BET 2010 Awards Nominations...

The Nominations Are...

The BET 2010 Awards are here again. With some new names in the list, the usuals and 5 UK artists nominated (WOOHOO !!) this year should be quite good. No doubt Jay Z will pick up an award or two as he's nominated in 5 catergories !! Wifey Beyoncé has one less with four nominations alongside sexy Trey Songz,  Alicia Keys, and 'Give It To Me Right' singer Melanie Fiona. Here's the run down of the catergories...

Best Female R&B Artist
Beyoncé
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

Beyoncé 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”

Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams

Video of the Year
Beyoncé 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”

Viewer’s Choice

Beyoncé – “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 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

The results will be in on the 27th June at 8pm, live from the Shrine Auditorium in LA. Lets see if my winners actually get the awards !!To keep track of what's going down follow on Twitter @betawards

WILL JIGGA GO HOME WITH ALL 5 NOMINATED AWARDS..?