The nominees for the 2011 BET Soul Train Awards have been announced with nods to veterans Michael Jackson and CeCe Winans.
Chris Brown leads the nominations with five while Beyonce received four. The soul diva is up against husband Jay-Z for Album of the Year.
Jackson was nominated for Record of the Year (Hold My Hand) while Kirk Franklin and CeCe Winans are up for Best Gospel Performance (Along with others). In addition Machel Montano is up for Best Caribbean Performance (Bend Over).
In what might be an omission in the nomination announcement, Jay-Z and Kanye West are nominated for Hip-Hop Song of the Year for Otis; however, Otis Redding, who is listed as a contributing artist on the record, is not given a nomination.
The awards ceremony will be held November 17 on BET and Centric on November 27 and it will be hosted by comedian Cedric The Entertainer.
A complete list of Soul Train Awards nominations are as follows:
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 ft. Busta Rhymes & Lil Wayne
– “Out of My Head” – Lupe Fiasco
– “Otis” – Jay-Z & 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 ft. 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 & 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
