2010 BET AWARDS [NOMINATIONS]

Hip-hop heavyweight Jay-Z leads the star-studded pack of nominees for the 2010 BET Awards with five nominations, followed by Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Trey Songz and newcomer Melanie Fiona with four nods.

Best Female R&B Artist
Beyonce
Alicia Keys
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Rihanna

Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Usher
Trey Songz
Maxwell
Raheem DeVaughn

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Nicki Minaj
Trina
Lil' Kim
Ester Dean
Rasheeda

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
Jay-Z
Ludacris
Drake
Fabolous
B.o.B

Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Nicki Minaj
Melanie Fiona
Wale
Young Money

Best Group
Black Eyed Peas
Young Money
Clipse
Dirty Money
New Boyz

Best Gospel Artist
Kirk Franklin
Tamela Mann
Marvin Sapp
Anointed Pace Sisters
Vickie Winans

Best Collaboration
Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys - "Empire State of Mind"
Beyonce feat. Lady GaGa - "Video Phone"
B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars - "Nothin on You"
Drake feat. Trey Songz - "Successful"
Trey Songz feat. Fabolous - "Say Aah"
Drake feat. Eminem, Kanye West and Lil' Wayne - "Forever"

Video Director of the Year
Chris Robinson
Benny Boom
Hype Williams
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler

Video of the Year
Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys - "Empire State of Mind"
Beyonce feat. Lady GaGa - "Video Phone"
B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars - "Nothin on You"
Melanie Fiona - "It Kills Me"
Jay-Z feat. Rihanna and Kanye West - "Run This Town"

Viewer's Choice
Beyonce - "Sweet Dreams"
Monica - "Everything to Me"
Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys - "Empire State of Mind"
Rihanna feat. Young Jeezy - "Hard"
Trey Songz feat. Fabolous - "Say Aah"
Young Money - "Bed Rock"

Centric Award
Maxwell
Melanie Fiona
Monica
Sade
Chrisette Michele

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)

Best Actress
Taraji P. Henson
Zoe Saldana
Mo'Nique
Gabourey Sidibe
Regina King

Best Actor
Idris Elba
Quinton Aaron
Don Cheadle
Jamie Foxx
Denzel Washington

Young Stars Award
Willow Smith
Selena Gomez
Lil JJ
Keke Palmer
Tyler James Williams

Best Movie
Avatar
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Law Abiding Citizen
Precious
The Blind Side

Subway Sportswoman of the Year
Tamika Catchings
Vanessa James
Candace Parker
Serena Williams
Venus Williams

Subway Sportsman of the Year
Carmelo Anthony
Usain Bolt
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Tiger Woods