Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown Lead BET Awards 2015 Nominations

Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown lead this years BET Awards nominations with six nods apiece but someone ain't happy about it...

'Ice Princess' and all round lover of a rant, Azealia Banks, who is herself nominated for Best Female Hip Hop Artist alongside Minaj, took to Twitter to vent about Minaj's many nods tweeting: "The female rap award at the bet awards goes to nicki every year, it's not even a real award anymore lol it's a bit of a running joke.

"They should just nominate nicki five times with five different wigs on and pick the best picture lol" (sic).

Brown and Minaj face each other for the Best Collaboration, Video of the Year and the Viewers' Choice Award while other artists up for gongs include Beyoncé and Lil Wayne who have four nominations each, and our Sam Smith who's up for two awards.

Also flying the flag for the Brits in the International Act: UK category are FKA Twigs Fuse ODG, Lethal Bizzle, Little Simz, MNEK and Stormzy.


The 2015 BET Nominations:

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist
Beyoncé
Ciara
Janelle Monáe
Jhené Aiko
K Michelle
Rihanna

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
August Alsina
Chris Brown
John Legend
The Weeknd
Trey Songz
Usher

Best Group
A$AP Mob
Jodeci
Migos
Rae Sremmurd
Rich Gang
Young Money

Best Collaboration
August Alsina f/ Nicki Minaj - 'No Love' (Remix)
Big Sean f/ E-40 - 'IDFWU'
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Tyga - 'Loyal'
Chris Brown f/ Usher & Rick Ross - 'New Flame'
Common & John Legend - 'Glory'
Mark Ronson f/ Bruno Mars - 'Uptown Funk'

Best Male Hip Hop Artist
Big Sean
Common
Drake
J Cole
Kendrick Lamar
Wale

Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Azealia Banks
Dej Loaf
Iggy Azalea
Nicki Minaj
Tink
Trina

Video of the Year
Beyoncé - '7/11'
Big Sean f/ E-40 - 'IDFWU'
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Tyga - 'Loyal'
Chris Brown f/ Usher & Rick Ross - 'New Flame'
Common & John Legend - 'Glory'
Nicki Minaj - 'Anaconda'

Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Beyoncé, Ed Burke & Todd Tourso
Chris Robinson
Fatima Robinson
Hype Williams

Best New Artist
Bobby Shmurda
Dej Loaf
Fetty Wap
Rae Sremmurd
Sam Smith
Tinashe

Best Gospel Artist
Deitrick Haddon
Erica Campbell
Fred Hammond
Lecrae
Mali Music
Michelle Williams

Best Actress
Gabrielle Union
Kerry Washington
Taraji P Henson
Tracee Ellis Ross
Viola Davis

Best Actor
Anthony Anderson
Idris Elba
Jussie Smollett
Kevin Hart
Terrence Howard

Youngstars Award
Jacob Latimore
Jaden Smith
Mo'ne Davis
Quvenzhané Wallis
Zendaya

Best Movie
Annie
Beyond The Lights
Selma
Think Like A Man Too
Top Five

Sportswoman of the Year
Brittney Griner
Candace Parker
Serena Williams
Skylar Diggins
Venus Williams

Sportsman of the Year
Chris Paul
Floyd Mayweather, Jr
Lebron James
Marshawn Lynch
Stephen Curry

Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award
Beyoncé - '7/11'
Dej Loaf - 'Try Me'
Kendrick Lamar - 'i'
Nicki Minaj f/ Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown - 'Only'
Rae Sremmurd f/ Nicki Minaj & Young Thug - 'Throw Sum Mo'
The Weeknd - 'Earned It'


Centric Award
Avery Sunshine - 'Call My Name'
Jazmine Sullivan f/ Meek Mill - 'Dumb'
Mark Ronson f/ Bruno Mars - 'Uptown Funk'
Sam Smith f/ Mary J Blige - 'Stay With Me'
The Weeknd - 'Earned It'

Best International Act: Africa
AKA (South Africa)
Fally Ipupa (DR Congo)
Sarkodie (Ghana)
Sauti Sol (Kenya)
Stonebwoy (Ghana)
The Soil (South Africa)
Wizkid (Nigeria)
Yemi Alade (Nigeria)

Best International Act: UK
FKA Twigs
Fuse ODG
Lethal Bizzle
Little Simz
MNEK
Stormzy


The BET Awards will celebrate its 15th anniversary from the Nokia Theatre on Sunday, 28th June.