Ranking the BET Awards nominees by number of Twitter followers

The 2017 BET Awards will air on Sunday, June 25 at 8:30 p.m., when the country’s top minority musicians, actors, and athletes come together to compete for a chance to be named the best of the best in their respective categories. There’s no way to know for sure who will win, but as a fun exercise and experiment, we decided to examine each nominee’s popularity on social media. Not every potential winner has a Twitter account (folks like Denzel Washington, Mahershala Ali, Daft Punk, and Kehla...

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