BET/Viacom announced on Monday, the nominations for the 2015 BET Awards. This year, Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj lead the pack with six nominations. For Chris Brown, Best Male R&B/Pop Artist, two separate nods in the Best Collaboration category, two nominations in the Video of the Year category and the Coca-Cola® Viewers Choice Award, are all up for grabs. Nicki Minaj is nominated for Best Collaboration, Best Female Hip Hop Artist, Video of the Year, two nominations for Coca-Cola® Viewers Choice Award and Best Group (Young Money). Beyoncé and Lil Wayne round it out with four nominations each. BET Awards 2015 will also celebrate its 15th anniversary live from the Nokia Theatre, Sunday, June 28, 2015. Check out the list of nominees per category below: BEST FEMALE R&B/POP ARTIST BEYONCÉ CIARA JANELLE MONÁE JHENÉ AIKO K. MICHELLE RIHANNA BEST MALE R&B/POP ARTIST AUGUST ALSINA CHRIS BROWN JOHN LEGEND THE WEEKND TREY SONGZ USHER BEST GROUP A$AP MOB JODECI MIGOS RAE SREMMURD RICH GANG YOUNG MONEY BEST COLLABORATION AUGUST ALSINA F/ NICKI MINAJ – NO LOVE (REMIX) BIG SEAN F/ E-40 – IDFWU CHRIS BROWN F/ LIL WAYNE & TYGA – LOYAL CHRIS BROWN F/ USHER & RICK ROSS – NEW FLAME COMMON & JOHN LEGEND – GLORY (FROM THE MOTION PICTURE “SELMA”) MARK RONSON F/ BRUNO MARS – UPTOWN FUNK BEST MALE HIP HOP ARTIST BIG SEAN COMMON DRAKE J. COLE KENDRICK LAMAR WALE BEST FEMALE HIP HOP ARTIST AZEALIA BANKS DEJ LOAF IGGY AZALEA NICKI MINAJ TINK TRINA VIDEO OF THE YEAR BEYONCÉ – 7/11 BIG SEAN F/ E-40 – IDFWU CHRIS BROWN F/ LIL WAYNE & TYGA – LOYAL CHRIS BROWN F/ USHER & RICK ROSS – NEW FLAME COMMON & JOHN LEGEND – GLORY (FROM THE MOTION PICTURE “SELMA”) NICKI MINAJ – ANACONDA VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR BENNY BOOM BEYONCÉ, ED BURKE & TODD TOURSO CHRIS ROBINSON FATIMA ROBINSON HYPE WILLIAMS BEST NEW ARTIST BOBBY SHMURDA DEJ LOAF FETTY WAP RAE SREMMURD SAM SMITH TINASHE BEST GOSPEL ARTIST DEITRICK HADDON ERICA CAMPBELL FRED HAMMOND LECRAE MALI MUSIC MICHELLE WILLIAMS BEST ACTRESS GABRIELLE UNION KERRY WASHINGTON TARAJI P. HENSON TRACEE ELLIS ROSS VIOLA DAVIS BEST ACTOR ANTHONY ANDERSON IDRIS ELBA JUSSIE SMOLLETT KEVIN HART TERRENCE HOWARD YOUNGSTARS AWARD JACOB LATIMORE JADEN SMITH MO’NE DAVIS QUVENZHANÉ WALLIS ZENDAYA BEST MOVIE ANNIE BEYOND THE LIGHTS SELMA THINK LIKE A MAN TOO TOP FIVE SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR BRITTNEY GRINER CANDACE PARKER SERENA WILLIAMS SKYLAR DIGGINS VENUS WILLIAMS SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR CHRIS PAUL FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR. LEBRON JAMES MARSHAWN LYNCH STEPHEN CURRY COCA-COLA VIEWERS’ CHOICE AWARD BEYONCÉ – 7/11 DEJ LOAF – TRY ME KENDRICK LAMAR – i NICKI MINAJ F/ DRAKE, LIL WAYNE & CHRIS BROWN – ONLY RAE SREMMURD F/ NICKI MINAJ & YOUNG THUG – THROW SUM MO THE WEEKND – EARNED IT (FROM THE “FIFTY SHADES OF GREY” SOUNDTRACK) CENTRIC AWARD AVERY SUNSHINE – CALL MY NAME JAZMINE SULLIVAN F/ MEEK MILL – DUMB MARK RONSON F/ BRUNO MARS – UPTOWN FUNK SAM SMITH F/ MARY J. BLIGE – STAY WITH ME THE WEEKND – EARNED IT (FROM THE “FIFTY SHADES OF GREY” SOUNDTRACK) BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT: AFRICA AKA (SOUTH AFRICA) FALLY IPUPA (DR CONGO) SARKODIE (GHANA) SAUTI SOL (KENYA) STONEBWOY (GHANA) THE SOIL (SOUTH AFRICA) WIZKID (NIGERIA) YEMI ALADE (NIGERIA) BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT: UK FKA TWIGS FUSE ODG LETHAL BIZZLE LITTLE SIMZ MNEK STORMZY The “BET Awards” 2015 will premiere around the world on BET’s international network at 8:00pm GMT (check local listings). One Response