According to Hill, the final nominees were the result of playing the numbers game.
“This one’s a tough one. We simply had to go, as we always do, with the artists who got the most votes in that [best female R&B artist] category. The nominations consist of the artists that got the top votes in that category when put to our voting academy. If there is six nominations in a category that means there was a tie.” (The Juice)
Hill also justified Beyonce’s nomination, despite the fact that her most recent album was 2008’s I Am…Sasha Fierce.
“People are asking why Beyoncé is nominated. Beyoncé submitted a video for “Why Don’t You Love Me” early May of 2010. She submitted one video remaining from her “I Am… Sasha Fierce” project. That was the last video she submitted and it was submitted during this year’s eligibility period. She was voted on the strength of that one video even though the bulk of that project was the year before.” (The Juice)
Over the weekend, Hill responded to criticism over female rapper Trinanot getting any awards nods.
Following last week’s BET Awards nominees announcement, Cole hit up Twitter to publicly express her feelings.
“All u guys say BET didn’t set me up for any nominations?,” she