Rap superstar Drake swept the nominations for the awards show highlighting Black excellence across music, television, film, and sports, scoring a leading seven nods. Nominations, released Thursday, were selected by the BET Voting Academy, which consists of entertainment professionals and influencers in music, media, digital marketing, and other areas.
The “Honestly, Nevermind” artist is up for major prizes including album of the year for his 21 Savage collaboration album “Her Loss,” best male hip-hop artist, best male R&B/Pop artist, best group with 21 Savage, and the viewer’s choice award for “Jimmy Cooks” with 21 Savage.
Hot on Drake’s heels is rap princess GloRilla, who racked up six nominations. The “F.N.F” rapper will be vying for awards including best female hip-hop artist, best new artist, album of the year for “Anyways, Life’s Great…” and video of the year for “Tomorrow 2” with Cardi B.
Hip-hop stars 21 Savage and Lizzo earned the third-highest number of nominations with five nods each.
The BET Awards will air live on BET on June 25 (8 PM ET/5 PM PT).
Check out the full list of 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
BREAK MY SOUL — BEYONCÉ
JIMMY COOKS — DRAKE FEAT 21 SAVAGE
KILL BILL — SZA
FIRST CLASS — JACK HARLOW
SUPER FREAKY GIRL — NICKI MINAJ
ABOUT DAMN TIME — LIZZO
LAST LAST — BURNA BOY
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 (SOUTH AFRICA)
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
DYLAN GILMER
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
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