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The BET Awards '10 Welcomes Grammy(R) Award-Winning Artist to the Stage in His First Awards Show Performance Since 2009

NEW YORK, June 9, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --The 10 year celebration of the BET Awards '10 is promising to be bigger and better than ever. Each year The BET Awards continuously delivers memorable performances and this year is no different. Guaranteed to be the biggest night in television, BET is proud to announce and welcome Kanye West to the stage; making this his first major awards show appearance since his appearance on the 2009 MTV VMAs. While West received much backlash and criticism following the VMAs, BET decided to give the multifaceted performer a spot in music history during its 10 year anniversary special. Viewers can anticipate a dynamic comeback performance. Newly added performances also include , DJ Khaled, , and many more.

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Also, slated to perform areT.I.,Diddy-, , and . The BET Awards '10 will be hosted by and some presenters confirmed are Taraji P. Henson, and , as well as this year's Humanitarian Award will be given to .

The BET Awards '10 airs live, Sunday, June 27th 8:00 PM*, from the in , CA. Don't miss it!

Stay tuned for more performances and presenter updates for this year's BET Awards by logging on to www..com.

*all times ET/PT

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BET AWARDS '10 NOMINEES AND CATEGORIES

Best Female R&B Artist Best Male R&B Artist ------Beyonce Mary J. Blige Raheem DeVaughn Trey Songz

Best Female Hip Hop Artist Best Male Hip Hop Artist ------Ester Dean B.o.B. Lil Kim Drake Nicki Minaj Rasheeda Jay-Z Ludacris

Best New Artist Best Gospel ------ The Anointed Pace Sisters Presents Artists Melanie Fiona United For Haiti Nicki Minaj Tamela Marvin Sapp Young Money Vickie Winans

Best Group Best Collaboration ------ Beyonce f/ Lady Gaga - Video Phone B.o.B. f/ - Nothin' On You Diddy-Dirty Money Drake & Trey Songz - Successful Drake f/ , Kanye West & New Boyz - Forever Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - State Young Money of Mind Trey Songz f/ Fabolous -

Video Director of the Year Video of the Year ------ Beyonce f/ Lady Gaga - Video Phone B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You Melanie Fiona - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State Chris Robinson of Mind Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West - Run This Town

Best Actress Best Actor ------Taraji P. Henson Quinton Aaron Mo'Nique Jamie

Best Movie YoungStars Award ------Avatar Law Abiding Citizen Lil JJ 's This Is It Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire The Blindside Tyler James Williams

Subway Sportswoman of the Year Subway Sportsman of the Year ------Tamika Catchings Carmelo Anthony Vanessa James Usain Bolt Candace Parker LeBron James

Viewer's Choice ------Beyonce - Sweet Dreams Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Monica - Everything To Me Rihanna f/ Young - Hard Trey Songz f/ Fabolous - Say Aah Young Money (Lil Wayne, , Nicki Minaj, , Drake, ) f/ Lloyd - Bedrock Best International Act Centric Award ------Kojo Antwi (Ghana) Melanie Fiona Chipmunk (UK) Maxwell (UK) (UK) Monica Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa) Sade K'NAAN (Somalia) M.I. (Nigeria) P-Square (Nigeria) (UK) Sade (UK)

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