Saturday, October 24, 2009

She Plays Music

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2009 Soul Train Music Awards Nominees Announced!

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 08:18 AM PDT

The nominee's for the 2009 Soult Train Awards have been recently announced and I'm happy to say that Whitney Houston is among the females nominated! What a great way to be welcomed back into the music industry.

The singer is nominated for Best Female R&B Artist and she's up against some tough competition. Singers, Keri Hilson and Beyoncé, both snagged four nominations a piece, making them the most nominated this year. 

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Above: Keri Hilson

The awards will be held on November 3rd in Atlanta, Georgia. Check out who's nominated below!

BEST NEW ARTIST
Drake
Jazmine Sullivan
Keri Hilson
Ryan Leslie
Solange

BEST R&B/SOUL ARTIST FEMALE
Beyonce
Chrisette Michele
Jennifer Hudson
Ledisi
Whitney Houston

SONG OF THE YEAR
"God in Me" – Mary Mary
"Pretty Wings" – Maxwell
"Single Ladies (Put a ring on it)" – Beyonce
"Spotlight" – Jennifer Hudson
"Turnin Me On" – Keri Hilson/ ft Lil Wayne

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Beyonce – 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’s Night (Gold) Sony Music
Ne-Yo – Year of the Gentleman

RECORD OF THE YEAR (SONGWRITER AWARD)
Beyonce – "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"

Image: Bauer-Griffin

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