Kanye West leads BET Awards 2012 nominations

Kanye West leads this year's BET Awards nominations, having been given the nod for seven prizes.

West's 'Watch the Throne' collaboration with Jay-Z brings in six of the nominations, while the '99 Problems' musician has earned five nominations in his own right.

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Beyonc - Jay-Z's wife and mother to their 4-month-old daughter Blue Ivy - earned the second highest number of nominations.

The singer is up for six potential awards at this year's ceremony.

Samuel L Jackson will host the BET Awards on Sunday, July 1 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj are already confirmed to perform at the show, which will air live on US television.

Read the complete list of nominations below:

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Best Female R&B Artist
Marsha Ambrosius
Beyonc
Mary J Blige
Melanie Fiona
Rihanna

Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Bruno Mars
Miguel
Trey Songz
Usher

Best Group
Bad Meets Evil
Diddy-Dirty Money
Maybac! h Music Group
Mindless Behaviour
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West)

Best Collaboration
Beyonc featuring J Cole - 'Party'
Big Sean featuring Kanye West & Roscoe Dash - 'Marvin & Chardonnay'
DJ Khaled featuring Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne - 'I'm On One'
Drake featuring Lil Wayne & Tyga - 'The Motto'
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) featuring Otis Redding - 'Otis'
Wale featuring Miguel - 'Lotus Flower Bomb'

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
Big Sean
Drake
J Cole
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
Young Jeezy

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Diamond
Nicki Minaj
Brianna Perry
Trina

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Video of the Year
Beyonc - 'Countdown'
Beyonc - 'Love On Top'
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) - 'N***as in Paris'
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) featuring Otis Redding - 'Otis'
Usher - 'Climax'

Video D! irector of the Year
Beyonc & Alan Ferguson
Benny Boom
Chris Brown & Godfrey Tabarez
Kanye West
Hype Williams

Best New Artist
A$AP Rocky
Big Sean
Diggy
Future
Meek Mill

Best Gospel
Yolanda Adams
Kim Burrell
James Fortune & FIYA
Fred Hammond
Trin-I-Tee 5:7

Best Actress
Angela Bassett
Viola Davis
Taraji P. Henson
Regina King
Zoe Saldana

Best Actor
Don Cheadle
Common
Idris Elba
Kevin Hart
Denzel Washington

Young Stars Award
Astro
Diggy
Jacob Latimore
Keke Palmer
Willow Smith

Best Movie
Good Deeds
Jumping the Broom
Laugh at My Pain
Red Tails
The Help

Subway Sportswoman of the Year
Skylar Diggins
Brittney Griner
Candace Parker
Serena Williams
Venus Williams

Subway Sportsman of the Year
Carmelo Anthony
Kobe Bryant
Victor Cruz
Kevin Durant
LeBron James

Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award
Beyonc - 'Love on Top'
Chris Brown - 'Turn Up the Music'
Drake featuring Lil Wayne & Tyga - 'The Motto'
Mindless Behaviour - 'Hello'
The Thro! ne (Jay- Z & Kanye West) featuring Otis Redding - 'Otis'
Wale featuring Miguel - 'Lotus Flower Bomb'

Centric Award
Common
Estelle
Robert Glasper
Robin Thicke
Tyrese

Best International Act: Africa
Camp Mulla (Kenya)
Ice Prince (Nigeria)
Lira (South Africa)
Mokobe (Mali)
Sarkodie (Ghana)
Wizkid (Nigeria)

Best International Act: UK
Estelle
Labrinth
Emeli Sand
Sway
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