Oct 24, 2011

Chris Brown Leads Soul Train Awards Nominations With 5. Beyonce & Kanye West Not Far Behind With 4 Apiece


Chris Brown continues to reap rewards from his F.A.M.E. album. The singer has racked up five nominations at this year's Soul Train Awards to lead the pack.


Breezy could take home trophies for Best Male R&B/Soul Artist, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Dance Performance.



Beyonce and Kanye West picked up four nominations apiece, followed closely behind by Rihanna, Kelly Rowland and British singer Adele, who each have three.



Earth, Wind, and Fire and “Empress of Soul” Gladys Knight. will receive Legend Awards honoring their long careers and contributions to the music world.



This year's event will be hosted by comedian Cedric The Entertainer, and will air Sunday, November 27 at 9PM Eastern on BET and Centric.



Complete Soul Train Awards nominations below.



Best New Artist


Bruno Mars


Marsha Ambrosius


Miguel


Frank Ocean



Best Male R&B/Soul Artist


Trey Songz


Chris Brown


R. Kelly


Miguel


Cee Lo Green


Eric Benet



Centric Award


Ledisi


Raphael Saddiq


Bilal


Anthony David


Aloe Blacc



Best Caribbean Performance


“Man Down” -Rihanna


“Summer Time” -Vybz Kartel


“Wotless” -Kes The Band


“Bend Over” – Machel Montano


“Delilah” – Movado



Best Gospel Performance


“I Smile” – Kirk Franklin


“Walking” – Mary Mary


“Heaven Hear My Heart” – Trin-I-Tee 5:7


“I Believe” – James Fortune ft. Shawn McLemore


“More” – Cece Winans



Album of the Year


21 - Adele


F.A.M.E - Chris Brown


4 - Beyonce


Passion Pain & Pleasure - Trey Songz


Light of the Sun - Jill Scott


Watch The Throne - Jay Z and Kanye West



Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year


“Moment for Life” – Nicki Minaj


“All of the Lights”- Kanye West ft. Rihanna


“Look at Me Now” – Chris Brown feat. Busta Rhymes and Lil’ Wayne


“Out of My Head” – Lupe Fiasco


“Otis” - Jay Z and Kanye West



Best Female R&B/Soul Artist


Kelly Rowland


Beyonce


Marsha Ambrosius


Jennifer Hudson


Jill Scott


Mary J. Blige



Song of the Year


“Motivation” – Kelly Rowland feat. Lil’ Wayne


“Sure Thing”- Miguel


“Rolling in the Deep” – Adele


“She Ain’t You” – Chris Brown


“All of the Lights” – Kanye West


“So In Love” – Jill Scott ft. Anthony Hamilton



Record of the Year (The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter’s Award)


“Rolling in the Deep” – Adele (Writers: Adele, Paul Epworth)


“Far Away” – Marsha Ambrosius (Writers: Marsha Ambrosius, Sterling Simms)


“Best Thing I Never Had” – Beyonce (Writers: Antonio Dixon; Kenneth Edmonds; Larry Griffin, Jr.; Beyoncé Knowles; Caleb McCampbell; Patrick Smith; Shea Taylor)


“Good Man” – Raphael Saddiq (Writers: Raphael Saadiq, Taura Stinson)


“Hold My Hand” (Duet with Akon) – Michael Jackson (Writers: Aliaune Thiam (Akon), Giorgio Tuinfort, Claude Kelly)



Best Dance Performance


“Motivation” – Kelly Rowland


“Only Girl in the World”/”What’s My Name” – Rihanna


“Run The World” – Beyonce


“She Ain’t You” – Chris Brown


“Walking” – Mary Mary


“Pretty Girl Rock” – Keri Hilson



2011 Soul Train Award Legend Award Recipients


Gladys Knight


Earth Wind and Fire



Traditional Jazz*


“In Concert On Broadway” – Harry Connick Jr.


“James Farm”- Eric Harland


“Light My Fire”- Eliane Elias


“Silver Pony”- Cassandra Wilson


“What’s It All About” – Pat Metheny



Contemporary Jazz*


“Contact” – Boney James


“Hello Tomorrow” – Dave Koz


“Rock-et Sci-ence ”- Bela Fleck


“Let’s Touch The Sky”- Fourplay


“Time Together”- Michael Franks

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