Drake & GloRilla Lead 2023 BET Awards Nominations

    Drake and GloRilla lead the pack at this year’s upcoming BET Awards, with each artist bagging a total of six nominations each.

    On Thursday (June 8), the official nomination list was released to the public. The 6 God’s nods include Best Male Hip Hop artist, Best Male R&B/Pop Artist, Best Group with 21 Savage, and Album of the Year for Her Loss with 21 Savage.

    Similarly, Big Glo nominations include Best Female Hip Hop Artist, Best New Artist, and Album of the Year for Anyways, Life’s Great…, Video of the Year for “Tomorrow 2” with Cardi B, and two nominations for best collaboration (“F.N.F. Let’s Go” and “Tomorrow 2”).

    Last year, GloRilla took home the award for Best Breakthrough Hip Hop Artist Of The Year at BET’s Hip Hop Awards.

    Check out the complete nomination list 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
    “About Damn Time” – Lizzo
    “Break My Soul” – Beyoncé
    “First Class” – Jack Harlow
    “Jimmy Cooks” – Drake feat 21 Savage
    “Kill Bill” – SZA
    “Last Last” – Burna Boy
    “Super Freaky Girl” – Nicki Minaj
    “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 (Swaziland)

    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” – 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
    Young Dylan

    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

    The annual award show is scheduled to take place June 25, at 8 p.m. on the BET network.

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