2019 BET Awards: Cardi B vs Drake! Who’s going to take the most trophies home??

by Cierra Harper

The annual award show “The BET Awards” returns for the summer of 2019 live at the Microsoft Theatre in LA to celebrate the biggest artist in the various industry of entertainment.

On June 23rd, artists will come together and receive recognition for their achievements. The 2019 BET Awards have 20+ different categories, ranging from music to television to film to sports.

Starting with Cardi B, who is leading the way with a total of seven nominations, including “Best Female Rap Artist”, “Viewers Choice Award” and “Album of the Year”.

Following Cardi’s lead, Drake has a total of five nominations, including “Best Collaboration” and “Video of the Year”. Travis Scott, Beyonce and J. Cole are tied up in third place with a total of four nominations, while Bruno Mars, Ella Mai, H.E.R, 21 Savage and Childish Gambino all have three.

BET Networks will also be paying their respects to the late Nipsey Hussle by presenting him with the Humanitarian Award.

This is the nineteenth awards in the show's history with the first BET Awards premiering in 2001 with performances by huge entertainers such as Destiny’s Child and Jay Z. The 2019 Awards show will stream live at 8 pm on several different TV Networks, including VH1, MTV, MTV2, and Logo.

AND THE NOMINEES ARE!!!

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist

BEYONCÉ

ELLA MAI

H.E.R.

SOLANGE

SZA

TEYANA TAYLOR

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist

ANDERSON .PAAK

BRUNO MARS

CHILDISH GAMBINO

CHRIS BROWN

JOHN LEGEND

KHALID

Best Group

CHLOE X HALLE

CITY GIRLS

LIL BABY & GUNNA

MIGOS

THE CARTERS

Best Collaboration

21 SAVAGE FT. J. COLE “A LOT “

CARDI B & BRUNO MARS “PLEASE ME”

CARDI B FT. BAD BUNNY & J BALVIN “I LIKE IT”

H.E.R. FT. BRYSON TILLER “COULD’VE BEEN”

TRAVIS SCOTT FT. DRAKE “SICKO MODE”

TYGA FT. OFFSET “TASTE”

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist

21 SAVAGE

DRAKE

J. COLE

MEEK MILL

NIPSEY HUSSLE

TRAVIS SCOTT

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist

CARDI B

KASH DOLL

LIZZO

MEGAN THEE STALLION

NICKI MINAJ

REMY MA

Video of the Year

21 SAVAGE “A LOT” FT. J. COLE

CARDI B “MONEY”

CARDI B & BRUNO MARS “PLEASE ME”

CHILDISH GAMBINO “THIS IS AMERICA”

DRAKE “NICE FOR WHAT”

THE CARTERS “APES**T”

Video Director of the Year

BENNY BOOM

COLIN TILLEY

DAVE MEYERS

HYPE WILLIAMS

KARENA EVANS

Best New Artist

BLUEFACE

CITY GIRLS

JUICE WRLD

LIL BABY

QUEEN NAIJA

Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

ERICA CAMPBELL FT. WARRYN CAMPBELL “ALL OF MY LIFE”

FRED HAMMOND “TELL ME WHERE IT HURTS”

KIRK FRANKLIN “LOVE THEORY”

SNOOP DOGG FT. RANCE ALLEN “BLESSING ME AGAIN”

TORI KELLY FT. KIRK FRANKLIN “NEVER ALONE”

Best International Act

AKA (SOUTH AFRICA)

AYA NAKAMURA (FRANCE)

BURNA BOY (NIGERIA)

DAVE (U.K.)

DOSSEH (FRANCE)

GIGGS (U.K.)

MR EAZI (NIGERIA)

Best New International Act – (Fan Voted Category)

HEADIE ONE (U.K.)

JOK’AIR (FRANCE)

NESLY (FRANCE)

OCTAVIAN (U.K.)

SHO MADJOZI (AFRICA)

TENIOLA APATA (AFRICA)

Best Actress

ISSA RAE

REGINA HALL

REGINA KING

TARAJI P. HENSON

TIFFANY HADDISH

VIOLA DAVIS

Best Actor

ANTHONY ANDERSON

CHADWICK BOSEMAN

DENZEL WASHINGTON

MAHERSHALA ALI

MICHAEL B. JORDAN

OMARI HARDWICK

YoungStars Award

CALEB MCLAUGHLIN

LYRIC ROSS

MARSAI MARTIN

MICHAEL RAINEY JR.

MILES BROWN

Best Movie

BLACKKKLANSMAN

CREED II

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

THE HATE U GIVE

Sportswoman of the Year

ALLYSON FELIX

CANDACE PARKER

NAOMI OSAKA

SERENA WILLIAMS

SIMONE BILES

Sportsman of the Year

KEVIN DURANT

LEBRON JAMES

ODELL BECKHAM JR.

STEPHEN CURRY

TIGER WOODS

Album of the Year

ASTROWORLD TRAVIS SCOTT

CHAMPIONSHIPS MEEK MILL

ELLA MAI ELLA MAI

EVERYTHING IS LOVE THE CARTERS

INVASION OF PRIVACY CARDI B

2019 Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award

CARDI B, BAD BUNNY & J BALVIN “I LIKE IT”

CHILDISH GAMBINO “THIS IS AMERICA”

DRAKE “IN MY FEELINGS”

ELLA MAI “TRIP”

J. COLE “MIDDLE CHILD”

TRAVIS SCOTT FT. DRAKE “SICKO MODE”

BET Her Award