Kendrick Lamar leads 2025 BET Awards nominations
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American rap superstar Kendrick Lamar is set to clean up at the 2025 BET Awards, leading with 10 nominations.
The nominations for the 25th annual BET Awards, which celebrate Black excellence in music, television, film and sports, were announced on Thursday (May 8).
Lamar has been nominated for Album of the Year for ‘GNX’, Best Male Hip Hop Artist, as well as three nominations each in the Viewers’ Choice (for ‘Not Like Us‘, ‘Luther‘ with SZA and ‘Like That‘ with Future & Metro Boomin) and Best Collaboration (for ‘Luther‘, ‘Like That‘ and ‘30 For 30‘ with SZA) categories.
His final two nominations are for Video of the Year for Not Like Us and Video Director of the Year with Dave Free.
The rapper has had a strong 2025 awards season, picking up five Grammys in February, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for ‘Not Like Us‘. He is also the leading nominee for the 2025 American Music Awards with 10 nods.
Lamar is followed by Doechii, Drake, Future and GloRilla with six BET Award nominations each, while Metro Boomin has five and SZA and The Weeknd have four.
The winners will be announced on June 9 at a ceremony at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Actor and comedian Kevin Hart will host this year’s edition of the annual event.
Here’s the main list of nominees:
Album of the Year
Drake and PartyNextDoor, ‘$Some $Sexy $Songs 4 U‘
Chris Brown, ‘11:11 Deluxe‘
Doechii, ‘Alligator Bites Never Heal‘
Beyoncé, ‘Cowboy Carter‘
GloRilla, ‘Glorious‘
Kendric Lamar, ‘GNX‘
The Weeknd, ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow‘
Future and Metro Boomin, ‘We Don’t Trust You‘
Best Female R&B/Pop Artist
Ari Lennox
Ayra Starr
Coco Jones
Kehlani
Muni Long
Summer Walker
SZA
Victoria Monét
Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
Bruno Mars
Chris Brown
Drake
Fridayy
Leon Thomas
Teddy Swims
The Weeknd
Usher
Best Collaboration
SZA Featuring Kendrick Lamar, ’30 For 30′
Doechii Featuring JT, ‘Alter Ego’
Teddy swims Featuring Giveon, ‘Are You Even Real’
Dee Billz Featuring Kyle Richh, Kai Swervo, KJ Swervo, ‘Beckham’
Lil Wayne, Wheezy and Young Thug, ‘Bless’
Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar, ‘Like That’
Kendrick Lamar and SZA, ‘Luther’
Tyler, The Creator Featuring Glorilla, Sexxy Red and Lil Wayne, ‘Sticky’
The Weeknd Featuring Playboi Carti, ‘Timeless’
Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Cardi B
Doechii
Doja Cat
GloRilla
Latto
Megan Thee Stallion
Nicki Minaj
Rapsody
Sexxy Red
Best Male Hip Hop Artist
BigXThaPlug
BossMan Dlow
Burna Boy
Drake
Future
Kendrick Lamar
Key Glock
Lil Wayne
Tyler, The Creator
Video of the Year
Key Glock, ‘3AM in ToKEYo’
Shaboozey, ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’
Kehlani, ‘After Hours’
Doechii, ‘Denial is a River’
Drake, F’amily Matters’
Kendrick Lamar, ‘Not Like Us’
The Weeknd Featuring Playboi Carti, ‘Timeless’
Future, Metro Boomin Travis Scott and Playboi Carti, ‘Type Shit’
Video Director of the Year
Anderson .Paak
B Pace Productions and Jacquees
Benny Boom
Cactus Jack
Cole Bennett
Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar
Dave Meyers
Foggieraw
Tyler, The Creator
Best New Artist
41
Ayra Starr
BigXThaPlug
BossMan Dlow
Dee Billz
Leon Thomas
October London
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
Viewer’s Choice Award
Chris Brown, ‘Residuals’
Doechii, ‘Denial is a River’
Drake, ‘Nokia’
Future and Metro Boomin Featuring Kendrick Lamar, ‘Like That’
GloRilla, ‘TGIF’
Kendrick Lamar, ‘Not Like Us’
Kendrick Lamar and SZA, ‘Luther’
Latto, ‘Brokey’
BET Her
Mary J. Blige, ‘Beautiful People‘
Beyoncé Featuring Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy and Reyna Roberts, ‘Blackbird‘
Doechii, ‘Bloom‘
Tems, ‘Burning‘
Cynthia Erivo Featuring Ariana Grande, ‘Defying Gravity‘
Summer Walker, ‘Heart of a woman‘
Tems, ‘Hold on‘
FLO and GloRilla, ‘In My Bag‘
Best Movie
‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die‘
‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F‘
‘Luther: Never Too Much‘
‘Mufasa: The Lion King‘
‘One of Them Days‘
‘Rebel Ridge‘
‘The Piano Lesson‘
‘The Six Triple Eight‘
Best Actor
Aaron Pierre
Aldis Hodge
Anthony Mackie
Colman Domingo
Denzel Washington
Jamie Foxx
Joey Bada$$
Kevin Hart
Sterling K. Brown
Will Smith
Best Actress
Andra Day
Angela Bassett
Coco Jones
Cynthia Erivo
Keke Palmer
Kerry Washington
Quinta Brunson
Viola Davis
Zendaya
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