Nominees for the 2010 BET AWARDS..... Who's performing...

Multi-Award Winning A-Listers Diddy-Dirty Money, Trey Songz, Nicki Minaj and Drake to Grace the BET Awards '10 Stage...






















Jay-Z Leads the Pack with 5 Individual Nominations, Followed by Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Trey Songz and Melanie Fiona Tied With 4 Each
Pop Prince Justin Bieber Gets A Nod for Best New Artist, Newcomer Selena Gomez for the YoungStars Award and the Accomplished Zoe Saldana for Best Actress.


Front-runner Jay-Z gets 5 individual nominations across multiple categories: Best Male Hip Hop Artist, Best Collaboration, Video of the Year (for which he holds two nominations) and Viewer's Choice.


Closely behind are Beyonce (Best Female R&B Artist, Best Collaboration, Video of the Year, Viewer's Choice),


Alicia Keys (Best Female R&B Artist, Best Collaboration, Video of the Year, Viewer's Choice), Trey Songz (Best Male R&B Artist, Best Collaboration – 2, Viewer's Choice) and Melanie Fiona (Best Female R&B Artist, Best New Artist, Video of the Year, Centric Award) with 4 each.



Drake locks 3 individual nominations with an additional 3 for Young Money; similarly, Nicki Minaj has 2 individual nods as well as 3 for Young Money. Other multiple nominees include Rihanna, Fabolous, B.O.B., Maxwell and Monica. Teen heart throb Justin Bieber secures nomination for Best New Artist, Disney™ actress Selena Gomez for the YoungStars Award and "Avatar" star Zoe Saldana for Best Actress.