BET announced the nominees for the upcoming BET AWARDS ‘10 to air on June 27, 2010. The show will be hosted by Queen Latifah, “We are thrilled that Queen Latifah is going to host the BET AWARDS ‘10,” commented Stephen Hill, President of Music Programming and Specials, BET Networks. “Her versatility as a performer perfectly matches the dynamism of our show. This will be the perfect 10. Get ready for stirring performances, a surprise that will knock you out and massive quantities of fun; all helmed by ‘The Queen.”

Nominees include courtesy of BET: Jay-Z gets 5 individual nominations across multiple categories: Best Male Hip Hop Artist, Best Collaboration, Video of the Year (for which he holds two nominations) and Viewer’s Choice. Closely behind are Beyonce (Best Female R&B Artist, Best Collaboration, Video of the Year, Viewer’s Choice), Alicia Keys (Best Female R&B Artist, Best Collaboration, Video of the Year, Viewer’s Choice), Trey Songz (Best Male R&B Artist, Best Collaboration – 2, Viewer’s Choice) and Melanie Fiona (Best Female R&B Artist, Best New Artist, Video of the Year, Centric Award) with 4 each. Drake obtains 3 individual nominations with an additional 3 for Young Money; similarly, Nicki Minaj has 2 individual nods as well as 3 for Young Money. Other multiple nominees include Rihanna, Fabolous, B.O.B., Maxwell and Monica. Justin Bieber secures nomination for Best New Artist, Disney(TM) actress Selena Gomez for the YoungStars Award and “Avatar” star Zoe Saldana for Best Actress.

See Full list of nominees below:

BET AWARDS '10
NOMINEES AND CATEGORIES

    Best Female R&B
     Artist              Best Male R&B Artist
    ---------------      --------------------
    Beyonce              Chris Brown
    Mary J. Blige        Raheem DeVaughn
    Melanie Fiona        Maxwell
    Alicia Keys          Trey Songz
    Rihanna              Usher

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

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

    Best Group           Best Collaboration
    ----------           ------------------
    Black Eyed Peas      Beyonce f/ Lady Gaga - Video Phone
    Clipse               B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You
    Diddy-Dirty Money    Drake & Trey Songz - Successful
    New Boyz             Drake f/ Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem - Forever
    Young Money          Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind
                         Trey Songz f/ Fabolous - Say Aah

    Video Director of
     the Year            Video of the Year
    -----------------    -----------------
    Benny Boom           Beyonce f/ Lady Gaga - Video Phone
    Gil Green            B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You
    Anthony Mandler      Melanie Fiona - It Kills Me
    Chris Robinson       Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind
    Hype Williams        Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West - Run This Town

    Best Actress         Best Actor
    ------------         ----------
    Taraji P. Henson     Quinton Aaron
    Regina King          Don Cheadle
    Mo'Nique             Idris Elba
    Zoe Saldana          Jamie Foxx
    Gabourey Sidibe      Denzel Washington

    Best Movie           YoungStars Award
    ----------           ----------------
    Avatar               Selena Gomez
    Law Abiding Citizen  Lil JJ
    Michael Jackson's
     This Is It          Keke Palmer
    Precious: Based on
     the Novel 'Push' by
     Sapphire            Willow Smith
    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       Kobe Bryant
    Serena Williams      LeBron James
    Venus Williams       Tiger Woods

    Viewer's Choice
    ---------------
    Beyonce - Sweet
     Dreams
    Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
     - Empire State of
     Mind
    Monica - Everything
     To Me
    Rihanna f/ Young
     Jeezy - Hard
    Trey Songz f/
     Fabolous - Say Aah
    Young Money (Lil
     Wayne, Gudda Gudda,
     Nicki Minaj, Jae
     Millz, Drake, Tyga)
     f/ Lloyd - Bedrock

    Best International
     Act                 Centric Award
    ------------------   -------------
    Kojo Antwi (Ghana)   Melanie Fiona
    Chipmunk (UK)        Maxwell
    Dizzee Rascal (UK)   Chrisette Michele
    Estelle (UK)         Monica
    Hip Hop Pantsula
     (HHP) (South
     Africa)             Sade
    K'NAAN (Somalia)
    M.I. (Nigeria)
    P-Square (Nigeria)
    Corinne Bailey Rae
     (UK)
    Sade (UK)

SOURCE BET Networks

Lady Gaga and Sting are among the superstar acts who will perform in New York City this spring and summer as part of the Toyota Concert Series on TODAY.

Sting will kick off the series May 14 and will conclude August 27, wit a performance from Katy Perry. Guest performers are expected to be added to the schedule.

Fans and visitors are encouraged to come to the plaza for the live performances.  Viewing is on a first-come, first-served basis outside TODAY’s  studio, located at 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. Fans should arrive by 6:00 a.m. for best viewing positions. Most of the concerts will take place on Friday mornings.

The schedule for the Toyota Concert Series on TODAY follows:

May 14 – Sting
May 21 – The Script
May 27 – American Idol winner and runner-up
June 4 – Justin Bieber
June 8 – Christina Aguilera
June 11 – Rascal Flatts
June 18 – James Taylor
June 25 – Maxwell
July 2 – Maroon 5
July 9 – Lady Gaga
July 16 – Enrique Iglesias
July 23 – John Mayer
July 30 – Carrie Underwood
August 6 – Train
August 13 – Ke$ha
August 20 – Keith Urban
August 27 – Katy Perry

The following is a complete list of GRAMMY award winners:

Record of the Year: “Use Somebody,” Kings of Leon

Album of the Year: Fearless, Taylor Swift

Song of the Year: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It),” Beyonce

Best New Artist: Zac Brown Band

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: “Halo,” Beyonce

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: “Make It Mine,” Jason Mraz

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “I Gotta Feeling,” Black Eyed Peas

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: “Lucky,” Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat

Best Pop Instrumental Performance: “Throw Down Your Heart,” Bela Fleck

Best Pop Instrumental Album: Potato Hole, Booker T. Jones

Best Pop Vocal Album: The E.N.D., Black Eyed Peas

Best Dance Recording: “Poker Face,” Lady Gaga

Best Electronic/Dance Album: The Fame, Lady Gaga

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Garden, Michael Buble

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance: “Working On A Dream,” Bruce Springsteen

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “Use Somebody,” Kings of Leon

Best Hard Rock Performance: “War Machine,” AC/DC

Best Metal Performance: “Dissident Aggressor,” Judas Priest

Best Rock Instrumental Performance: “A Day In The Life,” Jeff Beck

Best Rock Song: “Use Somebody,” Kings of Leon

Best Rock Album: 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day

Best Alternative Music Album: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It), Beyonce

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: “Pretty Wings,” Maxwell

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “Blame It,” Jamie Foxx and T-Pain

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: “At Last,” Beyonce

Best Urban/Alternative Performance: “Pearls,” India.Arie and Dobet Gnahore

Best R&B Song: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It), Beyonce

Best R&B Album: Blacksummers’ Night, Maxwell

Best Contemporary R&B Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce, Beyonce

Best Rap Solo Performance: “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune),” Jay-Z

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group: “Crack A Bottle,” Eminem, Dr. Dre, and 50 Cent

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: “Run This Town,” Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West

Best Rap Song: “Run This Town,” Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West

Best Rap Album: Relapse, Eminem

Best Female Country Vocal Performance: “White Horse,” Taylor Swift

Best Male Country Vocal Performance: “Sweet Thing,” Keith Urban

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “I Run To You,” Lady Antebellum

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: “I Told You So,” Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis

Best Country Instrumental Performance: “Producer’s Medley,” Steve Wariner

Best Country Song: “White Horse,” Liz Rose and Taylor Swift

Best Country Album: Fearless, Taylor Swift

Best New Age Album: Prayer For Compassion, David Darling

Best Contemporary Jazz Album: 75, Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate

Best Jazz Vocal Album: Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltraine And Hartman, Kurt Elling

Best Improvised Jazz Solo: “Dancin’ 4 Chicken,” Terence Blanchard

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group: Five Peace Band – Live, Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Book One, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

Best Latin Jazz Album: Juntos Para Siempre, Bebo Valdes and Chucho Valdes

Best Gospel Performance: “Wait On The Lord,” Donnie McClurkin (featuring Karen Clark Sheard)

Best Gospel Song: “God In Me,” Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell, and Warryn Campbell

Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album: Live Revelations, Third Day

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: The Power Of One, Israel Houghton

Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Gospel Album: Jason Crabb, Jason Crabb

Best Traditional Gospel Album: Oh Happy Day, Various Artists

Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: Audience Of One, Heather Headley

Best Latin Pop Album: Sin Frenos, La Quinta Estacion

Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album: Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo, Calle 13

Best Tropical Latin Album: Ciclos, Luis Enrique

Best Regional Mexican Album: Necesito De Ti, Vincente Fernandez

Best Tejano Album: Borders Y Bailes, Los Texmaniacs

Best Norteno Album: Tu Noche Con… Los Tigres Del Norte, Los Tigers Del Norte

Best Banda Album: Tu Esclavo Y Amo, Lupillo Rivera

Best Americana Album: Electric Dirt, Levon Helm

Best Bluegrass Album: The Crow/New Songs For The Five-String Banjo, Steve Martin

Best Traditional Blues Album: A Stranger Here, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott

Best Contemporary Blues Album: Already Free, The Derek Trucks Band

Best Traditional Folk Album: High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project, Loudon Wainwright III

Best Contemporary Folk Album: Townes, Steve Earle

Best Hawaiian Music Album: Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2, Various Artists

Best Native American Music Album: Spirit Wind North, Bill Miller

Best Zydeco Or Cajun Album: Lay Your Burden Down, Buckwheat Zydeco

Best Reggae Album: Mind Control – Acoustic, Stephen Marley

Best Traditional World Music Album: Douga Mansa, Mamadou Diabate.

Best Contemporary World Music Album: Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 – Africa Sessions, Bela Fleck

Best Musical Album For Children: Family Time, Ziggy Marley

Best Spoken World Album For Children: Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs, Buck Howdy

Best Spoken World Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling): Always Looking Up, Michael J. Fox

Best Comedy Album: A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All!, Stephen Colbert

Best Musical Show Album: West Side Story

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Up

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: “Jai Ho,” Gulzar, A.R. Rahman, and Tanvi Shah

Best Instrumental Compilation: “Married Life,” Michael Giacchino

Best Instrumental Arrangement: “West Side Story Medley,” Bill Cunliffe, arranager

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): “Quiet Nights,” Claus Ogerman, arranger

Best Recording Package: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, Stefan Sagemeister

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Neil Young Archives Vol. 1 (1963-1972). Gary Burden, Jenice Heo, and Neil Young

Best Album Notes: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1948), Dan Morgenstern

Best Historical Album: The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967): Andy McKaie, Erick Labson

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Ellipse, Imogen Heap

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Brendan O’Brien

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: “When Love Takes Over (Electro Extended Remix), David Guetta

Best Surround Sound Album: Transmigration, Michael Bishop, Elaine Martone

Best Engineered Album, Classical: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10, Peter Laenger

Producer Of The Year, Classical: Steven Epstein

Best Classical Album: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10

Best Orchestral Performance: Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe, James Levine

Best Opera Recording: Britten: Billy Budd

Best Choral Performance: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra): Journey To The New World, Sharon Isbin (Joan Baez and Marc O’Connor)

Best Chamber Music Performance: Intimate Letters, Emerson String Quartet

Best Small Ensemble Performance: Lang, David: The Little Match Girl Passion, Paul Hillier; Ars Nova Copenhagen and Theatre Of Voices

Best Classical Vocal Performance: Verismo Arias: Renee Fleming

Best Classical Contemporary Composition: Higdon, Jennifer: Percussion Concerto: Jennifer Higdon

Best Classical Crossover Album: Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace, Yo-Yo Ma

Best Short Form Music Video: “Boom Boom Pow,” Black Eyed Peas

Best Long Form Music Video: “The Beatles Love – All Together Now,” Various Artists

Green Day’s American Idiot is coming to Broadway. A stage adaptation of the Grammy-winning album will open April 20, at New York City’s St. James Theatre. Preview performances begin March 24. The casting for the show was not announced at press time…

The Allman Brothers Band have announced that their annual New York City residency, which has, in past years, taken place at the Beacon Theatre, will move uptown to the United Palace Theatre, because the Beacon is unable to host the band due to a scheduling conflict. The group has announced eight shows at the 3,200 seat United Palace – March 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, and 20). The band has taken a lengthy residency in New York since 1989. The group has also announced that it plans a very limited tour schedule for 2010…

Lady Gaga, P!nk, Green Day, The Dave Matthews Band, and The Zac Brown Band, have just been added to the list of performers at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards, which will take place January 31. Previously-announced performers include the Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell, Beyonce, and Taylor Swift…

Pharrell Williams will write original songs for Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming 3-D CGI feature, Despicable Me. Williams will also compose the film alongside Hans Zimmer and Heitor Pereira. The film, which features vocal contributions from Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride, Miranda Cosgrove, Jack McBrayer, Mindy Kaling, Jemaine Clement, and Julie Andrews hits theater screens July 9…

Beyonce received 10 Grammy Awards nominations Wednesday night (December 2), leading a pack of artists, including Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen, and the Black Eyed Peas.

Beyonce’s nominations included album of the year (I Am… Sasha Fierce), song of the year (”Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It”), and record of the year (”Halo”).

Swift took home eight nominations, including album of the year for Fearless, as well as song and record of the year for “You Belong With Me.”

Lady Gaga received five nominations, including album of the year for The Fame, and song and record of the year for “Poker Face.”

Maxwell and Kanye West each received six nominations and Jay-Z and David Guetta garnered five nominations.

The awards will be presented January 31, 2010, in Los Angeles, California.

Click here for the full list of Grammy Awards nominees.

U2 will headline the Glastonbury festival in 2010, marking the first time that the group has played the festival. 2010 will mark the 40th anniversary of the legendary festival. Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young headlined the 2009 edition of the fest. Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis noted that U2 will headline Friday night and that he is still working on “three or four superstars” to appear during the fest. Among the rumored bands are Muse, the Rolling Stones, Coldplay, David Bowie, and Led Zeppelin…

In conjunction with the recent release of his Christmas In The Heart album, Bob Dylan sat down for an interview with journalist Bill Flanagan. The interview, which is the only one Dylan is doing in conjunction with the release of the album, will be syndicated worldwide through the International Network of Street Papers…

Maxwell will headline a special benefit performance at Club Nokia L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California, December 2. The concert will follow the live televised event The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! All proceeds from Maxwell’s concert will benefit the GRAMMY Museum…

Paul van Dyk will perform a four-hour set on New Year’s Eve at New York City’s Roseland Ballroom. Tickets range in price from $75 to $775…

Country singer George Strait’s Twang debuted atop the Billboard 200 album charts this week after selling 155,000 copies, marking the fifth time that he has topped the Billboard 200. Straight dethroned last week’s No. 1, Sugarland’s LIVE On The Inside, which fell to No. 11.

Strait also landed at the top of the Top Comprehensive Albums chart, knocking out Michael Jackson’s Number Ones, which dropped one spot to No. 2.

Neil Diamond’s Hot August Night/NYC, the live CD/DVD set available exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club, entered the Billboard 200 at No. 2 on sales of 57,000 units. He was followed at No. 3 by the Black Eyed Peas‘ The E.N.D. which rises from No. 4 to No. 3.

Cobra Starship’s third album, Hot Mess, debuted at No. 4 after selling 42,000 sets, followed by Kings of Leon’s Only By the Night, which holds at No. 5.

Country singer Justin Moore’s self-titled debut premiered impressively at No. 10 on sales of 34,000 units.

Disney star Demi Lovato topped the Billboard 200 album chart this week after her sophomore set, Here We Go Again, sold 108,000 copies in its first week of release.

While Lovato topped the Billboard 200, the best-selling album of the week was the late Michael Jackson’s Number Ones, which was No. 1 on the Top Comprehensive Albums chart, and which sold 154,000 copies, down 21 percent from last week.

Last week’s top album on the Billboard 200, Daughtry’s Leave This Town, dropped one spot to No. 2 after selling more than 100,000 copies. They were followed at No. 3 by Maxwell’s BLACKsummers’night, which dropped one spot on sales of 72,000 units.

The NOW 31 compilation retains the No. 4 spot on sales of 58,000 copies. Rounding out the top five is the Hannah Montana 3 television soundtrack, which dropped two spots after selling 54,000 units.

American Idol winner Jordin Sparks‘ sophomore album, Battlefield, entered the charts at No. 7 on sales of 48,000 copies.