The Annual BET Awards

Voice-modulated Newcomer, T-Pain increases his clout as the number one collaborator and take the leading BET Awards nominations with five.

Keyshia Cole and Kanye West each received three nominations, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys and newcomer Flo Rida received a pair each. The announcement was made last Thursday.

The Lifetime Achievement Award will be handed to Al Green. Legendary producer Quincy Jones will also receive an award for his humanitarian work.

The BET Awards will be presented June 24 in Los Angeles.

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Ashanti “The Way That I Love You”
Alicia Keys “Like You’ll Never See Me Again”
Mary J. Blige “Just Fine”
UGK feat. OutKast “Int’l Player’s Anthem (I Choose You)”
Kanye West feat. T-Pain “Good Life”
Erykah Badu “Honey”

BEST FEMALE R&B ARTIST
Alicia Keys
Mary J. Blige
Keyshia Cole
Rihanna
Mariah Carey

BEST MALE R&B ARTIST
Raheem DeVaughn
Trey Songz
Ne-Yo
Chris Brown
J. Holiday

BEST GROUP
Danity Kane
UGK
Day 26
Playaz Circle
Gnarls Barkley

BEST NEW ARTIST
Flo Rida
Estelle
Chrisette Michele
Soulja Boy
The-Dream

BEST FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST
Kid Sister
Trina
Lil’ Mama
Missy Elliott
Eve

BEST MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST
Snoop Dogg
Jay-Z
Lil’ Wayne
Common
Kanye West

BEST COLLABORATION
DJ Khaled feat. Lil’ Wayne, Big Boi, Ludacris, Fat Joe & Young Jeezy-”I’m So Hood (remix)”
Keyshia Cole feat. Lil’ Kim & Missy Elliott-”Let It Go”
Kanye West feat. T-Pain-”Good Life”
Flo Rida feat. T-Pain-”Low”
Chris Brown feat. T-Pain-”Kiss Kiss”

VIEWER'S CHOICE
Chris Brown feat. T-Pain-”Kiss Kiss”
Lil’ Wayne feat. Static Major-”Lollipop”
Keyshia Cole feat. Missy Elliott & Lil’ Kim-”Let It Go”
Alicia Keys-”No One”
Soulja Boy-”Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)”
Jordin Sparks feat. Chris Brown-”No Air”

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Al Green

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