Burna Boy, Tems, Ayra Starr, Asake nominated for 2023 BET awards

The 2023 BET Awards nominee list has been made public, and some Nigerian superstars made the cut.

Burna Boy, a Grammy-winning artist, was up for awards in the Best Male R&B/Pop Artist, Video Director of the Year, Viewers’ Favorite, and Best International Act categories.

Tems, a Grammy Award winner as well, was nominated in the categories of Best Collaboration, Viewers’ Choice, and Best Female R&B/Pop Artiste.

Ayra Starr was nominated for Best International Act while Burna Boy received nominations for Viewer’s Choice and Best New International Act. Asake received nominations in both categories.

Check out the full list 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

• Latto & Mariah Carey feat. DJ Khaled — “Big Energy (Remix)”
• Pinkpantheress & Ice Spice — “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2”
• Chris Brown feat. Wizkid — “Call Me Every Day”
• King Combs feat. Kodak Black — “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop”
• Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage — “Creepin’”
• Hitkidd & GloRilla — “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)”
• GloRilla & Cardi B — “Tomorrow 2”
• Future feat. Drake & Tems — “Wait For U”

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,” 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

• Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin — “Bless Me”
• Tamela Mann — “Finished (Live)”
• CeCe Winans — “I’ve Got Joy”
• Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin feat. Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore — “I’ve Got Joy”
• Tye Tribbett — “New”
• Yolanda Adams — “One Moment From Glory”
• PJ Morton feat. Lisa Knowles-Smith, Le’andria Johnson, Keke Wyatt, Kierra Sheard & Tasha Cobbs Leonard — “The Better Benediction (Pt.2)

Viewer’s Choice Award

• Lizzo — “About Damn Time”
• Beyoncé — “Break My Soul”
• Jack Harlow — “First Class”
• Drake feat 21 Savage — “Jimmy Cooks”
• SZA — “Kill Bill”
• Burna Boy — “Last Last”
• Nicki Minaj — “Super Freaky Girl”
• Future feat. Drake & Tems — “Wait For U”

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 (Swaziland)

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

• Lizzo — “About Damn Time”
• Pinkpantheress & Ice Spice — “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2”
• Beyoncé — “Break My Soul”
• Megan Thee Stallion — “Her”
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Music From And Inspired By Rihanna & Ludwig Göransson — “Lift Me Up”
• Coi Leray — “Players”
• Lizzo — “Special”

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
• Young Dylan

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