It’s once again time to hop aboard the Soul Train!
BET presents the 2019 Soul Train Awards next month, so what better way to incite excitement than to reveal the official list of nominations?!
An eclectic array of names lead the ballot this year, with Chris Brown nabbing 8 noms, Drake following with 7, and Beyonce and breakout star Lizzo repping for the ladies with six each.
Set to take place November 29, the show – which is hosted by Tichina Arnold and Tisha Campbell for the third time- will simulcast
Check out the full list of nominees below…
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Alicia Keys – “Raise a Man”
Beyoncé – “Spirit”
Childish Gambino – “Feels Like Summer”
Chris Brown – “No Guidance” featuring Drake
Khalid – “Better”
Lizzo – “Juice”
BEST COLLABORATION
Ari Lennox – “Shea Butter Baby” featuring J. Cole
Beyoncé – “Brown Skin Girl” featuring Saint Jhn, Wizkid & Blue Ivy Carter
Cardi B & Bruno Mars – “Please Me”
Chris Brown – “No Guidance” featuring Drake
PJ Morton – “Say So” featuring JoJo
Ty Dolla $ign – “Purple Emoji” featuring J. Cole
BEST NEW ARTIST
Lucky Daye
Mahalia
Nicole Bus
Pink Sweat$
Summer Walker
YK Osiris
SOUL TRAIN CERTIFIED AWARD
Ciara
Daniel Caesar
Fantasia
India.Arie
Kelly Rowland
Trevor Jackson
BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL AWARD
BeBe Winans
Donald Lawrence
Erica Campbell
Kirk Franklin
Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Tori Kelly
RHYTHM & BARS (FORMERLY BEST HIP-HOP SONG OF THE YEAR)
21 Savage – “A Lot” featuring J. Cole
Cardi B – “Money”
DaBaby – “Suge”
J. Cole – “Middle Child”
Meek Mill – “Going Bad” featuring Drake
Megan Thee Stallion – “Cash ****” featuring DaBaby
BEST R&B/SOUL FEMALE ARTIST
Ari Lennox
Beyoncé
H.E.R.
Lizzo
Mary J. Blige
Summer Walker
BEST R&B/SOUL MALE ARTIST
Anderson .Paak
Bruno Mars
Chris Brown
Daniel Caesar
Khalid
Tank
ALBUM/MIXTAPE OF THE YEAR
Ari Lennox – Shea Butter Baby
Chris Brown – Indigo
Ella Mai – Ella Mai
H.E.R. – I Used to Know Her
Khalid – Free Spirit
Lizzo – Cuz I Love You
SONG OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé – “Before I Let Go”
Chris Brown – “No Guidance” featuring Drake
Ella Mai – “Shot Clock”
Khalid – “Talk”
Lizzo – “Juice”
Summer Walker – “Girls Need Love (Remix)” featuring Drake
THE ASHFORD AND SIMPSON SONGWRITER’S AWARD
“Brown Skin Girl” – Written by Beyoncé Knowles, Carlos St. John, Adio Marchant, Shawn Carter, Stacy Barthe, Anathi Mnyango, Michael Uzowuru, Ayodeji Balogun, Richard Isong (Beyoncé featuring Saint Jhn, Wizkid & Blue Ivy Carter)
“Hard Place” – Written by H.E.R., David Harris, Sam Ashworth, Ruby Amanfu (H.E.R.)
“Juice” – Written by Theron Thomas, Sam Sumser, Sean Small, Eric Frederic, Melissa Jefferson (Lizzo)
“Make It Better” – Written by Brandon Anderson, William “Smokey” Robinson, Alaina Chenervert, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Daniel Maman, Farid Nassar (Anderson .Paak featuring Smokey Robinson)
“No Guidance” – Written by Christopher Brown, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Joshua “J-Louis” Huizar, Michee Lebrun, Nija Charles, Teddy Walton, Noah Shebib, Tyler Bryant (Chris Brown featuring Drake)
“Talk” – Written by Howard Lawrence, Guy Lawrence, Khalid Robinson (Khalid)
BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE
Beyoncé – “Spirit”
Chris Brown – “No Guidance” featuring Drake
DaniLeigh – “Easy (Remix)” featuring Chris Brown
Lizzo – “Juice”
Normani – “Motivation”
Teyana Taylor – “WTP”
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What do you think of the nominations?
Your thoughts?
they keep nominating Bey with hopes she will show up.
she pays them dust everytime and accepts her award via satellite, facetime, or skype
She is disrespectful… Whitney Houston would never be so disrespectful to people who love her……f*** Beyonce….
Jokers
Beyonce had one of the worst years of her career and u guys are still showering her with nominations.
Nominating her for two terrible songs that didnt go anywhere. Brown skin girl and spirit are both flops. The gift sold 900 copies in the UK.
Only one nomination for normani, in a rubbish category ( best dance performance). she is a dancer not a singer or a songwriter.
She’s not even a good dancer, she placed 3rd on dancing with the stars. How sad is that.
@clarkson
camila dances like she has on a pamper tho. its sad u hate on normani so much.
A PAMPER!!! I’m done
Congrats to all the nominees.
Side note: am I the only one who thinks Beyonce is a little rude by not attending the black awards show anymore? I’m a bey fan, but it’s a tad alarming and off putting.
Troll
This is not me.
My logo is a circle green head.
People on this site have been insinuating for YEARS that Beyonce acts like she’s too good for black media. This has been proven a LIE time and time again. Stop. You look OD desperate trying to push an obviously false narrative.
Yet she acts like the black people’s savior so fake
They keep kissing & nominated Beyonce ass, sis she’s not coming no matter much she want us to believe she’s woke & all that black power s***!
Wyd must Beyonce overrated ass keep getting nominations that flop spirit nominated ok ?
Before i let go song of year why do blacks kiss her ass soo much it’s sad
We gonna CONTINUE too kiss her ass beotch! Would it be better if we lick a yt girl’s pu-c? Y’all hate to see it!
Yet y’all didn’t support her flop ass lion king project or the singles y’all let her flop but got soo much energy on blogs hmmmmmm
Ya’ll being mad that the QUEEN gets nominations for her quality body of work at black award show is hilarious to me. Her fans and many REAL artists know the industry is not the same and mediocre talent/ white folks are charting because of lack of taste. She had her run and she does not care whether she wins or not. SHE IS STILL FOREVER THE QUEEN. Just like MJ is FOREVER the KING. PERODT!!!
Beyawncé can belch and fart all throughout an album and barely promote it and will receive the most nominations by Black award shows which she cares less to attend.
Nominating Beyonce every year is kinda desperate! She’s nominated even when she don’t have music out. What makes it worst is that she wins which is why no one comes to your shows. Don’t get me wrong I love Queen Bey but come on showcase the new generation! Blue, Rumi, and Sir probably plays with her awards as toys at this point!
Wish Beyonce was surprisingly show up but I doubt it.
Brown skin girls are not dark skin….. They are neither light or dark
I think it’s alright but the truth is ya not giving any one a chance ya need to put on this list and respect her name is Lil Kim what are ya waiting on this is one of the reason why Favoritism shows