{"id":681629,"date":"2026-05-19T21:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/681629\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T21:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:39:13","slug":"2026-bet-awards-nominations-list-in-full","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/681629\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 BET Awards Nominations List in Full"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe 2026 BET Awards<\/a> nominations have been revealed, with Cardi B<\/a> leading with six nods.<\/p>\n

\n\tKendrick Lamar<\/a> and Mariah the Scientist each earned five nominations. Doechii<\/a>, Doja Cat<\/a>, Clipse<\/a>, Teyana Taylor<\/a>, Olivia Dean<\/a> and Latto<\/a> scored four mentions apiece. Triple nominees include A$AP Rocky, Bruno Mars, Bryson Tiller, Chris Brown, Jill Scott, Kehlani, Metro Boomin, SZA, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, T.I. and YK Niece.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis year, BET added two new categories: the Fashion<\/a> Vanguard Award and the Pulse Award. The Fashion Vanguard Award \u201cwill recognize a global figure whose fashion presence has had long-standing cultural impact, has significantly influenced style narratives and continues to elevate fashion as a form of storytelling across music<\/a>, film, sports, and public life,\u201d BET said as part of Tuesday\u2019s nominations announcement.<\/p>\n

\n\tCardi B is nominated for the Fashion Vanguard Award, best collaboration, best female hip hop artist, video director of the year, album of the year and viewers\u2019 choice.<\/p>\n

\n\tKendrick Lamar and Mariah the Scientist will face off against Cardi in the best collaboration and viewers\u2019 choice categories, with Lamar scoring two nods for best collaboration. Additionally both Lamar and Mariah the Scientist are up for video of the year, and Mariah is up for album of the year. Lamar is also up for best male hip hop artist, while Mariah is up for best female R&B\/pop artist.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Pulse Award is given to \u201ca creator, campaign or content series that most powerfully moved Black culture forward in digital spaces by sparking conversation, building community and defining the moment online,\u201d BET said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAll of our nominees represent the very best of Black culture across music, film, sports and beyond, and with the introduction of the Fashion Vanguard Award and the Pulse Award, we\u2019re proud to honor even more of the ways our culture continues to show up and evolve,\u201d BET executive vp, specials, music programming and music strategy, Connie Orlando, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 2026 BET Awards<\/a> are set to air live on Sunday, June 28 at 8 p.m. ET\/PT on BET and a number of other Paramount networks including BET HER, CMT, Logo, MTV, MTV2, Nickelodeon, Paramount, Pop, VH1, Comedy Central and TV Land.<\/p>\n

\n\tA complete list of this year\u2019s nominees follows.<\/p>\n

\t\tThe Fashion Vanguard Award\t<\/p>\n

\n\tA$AP Rocky
Bad Bunny
Beyonc\u00e9
Cardi B
Colman Domingo
Doechii
Rihanna
Teyana Taylor
Zendaya<\/p>\n

\t\tThe Pulse Award\t<\/p>\n

\n\t85 South Show
Baby, This Is Keke Palmer
Charlamagne Tha God
Don Lemon
Druski
It Is What It Is
Joe and Jada
On the Radar
R&B Money Podcast<\/p>\n

\t\tBest Female R&B\/Pop Artist\t<\/p>\n

\n\tAri Lennox
Coco Jones
Ella Mai
Jill Scott
Kehlani
Mariah the Scientist
Olivia Dean
SZA
Tems<\/p>\n

\t\tBest Male R&B\/Pop Artist\t<\/p>\n

\n\tBrent Faiyaz
Bruno Mars
Bryson Tiller
Chris Brown
Durand Bernarr
GIVE\u0304ON
Leon Thomas
October London
Usher<\/p>\n

\t\tBest Group\t<\/p>\n

\n\t41
Clipse
De La Soul
FLO
French Montana & Max B
Metro Boomin & DJ Spinz
Nas & DJ Premier
Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon
Wizkid & Asake<\/p>\n

\t\tBest Collaboration\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cChains & Whips\u201d \u2014 Clipse & Kendrick Lamar
\u201cErrtime Remix\u201d \u2014 Cardi B feat. Jeezy & Latto
\u201cGo Girl\u201d \u2014 Summer Walker feat. Latto & Doja Cat
\u201cGood Flirts\u201d \u2014 Baby Keem feat. Kendrick Lamar & Momo Boyd
\u201cIs It a Crime\u201d \u2014 Mariah the Scientist & Kali Uchis
\u201cIt Depends (The Remix)\u201d \u2014 Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller & Usher
\u201cTake Me Thru Dere\u201d \u2014 Metro Boomin feat. Quavo, Breskii, YK Niece & DJ Spinz
\u201cwgft\u201d \u2014 Gunna feat. Burna Boy<\/p>\n

\t\tBest Male Hip Hop Artist\t<\/p>\n

\n\tA$AP Rocky
Baby Keem
BigXthaPlug
DaBaby
Don Toliver
Drake
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar
T.I.<\/p>\n

\t\tBest Female Hip Hop Artist\t<\/p>\n

\n\tCardi B
Coi Leray
Doechii
Doja Cat
GloRilla
Latto
Megan Thee Stallion
Monaleo
YK Niece<\/p>\n

\t\tVideo of the Year\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c100\u201d \u2014 Ella Mai
\u201cAnxiety\u201d \u2014 Doechii
\u201cBurning Blue\u201d \u2014 Mariah the Scientist
\u201cChanel\u201d \u2014 Tyla
\u201cEscape Room (Short Film)\u201d \u2014 Teyana Taylor
\u201cFolded\u201d \u2014 Kehlani
\u201cLET \u2018EM KNOW\u201d \u2014 T.I.
\u201cluther\u201d \u2014 Kendrick Lamar & SZA<\/p>\n

\t\tVideo Director of the Year\t<\/p>\n

\n\tA$AP Rocky & Dan Streit
Anderson .Paak
Benny Boom
Cactus Jack
Cardi B & Patientce Foster
Cole Bennett
Director X
Hype Williams
Teyana \u201cSpike-Tey\u201d Taylor<\/p>\n

\t\tBest New Artist\t<\/p>\n

\n\tBelly Gang Kushington
DESTIN CONRAD
JayDon
kwn
Miles Minnick
Monaleo
Olivia Dean
RAYE
Trap Dickey<\/p>\n

\t\tAlbum of the Year\t<\/p>\n

\n\tAM I THE DRAMA? \u2014 Cardi B
DON\u2019T TAP THE GLASS \u2014 Tyler, the Creator
everything is a lot. \u2014 Wale
HEARTS SOLD SEPARATELY \u2014 Mariah the Scientist
Let God Sort Em Out \u2014 Clipse
MUTT Deluxe: HEEL \u2014 Leon Thomas
The Fall-Off \u2014 J. Cole
The Romantic \u2014 Bruno Mars<\/p>\n

\t\tDr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel\/Inspirational Award\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAble\u201d \u2014 Kirk Franklin
\u201cABLE (REMIX)\u201d \u2014 Darrel Walls, PJ Morton & Kim Burrell
\u201cAll to Thee\u201d \u2014 BeBe Winans
\u201cAlready Good (Tasha Slide)\u201d \u2014 Tasha Cobbs Leonard
\u201cAt the Cross\u201d \u2014 CeCe Winans
\u201cChurch\u201d \u2014 Tasha Cobbs Leonard & John Legend
\u201cDo It Again\u201d \u2014 Kirk Franklin
\u201cHeadphones\u201d \u2014 Lecrae, Killer Mike & T.I.<\/p>\n

\t\tBest Actress\t<\/p>\n

\n\tAngela Bassett
Ayo Edebiri
Chase Infiniti
Coco Jones
Cynthia Erivo
Keke Palmer
Quinta Brunson
Regina Hall
Teyana Taylor<\/p>\n

\t\tBest Actor\t<\/p>\n

\n\tAaron Pierre
Aldis Hodge
Anthony Mackie
Colman Domingo
Damson Idris
Delroy Lindo
Denzel Washington
Michael B. Jordan
Sterling K. Brown<\/p>\n

\t\tYoungStars Award\t<\/p>\n

\n\tDaria Johns
Graceyn \u201cGracie\u201d Hollingsworth
Heiress Harris
Jazzy\u2019s World TV
Lela Hoffmeister
North West
Thaddeus J. Mixson
VanVan<\/p>\n

\t\tBest Movie\t<\/p>\n

\n\tHighest 2 Lowest
Him
Number One on the Call Sheet
One Battle After Another
Relationship Goals
Ruth & Boaz
Sinners
Wicked: For Good<\/p>\n

\t\tSportswoman of the Year Award\t<\/p>\n

\n\tA\u2019ja Wilson \u2014 Basketball
Angel Reese \u2014 Basketball
Claressa Shields \u2014 Boxing
Coco Gauff \u2014 Tennis
Flau\u2019jae Johnson \u2014 Basketball
Gabby Thomas \u2014 Track & Field
Jordan Chiles \u2014 Gymnastics
Naomi Osaka \u2014 Tennis
Sha\u2019Carri Richardson \u2014 Track & Field<\/p>\n

\t\tSportsman of the Year Award\t<\/p>\n

\n\tAaron Judge \u2014 Baseball
Anthony Edwards \u2014 Basketball
Caleb Williams \u2014 Football
Jalen Brunson \u2014 Basketball
Jalen Hurts \u2014 Football
LeBron James \u2014 Basketball
Shedeur Sanders \u2014 Football
Stephen Curry \u2014 Basketball<\/p>\n

\t\tBET Her\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAlready Good (Tasha Slide)\u201d \u2014 Tasha Cobbs Leonard
\u201cBe Great\u201d \u2014 Jill Scott feat. Trombone Shorty
\u201cBeautiful People\u201d \u2014 Jill Scott
\u201cFirst\u201d \u2014 Tems
\u201cgirl, get up.\u201d \u2014 Doechii feat. SZA
\u201cGo Girl\u201d \u2014 Summer Walker feat. Latto & Doja Cat
\u201cGorgeous\u201d \u2014 Doja Cat
\u201cLady Lady\u201d \u2014 Olivia Dean<\/p>\n

\t\tViewers\u2019 Choice\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBurning Blue\u201d \u2014 Mariah the Scientist
\u201cChains & Whips\u201d \u2014 Clipse feat. Kendrick Lamar
\u201cChanel\u201d \u2014 Tyla
\u201cFolded\u201d \u2014 Kehlani
\u201cI Just Might\u201d \u2014 Bruno Mars
\u201cIt Depends\u201d \u2014 Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller
\u201cMan I Need\u201d \u2014 Olivia Dean
\u201cOutside\u201d \u2014 Cardi B
\u201cRaindance\u201d \u2014 Dave & Tems
\u201cTake Me Thru Dere\u201d \u2014 Metro Boomin feat. Quavo, Breskii, YK Niece & DJ Spinz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 BET Awards nominations have been revealed, with Cardi B leading with six nods. Kendrick Lamar and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,1703,328421,18606,8963,39973,56067,134,20638,21233,273525,136,111482,107245],"class_list":["post-681629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-awards","tag-bet-awards","tag-cardi-b","tag-clipse","tag-doechii","tag-doja-cat","tag-entertainment","tag-fashion","tag-kendrick-lamar","tag-latto","tag-music","tag-olivia-dean","tag-teyana-taylor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}