Award Nominations: 2013 Soul Train Awards

The nominations for the 2013 Soul Train Awards were announced yesterday and hip-hop star Kendrick Lamar leads the pack with a total of six nominations including Best New Artist, Song of the Year and Album of the Year.

Tamar Braxton, Miguel, Chris Brown, Robin Thicke and Justin Timberlake follow right behind Kendrick with five nominations a piece. With that said, the 2013 Soul Train Awards are slated to tape on November 9th at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas and will air simultaneously on BET and Centric at 9pm EST on December 1st.

Peep the total list of award nominations for the 2013 Soul Train Awards after the jump and lookout for the telecast on December 1st.

Best New Artist

Bridget Kelly

K. Michelle

Kendrick Lamar

Tamar Braxton

TGT

Centric Certified Award

Joss Stone

Luke James

Lyfe Jennings

Solange

Stacy Barthe

Talib Kweli

Best Gospel/Inspirational Performance

"Break Every Chain" – Tasha Cobbs

"Confessions" - Lecrae

"Every Praise" – Hezekiah Walker

"God Will Make Away" – Shirley Caesar

"If He Did It Before…Same God" – Tye Tribbett

"Life & Favor" – John P. Kee & New Life

Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year

"Bad" - Wale feat. Tiara Thomas

"High School" – Nicki Minaj feat. Lil Wayne

"Holy Grail" – Jay Z feat. Justin Timberlake

"Poetic Justice" – Kendrick Lamar feat. Drake

"Power Trip" – J. Cole feat. Miguel

"Started From the Bottom" – Drake

The Chaka Khan Best R&B/Soul Female Artist

Alicia Keys

Chrisette Michele

Fantasia

Janelle Monáe

Kelly Rowland

Tamar Braxton

Best R&B/Soul Male Artist

Bruno Mars

Charlie Wilson

Chris Brown

John Legend

Miguel

Robin Thicke

Album of the Year

The 20/20 Experience – Justin Timberlake

Good Kid, m.A.A.d City – Kendrick Lamar

Kaleidoscope Dream – Miguel

Magna Carta… Holy Grail – Jay Z

The Side Effects of You – Fantasia

Unapologetic - Rihanna

Song of the Year

Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke feat. Pharrell & T.I.

Diamonds - Rihanna

Fine China – Chris Brown

Love and War – Tamar Braxton

Poetic Justice – Kendrick Lamar feat. Drake

Suit & Tie – Justin Timberlake feat. Jay Z

The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter’s Award

"Crooked Smile" – J.Cole (Jermaine Cole, Meleni Smith)

"Fire We Make" – Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (Gary Clark Jr., Warren Felder, Alicia Keys, Andrew Wansel)

"Lose to Win" – Fantasia (Francine Golde, Dennis Lambert, Andrea Martin, Walter Orange, Harmony Samuels)

"Love & War" – Tamar Braxton (Tamar Braxton, Darhyl Camper Jr., LaShawn Daniels, Makeba Riddick)

"Mirrors" – Justin Timberlake (James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley, Justin Timberlake)

"Q.U.E.E.N." – Janelle Monae feat. Erykah Badu (Roman GianArthur Irvin , Dr. Nathaniel Irvin III, Charles Joseph II, Janelle Monáe Robinson, Kellis Parker Jr.)

Best Dance Performance

"Blurred Lines" – Robin Thicke

"Body Party" – Ciara

"Fine China" – Chris Brown

"Q.U.E.E.N." – Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu

"Suit & Tie" – Justin Timberlake feat. Jay Z

"Treasure" – Bruno Mars

Video of the Year

"Blurred Lines" – Robin Thicke feat. Pharrell & T.I. (Diane Martel)

"Fine China" – Chris Brown (Chris Brown, Sylvain White)

"Love & War" – Tamar Braxton (Walid Azami)

"Poetic Justice" – Kendrick Lamar feat. Drake (The Lil Homie, Dave Free, and Dangeroo Kipawaa)

"Q.U.E.E.N." – Janelle Monae feat. Erykah Badu (Alan Ferguson)

"Started from the Bottom" – Drake (Director X)

Best Collaboration

Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell – "Fire We Make"

Brandy feat. Chris Brown – "Put It Down"

J.Cole feat. Miguel – "Power Trip"

Janelle Monae feat. Erykah Badu – "Q.U.E.E.N."

Miguel feat. Kendrick Lamar – "How Many Drinks"

Robin Thicke feat. Pharrell & T.I. – "Blurred Lines"

Wale feat. Sam Dew – "LoveHate Thing"

Best International Performance (CENTRICTV.com)

"Differentology" – Bunji Garlin

"The Fog" – Machel Montano

"Next To Me" – Emeli Sandé

"Personally" - P-Square

"Ur Waist" – Iyanya

Best Traditional Jazz Performance (CENTRICTV.com)

George Benson feat. Wynton Marsalis – "Unforgettable"

Jeffrey Osborne feat. Chaka Khan – "Baby it's Cold Outside"

Tony Bennett feat. Marc Anthony – "For Once In My Life"

Nicole Henry – "Waiting In Vain"

Terence Blanchard – "Pet Step Sister’s Theme Song"

Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (CENTRICTV.com)

Jose James – "Trouble"

Boney James feat. Rick Braun – "Batucada (The Beat)"

Michael Bublé – "It's A Beautiful Day"

Dave Koz – "Got To Get You Into My Life"

George Duke – "Missing You"

Best Independent R&B/Soul Performance (CENTRICTV.com)

Ashanti – "Never Should Have"

Brian McKnight – "Sweeter"

Kenny Lattimore – "Find A Way"

Maysa - "Love Me Good"

Raheem DeVaughn - "Love Connection"

Ronald Isley – "Dinner And A Movie"