Minaj, Brown rule the roost

Rappers Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj are the most nominated performers for the 2015 BET Awards next month in Los Angeles. The nominations were announced Monday and both Brown and Minaj received six nods apiece. Coming close behind are Beyonce and Lil Wayne who each have four nomination

The BET Awards, which air on the BET network on June 28, celebrate the achievements of African Americans and other minorities in music and entertainment as well as sports. The nominations come one day after both Brown and Minaj made headlines at the Billboard music Awards in Las Vegas — but for different reasons.

The 26-year-old R&B artist created a buzz when he showed up on the red carpet with his 11-month-old daughter Royalty as his date. While Minaj, 32, raised eyebrows and got a standing ovation from the crowd for her very sexy performance on stage of Hey Mama.

Brown is nominated as a solo artist for best male R&B/Pop artist and for his collaborations with Lil Wayne and Tyga, and with Usher and Rick Ross. He’s also up for the Coca-Cola Viewers Choice Award for his work with Nicki Minaj on “Only”, along with Drake and Lil Wayne. Minaj is additionally nominated as a solo performer and for her work with August Alsina and with other artists.

Brown has two music videos in contention for video of the year — “Loyal” and “New Flame” — Minaj is competing in the same category with “Anaconda”.

Also nominated for video of the year are Beyonce’s 7/11, Big Sean’s IDFWU and Common and John Legend’s Oscar-winning “Glory”, from the film “Selma”. Minaj is nominated for best female hip-hop artist, best group as a member of Young Money and best collaboration for the remix of “No Love” with August Alsina. She’s nominated twice for the viewer’s choice award with her hit “Only” and as a guest on Rae Sremmu. Other nominees include The Weeknd, Fetty Wap, FKA twigs and Sam Smith, who will compete for best new artist. Empire stars Taraji P. Henson and Jussie Smollett are among those nominated for acting awards, while Serena Williams and Floyd Mayweather Jr earned sports nominations.

2015 BET AWARDS:

FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS

BEST FEMALE R&B/POP ARTIST

BEYONCÉ

CIARA

JANELLE MONÁE

JHENÉ AIKO

K. MICHELLE

RIHANNA

BEST MALE R&B/POP ARTIST

AUGUST ALSINA

CHRIS BROWN

JOHN LEGEND

THE WEEKND

TREY SONGZ

USHER

BEST GROUP

A$AP MOB

JODECI

MIGOS

RAE SREMMURD

RICH GANG

YOUNG MONEY

BEST COLLABORATION

AUGUST ALSINA F/ NICKI MINAJ — NO LOVE (REMIX)

BIG SEAN F/ E-40 — IDFWU

CHRIS BROWN F/ LIL WAYNE & TYGA —LOYAL

CHRIS BROWN F/ USHER & RICK ROSS — NEW FLAME

COMMON & JOHN LEGEND — GLORY (FROM THE MOTION PICTURE SELMA)

MARK RONSON F/ BRUNO MARS — UPTOWN FUNK

BEST MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST

BIG SEAN

COMMON

DRAKE

J. COLE

KENDRICK LAMAR

WALE

BEST FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST

AZEALIA BANKS

DEJ LOAF

IGGY AZALEA

NICKI MINAJ

TINK

TRINA

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

BEYONCÉ — 7/11

BIG SEAN F/ E-40 — IDFWU

CHRIS BROWN F/ LIL WAYNE & TYGA — LOYAL

CHRIS BROWN F/ USHER & RICK ROSS — NEW FLAME

COMMON & JOHN LEGEND — GLORY (FROM THE MOTION PICTURE SELMA)

NICKI MINAJ — ANACONDA

VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

BENNY BOOM

EYONCÉ, ED BURKE & TODD TOURSO

CHRIS ROBINSON

FATIMA ROBINSON

HYPE WILLIAMS

BEST NEW ARTIST

BOBBY SHMURDA

DEJ LOAF

FETTY WAP

RAE SREMMURD

SAM SMITH

TINASHE

BEST GOSPEL ARTIST

DEITRICK HADDON

ERICA CAMPBELL

FRED HAMMOND

LECRAE

MALI MUSIC

MICHELLE WILLIAMS

BEST ACTRESS

GABRIELLE UNION

KERRY WASHINGTON

TARAJI P. HENSON

TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

VIOLA DAVIS

BEST ACTOR

ANTHONY ANDERSON

IDRIS ELBA

JUSSIE SMOLLETT

KEVIN HART

TERRENCE HOWARD

YOUNGSTARS AWARD

JACOB LATIMORE

JADEN SMITH

MO’NE DAVIS

QUVENZHANÉ WALLIS

ZENDAYA

BEST MOVIE

ANNIE

BEYOND THE LIGHTS

SELMA

THINK LIKE A MAN TOO

TOP FIVE

SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

BRITTNEY GRINER

CANDACE PARKER

SERENA WILLIAMS

SKYLAR DIGGINS

VENUS WILLIAMS

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

CHRIS PAUL

FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR.

LEBRON JAMES

MARSHAWN LYNCH

STEPHEN CURRY

COCA-COLA VIEWERS’ CHOICE AWARD

BEYONCÉ — 7/11

DEJ LOAF — TRY ME

KENDRICK LAMAR — I

NICKI MINAJ F/ DRAKE, LIL WAYNE & CHRIS BROWN — ONLY

RAE SREMMURD F/ NICKI MINAJ & YOUNG THUG — THROW SUM MO

THE WEEKND — EARNED IT (FROM THE FIFTY SHADES OF GREY SOUNDTRACK)

CENTRIC AWARD

AVERY SUNSHINE — CALL MY NAME

JAZMINE SULLIVAN F/ MEEK MILL — DUMB

MARK RONSON F/ BRUNO MARS — UPTOWN FUNK

SAM SMITH F/ MARY J. BLIGE — STAY WITH ME

THE WEEKND – EARNED IT (FROM THE FIFTY SHADES OF GREY SOUNDTRACK.— dailymai.l