NEWS: Wizkid gets nominated alongside Yemi Alade for 2015 Bet Awards ( See full list of Nominees)

Celebrating 15 years of the biggest night in hip hop , the BET Awards will air live from Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre on Sunday, June 28, at 8 p.m. ET. Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown lead the pact with six nominations and Beyonce is right behind them! Iggy Azalea, Azealia Banks and Nicki Minaj all up against each other and there’s only one place to see them face-off >>>> The BET 
Two time nominee Wizkid  has been nominated alongside Yemi Alade who has now bagged her first international awards recognition. Yemi Alade rose to fame thanks to her chart bursting single Johnny which has seen more than 10million YouTube views but what makes her special is how she unites most part of West Africa. But she faces tough competition.
Wizkid and Johnny singer Yemi Alade will have to beat other African stars such as Ghanaian dancehall act Stonebwoy and rapper Sarkodie, South African rap titan AKA, MTV VMA winner Sauti Sol, Congo’s Fally Ipupa and The Soil from South Africa.
Here’s all the nominees!

Best International Act Africa

AKA (South Africa)

Stonebwoy (Ghana)

Sarkodie (Ghana)

Fally Ipupa (Congo)

Wizkid (Nigeria)

The Soil (South Africa)

Yemi Alade (Nigeria)

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FKA TWIGS
FUSE ODG
LETHAL BIZZLE
LITTLE SIMZ
MNEK
STORMZY

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BOBBY SHMURDA
DEJ LOAF
FETTY WAP
RAE SREMMURD
SAM SMITH
TINASHE

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

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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 

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BIG SEAN
COMMON
DRAKE
J. COLE
KENDRICK LAMAR
WALE 

BEST FEMALE HIP HOP ARTIST

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DEJ LOAF
IGGY AZALEA
NICKI MINAJ
TINK
TRINA

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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
BEYONCÉ, ED BURKE & TODD TOURSO
CHRIS ROBINSON
FATIMA ROBINSON
HYPE WILLIAMS 

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DEITRICK HADDON
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KERRY WASHINGTON
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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

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DEJ LOAF – TRY ME
KENDRICK LAMAR – i
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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)