Burna Boy, Tems, Ayra Starr, Asake Nominated For 2023 Bet Awards

Some Nigerian superstars made the 2023 BET Awards nominee list, which was just made public.

Burna Boy, a Grammy winner, was nominated in the categories of Best Male R&B/Pop Artist, Video Director of the Year, Viewer's Choice, and Best International Act.

Tems, a Grammy winner herself, was nominated in the categories of Best Female R&B/Pop Artiste, Best Collaboration, and Viewers' Favorite.

Asake received nominations for Best New International Act and Viewer's Choice, while Ayra Starr received a nomination for Best International Act alongside Burna Boy.

See the full list below…

Album of the Year

• Anyways, Life’s Great — GloRilla
• Breezy — Chris Brown
• God Did — DJ Khaled
• Her Loss — Drake & 21 Savage
• Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers — Kendrick Lamar
• Renaissance, — Beyoncé
• SOS — SZA

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist

• Ari Lennox
• Beyoncé
• Coco Jones
• H.E.R.
• Lizzo
• SZA
• Tems

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist

• Blxst
• Brent Faiyaz
• Burna Boy
• Chris Brown
• Drake
• The Weeknd
• Usher

Best Group

• City Girls
• Drake & 21 Savage
• Dvsn
• FLO
• Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin
• Quavo & Takeoff
• Wanmor

Best Collaboration

• Latto & Mariah Carey feat. DJ Khaled — “Big Energy (Remix)”
• Pinkpantheress & Ice Spice — “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2”
• Chris Brown feat. Wizkid — “Call Me Every Day”
• King Combs feat. Kodak Black — “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop”
• Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage — “Creepin'”
• Hitkidd & GloRilla — “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)”
• GloRilla & Cardi B — “Tomorrow 2”
• Future feat. Drake & Tems — “Wait For U”

Best Female Hip Hop Artist   

• Cardi B
• Coi Leray
• GloRilla
• Ice Spice
• Latto
• Megan Thee Stallion
• Nicki Minaj

Best Male Hip Hop Artist

• 21 Savage
• Drake
• Future
• J. Cole
• Jack Harlow
• Kendrick Lamar
• Lil Baby

Video of the Year

• “We (Warm Embrace),” Chris Brown
• “2 Million Up,” Peezy, Jeezy & Real Boston Richey feat. Rob49
• “About Damn Time,” Lizzo
• “Bad Habit,” Steve Lacy
• “First Class,” Harlow
• “Kill Bill,” SZA
• “Tomorrow 2,” GloRilla & Cardi B

Video Director of the Year

• A$AP Rocky for AWGE
• Benny Boom
• Burna Boy
• Cole Bennett
• Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar
• Director X
• Teyana “Spike Tey” Taylor

Best New Artist

• Ambré
• Coco Jones
• Doechii
• FLO
• GloRilla
• Ice Spice
• Lola Brooke

Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

• Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin — “Bless Me”
• Tamela Mann — “Finished (Live)”
• CeCe Winans — “I’ve Got Joy”
• Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin feat. Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore — “I’ve Got Joy”
• Tye Tribbett — “New”
• Yolanda Adams — “One Moment From Glory”
• PJ Morton feat. Lisa Knowles-Smith, Le’andria Johnson, Keke Wyatt, Kierra Sheard & Tasha Cobbs Leonard — “The Better Benediction (Pt.2)

Viewer’s Choice Award

• Lizzo — “About Damn Time”
• Beyoncé — “Break My Soul”
• Jack Harlow — “First Class”
• Drake feat 21 Savage — “Jimmy Cooks”
• SZA — “Kill Bill”
• Burna Boy — “Last Last”
• Nicki Minaj — “Super Freaky Girl”
• Future feat. Drake & Tems — “Wait For U”

Best International Act

• Aya Nakamura (France)
• Ayra Starr (Nigeria)
• Burna Boy (Nigeria)
• Central Cee (UK)
• Ella Mai (UK)
• Ko (South Africa)
• L7nnon (Brazil)
• Stormzy (UK)
• Tiakola (France)
• Uncle Waffles (Swaziland)

Viewer’s Choice: Best New International Act

• Asake (Nigeria)
• Camidoh (Ghana)
• Flo (UK)
• Libianca (Cameroon)
• Maureen (France)
• MC Ryan SP (Brazil)
• Pabi Cooper (South Africa)
• Raye (UK)
• Werenoi (France)

BET Her

• Lizzo — “About Damn Time”
• Pinkpantheress & Ice Spice — “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2”
• Beyoncé — “Break My Soul”
• Megan Thee Stallion — “Her”
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Music From And Inspired By Rihanna & Ludwig Göransson — “Lift Me Up”
• Coi Leray — “Players”
• Lizzo — “Special”

Best Movie

• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Creed 3
• Emancipation
• Nope
• The Woman King
• Till
• Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Best Actor

• Amin Joseph
• Brian Tyree Henry
• Damson Idris
• Daniel Kaluuya
• Demetrius ‘Lil Meech’ Flenory Jr.
• Donald Glover
• Michael B. Jordan

Best Actress

• Angela Bassett
• Coco Jones
• Janelle James
• Janelle Monáe
• Keke Palmer
• Viola Davis
• Zendaya

Youngstars Award

• Akira Akbar
• Alaya High
• Demi Singleton
• Genesis Denise
• Marsai Martin
• Thaddeus J. Mixson
• Young Dylan

Sportswoman of the Year Award

• Alexis Morris
• Allyson Felix
• Angel Reese
• Candace Parker
• Naomi Osaka
• Serena Williams
• Sha’carri Richardson

Sportsman of the Year Award

• Aaron Judge
• Bubba Wallace
• Gervonta Davis
• Jalen Hurts
• Lebron James
• Patrick Mahomes
• Stephen Curry