THE NEPTUNES - PHARRELL LEADS VIBE AWARD NOMINATIONS

THE NEPTUNES star PHARRELL WILLIAMS leads the VIBE AWARDS with five nods.

The ceremony, which will be held on 20 November (03) at the SANTA MONICA CIVIC CENTER in California, will be hosted by QUEEN LATIFAH.

Presenters and performers for the show will be announced in the coming weeks.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

- Artist Of The Year

50 CENT

BEYONCE

SEAN PAUL

MISSY ELLIOTT

R KELLY

- Tightest Team Players

LIL' JON + THE EASTSIDE BOYZ

OUTKAST

B2K

N.E.R.D./THE NEPTUNES

THE ROOTS

- Sexiest Video Vixen

PASHA - MA, I DON'T LOVE HER BY CLIPSE

TAE HERKARD - I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT BY BUSTA RHYMES

EBONY JACKSON - RIGHT THURR BY CHINGY

AMBROSIA WILLIAMS - HOW YOU WANT THAT BY LOON

JEANETTE CHAVIS - EXCUSE ME MISS BY JAY-Z

- Most Influential Region

ATLANTA

ST LOUIS

NEW YORK

LOS ANGELES

DETROIT

- Realest Video

BEAUTIFUL - SNOOP DOGG FEATURING PHARRELL WILLIAMS

CRAZY IN LOVE - BEYONCE FEATURING JAY-Z

WORK IT - MISSY ELLIOTT

HEY YA! - OUTKAST

GET BUSY - SEAN PAUL

- Most Stylish

BEYONCE KNOWLES

SEAN 'P DIDDY' COMBS

PHARRELL WILLIAMS

MARY J BLIGE

JAY-Z

- Dopest Album

GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' - 50 CENT

CHOCOLATE FACTORY - R KELLY

DUTTY ROCK - SEAN PAUL

GOD'S SON - NAS

JUSTIFIED - JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

- Hottest Hook

IN DA CLUB - 50 CENT

RIGHT THURR - CHINGY

BEAUTIFUL - SNOOP DOGG FEATURING PHARRELL WILLIAMS

NEVER SCARED - BONE CRUSHER

GET LOW - LIL' JON + THE EASTSIDE BOYZ

- Enterprising Entrepreneur

P DIDDY

DAMON DASH

RUSSELL SIMMONS

J.LO

DR DRE

- Coolest Collabo

CRAZY IN LOVE - BEYONCE FEATURING JAY-Z

BEAUTIFUL - SNOOP DOGG FEATURING PHARRELL WILLIAMS

I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT - BUSTA RHYMES FEATURING MARIAH CAREY

LIKE A PIMP - DAVID BANNER FEATURING LIL' FLIP

MAGIC STICK - LIL' KIM FEATURING 50 CENT

- Next

CHINGY

JOE BUDDEN

BONE CRUSHER

DAVID BANNER

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