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BET Networks Announces Official Nominations For The 2019 "BET Awards"


NEW YORK, May 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- 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. Today, BET Networks announces the 2019 nominees with Cardi B leading the pack.  The starlet earned an impressive 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. 

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In its nineteenth year, the "BET AWARDS" continues its reign as the ultimate platform showcasing the best and most beautiful aspects of the Black experience ? celebrating not only the present and future of Black music, but also elevating the culture and being a driving force for social change. BET Networks recognizes artists, entertainers, and athletes across 20 categories with the 2019 "BET Awards" nominations. The nominations are selected by BET's Voting Academy, which is comprised of fans and an esteemed group of entertainment professionals in the fields of television, film, music, social media, digital marketing, sports journalism, public relations, and the creative arts. The 2019 "BET AWARDS" will simulcast LIVE at 8PM 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.

Internationally, BET will honor Best International Act in-show, along with the fan-voted category Best New International Act during the live red carpet pre-show.

"18 years ago we launched the BET Awards and since then we have celebrated cool in ways that can't be duplicated elsewhere. From Michael Jackson and James Brown busting dance moves together to Monique paying homage to Beyoncé in an unforgettable dance number to BET reuniting the Fugees we have set the tone for what cool looks like. This year we are even more so committed to continuing to create the unforgettable moments that have made the BET Awards the preeminent celebration of black culture. From the entire BET family, we congratulate each nominee and look forward to celebrating their talent and contributions at the '2019 BET Awards'." ? Connie Orlando, Executive Vice President, Head of Programming at BET.

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

 

Connie Orlando, Executive Vice President, Head of Programming at BET will serve as Executive Producer for the 2019 "BET AWARDS" along with Jesse Collins, CEO of Jesse Collins Entertainment.

BET Networks, an entertainment powerhouse, once again brings the BET EXPERIENCE AT L.A. LIVE (BETX), June 20 - 23, 2019 presented by Coca-Cola®. This four-day event will be filled with music concerts taking place at The Novo by Microsoft and STAPLES Center; the BET Fan Fest at the Los Angeles Convention Center including seminars, celebrity basketball games, celebrity meet & greets; and other special interactive events. The weekend will be capped off with the "BET Awards" on Sunday, June 23, 2019 at Microsoft Theater. VIP Packages are the ONLY way to get BET Awards tickets, great seats to STAPLES Center shows, and exclusive access throughout the biggest summer weekend in entertainment. More information and tickets and VIP packages available at Bet.com/bet-experience.html.

Follow the Experience on Twitter and Instagram at @betexperience.

For the latest 2019 "BET AWARDS" news and updates, please visit BET.com/Awards.

ABOUT BET NETWORKS
BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B), is the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than 90 million households and can be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET HER, a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the African-American Woman; BET Music Networks - BET Jams, BET Soul and BET Gospel; BET Home Entertainment; BET Live, BET's growing festival business; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET around the globe.

ABOUT JESSE COLLINS ENTERTAINMENT
Jesse Collins Entertainment (JCE) is a full service television and film production company founded by entertainment industry veteran Jesse Collins. For more than a decade, Collins has played an integral role in producing some of television's most memorable moments in music entertainment. Collins has produced groundbreaking and award winning television programming including the BET Awards, the Grammy Awards, Soul Train Awards, BET Honors, UNCF An Evening of Stars, ABFF Awards and the BET Hip Hop Awards. Collins was an executive producer of the hit TV series, Real Husbands of Hollywood starring Kevin Hart, the critically-acclaimed The New Edition Story, a biopic on the boy band that aired as a 3-part mini-series on BET in January 2017.  He is also the executive producer of VH1 shows Dear Mama and Hip Hop Squares with Ice Cube.  Most recently JCE executive produced The Bobby Brown Story. The mini-series picked up where The New Edition Story mini-series left off and chronicled the talented but troubled singer's exit from the popular '80s boy band through his solo success. It debuted on BET in September 2018 and was the highest rated non-tentpole program on the network since The New Edition Story. Next for JCE is the second season of American Soul on BET and Netflix's upcoming series Rhythm and Flow.

ABOUT "BET AWARDS"
The "BET Awards" is one of the most watched award shows on cable television according to the Nielsen Company. The "BET Awards" franchise remains as the #1 program in cable TV history among African-Americans, and it is BET's #1 telecast every year. It recognizes the triumphs and successes of artists, entertainers, and athletes in a variety of categories.

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