BET has announced its nominations for the 2021 BET Awards, with Megan Thee Stallion and DaBaby leading the list of nominees with seven nominations each. The BET Awards celebrate Black entertainers in music, acting, sports and other fields of entertainment. The awards show will air live June 27 at 8 p.m. EDT on BET.
Megan Thee Stallion is up for Best Female Hip Hop Artist, Video of the Year for “WAP” with Cardi B, Album of the Year for Good News, Viewer’s Choice Award for “WAP” and “Savage (Remix)” with Beyoncé, and Best Collaboration for “WAP and “Cry Baby” with DaBaby. DaBaby is nominated for Best Male Hip Hop Artist, Album of the Year for Blame It on Baby, Viewers Choice Award and Best Collaboration for “Cry Baby,” “Rockstar” with Roddy Ricch, “For the Night” with Pop Smoke & Lil Baby and “What’s Poppin (Remix)” with Jack Harlow, Tory Lanez and Lil Wayne.
Cardi B and Drake have with five nominations each, followed by Anderson .Paak, Bruno Mars, Chloe X Halle and Chris Brown with four nominations each.
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