New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium is sure to be ablaze on June 27th at the BET AWARDS '10 due to previously announced performances by Kanye West, Ludacris, TI, Drake,
Diddy - Dirty Money, Nicki Minaj, and Rick Ross, to name a few. To further feed this fire, BET AWARDS '10 is pleased to announce that rapper, producer and actor
Eminem will take to the stage on the heels of his June 21 release of "Recovery." In keeping with the tradition of celebrating the best of the best, platinum-recording artist and BET AWARDS '10 "Best Female R&B Artist" nominee
Alicia Keys as well as R&B superstar Usher, who is nominated for "Best Male R&B Artist," will also take to the BET AWARDS '10 stage. Audiences can also expect a sure-fire performance from T-Pain, who rounds out this HOT list of talent with his innovative and creative stage show.
Hosted by Queen Latifah, BET AWARDS '10 will pay tribute to 2010 Humanitarian Award recipient John Legend as well as honor this year's Lifetime Achievement Award recipient legendary musician and cultural icon Prince.
Make sure to tune into the BET AWARDS '10 at 8PM* on June 27th on BET as this is a LIVE fire you won't want to put out. Log onto https://www.bet.com/betawards for continuous updates and a complete Awards list of nominees The BET Awards '10 airs live, Sunday, June 27th 8:00 PM*, from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA. Don't miss it!
Stay tuned for more performances and presenter updates for this year's BET AWARDS by logging on to www.bet.com/betawards .
*all times ET/PT
BET AWARDS '10 NOMINEES AND CATEGORIES
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Best Female R&B Artist | Best Male R&B Artist | |
Beyonce | Brown | |
Mary J. Blige | Raheem DeVaughn | |
Melanie Fiona | Maxwell | |
Alicia Keys | Trey Songz | |
Rihanna | Usher | |
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Best Female Hip Hop Artist | Best Male Hip Hop Artist | |
Ester Dean | B.o.B. | |
Lil Kim | Drake | |
Nicki Minaj | Fabolous | |
Rasheeda | Jay-Z | |
Trina | Ludacris | |
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Best New Artist | Best Gospel | |
Justin Bieber | The Anointed Pace Sisters | |
Melanie Fiona | Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti | |
Nicki Minaj | Tamela Mann | |
Wale | Marvin Sapp | |
Young Money | Vickie Winans | |
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Best Group | Best Collaboration | |
Black Eyed Peas | Beyonce f/ Lady Gaga - Video Phone | |
Clipse | B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You | |
Diddy-Dirty Money | Drake & Trey Songz - Successful | |
New Boyz | Drake f/ Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem - Forever | |
Young Money | Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind | |
| Trey Songz f/ Fabolous - Say Aah | |
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Video Director of the Year | Video of the Year | |
Benny Boom | Beyonce f/ Lady Gaga - Video Phone | |
Gil Green | B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You | |
Anthony Mandler | Melanie Fiona - It Kills Me | |
Chris Robinson | Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind | |
Hype Williams | Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West - Run This Town | |
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Best Actress | Best Actor | |
Taraji P. Henson | Quinton Aaron | |
Regina King | Don Cheadle | |
Mo'Nique | Idris Elba | |
Zoe Saldana | Jamie Foxx | |
Gabourey Sidibe | Denzel Washington | |
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Best Movie | YoungStars Award | |
Avatar | Selena Gomez | |
Law Abiding Citizen | Lil JJ | |
Michael Jackson's This Is It | Keke Palmer | |
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire | Willow Smith | |
The Blindside | Tyler James Williams | |
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Subway Sportswoman of the Year | Subway Sportsman of the Year | |
Tamika Catchings | Carmelo Anthony | |
Vanessa James | Usain Bolt | |
Candace Parker | Kobe Bryant | |
Serena Williams | LeBron James | |
Venus Williams | Tiger Woods | |
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Viewer's Choice |
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Beyonce - Sweet Dreams |
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Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind |
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Monica - Everything To Me |
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Rihanna f/ Young Jeezy - Hard |
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Trey Songz f/ Fabolous - Say Aah |
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Young Money (Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga) f/ Lloyd - Bedrock |
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Best International Act | Centric Award | |
Kojo Antwi (Ghana) | Melanie Fiona | |
Chipmunk (UK) | Maxwell | |
Dizzee Rascal (UK) | Chrisette Michele | |
Estelle (UK) | Monica | |
Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa) | Sade | |
K'NAAN (Somalia) |
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M.I. (Nigeria) |
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P-Square (Nigeria) |
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Corinne Bailey Rae (UK) |
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Sade (UK) | |
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