Burna Boy, Wizkid & Rema Get Nominated For 2020 BET Awards || See Full List

BET has announced The 2020 Award nominees and three Nigerians were included. This year’s nominees no doubt shows black excellence across music, television, film, sports, and philanthropy. The award show is scheduled to broadcast premiere on CBS come Sunday, June 28, 2020.

Burna Boy, Wizkid, and Rema are the only Nigerians nominated in three different categories. Burna Boy who won the Best International Act category at the 2019 BET Awards, was nominated again this year for the Best International Act Award category alongside South African singer Sho Madjozi, Stormzy, Dave from the UK, Ninho,  and S.Pri Noir from France.

Rema is in the fan-voted category of Best New International Act together with Zimbabwe’s Sha Sha, Celeste, Young T, and Bugsey from the UK and France’s Hatik and Stacy. This would be his first nomination for the award. 

Wizkid was also nominated for the HER award for his feature in the “Brown Skin Girl” with Beyonce. They were nominated alongside Alicia Keys, Ciara, Layton Greene, Lizzo, and Rhapsody.

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H.E.R.

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KEHLANI

LIZZO

SUMMER WALKER

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CHRIS BROWN

JACQUEES

KHALID

THE WEEKND

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CHLOE X HALLE

CITY GIRLS

EARTHGANG

GRISELDA

JACKBOYS

MIGOS

CHRIS BROWN FT. DRAKE NO GUIDANCE

DJ KHALED FT. NIPSEY HUSSLE & JOHN LEGEND HIGHER

FUTURE FT. DRAKE LIFE IS GOOD

H.E.R. FT. YG SLIDE

MEGAN THEE STALLION FT. NICKI MINAJ & TY DOLLA $IGN HOT GIRL SUMMER

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FUTURE

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RODDY RICCH

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LIZZO

MEGAN THEE STALLION

NICKI MINAJ

SAWEETIE

CHRIS BROWN FT. DRAKE NO GUIDANCE

DABABY BOP

DJ KHALED FT. NIPSEY HUSSLE & JOHN LEGEND HIGHER

DOJA CAT SAY SO

MEGAN THEE STALLION FT. NICKI MINAJ & TY DOLLA $IGN HOT GIRL SUMMER

RODDY RICCH THE BOX

BENNY BOOM

COLE BENNETT

DAVE MEYERS

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EIF RIVERA

TEYANA “SPIKE TEE” TAYLOR

DANILEIGH

LIL NAS X

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RODDY RICCH

SUMMER WALKER

YBN CORDAE

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HOMECOMING: THE LIVE ALBUM BEYONCÉ

I USED TO KNOW HER H.E.R.

KIRK DABABY

PLEASE EXCUSE ME FOR BEING ANTISOCIAL RODDY RICCH

DR. BOBBY JONES BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL AWARD

FRED HAMMOND ALRIGHT

JOHN P. KEE FT. ZACARDI CORTEZ I MADE IT OUT

KANYE WEST FOLLOW GOD

KIRK FRANKLIN JUST FOR ME

PJ MORTON FT. LE’ANDRIA JOHNSON & MARY MARY ALL IN HIS PLAN

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ANGELA BASSETT

CYNTHIA ERIVO

ISSA RAE

REGINA KING

TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

ZENDAYA

BILLY PORTER

EDDIE MURPHY

FOREST WHITAKER

JAMIE FOXX

MICHAEL B. JORDAN

OMARI HARDWICK

YOUNGSTARS AWARD

ALEX HIBBERT

ASANTE BLACKK

JAHI DI’ALLO WINSTON

MARSAI MARTIN

MILES BROWN

STORM REID

BAD BOYS FOR LIFE

DOLEMITE IS MY NAME

HARRIET

HOMECOMING: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ

JUST MERCY

QUEEN & SLIM

AJEÉ WILSON

CLARESSA SHIELDS

COCO GAUFF

NAOMI OSAKA

SERENA WILLIAMS

SIMONE BILES

GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO

KAWHI LEONARD

LEBRON JAMES

ODELL BECKHAM JR.

PATRICK MAHOMES II

STEPHEN CURRY

ALICIA KEYS UNDERDOG

BEYONCÉ FT. BLUE IVY CARTER, WIZKID & SAINT JHN BROWN SKIN GIRL

CIARA FT. LUPITA NYONG’O, ESTER DEAN, CITY GIRLS & LA LA MELANIN

LAYTON GREENE I CHOOSE

LIZZO FT. MISSY ELLIOT TEMPO

RAPSODY FT. PJ MORTON AFENI

CHRIS BROWN FT. DRAKE NO GUIDANCE

DABABY BOP

FUTURE FT. DRAKE LIFE IS GOOD

MEGAN THEE STALLION FT. NICKI MINAJ & TY DOLLA $IGN HOT GIRL SUMMER

RODDY RICCH THE BOX

THE WEEKND HEARTLESS

BURNA BOY (NIGERIA)

INNOSS’B (DRC)

SHO MADJOZI (S. AFRICA)

DAVE (U.K.)

STORMZY (U.K.)

NINHO (FRANCE)

S.PRI NOIR (FRANCE)

REMA (NIGERIA)

SHA SHA (ZIMBABWE)

CELESTE (U.K.)

YOUNG T & BUGSEY (U.K.)

HATIK (FRANCE)

STACY (FRANCE)