The nominees for the 2010 BET Awards are out and the Ghanaian music maestro is in there. Kojo Antwi has been nominated in the Best International Act category. The category also has Nigerian talents MI and P-Square as well as South African’s HHP . This is the first time that African musicians have been nominated for the BET Awards.
Other musical artistes of African heritage nominated include Dizzee Rascal of Nigerian father and Ghanaian Mum parentage, Wale, Estelle, K’Naan and Sade who are also nominated in the Best International Act category.
Congrats to the nominees and GhanaCelebrities.Com wishes them all good luck. This years BET Awards will be hosted by the Queen herself “Queen Latifah” on 27th June. World musical bigwigs like Jay-Z, Beyonce, Maxwell, and Alicia Keys will all be out there that night. While acts like Drake, Nicki Minaj, Trey Songz, and Dirty Money have all been announced as performers.
FULL LIST of nominations
Best Female R&B Artist
Beyoncé
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Alicia Keys
Rihanna
Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Raheem DeVaughn
Maxwell
Trey Songz
Usher
Best Gospel
The Anointed Pace Sisters
Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti
Tamela Mann
Marvin Sapp
Vickie Winans
Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Ester Dean
Lil Kim
Nicki Minaj
Rasheeda
Trina
Best Male Hip Hop Artist
B.o.B.
Drake
Fabolous
Jay-Z
Ludacris
Best Group
Black Eyed Peas
Clipse
Diddy-Dirty Money
New Boyz
Young Money
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Melanie Fiona
Nicki Minaj
Wale
Young Money
Best Collaboration
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – Video Phone
B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On You
Drake & Trey Songz – Successful
Drake f/ Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem – Forever
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – Say Aah
Video of the Year
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – Video Phone
B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On You
Melanie Fiona – It Kills Me
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – Run This Town
Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams
Best Actress
Taraji P. Henson
Regina King
Mo’Nique
Zoe Saldana
Gabourey Sidibe
Best Actor
Quinton Aaron
Don Cheadle
Idris Elba
Jamie Foxx
Denzel Washington
YoungStars Award
Selena Gomez
Lil JJ
Keke Palmer
Willow Smith
Tyler James Williams
Best Movie
Avatar
Law Abiding Citizen
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
The Blindside
Subway Sportswoman of the Year
Tamika Catchings
Vanessa James
Candace Parker
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Subway Sportsman of the Year
Carmelo Anthony
Usain Bolt
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Tiger Woods
Viewers Choice Nominees
Beyoncé – Sweet Dreams
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
Monica – Everything To Me
Rihanna f/ Young Jeezy – Hard
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – Say Aah
Young Money (Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga) f/ Lloyd – Bedrock
Centric Award
Melanie Fiona
Maxwell
Chrisette Michele
Monica
Sade
Best International Act
Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
Chipmunk (UK)
Dizzee Rascal (UK)
Estelle (UK)
Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa)
K’NAAN (Somalia)
M.I. (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Corinne Bailey Rae (UK)
Sade (UK)
Congratulations to Kojo Antwi. I hope he wins.
this is really impressive. jux hopping he does us all proud by winning this award.
I think he has already done us proud by his nomination. kudos kojo
I side with you BOS
Congrats to Kojo, its nice to be nominated with Sade, Corrine Bailey Rae and co. but i think Sade or Estelle will take this one.
I’ve never heard of Kojo Antwi…will give his music a listen.
but anyway….
GO M.I and P-SQUARE(especially)!!! 😀
Sade is good (and part naija too), so GO SADE!
K’Naan is pretty good also.
kojo congrats big time man…keep making gh proud…dis is def. ur shine…but one question that baffles me is that “is BET doing this because obama went to gh last year? hmmmmm….anywayz congrats and I hope it’s sincere
He’s my man…great job, all the best!!
click on this link and vote for kojo antwi peeps http://betawards.bet.com/nominees/category/best-international-act
Sorry Kojo, I hate to take away some of your shine, but think this is either sade’s or corrine’s year….I just love CBR’s album, its in my car player right now! But……. its also great to be nominated, so congrats to him atleast!!!!
Hope he wins
Kojo Antwi is the lifeline & main-stream of contemporary Ghanaian music, he’s never ceased to drop a Hit Album through out his entire career which is why ”BET” found the need to nominate him, I pray he takes home the coveted trophy . BIG UPS… Kojo ” Ya # 1 Fun .. Akonoba..
I like all ya Music Kojo A
Good job Kojo..We are all proud of you but, Estelle or Sade will be taking this award..
IDIOTS…just vote for kojo antwi and make sure that ghana stays on top…aaaaaaaaaaaaah
YIPEEEE… DE BEST MUSICIAN IN GH … OMG I’M SOO HAPPY HE GOT NOMINATED .. ALL DE BEST MAAN !!!!!!
u go man u rock
Kojo Antwi is agood ghanain talented musian in the whole ghanain musician i pray for him to win the award oe bet