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Justin Bieber has been nominated for the Best New Artist award at the 10th annual Black Entertainment TV Awards, and he's up against Melanie Fiona, Nicki Minaj, Wale and Young Money.

Though it seems like a surprising choice, Stephen Hill, BET head of programming, said "[Bieber] makes the type of music our audience likes," adding that the 16-year-old star "has crossed the color boundaries in the way hip-hop has the other way for a number of years."

If we're basing this off of what teenage girls all over the world want, he may have a point!