• Music
  • 19 May 11

Laura Izibor up for BET Award

Laura Izibor up for BET Award
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The Hot Press Newsdesk

The Irish singer is in the running for Best International Act

With her profile significantly increased Stateside due to her role in the CW drama One Tree Hill, musician, singer and actor Laura Izibor has just been nominated for a BET Award. Black Entertainment Television's ceremony now realistically rivals the MTV Awards in terms of popularity, so it's certainly a big deal for the young Dubliner.

Still evidently making waves with her 2009 album Let The Truth Be Told, Izibor finds herself in a tough group, up against the likes of Tinchy Stryder, VV Brown and Tinie Tempah in the Best International Act: UK category (ok, they clearly aren't up to speed on the last century of Anglo-Irish politics).

The awards ceremony takes place June 26.

Advertisement

RELATED

Aziya: When I was kid, there weren’t many young women of colour making alternative music, but now there’s loads. We’re all trying to create a world where that’s the norm"
  • Music
  • 04 Aug 25

Aziya: When I was kid, there weren’t many young women of colour making alternative music, but now there’s loads. We’re all trying to create a world where that’s the norm"

Oasis in '95: "It might seem that we’re a bunch of ramshackle pissed-up drug addicts but we’re actually pretty organised and when things get done, they get done well"
  • Music
  • 04 Aug 25

Oasis in '95: "It might seem that we’re a bunch of ramshackle pissed-up drug addicts but we’re actually pretty organised and when things get done, they get done well"

Stand-out performance by CMAT at All Together Now
  • Music
  • 03 Aug 25

Stand-out performance by CMAT at All Together Now

RELATED

Loyle Carner: "For so long, I was so scared of failing that I didn’t want to take any risks, and just sat in my little comfort zone"
  • Music
  • 03 Aug 25

Loyle Carner: "For so long, I was so scared of failing that I didn’t want to take any risks, and just sat in my little comfort zone"

Oasis in '94: "We fight, yeah. Hourly. In fact, I haven’t seen Liam today, so I might ’phone him up and pick an argument with him"
  • Music
  • 03 Aug 25

Oasis in '94: "We fight, yeah. Hourly. In fact, I haven’t seen Liam today, so I might ’phone him up and pick an argument with him"

Fontaines D.C. deliver rock masterclass at All Together Now
  • Music
  • 02 Aug 25

Fontaines D.C. deliver rock masterclass at All Together Now

Oasis episode of <I>Hot Press Classics</I> out now - feat. Paul Weller
  • Music
  • 01 Aug 25

Oasis episode of Hot Press Classics out now - feat. Paul Weller

Lyterian release new single ‘Monument’
  • Music
  • 01 Aug 25

Lyterian release new single ‘Monument’

Opus Kink announce new album <i>A Hideous Collective</i>
  • Music
  • 01 Aug 25

Opus Kink announce new album A Hideous Collective