e following is a complete list of nominees and categories for the CENTRIC
PRESENTS: 2009 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS:


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



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)" - 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"



ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR


-- Michael Jackson

i hope the show is good

mimi07 said:

Don't hold your breath. These shows have gotten worse and worse in the past 10 years (at least).

ernestsewell said:

Exactly. I don't expect any good changes with this show.

My picks:

BEST NEW ARTIST
-- Solange
(No clue who the other four were)

BEST R&B/SOUL ARTIST FEMALE
-- Whitney Houston

BEST MALE R&B/SOUL MALE
-- Maxwell

SONG OF THE YEAR
-- "Pretty Wings" - Maxwell
(although I think Beyonce and her non-songwriting ass will get it, but I think Jennifer Hudson deserves it more out of the two)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
-- Maxwell - Blacksummer's Night (Gold) Sony Music
(see above)

RECORD OF THE YEAR (SONGWRITER AWARD)
-- Maxwell - "Pretty Wings"
Why the fuck is Beyonce nominated for this? She didn't write that damn song! If they're going to list the songwriters, let's not forget Christopher Stewart, Terius Nash, Kuk Harrell as well.

BEST REGGAE ARTIST AWARD
I couldn't care less about this award.

CENTRIC AWARD - SOUL APPROVED/UNDERGROUND
Que?

BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE MALE, FEMALE OR GROUP
-- BeBe and CeCe Winans - "Close To You"

BEST COLLABORATION
-- Mary Mary featuring Kierra (KiKi) Sheard - "God In Me"
Honestly, I've not heard any of these songs.

ernestsewell said:

You read my mind, lol

Not even one good motherfucker in that list. Not even one. I'm not surprised though.

ernestsewell said:

i know but they've had 3 years off, hopefully they were brainstorming something

vainandy said:

vainandy said:

Maxwell. I think he'll go unnoticed, and I think he's never quite gotten the acknowledgment that he deserves. A person writing and actually singing in this world is the exception, not the rule. But we're sure to have a show filled w/ nonsense "special performances" filled with rappers, half-cocked "singers", and plenty of machismo, crotch grinding, and general bullshit.

too bad they scraped the 'best duo/group' category....

what kind of fuckery is this?

Well, I guess we'll be seeing The Face of Gordon Gatrell accept another award for his late brother

With this being Mary Mary's year, I think "God In Me" will garner them a few awards. It is one of my favorite songs of the year. I think the song has been out since around February or March and it is still getting major air play on Gospel and R&B stations.

BeBe and CeCe would surprise me if they won. Their album just came out a few weeks ago.

They will probably give Maxwell a few since he is the only real r&b artist that's really "big"(if you want to call him big) right now.

I like that they came up with a few other categories and it doesn't allow Beyonce to get a shit-load of awards. It evens the playing field. I wonder why they didn't do the video awards?

bboy87 said:

BEST NEW ARTIST

* Drake (How can he be nominated when he hasn't even released an album yet?)
* Jazmine Sullivan(I like her, but not crazy about her)
* Keri Hilson(she's cute, but does she qualify as new since she had a big hit with Tim?)
* Ryan Leslie (not a fan)
* Solange (come one, she's not new. This was her 2nd album).

BEST R&B/SOUL ARTIST FEMALE

* Beyonce (doubt she'll win)
* Chrisette Michele (might win since r&b people love her)
* Jennifer Hudson (not her year)
* Ledisi (not her year. her new album is not that great)
* Whitney Houston (might win)

BEST MALE R&B/SOUL MALE

* Charlie Wilson (might win for "There Goes My Baby". That song won't die)
* Maxwell (might win since everyone loves "Bad Habit" and "prettywings)
* Musiq Soulchild (not his year)
* Raphael Saadiq (would be the shocker of the year since his album has been out waaaayyy over a year, but just exploded on radio with "Never Give You UP")
* Robin Thicke (not his year)

SONG OF THE YEAR

* "God in Me" - Mary Mary (Might win)
* "Pretty Wings" - Maxwell (Might win)
* "Single Ladies (Put a ring on it)" - Beyonce (might win)
* "Spotlight" - Jennifer Hudson (come on, people! This song is damn-near 2 years old)
* "Turnin Me On" - Keri Hilson/ ft Lil Wayne (HELL NO!)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

* Beyonce - I am… Sasha Fierce (Platinum) Sony Music (only if it's based on sales)
* Jamie Foxx - Intuition (Platinum) J Records (won't win)
* Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak (Platinum) Roc-A-Fella/ Def Jam (won't win....unless they want him to act a fool)
* Maxwell - Blacksummer' s Night (Gold) Sony Music (might win, but probably won't)
* Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman (might win....but would surprise me)

RECORD OF THE YEAR (SONGWRITER AWARD)

* Beyonce - "Single Ladies (Put a ring on it)" (might win)
* Drake - "Best I ever had" (I hope this crap doesn't win)
* Jamie Foxx Ft/T-Pain - "Blame it" (If based on popularity, this sh!t will win)
* Keri Hilson - "Knock You Down" (I highly doubt it)
* Maxwell - "Pretty Wings" (Might,...but I don't think so)

BEST REGGAE ARTIST AWARD

* Movado (WHO?)
* Sean Paul (His album just dropped. Why is he nominated?)
* Serani (WHO?)
* Taurus Riley (WHO?)
* Ziggy Marley (Did he release an album this year?)

CENTRIC AWARD - SOUL APPROVED/UNDERGROUN D

* Corneille (WHO?)
* Eric Roberson (I've heard of him, but not sure)
* Laura Izibor (I like her, but she might not win)
* Maysa (who?)
* The Knux (who?)

BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE MALE, FEMALE OR GROUP

* BeBe and CeCe Winans - "Close To You" (I doubt it....but wouldn't surprise me)
* Fred Hammond f/John P Kee - "They That Wait" (I love this song. I if the voters will give it to him...would be nice to see my neighbor, Fred, win)
* Marvin Sapp - "Praise Him in Advance" (might win. It was a big hit)
* Mary Mary - "God In Me" (front runner for sure)
* Smokie Norful - "Justified" (don't like him....don't get his appeal)

BEST COLLABORATION

* Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo - "Knock you Down" (maybe)
* Keyshia Cole featuring Monica - "Trust" (hell no!)
* Mario featuring Gucci Mane and Sean Garrett - "Break up" (hell no)
* Mary Mary featuring Kierra (KiKi) Sheard - "God In Me" (probably will win)
* Trey Songz featuring Drake - "Successful" (Might win)

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

* Michael Jackson (I don't get how you can give someone an "Entertainer of the Year" and the only way they entertained us was by dying?!!??!??!?!? That's crazy!

Beavis: "Heh-heh-heh, these Soul Train nominations suck. Heh-heh-heh."
Butthead: "Yeah really, hu-hu-hu, hu-hu-hu, why they nominated a dead guy to the awards show? Hu-hu-hu, hu-hu-hu, that's like, retarded and stuff, hu-hu-hu."
Beavis: "Yeah they should rename the show the Soul Dirt Awards, heh-heh-heh."
Butthead: "Hu-hu-hu-hu-hu, you said dirt, hu-hu-hu-hu-hu."
Beavis: "Oh yeah, heh-heh-heh-heh-heh."

Beavis & Butthead laughing

Butthead: "Don Cornelius is old. Hu-hu-hu-hu-hu."


[Edited 10/25/09 12:37pm]
[Edited 10/26/09 10:39am]

Timmy u too much


WAIT... drake hasn't released his album yet i thought it was released months ago
[Edited 10/25/09 16:16pm]

mimi07 said:

Beavis: "Drain? Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh, who's gonna be the next rapper? Leak? Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh."
Butthead: "Uh I think she's saying Drake, that dude in the wheelchair? Hu-hu-hu-hu-hu..."
Beavis: "Oh yeah heh-heh-heh-heh-heh... he sucks! Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh."
Butthead: "Yeah we can kick his ass, hu-hu-hu-hu-hu."


[Edited 10/25/09 12:45pm]

I want Ryan Leslie and Maxwell to win

Timmy84 said:

Good stuff Timmy.

Timmy84 said:

You stoopid!

Timmy84 said:

The Soul Train Awards is a good show, it's just people got "too famous" for it, and they don't show up to accept their awards.

mimi07 said:

Drake has released like 3 mixtapes (So Far Gone was actually released on CD a month ago) and his alot of his songs on radio

ViintageJunkiie said:

Did you see the last few shows? OMG, they were horrible. I don't think it was the fact that the people didn't show up or they got too big, I think it was the quality and value of the show. When they started handing out awards to no-name people that only released one song that didn't even chart, and awarding songs that weren't hits, it causes it to lose credibility.

Come on, did these songs/artists really deserve a ST award?:
2003 Ashanti "Foolish"
2001 Jagged Edge J.E. Heartbreak
2003 B2K B2K
2004 B2K Pandemonium!
2003 Amerie
2004 Chingy
2007 Young B & Webstar "Chicken Noodle Soup"

Also, I think artists got tired of Don coming out and cursing them out and telling them to stop acting like N____.

A local radio station used to go to the ST awards every year. The last year they went was the year Notorious BIG died. They used to say how Don would come out and tell them to applaud when they come from break. Sometimes he would reshoot someone coming out if he didn't like the crowd reaction and a bunch of other things.
[Edited 10/25/09 16:04pm]

bboy87 said:

Mixtapes aren't albums and don't get voted on by anyone. It's strictly a promotional tool.
[Edited 10/25/09 16:05pm]

when does this air and on what station?

candy2277 said:

Don't know when it airs, but I'm assuming it will air on Centric.

candy2277 said:

I just heard on Steve Harvey's show that it will air November 29 on BET.