NEWS: BET 2010 Award Winners

The 2010 BET Awards took place last night at the Shrine Auditorium, boasting performances by Kanye West, T. I. and Chris Brown...

Video Award winners are as follows:

• Video Director of the Year: Hype Williams
• Video of the Year: Beyonce f/ Lady Gaga "Video Phone" (Hype Williams, dir.)
• Viewers' Choice Award: Rihanna featuring Young Jeezy "Hard" (Anthony Mandler, dir.)

Other videos directed by Williams during the BET Awards eligibility period include:

• Drake f/ Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Eminem "Forever"
• Jay-Z f/ Alicia Keys "Empire State Of Mind"
• Nicki Minaj "Massive Attack"

View the full list of winners and performance clips at betawards.bet.com

NEWS: B.E.T. 2010 Nominees

Queen Latifah will host the 2010 BET Awards, broadcasting live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 27 @ 8pm.

Performers include: Diddy-Dirty Money, Trey Songz, Nicki Minaj and Drake.

Key categories below... Click thru the jump for the full list.

 Video Director of the Year:

• Benny Boom
• Gil Green
• Anthony Mandler
• Chris Robinson
• Hype Williams

Video of the Year: 

• Beyonce f/ Lady Gaga – Video Phone (Hype Williams, dir.)
• B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars – Nothin' On You (Ethan Lader, dir.)
• Melanie Fiona – It Kills Me (Armen Djerrahian, dir.)
• Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind (Hype Williams, dir.)
• Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – Run This Town (Anthony Mandler, dir.)

Other categories as follows..

Best Female R&B Artist

• Beyonce
• Mary J. Blige
• Melanie Fiona
• Alicia Keys
• Rihanna

Best Male R&B Artist

• Chris Brown
• Raheem DeVaughn
• Maxwell
• Trey Songz
• Usher

Best Female Hip Hop Artist

• Ester Dean
• Lil Kim
• Nicki Minaj
• Rasheeda
• Trina

Best Male Hip Hop Artist

• B.o.B.
• Drake
• Fabolous
• Jay-Z
• Ludacris

Best New Artist

• Justin Bieber
• Melanie Fiona
• Nicki Minaj
• Wale
• Young Money

Best Gospel

• The Anointed Pace Sisters
• Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti
• Tamela Mann
• Marvin Sapp
• Vickie Winans

Best Group

• Black Eyed Peas
• Clipse
• Diddy-Dirty Money
• New Boyz
• Young Money

Best Collaboration

• Beyonce f/ Lady Gaga – Video Phone
• B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars – Nothin' On You
• Drake & Trey Songz – Successful
• Drake f/ Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem – Forever
• Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
• Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – Say Aah

Viewer's Choice

• Beyonce – Sweet Dreams
• Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
• Monica – Everything To Me
• Rihanna f/ Young Jeezy – Hard
• Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – Say Aah
• Young Money (Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga) f/ Lloyd – Bedrock

Best International Act

• Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
• Chipmunk (UK)
• Dizzee Rascal (UK)
• Estelle (UK)
• Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa)
• K'NAAN (Somalia)
• M.I. (Nigeria)
• P-Square (Nigeria)
• Corinne Bailey Rae (UK)
• Sade (UK)

Centric Award

• Melanie Fiona
• Maxwell
• Chrisette Michele
• Monica
• Sade

BET ALERT: 2009 BET Hip-Hop Award Noms

Nominees have been announced for the 2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards, taping October 10 in Atlanta for broadcast October 27 on the network. Kanye West leads the pack with nine nominations; Jay-Z and Lil' Wayne have seven noms apiece, with T.I. checking in with six.

Video specific nominees are as follows:

Best Hip-Hop Videos:

• Dorrough "Ice Cream Paint Job" — Dr. Teeth, director
• Eminem "We Made You" — Joseph Kahn, director
• Jay-Z "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" — Anthony Mandler, director
• Kid Cudi "Day N' Nite" — SoMe, directors
• T.I. f/ Rihanna "Live Your Life" — Anthony Mandler, director

Video Director of the Year:

• Gil Green
• Anthony Mandler
• Mr. Boomtown
• Chris Robinson
• Hype Williams

BET Adds for the Week of 9/21/09

BET Adds for the week of September 21:

• Birdman f/ Jay Sean "Written On Her"
• Fat Joe f/ Pleasure & Rico Love "Aloha"

BET Adds for the Weeks of 9/14/09

BET Adds for the week of September 14:

• V.I.C. f/ J. Futuristic "Say Bow"

BETJ Adds for the week of September 14:

• Ryan Leslie "You're Not My Girl"

BET Adds for the Weeks of 9/7/09

BET Adds for the week of September 7:

• Jay Z f/ Kanye West & Rihanna "Run This Town"
• Playaz Circle f/ Bobby Valentino "Can't Remember"
• Saigon "Gotta Believe"

BET J Adds for the week of September 7:

• Bebe and Cece Winans "Close To You"
• Britni Elise "Satisfied "
• Calvin Richardson "Woman's Gotta Have It "
• Mary J Blige ft/ Drake "The One"
• Ndambi "Cant Hardly Wait"

BET Adds for the Weeks of 8/31/09

BET Adds for the week of August 31:

• Ace Hood f/ Ludacris "Born An O. G."
• Drake & Trey Songz "Successful"
• Kanary Diamonds "Mirror Mirror"
• Playaz Circle f/ Ludacris "Get Rich"

BETJ Adds for the week of August 31:

• K Smith Ft/ Chico Benymon "Stay the Night"
• Mary J Blige "Stronger"
• Tyler Woods "Slow Jams"

BET Adds for the Weeks of 8/24/09

BET Adds for the week of August 24:

• Black Skeptik f/ Krs-one "Rent"
• Derty f/ Lil Boosie "Uh Oh"
• Ghostface Kilah f/ Raheem DeVaughn "Baby"
• Mista Mac f/ Flo Rida "Drop That"
• Substantial "My Favorite Things"
• The Roots "How I Got Over"
• Yung Gutta "You Can"

BET J Adds for the week of August 24:

• Ginuwine "Trouble"
• Green Tea "Sweet Georgia Brown "
• Laura Izibor "Don’t Stay"
• Yahazarah aka Purple St James "Tickler Sweet"

BET Adds for the Weeks of 8/17/09

BET Adds for the week of August 17:

• Fabolous f/ Jay-Z "When The Money Goes"
• Lil Boosie f/ Young Jeezy & Webbie "Better Believe It"
• Yo Gotti "5 Star"

BET J Adds for the week of August 17:

• Cee -Lo "Open Happiness"
• Maxwell "Bad Habits"
• Sean Paul "So Fine"

BET Adds for the Weeks of 8/10/09

BET Adds for the week of August 10:

• J Futuristic "1st Name Last Name"

BET J Adds for the week of August 10:

• All 4 One "My Child"
• Chrisette Michele "What You Do"
• Clipse Feat. Pharrell "I'm Good"
• Maya Azucena "Get it Together"