African stars, Wizkid, Tems, Fireboy DML, Main League DJz and Fally Ipupa have all been nominated for the BET Awards 2022.
Gifted African stars Wizkid, Tems, Fireboy DML, Main League DJz and Fally Ipupa acquired nominations forward of the BET Awards 2022.
BET broadcasts the “BET Awards” 2022 nominees with Doja Cat main the pack with six nominations. This yr’s nominees mirror an abundance of inventive expression and Black excellence throughout music, tv, movie, and sports activities. Hosted by Academy Award®-nominated and Golden Globe®-winning actor, author, director, producer, and philanthropist Taraji P. Henson, “BET Awards” 2022 will air stay on Monday, 27 June 2022 on BET Africa, DStv channel 129 at 01:00 WAT/ 02:00 CAT from the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles and the repeat will air on Monday, 27 June at 19:00 WAT/ 20:00 CAT.
Monde Twala, Senior Vice-President and Common Supervisor for Paramount Africa and Peer Lead, BET Worldwide said:
We’re exhilarated to acknowledge this yr’s nominees, worldwide and most significantly our African nominees who at all times carry dynamic, entertaining and celebrated content material to our consideration by their unbelievable creativity and expertise. The truth that our African artists like Main League DJz, Tems, Wizkid, and Fireboy DML are acknowledged on a worldwide scale at this yr’s BET Awards demonstrates that their unbelievable work will at all times be valued and cherished. We sit up for celebrating all our worldwide nominees at this yr’s BET Awards.
Tems and FireboyDML have been each nominated within the ‘Greatest Worldwide Act’ class. Different nominees beneath this class embrace British rapper, Dave; French rapper, Dinos; Congolese Singer-Songwriter, Fally Ipupa; British rapper and singer, Little Simz; Brazilian ‘Fala Mal de Mim’ Crooner, Ludmilla; South African sibling group, Main League DJz and French chart-topper Tayc.
Wizkid was nominated for the Greatest Male R&B/ Pop Artist class in addition to the Greatest collaboration class for the Essence masterpiece produced with Justin Bieber and Tems. Tems received a further nod with a Greatest New Artiste nomination, bringing her nominations as much as three.
Doja Cat is nominated for ‘Greatest Feminine R&B/Pop Artist,’ ‘Greatest Feminine Hip Hop Artist,’ ‘Album of the 12 months,’ for Planet Her, ‘BET Her’ for Lady, ‘Video of the 12 months’ for Kiss Me Extra that includes SZA, and ‘Greatest Collaboration,’ for Kiss Me Extra that includes SZA.
Ari Lennox and Drake garnered the second most nods with 4 nominations every. Ari Lennox is nominated for ‘Greatest Feminine R&B/Pop Artist’, ‘Video of the 12 months’ for Strain, ‘BET Her’ for Strain, and ‘BET Her’ for Unloyal by Summer time Walker & Ari Lennox. Drake’s nods embrace ‘Greatest Male Hip Hop Artist,’ ‘Greatest Collaboration’ for Method 2 Attractive that includes Future and Younger Thug, ‘Video of the 12 months’ for Method 2 Attractive that includes Future and Younger Thug, and ‘Album of the 12 months’ for Licensed Lover Boy. Child Keem, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson . Paak), Chlöe, Future, H.E.R., Jazmine Sullivan, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Child, Mary J. Blige, and Tems are the third-highest with three nominations every.
“BET Awards” 2022 nominations are chosen by BET’s Voting Academy, which is comprised of an esteemed group of leisure professionals within the fields of music, tv, movie, digital advertising, sports activities journalism, public relations, influencers, and inventive arts.
Tradition’s greatest night time, “BET Awards” 2022 continues to reign in its twenty-second yr as the last word platform to showcase the most effective, brightest, and most lovely features of the Black expertise – celebrating the current and way forward for Black music by elevating the tradition and being a driving drive for social change.
Connie Orlando, BET’s Govt Vice President, Specials, Music Programming, Music Technique, and Information will oversee the annual present, together with Jamal Noisette, VP, Specials, Music Programming & Music Technique, who will function Co-Govt Producer for BET. Jesse Collins Leisure is the manufacturing firm for the present with Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon, and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay serving as Govt Producers.
The entire listing of nominees for “BET Awards” 2022 are:
Greatest Worldwide Act
MAJOR LEAGUE DJZ (SOUTH AFRICA)
DAVE (UK)
DINOS (FRANCE)
FALLY IPUPA (DRC)
FIREBOY DML (NIGERIA)
LITTLE SIMZ (UK)
LUDMILLA (BRAZIL)
TAYC (FRANCE)
TEMS (NIGERIA)
Greatest Feminine R&B/Pop Artist
ARI LENNOX
CHLÖE
DOJA CAT
H.E.R.
JAZMINE SULLIVAN
MARY J. BLIGE
SUMMER WALKER
Greatest Male R&B/Pop Artist
WIZKID
BLXST
CHRIS BROWN
GIVĒON
LUCKY DAYE
THE WEEKND
YUNG BLEU
Greatest Collaboration
ESSENCE – WIZKID FEAT. JUSTIN BIEBER & TEMS
EVERY CHANCE I GET – DJ KHALED FEAT. LIL BABY & LIL DURK
FAMILY TIES – BABY KEEM & KENDRICK LAMAR
KISS ME MORE – DOJA CAT FEAT. SZA
WAY 2 SEXY – DRAKE FEAT. FUTURE & YOUNG THUG
WHOLE LOTTA MONEY (REMIX) – BIA FEAT. NICKI MINAJ
Greatest New Artist
BABY KEEM
BENNY THE BUTCHER
LATTO
MUNI LONG
TEMS
YUNG BLEU
Greatest Group
BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON .PAAK, SILK SONIC
CHLÖE X HALLE
CITY GIRLS
LIL BABY & LIL DURK
MIGOS
YOUNG DOLPH & KEY GLOCK
Greatest Feminine Hip Hop Artist
CARDI B
DOJA CAT
LATTO
MEGAN THEE STALLION
NICKI MINAJ
SAWEETIE
Greatest Male Hip Hop Artist
DRAKE
FUTURE
J. COLE
JACK HARLOW
KANYE WEST
KENDRICK LAMAR
LIL BABY
Video of the 12 months
FAMILY TIES – BABY KEEM & KENDRICK LAMAR
HAVE MERCY – CHLÖE
KISS ME MORE – DOJA CAT FEAT. SZA
PRESSURE – ARI LENNOX
SMOKIN OUT THE WINDOW – BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON .PAAK, SILK SONIC
WAY 2 SEXY – DRAKE FEAT. FUTURE & YOUNG THUG
Video Director of the 12 months
ANDERSON .PAAK A.Okay.A. DIRECTOR .PAAK
BENNY BOOM
BEYONCÉ & DIKAYL RIMMASCH
DIRECTOR X
HYPE WILLIAMS
MISSY ELLIOTT
Album of the 12 months
AN EVENING WITH SILK SONIC – BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK, SILK SONIC
BACK OF MY MIND – H.E.R.
CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST – TYLER, THE CREATOR
CERTIFIED LOVER BOY – DRAKE
DONDA – KANYE WEST
HEAUX TALES, MO’ TALES: THE DELUXE – JAZMINE SULLIVAN
PLANET HER – DOJA CAT
Dr. Bobby Jones Greatest Gospel/Inspirational Award
ALL IN YOUR HANDS – MARVIN SAPP
COME TO LIFE – KANYE WEST
GRACE – KELLY PRICE
HALLELUJAH – FRED HAMMOND
HOLD US TOGETHER (HOPE MIX) – H.E.R. & TAUREN WELLS
JIREH – ELEVATION WORSHIP & MAVERICK CITY MUSIC
WE WIN – LIL BABY X KIRK FRANKLIN
BET Her
BEST OF ME (ORIGINALS) – ALICIA KEYS
GOOD MORNING GORGEOUS – MARY J. BLIGE
HAVE MERCY – CHLÖE
PRESSURE – ARI LENNOX
ROSTER – JAZMINE SULLIVAN
UNLOYAL – SUMMER WALKER & ARI LENNOX
WOMAN – DOJA CAT
Greatest Film
CANDYMAN
KING RICHARD
RESPECT
SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY
SUMMER OF SOUL
THE HARDER THEY FALL
Greatest Actor
ADRIAN HOLMES – BEL AIR
ANTHONY ANDERSON – BLACK-ISH
DAMSON IDRIS – SNOWFALL
DENZEL WASHINGTON – THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
FOREST WHITAKER – RESPECT | GODFATHER OF HARLEM
JABARI BANKS – BEL AIR
STERLING Okay. BROWN – THIS IS US
WILL SMITH – KING RICHARD
Greatest Actress
AUNJANUE ELLIS – KING RICHARD
COCO JONES – BEL AIR
ISSA RAE – INSECURE
JENNIFER HUDSON – RESPECT
MARY J. BLIGE – POWER BOOK II: GHOST
QUEEN LATIFAH – THE EQUALIZER
QUINTA BRUNSON – ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
REGINA KING – THE HARDER THEY FALL
ZENDAYA – EUPHORIA | SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
YoungStars Award
AKIRA AKBAR
DEMI SINGLETON
MARSAI MARTIN
MILES BROWN
SANIYYA SIDNEY
STORM REID
Sportswoman of the 12 months Award
BRITTNEY GRINER
CANDACE PARKER
NAOMI OSAKA
SERENA WILLIAMS
SHA’CARRI RICHARDSON
SIMONE BILES
Sportsman of the 12 months Award
AARON DONALD
BUBBA WALLACE
GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO
JA MORANT
LEBRON JAMES
STEPHEN CURRY
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