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Jay-Z Leads the Pack with 5 Individual Nominations, Followed by Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Trey Songz and Melanie Fiona Tied With 4 Each Pop Prince Justin Bieber Gets A Nod for Best New Artist, Newcomer Selena Gomez for the YoungStars Award and the Accomplished Zoe Saldana for Best Actress NEW YORK, May 18 -- BET Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA) (NYSE:VIA.B) , today announced that entertainment superstar Queen Latifah has been tapped to host the tenth anniversary of the mega-hit, #1 rated awards show among African American viewers, the BET AWARDS. This much-anticipated special will broadcast LIVE from the historic Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 8:00 P.M.* on BET and via live stream on BET.com. Continuing a tradition of honoring and showcasing the industry's hottest stars in music, sports and entertainment, BET AWARDS '10 is poised for another chart-topping night of never-before seen moments. Performances by Diddy-Dirty Money, Trey Songz, Nicki Min...

Set to Perform the #1 Song on Dancing with the Stars and Tonight Show in April; Erkyah Badu Added to Just-announced second night at Madison Square Garden in Concert with Jill Scott on June 26 Platinum-selling soul star Maxwell is still making news nearly a year after the release of his hit album 'BLACKsummers'night.' *The singer and songwriter scores a three-peat this week with "Fistful of Tears," his third consecutive #1 on Billboard's Urban Adult airplay charts, making him the first male artist to achieve this feat according to the magazine. * Maxwell will perform the history-making single on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" on April 20th and NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno on April 22nd , as he preps for the most talked about tour of the summer, his major arena dates with Jill Scott. The tour starts May 21 in Cleveland, Oh. *It's just been announced that Maxwell will be joined by Erkyah Badu for his second Madison Square Garden performa...