santana "Pop Champagne"
T.I. ft. Rihanna "Live Your Life"
Yung L.A. ft. Young Dro & 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
Jazmine Sullivan

Best Actor:
Common
Idris Elba
Samuel L. Jackson
Will Smith
Jamal Woolard

Best Actress:
Angela Bassett
Rosario Dawson
Taraji P. Henson
Jennifer Hudson
Beyonce

Jamie Foxx will host the show when it airs on June 28th @ 8/7c.

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