Blue Ivy Carter Receives Her First BET Awards Nomination

Beyonce’s daughter, Blue Ivy, is nominated for her very first BET Awards at just eight-years-old.

On Monday, the nominees of BET Awards were announced. Each celebrating achievements in music, television, film and sports. Among them was Beyonce and Jay-Z’s eight-year-old daughter. She appeared with Beyonce on her famous song, ‘Brown Skin Girl’. The track was from The Lion King: The Gift soundtrack album. The amazing song which also features WizKid and SAINt JHN, is also nominated for the BET Awards.

Blue Ivy opens the track with the lyrics ‘Brown skin girl/ Your skin just like pearls/ The best thing in the world/ Never trade you for anybody else’.

The track is up against Alicia Keys, Ciara, Lupita Nyong’o, Ester Dean, City Girls, LaLa, Layton Greene, Lizzo, Missy Elliot, Rapsody, and PJ Morton.

While this is Blue’s first nomination, her mother, Beyonce, is nominated for three other categories. Best Female R&B/Pop Artist, Album Of The Year, and Best Movie. 

Brown Skin Girl has already acheived several awards.

The track won the Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award at the 2019 BET Soul Train Awards, followed by the Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration Award at the 2020 NAACP Image Awards.

Brown Skin Girl, the ultimate win for Blue

As for Blue, she isn’t the only one who received a first-time BET nomination on Monday. Saweetie, Doja Cat, Roddy Ricch and international artists like Rema and Sha Sha are just a few others celebrating, too.

Last July, Beyonce’s mother, Tina Knowles, spoke with ET about what it was like hearing her granddaughter on an album at such a young age.

“Oh my god. That album is incredible,” she gushed. “I can’t get enough of it and, of course, I’m not biased but that was wonderful and for Blue to be a part of it, it’s amazing.”

Beyonce and Jay-Z have already begun to introduce Blue to her passion for music. She is also a part of Jay-Z’s album, 4:44.

In a bonus track for the album, Blue demonstrates her impressive free styling abilities in the aptly titled track, ‘Blue’s Freestyle/We Family.’ 

The young girl has also made numerous appearances in her mother’s music videos, including Formation and Spirit. 

In 2018, Blue became a big sister by welcoming Rumi and Sir Carter into the world.

This year’s BET Awards will be taking place virtually, and will be televised by CBS for the first time.   

The BET Awards will be making its national broadcast premiere as it will also be simulcasting across ViacomCBS networks including BET and BET HER on Sunday, June 28 at 8pm.

See the full list of nominations below:

BEST FEMALE R&B/POP ARTIST

BEYONCÉ
H.E.R.
JHENE AIKO
KEHLANI
LIZZO
SUMMER WALKER

BEST MALE R&B/POP ARTIST

ANDERSON .PAAK
CHRIS BROWN
JACQUEES
KHALID
THE WEEKND
USHER

BEST GROUP

CHLOE X HALLE
CITY GIRLS
EARTHGANG
GRISELDA
JACKBOYS
MIGOS

BEST COLLABORATION

CHRIS BROWN FT. DRAKE – “NO GUIDANCE”
DJ KHALED FT. NIPSEY HUSSLE & JOHN LEGEND – “HIGHER”
FUTURE FT. DRAKE – “LIFE IS GOOD”
H.E.R. FT. YG – “SLIDE”
MEGAN THEE STALLION FT. NICKI MINAJ & TY DOLLA $IGN – “HOT GIRL SUMMER”
WALE FT. JEREMIH – “ON CHILL”

BEST MALE HIP HOP ARTIST

DABABY
DRAKE
FUTURE
LIL BABY
RODDY RICCH
TRAVIS SCOTT

BEST FEMALE HIP HOP ARTIST

CARDI B
DOJA CAT
LIZZO
MEGAN THEE STALLION
NICKI MINAJ
SAWEETIE

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

CHRIS BROWN FT. DRAKE – “NO GUIDANCE”
DABABY – “BOP”
DJ KHALED FT. NIPSEY HUSSLE & JOHN LEGEND – “HIGHER”
DOJA CAT – “SAY SO”
MEGAN THEE STALLION FT. NICKI MINAJ & TY DOLLA $IGN – “HOT GIRL SUMMER”
RODDY RICCH – “THE BOX”

VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

BENNY BOOM
COLE BENNETT
DAVE MEYERS
DIRECTOR X
EIF RIVERA
TEYANA “SPIKE TEE” TAYLOR

BEST NEW ARTIST

DANILEIGH
LIL NAS X
POP SMOKE
RODDY RICCH
SUMMER WALKER
YBN CORDAE

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

CUZ I LOVE YOU – LIZZO
FEVER – MEGAN THEE STALLION
HOMECOMING: THE LIVE ALBUM – BEYONCÉ
I USED TO KNOW HER – H.E.R.
KIRK – DABABY
PLEASE EXCUSE ME FOR BEING ANTISOCIAL – RODDY RICCH

DR. BOBBY JONES BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL AWARD

FRED HAMMOND – “ALRIGHT”
JOHN P. KEE FT. ZACARDI CORTEZ – “I MADE IT OUT”
KANYE WEST – “FOLLOW GOD”
KIRK FRANKLIN – “JUST FOR ME”
PJ MORTON FT. LE’ANDRIA JOHNSON & MARY MARY – “ALL IN HIS PLAN”
THE CLARK SISTERS – “VICTORY”

BEST ACTRESS

ANGELA BASSETT
CYNTHIA ERIVO
ISSA RAE
REGINA KING
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
ZENDAYA

BEST ACTOR

BILLY PORTER
EDDIE MURPHY
FOREST WHITAKER
JAMIE FOXX
MICHAEL B. JORDAN
OMARI HARDWICK

YOUNGSTARS AWARD

ALEX HIBBERT
ASANTE BLACKK
JAHI DI’ALLO WINSTON
MARSAI MARTIN
MILES BROWN
STORM REID

BEST MOVIE

“BAD BOYS FOR LIFE”
“DOLEMITE IS MY NAME”
“HARRIET”
“HOMECOMING: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ”
“JUST MERCY”
“QUEEN & SLIM”

SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

AJEÉ WILSON
CLARESSA SHIELDS
COCO GAUFF
NAOMI OSAKA
SERENA WILLIAMS
SIMONE BILES

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO
KAWHI LEONARD
LEBRON JAMES
ODELL BECKHAM JR.
PATRICK MAHOMES II
STEPHEN CURRY

BET HER AWARD

ALICIA KEYS – “UNDERDOG”
BEYONCÉ FT. BLUE IVY CARTER, WIZKID & SAINT JHN – “BROWN SKIN GIRL”
CIARA FT. LUPITA NYONG’O, ESTER DEAN, CITY GIRLS & LA LA – “MELANIN”
LAYTON GREENE – “I CHOOSE”
LIZZO FT. MISSY ELLIOTT – “TEMPO”
RAPSODY FT. PJ MORTON – “AFENI”

VIEWER’S CHOICE AWARD

CHRIS BROWN FT. DRAKE – “NO GUIDANCE”
DABABY – “BOP”
FUTURE FT. DRAKE – “LIFE IS GOOD”
MEGAN THEE STALLION FT. NICKI MINAJ – “HOT GIRL SUMMER”
RODDY RICCH – “THE BOX”
THE WEEKND – “HEARTLESS”

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT

BURNA BOY (NIGERIA)
INNOSS’B (DRC)
SHO MADJOZI (SOUTH AFRICA)
DAVE (U.K.)
STORMZY (U.K.)
NINHO (FRANCE)
S.PRI NOIR (FRANCE)

VIEWER’S CHOICE: BEST NEW INTERNATIONAL ACT

REMA (NIGERIA)
SHA SHA (ZIMBABWE)
CELESTE (U.K.)
YOUNG T & BUGSEY (U.K.)
HATIK (FRANCE)
STACY (FRANCE)