BET Awards 2023 nominees: Drake leads with 7 nominations, including album of the year

It’s the year of Drizzy at the 2023 BET Awards.

Rap superstar Drake swept the nominations for the awards show highlighting Black excellence across music, television, film and sports, scoring a leading seven nods. Nominations, released Thursday, were selected by the BET Voting Academy, which consists of entertainment professionals and influencers in music, media, digital marketing and other areas.

The “Honestly, Nevermind” artist is up for major prizes including album of the year for his 21 Savage collaboration album “Her Loss,” best male hip-hop artist, best male R&B/Pop artist, best group with 21 Savage and the viewer’s choice award for “Jimmy Cooks” with 21 Savage.

Hot on Drake’s heels is rap princess GloRilla, who racked up six nominations. The “F.N.F” rapper will be vying for awards including best female hip-hop artist, best new artist, album of the year for “Anyways, Life’s Great...” and video of the year for “Tomorrow 2” with Cardi B.

Hip-hop stars 21 Savage and Lizzo earned the third-highest number of nominations with five nods each.

The BET Awards will air live on BET on June 25 (8 PM ET/5 PM PT).

Check out the full list of nominations below.

Album of the Year

ANYWAYS, LIFE'S GREAT — GLORILLA

BREEZY — CHRIS BROWN

GOD DID — DJ KHALED

HER LOSS — DRAKE & 21 SAVAGE

MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS — KENDRICK LAMAR

RENAISSANCE — BEYONCÉ

SOS — SZA

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist

ARI LENNOX

BEYONCÉ

COCO JONES

H.E.R.

LIZZO

SZA

TEMS

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist

BLXST

BRENT FAIYAZ

BURNA BOY

CHRIS BROWN

DRAKE

THE WEEKND

USHER

Best Group

CITY GIRLS

DRAKE & 21 SAVAGE

DVSN

FLO

MAVERICK CITY MUSIC & KIRK FRANKLIN

QUAVO & TAKEOFF

WANMOR

Best Collaboration

BIG ENERGY (REMIX) — LATTO & MARIAH CAREY FEAT. DJ KHALED

BOY’S A LIAR PT. 2 — PINKPANTHERESS & ICE SPICE

CALL ME EVERY DAY — CHRIS BROWN FEAT. WIZKID

CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP — KING COMBS FEAT. KODAK BLACK

CREEPIN' — METRO BOOMIN, THE WEEKND & 21 SAVAGE

F.N.F. (LET'S GO) — HITKIDD & GLORILLA

TOMORROW 2 — GLORILLA & CARDI B

WAIT FOR U — FUTURE FEAT. DRAKE & TEMS

Best Female Hip Hop Artist

CARDI B

COI LERAY

GLORILLA

ICE SPICE

LATTO

MEGAN THEE STALLION

NICKI MINAJ

Best Male Hip Hop Artist

21 SAVAGE

DRAKE

FUTURE

J. COLE

JACK HARLOW

KENDRICK LAMAR

LIL BABY

Video of the Year

WE (WARM EMBRACE) — CHRIS BROWN

2 MILLION UP — PEEZY, JEEZY & REAL BOSTON RICHEY FEAT. ROB49

ABOUT DAMN TIME — LIZZO

BAD HABIT — STEVE LACY

FIRST CLASS — JACK HARLOW

KILL BILL — SZA

TOMORROW 2 — GLORILLA & CARDI B

Video Director of the Year

A$AP ROCKY FOR AWGE

BENNY BOOM

BURNA BOY

COLE BENNETT

DAVE FREE & KENDRICK LAMAR

DIRECTOR X

TEYANA "SPIKE TEY" TAYLOR

Best New Artist

AMBRÉ

COCO JONES

DOECHII

FLO

GLORILLA

ICE SPICE

LOLA BROOKE

Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

BLESS ME — MAVERICK CITY MUSIC & KIRK FRANKLIN

FINISHED (LIVE) — TAMELA MANN

I'VE GOT JOY — CECE WINANS

KINGDOM — MAVERICK CITY MUSIC & KIRK FRANKLIN FEAT. NAOMI RAINE & CHANDLER MOORE

NEW — TYE TRIBBETT

ONE MOMENT FROM GLORY — YOLANDA ADAMS

THE BETTER BENEDICTION (PT.2) — PJ MORTON FEAT. LISA KNOWLES-SMITH, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON, KEKE WYATT, KIERRA SHEARD & TASHA COBBS LEONARD

Viewer’s Choice Award

BREAK MY SOUL — BEYONCÉ

JIMMY COOKS — DRAKE FEAT 21 SAVAGE

KILL BILL — SZA

FIRST CLASS — JACK HARLOW

SUPER FREAKY GIRL — NICKI MINAJ

ABOUT DAMN TIME — LIZZO

LAST LAST — BURNA BOY

WAIT FOR U — FUTURE FEAT. DRAKE & TEMS

Best International Act

AYA NAKAMURA (FRANCE)

AYRA STARR (NIGERIA)

BURNA BOY (NIGERIA)

CENTRAL CEE (UK)

ELLA MAI (UK)

KO (SOUTH AFRICA)

L7NNON (BRAZIL)

STORMZY (UK)

TIAKOLA (FRANCE)

UNCLE WAFFLES (SOUTH AFRICA)

Viewer’s Choice: Best New International Act

ASAKE (NIGERIA)

CAMIDOH (GHANA)

FLO (UK)

LIBIANCA (CAMEROON)

MAUREEN (FRANCE)

MC RYAN SP (BRAZIL)

PABI COOPER (SOUTH AFRICA)

RAYE (UK)

WERENOI (FRANCE)

BET Her

ABOUT DAMN TIME — LIZZO

BOY'S A LIAR PT. 2 — PINKPANTHERESS, ICE SPICE

BREAK MY SOUL — BEYONCÉ

HER — MEGAN THEE STALLION

LIFT ME UP BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER - MUSIC FROM AND INSPIRED BY — RIHANNA & LUDWIG GÖRANSSON

PLAYERS — COI LERAY

SPECIAL — LIZZO

Best Movie

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER

CREED 3

EMANCIPATION

NOPE

THE WOMAN KING

TILL

WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY

Best Actor

AMIN JOSEPH

BRIAN TYREE HENRY

DAMSON IDRIS

DANIEL KALUUYA

DEMETRIUS 'LIL MEECH' FLENORY JR.

DONALD GLOVER

MICHAEL B. JORDAN

Best Actress

ANGELA BASSETT

COCO JONES

JANELLE JAMES

JANELLE MONÁE

KEKE PALMER

VIOLA DAVIS

ZENDAYA

YoungStars Award

AKIRA AKBAR

ALAYA HIGH

DEMI SINGLETON

GENESIS DENISE

MARSAI MARTIN

THADDEUS J. MIXSON

DYLAN GILMER

Sportswoman of the Year Award

ALEXIS MORRIS

ALLYSON FELIX

ANGEL REESE

CANDACE PARKER

NAOMI OSAKA

SERENA WILLIAMS

SHA'CARRI RICHARDSON

Sportsman of the Year Award

AARON JUDGE

BUBBA WALLACE

GERVONTA DAVIS

JALEN HURTS

LEBRON JAMES

PATRICK MAHOMES

STEPHEN CURRY

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