This afternoon the nominees for the 2010 BET Awards were released via press conference. Queen Latifa will be hosting the event which will be held LIVE from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Diddy will be hosting the pre-show and also took the time to announce the release of Dirty Money’s album “Last Train to PAris” which will be released on midnight June 28th. Jay-Z leads the nominee pack with 5 nomintaions.
The full list of nominees, according to BET:
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 (featuring Lady Gaga) – “Video Phone”
» B.o.B (featuring Bruno Mars) – Nothin’ on You
» Drake and Trey Songz – “Successful”
» Drake (featuring Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Eminem) – “Forever”
» Jay-Z and Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
» Trey Songz (featuring Fabolous) – “Say Aah”
Video Director of the Year
» Benny Boom
» Gil Green
» Anthony Mandler
» Chris Robinson
» Hype Williams
Video of the Year
» Beyoncé (featuring Lady Gaga) – “Video Phone”
» B.o.B (featuring Bruno Mars) – Nothin’ on You
» Melanie Fiona – “It Kills Me”
» Jay-Z and Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
» Jay-Z, Rihanna and 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 Blind Side”
Young Stars Award
» Selena Gomez
» Lil JJ
» Keke Palmer
» Willow Smith
» Tyler James Williams
Subway Sportswoman 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
Viewer’s Choice
» Beyoncé – “Sweet Dreams”
» Jay-Z and Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
» Monica – “Everything to Me”
» Rihanna (featuring Young Jeezy) – “Hard”
» Trey Songz (featuring Fabolous) – “Say Aah”
» Young Money (featuring Lloyd) – “Bedrock”
Best International Act
» Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
» Chipmunk (U.K.)
» Dizzee Rascal (U.K.)
» Estelle (U.K.)
» Hip Hop Pantsula (South Africa)
» K’NAAN (Somalia)
» M.I. (Nigeria)
» P-Square (Nigeria)
» Corinne Bailey Rae (U.K.)
» Sade (U.K.)
Centric Award
» Melanie Fiona
» Maxwell
» Chrisette Michele
» Monica
» Sade