New York, NY (Top40 Charts / BET Networks) The third annual SOUL TRAIN AWARDS readies an extraordinary show for this year's presentation, taping on Thursday, November 17 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA. Hosted by the original king of comedy, Cedric "The Entertainer", the 2011 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS will premiere on both CENTRIC and BETon Sunday, November 27 at 9:00 PM*. Legendary group The Original 7Ven, The Group Formerly Known As The Time will open the show with an explosive performance, followed by multi-Grammy Award winning songstress
Natalie Cole, Jill Scott, Mindless Behavior,
Robin Thicke, Lloyd, Miguel, Melanie Fiona, Keith Sweat, BeBe Winans, Joe, Lalah Hathaway, Kenny Latimore. They will all light up the stage with performances and first-ever collaborations to honor this year's Legend Award recipients Earth, Wind and Fireand Gladys Knight.
The SOUL TRAIN AWARDS will acknowledge the achievements of today's most famed entertainers in 11 categories. R&B superstar Chris Brownis leading the pack with five nominations across multiple categories. Chris Brown's nominations include Best Male R&B/Soul Artist, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year and Best Dance Performance. International sensation
Beyonce receives nominations in the Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Female R&B/Soul Artist and Best Dance Performance categories. Kanye Westis tied with
Beyonce with four nominations in three categories (Best Hip Hop Song of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year) and is followed by three nominations for artists
Kelly Rowland, Adele, Marsha Ambrosius, and Miguel.
The SOUL TRAIN AWARDS is a presentation of Centric and Sunseeker Media and directed by Manny Rodriguez. Paxton Baker, Tami Willis-Arasli, Derek Lewis, Centric; Bart Phillips, Sunseeker Media; and Soul
Train Holdings' Kenard Gibbs will all be the executive producers of the network telecast, along with Cedric Kyles and Eric Rhone. The SOUL TRAIN AWARDS is produced in cooperation with the City of Atlanta led by Mayor Kasim Reed and Stacii Jae Johnson, Special Events
Director for the Office of the Mayor.
For more information, please visit www.centrictv.com.
*All times ET/PT
SOUL TRAIN AWARDS '11NOMINEES AND CATEGORIES
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| Best New Artist |
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Best Male R&B/Soul Artist |
| Bruno Mars |
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Trey Songz |
| Marsha Ambrosius |
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Chris Brown |
| Miguel |
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R. Kelly |
| Frank Ocean |
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Miguel |
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Cee Lo Green |
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Eric Benet |
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| Centric Award |
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| Ledisi |
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Best Caribbean Performance |
| Raphael Saddiq |
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Man Down-Rihanna |
| Bilal |
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Summer Time-Vybz Kartel |
| Anthony David |
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Wotless-Kes The Band |
| Aloe Blacc |
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Bend Over-Machel Montano |
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Delilah-Movado |
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| Best Gospel Performance |
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| I Smile-Kirk Franklin |
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Album of the Year |
| Walking-Mary Mary |
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21-Adele |
| Heaven Hear My Heart-Trin-I-Tee 5:7 |
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F.A.M.E.- Chris Brown |
| I Believe-James Fortune feat. Shawn McLemore |
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4-Beyonce |
| More-Cece Winans |
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Passion Pain & Pleasure-Trey Songz |
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Light of the Sun-Jill Scott |
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| Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year |
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| Watch The Throne-Jay Z/Kanye West |
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| Moment for Life-Nicki Minaj |
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| All of the Lights-Kanye West |
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Look at Me Now-Chris Brown
feat. Busta Rhymes and Lil' Wayne |
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| Out of My Head-Lupe Fiasco |
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| Otis-Jay Z/Kanye West |
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| Best Female R&B/Soul Artist |
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Song of the Year |
| Kelly Rowland |
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Motivation-Kelly Rowland feat. Lil' Wayne |
| Beyonce |
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Sure Thing-Miguel |
| Marsha Ambrosius |
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Rolling in the Deep-Adele |
| Jennifer Hudson |
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She Ain't You-Chris Brown |
| Jill Scott |
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All of the Lights- Kanye West |
| Mary J. Blige |
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So In Love-Jill Scott feat. Anthony Hamilton |
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| Record of the Year (The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award) |
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| Rolling in the Deep-Adele (Writers: Adele, Paul Epworth) |
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| Far Away-Marsha Ambrosius (Writers: Marsha Ambrosius, Sterling Simms) |
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Best Thing I Never Had-Beyonce (Writers: Antonio Dixon; Kenneth Edmonds; Larry Griffin, Jr.;
Beyonce Knowles; Caleb McCampbell; Patrick Smith; Shea Taylor) |
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| Good Man-Raphael Saddiq (Writers: Raphael Saadiq, Taura Stinson) |
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| Hold My Hand (Duet with Akon)-Michael Jackson (Writers: Aliaune Thiam (Akon), Giorgio Tuinfort, Claude Kelly) |
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| Best Dance Performance |
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| Motivation-Kelly Rowland |
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| Only Girl in the World//What's My Name-Rihanna |
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| Run The World-Beyonce |
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| She Ain't You-Chris Brown |
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| Walking-Mary Mary |
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| Pretty Girl Rock-Keri Hilson |
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