Lil’ Wayne and Beyonce lead with 5 nominations each. Second are Keri Hilson and T-Pain, each with four nominations,  Rihanna, Jamie Foxx, Kanye West and Jazmine Sullivan all got 3 nominations

THE NOMINEES

Video of the Year

Beyoncé – “If I Were a Boy”

Beyoncé – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”

Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain – “Blame It”

T.I. feat. Rihanna – “Live Your Life”

Kanye West – “Heartless”

Best Male R&B Artist

The-Dream

Jamie Foxx

Ryan Leslie

Ne-Yo

T-Pain

Best Female R&B Artist

Beyoncé

Keyshia Cole

Keri Hilson

Jennifer Hudson

Jazmine Sullivan

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist

Lil Wayne

Rick Ross

T.I.

Kanye West

Young Jeezy

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist

Lil Mama

M.I.A.

Trina

Best Group

Day26

GS Boyz

N.E.R.D.

The Roots

Three 6 Mafia

Best New Artist

Keri Hilson

Kid Cudi

Ryan Leslie

M.I.A.

Jazmine Sullivan

Viewer’s Choice

Beyoncé – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”

Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne – “Turnin’ Me On”

Lil Wayne – “A Milli”

Soulja Boy Tell’em feat. Sammie – “Kiss Me Thru the Phone”

T.I. feat. Rihanna – “Live Your Life”

T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne – “Can’t Believe It”

Kanye West – “Love Lockdown”

Best Collaboration

Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain – “Blame It”

Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne – “Turnin’ Me On”

Jim Jones feat. Ron Browz and Juelz Santana – “Pop Champagne”

T.I. feat. Rihanna – “Live Your Life”

Yung L.A. feat. Young Dro and T.I. – “Ain’t I”

Video Director of the Year

Benny Boom

Rik Cordero

Gil Green

Chris Robinson

Hype Williams

BET J Award

Musiq Soulchild

Raphael Saadiq

Seal

Solange

Jazmine Sullivan

Best Gospel Artist

Regina Belle

Shirley Caesar

Mary Mary

Smokie Norfu

Trin-I-Tee 5:7

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R&B style queen Rihanna sat next to her unofficial boy Chris Brown during the 2008 BET Awards which was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Rihanna arrived at the awards ceremony in style, wearing an eye-catching yellow Giambattista Valli dress. Apart from grabbing a couple awards, Rihanna also performed her latest single ‘Take a Bow’. If you still don’t know what Rihanna’s new should tattoo means, it’s “IV. LXXXVI”, which is the Roman numeral for 4.86, the date of birth of her best friend. Apparently this best friend of hers is “closer than people from her own family’.”