Diddy And Queen Latifiah Announce 2010 BET Awards Nominees

BET is pulling out the red carpet once again for this years BET Awards. The cable network held a press conference today to announce the nominations for the 2010 BET Awards. Announcing the awards were BET President of Music Programing and Special events Stephen G. Hill, Dirty Money, and Queen Latifah who will serve as this years host, taking the reigns from last years MC Jamie Foxx. 'I got to make sure I do my job, and believe me we are going to have an amazing time this year, this year is going to be so incredible.' said Latifiah of her role as host. Latifah refused to give up any surprises she has in store for this years show, but she did state that 'there is no limit to which I will go to make sure that the 2010 BET Awards is the greatest show on earth.'

This years top nominees include Jay-Z who is nominated for five awards, followed by Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Trey Songz, and Melanie Fiona who are all nominated for four awards.

To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the production BET has added a few new categories including Best International Act which features internationally successful artist such as Sade, K'NAAN, and Estelle. They have also introduced the Centric Award where nominees include Monica, Chrisette Michelle and Melanie Fiona and the Young Stars award where Keke Palmer, Williow Smith are Lil JJ are just some of the young starlets nominated.