Award Nominations: Soul Train

Centric TV's "Soul Train Awards 2011" has just recently released their nominations for the forthcoming November 17th Awards ceremony. Hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, Chris Brown leads the nominations with 5, while Beyonce and Kanye West follow suit with four nominations each. Elsewhere, Adele and Marsha Ambrosius scoop up three nominations each and it should be interesting to see how the field ends up at the end of the day when the awards are handed out in ATL this coming November. Peep the field of nominations below and lookout for the telecast on Centric and BET this November!

Best New Artist:

Bruno Mars

Marsha Ambrosius

Miguel

Frank Ocean

Centric Award:

Ledisi

Raphael Saadiq

Bilal

Anthony David

Aloe Blacc

Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year:

Moment for Life – Nicki Minaj

All of the Lights – Kanye West

Look at Me Now-Chris Brown feat. Busta Rhymes and 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

Best Male R&B/Soul Artist:

Trey Songz

Chris Brown

R. Kelly

Miguel

Cee Lo Green

Eric Benet

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/Kanye West

Song of the Year:

Motivation – Kelly Rowland feat. 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 feat. Anthony Hamilton

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

Best Gospel Performance:

I Smile – Kirk Franklin

Walking – Mary Mary

Heaven Hear My Heart – Trin-I-Tee 5:7

I Believe – James Fortune feat. Shawn McLemore

More – Cece Winans

Best Caribbean Performance:

Man Down – Rihanna

Summer Time – Vybz Kartel

Wotless – Kes The Band

Bend Over – Machel Montano

Delilah – Movado

Record of the Year (The Ashford & 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.; Beyonce 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)