2009 Soul Train Music Awards

The nominees for the 2009 Soul Train Music Awards are listed below, the show will air November 24, 2009 on Centric, formerly BET J.

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

Jamie Foxx - Intuition

Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak

Maxwell - Blacksummer's Night

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

SeraniTaurus 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