Usher leads the pack at this years Soul Train Awards with 5 nods. Comedian Cedric The Entertainer will host the event that will air on BET and Centric November 25th at 9PM. A much deserving New Edition will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Frank Ocean receives his first ever Soul Train nomination, Album Of The Year for his debut album Channel Orange. Up for the same award is R Kelly aka Ah-rah who has officially became the most Soul Train Awards nominated artist in history.
Check out all of the nominees after the jump!
Best New Artist
Elle Varner
Emeli Sande
J. Cole
Luke James
Robert Glasper
Centric Award
Daley
Esperanza Spalding
Gary Clark Jr.
Leah Labelle
Santigold
Best Gospel/Inspirational Performance
BeBe Winans-America America
Fred Hammond-I Feel Good
Marvin Sapp-My Testimony
Mary Mary-Go Get It
Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks-Celebrate
Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year
2 Chainz feat. Drake-No Lie
Wale feat. Miguel-Lotus Flower Bomb
Nas-Daughters
Kanye West feat. Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz-Mercy
Young Jeezy feat. Ne-Yo-Leave You Alone
Best R&B/Soul Female Artist
Beyoncé
Estelle
Keyshia Cole
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Best R&B/Soul Male Artist
Miguel
Robin Thicke
Trey Songz
Tyrese
Usher
Album of the Year
The One- Eric Benet
Channel Orange-Frank Ocean
Life Is Good-Nas
Write Me Back-R. Kelly
Looking For Myself-Usher
Song of the Year
Estelle-Thank You
John Legend feat. Ludacris-Tonight (Best You Ever Had)
Trey Songz- Heart Attack
Tyrese-Stay
Usher-Climax
Wale feat. Miguel-Lotus Flower Bomb
The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award
Thank You-Estelle (Writers: Arden Altino, Akene “The Champ” Dunkley, Jerry Duplessis, Doug F. Edwards, Thomas D. Richardson, Aliaune Thiam)
Tonight (Best You Ever Had)-John Legend feat. Ludacris (Writers: Allen Arthur, Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges, Keith Justice, Miguel Pimentel “Miguel”, Clayton Reilly, John Stephens)
Daughters-Nas (Writers: Nasir Jones, Ernest D. Wilson, Patrick Adams, Gary DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer, Paul Leka)
Share My Love-R. Kelly (Writer: Robert Kelly)
Climax-Usher (Writers: Usher Raymond IV, Sean “Redd Stylez” Fenton, Thomas “Diplo” Pentz, Ariel Rechtshaid)
Best Dance Performance
Beyoncé-Love On Top
Chris Brown-Turn Up The Music
Nicki Minaj-Starships
Rihanna-Where Have You Been
Usher-Scream
CentricTV.com Awards:
CENTRICTV.com Best Caribbean Performance
Cover Drive-Bajan Style
Damien "Junior Gong" Marley-SuperHeavy
Jimmy Cliff-Rebirth
Matisyahu-Spark Seeker
Sean Paul-Tomahawk Technique
CENTRICTV.com Best International Performance
Amy Winehouse-Our Day Will Come
Daley feat. Marsha Ambrosius-Alone Together
Emeli Sande-Next To Me
Estelle-Thank You
Gotye feat. Kimbra-Somebody (That I Used To Know)
Rebecca Ferguson-Nothing’s Real But Love
CENTRICTV.com Best Traditional Jazz Artist/Group
Chris Botti-Impressions
Kenny Garrett-Seeds From The Underground
Melody Gardot-The Absence
The Robert Glasper Experiment-Black Radio
Tony Bennett-Isn't It Romantic
CENTRICTV.com Best Contemporary Jazz Artist/Group
Ben Tankard-Full Tank
Brian Culbertson-DREAMS
Cassandra Wilson-Another Country
Esperanza Spalding-Radio Music Society
Peter White-Here We Go
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