Cardi B Tops 2026 BET Awards With 6 Nods as BET Adds 2 New Categories
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Updated · Hollywood Reporter · May 19
Cardi B Tops 2026 BET Awards With 6 Nods as BET Adds 2 New Categories
12 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · May 19
Six nominations put Cardi B atop the 2026 BET Awards field, including album of the year, best collaboration, viewers’ choice and the new Fashion Vanguard Award.
Two new honors broaden this year’s slate: Fashion Vanguard for a global figure with lasting style impact and Pulse for digital creators or campaigns that moved Black culture forward online.
Kendrick Lamar and Mariah the Scientist followed with five nominations each, while Doechii, Doja Cat, Clipse, Teyana Taylor, Olivia Dean and Latto earned four apiece.
June 28 is the ceremony date, with the awards set to air live at 8 p.m. ET/PT across BET and multiple Paramount networks.
With Oscar winners now in the running, will Hollywood's darlings also triumph at the BET Awards?
Cardi B leads nominations, but can she fend off recent Grammy winners like Kendrick Lamar and Olivia Dean?
As host Druski is also a nominee, is BET blurring the lines for its 25th anniversary spectacle?