The BET Awards 2019 nominees have finally been announced! BET Awards is an event held annually in the United States of America. The nominees come from various industries including movies, television, music, sports and many more industries. The BET Awards have become popular delivering amazing performances featuring top artists such as Rihanna and Dj Khaled.

 

The BET Awards were established back in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network. It was mainly developed to appreciate African American and other American minorities. The awards are broadcasted live on BET television. This year, you can be sure that the event will be unforgettable. BET Awards 2019 will be held on June 23rd in Los Angeles, USA. The best way to watch the awards will be tuning in to the BET channel. However, you can also watch BET Awards live via the BET Now app. The app is available for Android TV, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, as well as Chrome cast. That said, you will require a cable provider to get live stream services.

 

List of BET Awards nominees 2019 The BET Awards will air live from the Microsoft Theater. For now, the network has not announced the BET Award 2019 performers. This year, Cardi B tops the list with 7 nominations, Drake followed managing to get 5 nominations. Beyoncé, J. Cole and Travis Scott have four nominations each. Bruno Mars, Childish Gambino, 21 Savage, H.E.R and Ella Mai received three nominations each.

 

1. Best Male R&B/Pop Artist

John Legend

Anderson Paak

Bruno Mars

Khalid

Chris Brown

Childish Gambino

 

2. Best Female R&B/Pop Artist

SZA

HER

Solange

Teyana Taylor

Ella Mai

 Beyoncé

 

3. Best Group

Migos

The Carters

Chloe x Halle

Lil Baby & Gunna

City Girls

 

4. Best Collaboration

Bruno Mars and Cardi B – Please Me

Tyga featuring Offset – Taste

Travis Scott featuring Drake – Sicko Mode

Cardi B ft Bad Bunny and J Balvin – I Like It

H.E.R ft Bryson Tiller – Could’ve Been

21Savage featuring J. Cole – A Lot

 

5. Best Male Hip Hop Artist

J. Cole

Nipsey Hussle

21 Savage

Meek Mill

Travis Scott

Drake

 

6. Best Female Hip Hop Artist

 Lizzo

Nicki Minaj

Remy Ma

Cardi B

Megan Thee Stallion

Kash Doll

 

7. Video of the Year

The Carters – Apes**t

21 Savage featuring J. Cole – A Lot

Cardi B – Money

Drake – Nice for What

Childish Gambino – This Is America

Cardi B and Bruno Mars – Please Me

 

8. Video Director of the Year

Hype Williams

Benny Boom

Dave Meyers

Karena Evans

Colin Tilley

 

9. Best New Artist

Queen Naija

Juice World

City Girls

Blue face

Lil Baby

 

10. Inspirational/Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel Award

Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin – Never Alone

Snoop Dogg featuring Rance Allen – Blessing Me Again

Kirk Franklin – Love Theory

Fred Hammond – Tell Me Where It Hurts

Erica Campbell ft Warryn Campbell – All of My Life

 

11. Album of the Year

Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy

Travis Scott – Astroworld

Meek Mill – Championships

Ella Mai, Album – Ella Mai

The Carters – Everything Is Love

 

12. Best International Act

Dave (UK)

Dosseh (France)

Mr. Eazi (Nigeria)

AKA (South Africa)

Aya Nakamura (France)

Giggs (UK)

Burna Boy (Nigeria)

 

13. Best Actor

Omari Hardwick

Anthony Anderson

Denzel Washington

Michael B. Jordan

Chadwick Boseman

Mahershala Ali

 

14. Best Actress

Viola Davis

Taraji P. Henson

Regina King

Regina Hall

Issa Rae

Tiffany Haddish

 

15. YoungStars Award

Marsai Martin

Miles Brown

Michael Rainey Jr.

Caleb McLaughlin

Lyric Ross

 

16. Best Movie

If Beale Street Could Talk

The Hate U Give

Creed 2

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

BlacKkKlansman

 

17. Sportsman of the Year

Kevin Durant

LeBron James

Stephen Curry

Odell Beckham Jr.

Tiger Woods

 

18. Sportswoman of the Year

Naomi Osaka

Serena Williams

Candace Parker

Allyson Felix

Simone Biles

 

19. 2019 Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award

Childish Gambino – This Is America

J. Cole – Middle Child

Drake – In My Feelings

Ella Mai – Trip

Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin – I Like It

Travis Scott featuring Drake – Sicko Mode

 

20. BET Her Award

Ciara – Level Up

Teyana Taylor – Rose In Harlem

Alicia Keys – Raise a Man

 Queen Naija – Mama’s Hand

 Janelle Monae – Pynk

 HER – Hard Place

 

The 2019 BET Awards will air live at 8 pm ET across 7 Viacom Media Networks in the United States of America. These networks include BET, BET HER, MTV, MTV 2 VHI, LOGO and MTV Classic.

The show will also simulcast internationally for the first time on BET Africa at 2 am CAT on June 24th. They will be followed by international broadcasts in the United Kingdom on June 24th at 9:00 pm. BST, South Korea will air on June 25th at 9:00 pm.

The show will also be broadcasted in France on June 25th at 9:00 pm on KST. This year, BET will honour international acts in-show, along with the fan-voted category Best New International Act during the live red carpet pre-show.