BET Awards 2019 – Nominations Announced (Complete List)

The BET Awards nominations were announced this week. The 2019 “BET AWARDS” returns live from the Microsoft Theater at LA Live on June 23rd, to celebrate the brightest stars across music, television, film, sports, and philanthropy. 

Cardi B leads the pack, receiving a total of  seven nominations, including ‘Best Female Hip Hop Artist,’ two separate nods in both the ‘Best Collaboration’ and ‘Video of the Year’ categories, ‘Album of the Year’ and the ‘Coca-Cola® Viewers’ Choice Award.’ Drake follows with five nods for ‘Best Male Hip Hop Artist,’ ‘Video of the Year,’ ‘Best Collaboration’ and the ‘Coca-Cola® Viewers’ Choice Award.’ Beyoncé, Travis Scott and J. Cole all scored four nominations each, while Bruno Mars, 21 Savage, Childish Gambino, H.E.R. and Ella Mai each received three nominations.

The 2019 “BET AWARDS” will simulcast LIVE at 8:00 p.m. ET across seven Viacom networks in the US including BET, BET HER, MTV, MTV 2, MTV Classic, VH1, and Logo. Internationally, the show will simulcast for the first time on BET Africa at 2am CAT on June 24th, followed by international broadcasts in the UK on June 24th at 9:00pm BST, South Korea on June 25th at 9pm KST and in France on June 25th at 9pm CEST.

 The complete list of nominees for the 2019 “BET AWARDS” are:

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist 

BEYONCÉ

ELLA MAI

H.E.R.

SOLANGE

SZA

TEYANA TAYLOR

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist 

ANDERSON .PAAK

BRUNO MARS

CHILDISH GAMBINO

CHRIS BROWN

JOHN LEGEND

KHALID

Best Group

CHLOE X HALLE

CITY GIRLS

LIL BABY & GUNNA

MIGOS

THE CARTERS

Best Collaboration 

21 SAVAGE FT. J. COLE

A LOT

CARDI B & BRUNO MARS

PLEASE ME

CARDI B FT. BAD BUNNY & J BALVIN

I LIKE IT

H.E.R. FT. BRYSON TILLER

COULD’VE BEEN

TRAVIS SCOTT FT. DRAKE

SICKO MODE

TYGA FT. OFFSET

TASTE

Best Male Hip Hop Artist

21 SAVAGE

DRAKE

J. COLE

MEEK MILL

NIPSEY HUSSLE

TRAVIS SCOTT

Best Female Hip Hop Artist

CARDI B

KASH DOLL

LIZZO

MEGAN THEE STALLION

NICKI MINAJ

REMY MA

Video of the Year

21 SAVAGE

A LOT FT. J. COLE

CARDI B

MONEY

CARDI B & BRUNO MARS

PLEASE ME

CHILDISH GAMBINO

THIS IS AMERICA

DRAKE

NICE FOR WHAT

THE CARTERS

APES**T

Video Director of the Year

BENNY BOOM

COLIN TILLEY

DAVE MEYERS

HYPE WILLIAMS

KARENA EVANS

Best New Artist

BLUEFACE

CITY GIRLS

JUICE WRLD

LIL BABY

QUEEN NAIJA

Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

ERICA CAMPBELL FT. WARRYN CAMPBELL

ALL OF MY LIFE

FRED HAMMOND

TELL ME WHERE IT HURTS

KIRK FRANKLIN

LOVE THEORY

SNOOP DOGG FT. RANCE ALLEN

BLESSING ME AGAIN

TORI KELLY FT. KIRK FRANKLIN

NEVER ALONE

Best International Act

AKA (SOUTH AFRICA)

AYA NAKAMURA (FRANCE)

BURNA BOY (NIGERIA)

DAVE (UK)

DOSSEH (FRANCE)

GIGGS (UK)

MR. EAZI (NIGERIA)

Best New International Act – (Fan Voted Category)

HEADIE ONE (UK)

JOKAIR (FRANCE)

NESLY (FRANCE)

OCTAVIAN (UK)

SHO MADJOZI (SOUTH AFRICA)

TENI (NIGERIA)

Best Actress

ISSA RAE

REGINA HALL

REGINA KING

TARAJI P. HENSON

TIFFANY HADDISH

VIOLA DAVIS

Best Actor

ANTHONY ANDERSON

CHADWICK BOSEMAN

DENZEL WASHINGTON

MAHERSHALA ALI

MICHAEL B. JORDAN

OMARI HARDWICK

YoungStars Award

CALEB MCLAUGHLIN

LYRIC ROSS

MARSAI MARTIN

MICHAEL RAINEY JR.

MILES BROWN

Best Movie

BLACKKKLANSMAN

CREED 2

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

THE HATE U GIVE

Sportswoman of the Year

ALLYSON FELIX

CANDACE PARKER

NAOMI OSAKA

SERENA WILLIAMS

SIMONE BILES

Sportsman of the Year

KEVIN DURANT

LEBRON JAMES

ODELL BECKHAM JR.

STEPHEN CURRY

TIGER WOODS

Album of the Year

ASTROWORLD – TRAVIS SCOTT

CHAMPIONSHIPS – MEEK MILL

ELLA MAI – ELLA MAI

EVERYTHING IS LOVE – THE CARTERS

INVASION OF PRIVACY – CARDI B

2019 Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award

CARDI B, BAD BUNNY & J BALVIN – I LIKE IT

CHILDISH GAMBINO – THIS IS AMERICA

DRAKE – IN MY FEELINGS

ELLA MAI – TRIP

J. COLE – MIDDLE CHILD

TRAVIS SCOTT FT. DRAKE – SICKO MODE

BET Her Award

ALICIA KEYS – RAISE A MAN

CIARA – LEVEL UP

H.E.R. – HARD PLACE

JANELLE MONÁE – PYNK

QUEEN NAIJA – MAMA’S HAND

TEYANA TAYLOR – ROSE IN HARLEM 

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