2010 BET Award Nominees Announced

Nicki Minaj is leading the pack with five nominations (two solo, three with Young Money) for the 2010 BET Awards, where she will also be performing, as will fellow nominee Dirty Money! Other multiple nominees include Beyonce, Alicia Keys, & Melanie Fiona with four each, Rihanna with three, & Monica, while sadly left out of the Best Female R&B Artist race, with a pair. As always, I've listed out the nominations with my pick emphasized in each category below. The 2010 BET Awards will go down live on June 27th @ 8/7c & be hosted by Queen Latifah.

Viewer's Choice
Beyonce "Sweet Dreams"
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys "Empire State Of Mind"
Monica "Everything To Me"
Rihanna ft. Young Jeezy "Hard"
Trey Songz ft. Fabolous "Say Aah"
Young Money ft. Lloyd "Bedrock"

Best Female R&B Artist
Beyonce
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Alicia Keys
Rihanna

Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Beatdown
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 Collaboration
Beyonce ft. Lady Gaga "Video Phone"
B.o.B ft. Bruno Mars "Nothin' On You"
Drake & Trey Songz "Successful"
Drake ft. Lil' Wayne, Kanye West, & Eminem "Forever"
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys "Empire State Of Mind"
Trey Songz ft. Fabolous "Say Aah"

Best New Artist
The Fetus
Melanie Fiona
Nicki Minaj
Wale
Young Money

Best Group
The Black-Eyed Peas
Clipse
Dirty Money
New Boyz
Young Money

Video Of The Year
Beyonce ft. Lady Gaga "Video Phone"
B.o.B ft. 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"

Video Director Of The Year
Benny Boom
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams

Best Movie
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Avatar
The Blind Side
Precious
Law Abiding Citizen

Best Gospel
The Anointed Pace Sisters
Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti
Tamela Mann
Marvin Sapp
Vickie Winans

Centric Award
Melanie Fiona
Maxwell
Chrisette Michele
Monica
Sade

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)

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