Beyonce and Maxwell are going head to head for the Song of the Year Award along with Jhud, Mary Mary and Kerri Hilson on this year’s Soul Train Awards. Nominee were announced on Friday, October, 23, 2009.
Here are the other Soul Train Award nominees:
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/ featuring 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 featuring 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 featuring 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
