Soul Train Awards honors the best in Black Music and Entertainment. So far, singer Janet Jackson holds the most number of wins with 13 trophies and 19 nominations.
Soul Train Awards 2o11 was taped on November 17 and taped last night on BET channel.
This year, R&B superstar Beyonce and Kanye West are being nominated for 4categories while Kelly Rowland and British singer, Adele got 3 nominations.
Hosted by Cedric the Entertainer the event took place at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. Heavy D wasn’t forgotten : a special tribute to the rapper featuring some of his closest friends Doug E. Fresh, Goodie Mob, Naughty by Nature and Kurtis Blow was also showed.
“We got nothing but love for you, Heavy!” is what they all said at the end of their tribute for their friend that just passed away.
Rhianna won the Best Caribbean Performance new session that substituted Reggae Category. Mavado got second place with Delilah and Kartel scored 3rd place with Summer Time. Beyonce , Chris Brown, Nicky Minaji and Kelly Rowland also scored first positions.
Soul Train Awards 2011 Red Carpet
If you missed the show check out the complete list of winners here.
Soul Train Awards 2011 – List Of Winners
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Best New Artist:
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Miguel
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Bruno Mars
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Marsha Ambrosius
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Frank Ocean
Best Male R&B and Soul:
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Cee-Lo Green
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Chris Brown
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R Kelly
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Trey Songz
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Eric Benet
Best Caribbean Performance:
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Rihanna – “Man Down”
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Movado – “Delilah”
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Vybz Kartel – “Summer Time”
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Machel Montano “Bend Over”
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Kes The Band – “Wotless”
Best Gospel Performance:
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Mary Mary – “Walking”
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Kirk Franklin – “I Smile”
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Trin-I-T 5:7 – “Heaven Hear My Heart”
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James Fortune – “I Believe” ft. Shawn McLemore
Album of the Year:
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Chris Brown – “F.A.M.E.”
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Adele – “21”
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Jay-Z/Kanye West – “Watch the Throne”
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Beyonce – “4”
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Jill Scott – “Light of the Sun”
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Trey Songz – “Passion, Pain and Pleasure
Best Hip-Hop Song:
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Nicki Minaj – “Moment for Life”
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Kanye West – “All of the Lights”
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Chris Brown – “Look at Me Now” – Ft. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
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Lupe Fiasco – “Outta My Head” Ft. Trey Songz
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Jay- Z & Kanye West – “Otis”
Best Female R&B and Soul Artist:
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Jill Scott
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Beyonce
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Mary J. Blige
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Kelly Rowland
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Jennifer Hudson
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Marsha Ambrosius
Song of the Year:
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Kelly Rowland – “Motivation”
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Jill Scott – “So In Love” – Ft. Anthony Hamilton
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Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
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Kanye West – “All of the Lights”
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Chris Brown – “She Ain’t You”
Record of the Year:
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Marsha Ambrosius – “Far Away”
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Michael Jackson – “Hold My Hand” Ft. Akon
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Beyonce – “Best Thing I Never Had”
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Raphael Saadiq – “Good Man”
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Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
Best Dance Performance:
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Beyonce Knowles – “Run the World (Girls)”
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Chris Brown – “She Ain’t You”
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Rihanna – “What’s My Name”
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Kelly Rowland – “Motivation”
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Keri Hilson – “Pretty Girl Rock”
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Mary Mary – “Walking”
