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Beyoncé, Maxwell and Keri Hilson Lead Soul Train Music Award Nominations


The Soul Train Music Awards are back and Beyoncé, Maxwell and Keri Hilson lead all nominees with four nods apiece. Also up for honors are Drake, Kanye West, Jennifer Hudson, Ryan Leslie, Robin Thicke, Keyshia Cole and Musiq Soulchild, among many others.

Legendary artists Chaka Khan, Charlie Wilson, L.A. Reid and Babyface will be saluted and Motown Records will commemorate their 50th anniversary.

The highlight of night will be a special tribute honoring the late King of Pop with the "Entertainer of the Year" award.

Erykah Badu, Trey Songz, Chrisette Michelle, Boyz II Men and Angie Stone are just a few of the performers slated to hit the stage. Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson will host.

Centric Presents: The 2009 Soul Train Awards is set to air on both Centric and BET in a special simulcast on Sunday, November 29, at 9:00 P.M.

See the full list of nominees below:

Best New Artist
• Drake
• Jazmine Sullivan
• Keri Hilson
• Ryan Leslie
• Solange

Best R&B/Soul Artist Female
• Beyoncé
• Chrisette Michele
• Jennifer Hudson
• Ledisi
• Whitney Houston

Best Male R&B/Soul Male
• Charlie Wilson
• Maxwell
• Musiq Soulchild
• Raphael Saadiq
• Robin Thicke

Song of the year
• "God in Me" - Mary Mary
• "Pretty Wings" - Maxwell
• "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" - Beyoncé
• "Spotlight"-Jennifer Hudson
• "Turnin Me On"-Keri Hilson/ ft Lil Wayne

Album of the Year
• Beyoncé - I Am...Sasha Fierce (Platinum) Sony Music
• Jamie Foxx- Intuition (Platinum) J Records
• Kanye West-808s & Heartbreak (Platinum) Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam
• Maxwell-Blacksummer'snight (Gold) Sony Music
• Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman

Record of the Year (Songwriter Award)
• Beyoncé - "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
• Drake - "Best I ever had"
• Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain - "Blame it"
• Keri Hilson - "Knock You Down"
• Maxwell - "Pretty Wings"

Best Reggae Artist award
• Movado
• Sean Paul
• Serani
• Taurus Riley
• Ziggy Marley

Centric Award - Soul Approved/Underground
• Corneille
• Eric Roberson
• Laura Izibor
• Maysa
• The Knux

BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE MALE FEMALE OR GROUP
• BeBe and CeCe Winans- "Close To You"
• Fred Hammond f/John P Kee- "They That Wait
• Marvin Sapp-"Praise Him in Advance"
• Mary Mary- "God In Me"
• Smokie Norful- "Justified"

BEST COLLABORATION
• Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo "Knock You Down"
• Keyshia Cole featuring Monica-"Trust"
• Mario featuring Gucci Mane and Sean Garrett - "Break Up"
• Mary Mary featuring Kierra (KiKi) Sheard - "God In Me"
• Trey Songz featuring Drake - "Successful"

Entertainer of the year
• Michael Jackson

 

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RT @essenceonline: Beyoncé, Maxwell and Keri Hilson Lead Soul Train Music Award Nominations Beyoncé, Maxwell and Keri Hilson Lead Soul Train Music Award Nominations @essenceonline
Nice to Chaka Khan honored. She has worked hard and has earned it. She sure can do Gospel music wonderfully. Would love to have Chaka Khan gospel album.
Posted at 11/20/2009 10:30 AM by John Charles
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Michael Jackson is the Best artist PERIOD Mariah Carey is the Best female artist PERIOD and Chrisette Michelle, Jennifer Hudson, Ne-yo, Maxwell, are the BEST RNB ARTIST of this generation they are REAL!!!
Posted at 11/02/2009 6:10 PM by MAYA
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Its a pleasure to have the soul train awards back and recognizing all the talent of the past few years who have gone unnoticed is a blessing.
Posted at 10/29/2009 9:26 PM by dorain
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very happy to see the soultrain awards back thanks to all how mad it possible
Posted at 10/29/2009 9:20 PM by vic
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Beyonce is the BEST FEMALE ARTIST out today!!! She deserves all the awards she gets!!! She a great performer, and singer...no one can touch her....GO BEY!!!!
Posted at 10/26/2009 2:38 PM by Shaq
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