Jay-Z and Justin Bieber Are Nominees for BET Awards

The tenth edition of the Black Entertainment TV awards is to be held on June 27. The nominations for various categories have been announced and Jay-z comes top with five major nominations including the best video and the male hip-hop artist of the year.

Nicki Minaj and Drake have also won five BET nominations. While Beyonce, Melanie Fiona and Alicia Keys are all up with four nominations. Rihana, Fabolous, and Young Money received three nominations piece.

The real show stealer was the 16 year old, Bieber, who got nominations for the new artist of the year. Stephen Hill, the head of BET programming was in all praise of Bieber. He says that Bieber makes music that our audience likes and his rhythm in music is something astonishing.

The nominations were announced this Monday and the organizers said that Justin Bieber has crossed all the color boundaries by giving such a performance.  The winners of this year’s BET awards would be announced in a ceremony at Los Angeles to be hosted by Queen Latifah. The complete list of those artists who got nomination in various categories can be found in the site BET.com.