BET Awards Nominees Announced

Take a quick glance at the list of the top nominees for this year's BET Awards, and you might think the show was designed to honor the black artists who had this year's most intense Twitter drama and publicly analyzed personal lives. The talented lineup, topped by Chris Brown, Rihanna and Kanye West and including…

Take a quick glance at the list of the top nominees for this year's BET Awards, and you might think the show was designed to honor the black artists who had this year's most intense Twitter drama and publicly analyzed personal lives. The talented lineup, topped by Chris Brown, Rihanna and Kanye West and including Nikki Minaj, will definitely give host comedian Kevin Hart plenty of nonmusical material to anchor his routines (the jokes about dressing-room freak-outs, S&M, explosive social networking rants and Lil' Kim beef practically write themselves).

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Check out the full list:

Best Female R&B Artist

Marsha AmbrosiusBeyoncรฉKeri HilsonJennifer HudsonRihanna

Best Male R&B Artist

Chris BrownCee Lo GreenBruno MarsTrey SongzUsher

Best Group

Diddy-Dirty MoneyCali Swag DistrictN.E.R.D.New BoyzTravis Porter

Best Collaboration

B.o.B. featuring Haley Williams of Paramore ("Airplanes")Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes ("Look at Me Now")Chris Brown featuring Tyga and Kevin McCall ("Deuces")Waka Flocka Flame featuring Roscoe Dash and Wale ("No Hands")Rihanna featuring Drake ("What's My Name")Kanye West featuring Rihanna ("All of the Lights")

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist

B.o.B.DrakeLil WayneRick RossKanye West

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist

DiamondCymphoniqueLola MonroeNicki Minaj

Video of the Year

Marsha Ambrosius ("Far Away")B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams of Paramore ("Airplanes")Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes ("Look at Me Now")Keri Hilson ("Pretty Girl Rock")Willow Smith ("Whip My Hair")Kanye West featuring Pusha T ("Runaway")

Theย 2011 BET Awards set will air live on Sunday, June 26, on BET.

Read more at BET News.

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