BET Awards 2023: Nominations announced

BET Awards 2023
The BET Awards 2023 will air live Sunday, June 25, at 8 p.m. from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.

The nominations for the BET Awards 2023 have been announced. Drake has the most nominations this year with a total of seven nods, including ‘Best Male Hip Hop Artist,’ ‘Best Male R&B/Pop Artist,’ ‘Best Group’ with 21 Savage, ‘Best Collaboration’ with Future and Tems (“Wait for U”), ‘Album of the Year,’ for Her Loss with 21 Savage, and ‘Viewer’s Choice Award,’ for Jimmy Cook with 21 Savage, and his feature on Wait For You with Future and Tems.

See the BET Awards 2023 nominations below.

Album of the Year

ANYWAYS, LIFE’S GREAT                        GLORILLA

BREEZY                                                   CHRIS BROWN

GOD DID                                                 DJ KHALED

HER LOSS                                                DRAKE & 21 SAVAGE

MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS     KENDRICK LAMAR

RENAISSANCE                                         BEYONCÉ

SOS                                                          SZA

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist

ARI LENNOX

BEYONCÉ 

COCO JONES      

H.E.R.

LIZZO 

SZA

TEMS 

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist

BLXST

BRENT FAIYAZ     

BURNA BOY 

CHRIS BROWN    

DRAKE      

THE WEEKND      

USHER      

Best Group

CITY GIRLS

DRAKE & 21 SAVAGE     

DVSN 

FLO

MAVERICK CITY MUSIC & KIRK FRANKLIN

QUAVO & TAKEOFF

WANMOR 

Best Collaboration

BIG ENERGY (REMIX)           LATTO & MARIAH CAREY FEAT. DJ KHALED

BOY’S A LIAR PT. 2                PINKPANTHERESS & ICE SPICE

CALL ME EVERY DAY            CHRIS BROWN FEAT. WIZKID

CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP    KING COMBS FEAT. KODAK BLACK

CREEPIN’                                METRO BOOMIN, THE WEEKND & 21 SAVAGE

F.N.F. (LET’S GO)                    HITKIDD & GLORILLA

TOMORROW 2                        GLORILLA & CARDI B

WAIT FOR U                             FUTURE FEAT. DRAKE & TEMS            

Best Female Hip Hop Artist

CARDI B    

COI LERAY

GLORILLA 

ICE SPICE 

LATTO

MEGAN THEE STALLION

NICKI MINAJ 

Best Male Hip Hop Artist

21 SAVAGE

DRAKE      

FUTURE    

J. COLE     

JACK HARLOW    

KENDRICK LAMAR  

LIL BABY                           

Video of the Year 

WE (WARM EMBRACE)    CHRIS BROWN

2 MILLION UP                    PEEZY, JEEZY & REAL BOSTON RICHEY FEAT. ROB49

ABOUT DAMN TIME          LIZZO

BAD HABIT                         STEVE LACY

FIRST CLASS                     JACK HARLOW

KILL BILL                             SZA

TOMORROW 2                   GLORILLA & CARDI B

Video Director of the Year

A$AP ROCKY FOR AWGE  

BENNY BOOM      

BURNA BOY 

COLE BENNETT   

DAVE FREE & KENDRICK LAMAR 

DIRECTOR X

TEYANA “SPIKE TEY” TAYLOR  

Best New Artist

AMBRÉ      

COCO JONES      

DOECHII   

FLO

GLORILLA 

ICE SPICE 

LOLA BROOKE    

Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

BLESS ME                                             MAVERICK CITY MUSIC & KIRK FRANKLIN

FINISHED (LIVE)                                   TAMELA MANN

I’VE GOT JOY                                        CECE WINANS

KINGDOM                                              MAVERICK CITY MUSIC & KIRK FRANKLIN FEAT
                                                               NAOMI RAINE & CHANDLER MOORE

NEW                                                       TYE TRIBBETT

ONE MOMENT FROM GLORY              YOLANDA ADAMS

THE BETTER BENEDICTION (PT.2)     PJ MORTON FEAT. LISA KNOWLES-SMITH,
                                                                LE’ANDRIA JOHNSON, KEKE WYATT, KIERRA
                                                                SHEARD & TASHA COBBS LEONARD

Viewer’s Choice Award

ABOUT DAMN TIME                                 LIZZO                                                         

BREAK MY SOUL                                     BEYONCÉ                                                 

FIRST CLASS                                           JACK HARLOW                                        

JIMMY COOKS                                         DRAKE FEAT 21 SAVAGE

KILL BILL                                                   SZA                                                            

LAST LAST                                                BURNA BOY                                             

SUPER FREAKY GIRL                              NICKI MINAJ                                             

WAIT FOR U                                              FUTURE FEAT. DRAKE & TEMS

Best International Act

AYA NAKAMURA (FRANCE)

AYRA STARR (NIGERIA)

BURNA BOY (NIGERIA)

CENTRAL CEE (UK)

ELLA MAI (UK)

KO (SOUTH AFRICA)

L7NNON (BRAZIL)

STORMZY (UK)

TIAKOLA (FRANCE)

UNCLE WAFFLES (SWAZILAND)

Viewer’s Choice: Best New International Act

ASAKE (NIGERIA)

CAMIDOH (GHANA)

FLO (UK)

LIBIANCA (CAMEROON)

MAUREEN (FRANCE)

MC RYAN SP (BRAZIL)

PABI COOPER (SOUTH AFRICA)

RAYE (UK)

WERENOI (FRANCE)


BET Her

ABOUT DAMN TIME         LIZZO

BOY’S A LIAR PT. 2           PINKPANTHERESS & ICE SPICE

BREAK MY SOUL              BEYONCÉ

HER                                    MEGAN THEE STALLION

LIFT ME UP                        BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – MUSIC FROM AND
                                            INSPIRED BY – RIHANNA & LUDWIG GÖRANSSON

PLAYERS                           COI LERAY

SPECIAL                            LIZZO

Best Movie

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER

CREED 3   

EMANCIPATION  

NOPE

THE WOMAN KING  

TILL

WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY  

Best Actor

AMIN JOSEPH      

BRIAN TYREE HENRY    

DAMSON IDRIS    

DANIEL KALUUYA

DEMETRIUS ‘LIL MEECH’ FLENORY JR.  

DONALD GLOVER

MICHAEL B. JORDAN                              

Best Actress

ANGELA BASSETT  

COCO JONES      

JANELLE JAMES 

JANELLE MONÁE

KEKE PALMER     

VIOLA DAVIS

ZENDAYA 

YoungStars Award  

AKIRA AKBAR      

ALAYA HIGH 

DEMI SINGLETON

GENESIS DENISE

MARSAI MARTIN 

THADDEUS J. MIXSON   

YOUNG DYLAN                


Sportswoman of the Year Award

ALEXIS MORRIS  

ALLYSON FELIX   

ANGEL REESE     

CANDACE PARKER

NAOMI OSAKA     

SERENA WILLIAMS 

SHA’CARRI RICHARDSON 

Sportsman of the Year Award

AARON JUDGE    

BUBBA WALLACE

GERVONTA DAVIS  

JALEN HURTS      

LEBRON JAMES  

PATRICK MAHOMES

STEPHEN CURRY

The ceremony will air live Sunday, June 25, at 8 p.m. from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.

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