Soul Train Awards 2013 Nominees FULL LIST: Kendrick Lamar Leads,Tamar Braxton, K Michelle, Drake, Rihanna, Robin Thicke, Chris Brown & More (PHOTOS)
Daytime talk show host Wendy Williams announced three of the biggest categories of this year's Soul Train Awards on her Wendy Williams Show on Sept. 16.
Williams joined this year's host, Anthony Anderson, to reveal the nominees for Best New Artist, Single Of The Year, and Album of The Year.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar landed six nominations including album of the year for good kid, m.A.A.d city and both Songof the Year and Video of the Year for Poetic Justice. Lamar's other nominations include Best New Artist, Hip-Hop Song of the Year and Best Collaboration. R&B singers Justin Timberlake, Miguel, Robin Thicke, Chris Brown and Tamar Braxton follow Lamar with five nominations each.
Thicke's Blurred Lines, Rihanna's Diamonds and Chris Brown's Fine China competea with Lamar for Song of the Year. Reality stars K Michelle and Tamar Braxton are both up for the best new artist Award. Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake's indiviual albums are also up against Lamar for Best Album.
The Soul Train Awards will tape at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on November 8 and will air on the Centric and BET networks on December 1, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. ET.
Here is the full list of nominations below.
Best New Artist
Bridget Kelly
K. Michelle
Kendrick Lamar
Tamar Braxton
TGT
Song of the Year
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke featuring T.I and Pharrell
Diamonds - Rihanna
Fine China - Chris Brown
Love and War - Tamar Braxon
Poetic Justice - Kendrick Lamar featuring Drake
Suit & Tie - Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z
Album of the Year
20/20 Experience - Justin Timberlake
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City - Kendrick Lamar
Kaleidoscope Dream - Miguel
Magna Carta Holy Grail - Jay-Z
Side Effects Of You - Fantasia
Unapologetic - Rihanna
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 A Way - Shirley Caesar
If He Did It Before...Same God - Tye Tribbett
Life & Favor - John P. Kee
Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year
Bad - Wale featuring Tiara Thomas
High School - Nicki Minaj featuring Lil Wayne
Holy Grail - Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake
Poetic Justice - Kendrick Lamar featuring Drake
Power Trip - J.Cole featuring Miguel
Started From The Bottom - Drake
Best R&B/Soul Female Artist
Alicia Keys
Chrisette Michelle
Fantasia
Janelle Monae
Kelly Rowland
Tamar Braxton
Best R&B/Soul Male Artist
Bruno Mars
Charlie Wilson
Chris Brown John Legend
Miguel
Robin Thicke
The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter's Award
Crooked Smile - J.Cole (Jermaine Cole, Meleni Smith)
Fire We Make - Alicia Keys featuring Maxwell (Alicia Keys, Andrew Wansel, Warren Felder, Gary Clark Jr.)
Lose To Win - Fantasia (Andrea Martin, Harmony Samuels, Fantasia Barrino, Courtney Harrell, Emeli Sande)
Love & War - Tamar Braxton (Tamar Braxton, LaShawn Daniels, Makea Riddick)
Mirrors - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Timothy Mosley, Jerome Harmon, James Fauntleroy) Q.U.E.E.N. - Janelle Monae featuring Erykah Badu (Janelle Monae Robinson, Nathaniel Irvin III, Charles Joseph II, Kellis Parker Jr, Roman GianArthur Irvin)
Best Dance Performance
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke
Body Party - Ciara
Fine China - Chris Brown
Q.U.E.E.N. - Janelle Monae featuring Erykah Badu
Suit & Tie - Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z
Treasure - Bruno Mars
Video of The Year
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell & T.I (Diane Martel)
Fine China - Chris Brown (Chris Brown, Sylvain White)
Love & War - Tamar Braxton (Walis Azami)
Poetic Justice - Kendrick Lamar featuring Drake (The Lil Homie, Dave Free, Dangerookipawaa) Q.U.E.E.N. - Janelle Monae featuring Erykah Badu (Alan Ferguson)
Started from the Bottom - Drake (Director X)
Best Collaboration
Alicia Keys featuring Maxwell - Fire We Make
Brandy featuring Chris Brown - Put It Down
J. Cole featuring Miguel - Powerr Trip
Janelle Monae featuring Erykah Badu - Q.U.E.E.N.
Miguel featuring Kendrick Lamar - How Many Drinks
Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell & T.I - Blurred Lines
Wale featuring Sam Dew - LoveHate Thing
Best International Performance (CENTRICTV.com)
Differentology - Bungi Garlin
The Fog - Machel Montano
Next To Me - Emeli Sande
Personally - P-Square
Ur Waist - Iyanya
Best Traditional Jazz Performance (CENTRICTV.com)
George Benson featuring Wynton Marsalis - Unforgettable
Jeffrey Osbourne featuring Chaka Khan - Baby its Cold Outside
Tony Bennett featuring Marc Anthony - For Once In My Life
Nicole Henry - Waiting In Vain
Terrence Blanchard - Pet Step Sister's Theme Song
Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (CENTRICTV.com)
Joss James - Trouble
Boney James featuring Rick Braun - Batucada (The Beat)
Michael Buble - It's A Beautiful Day
Dave Koz - Got To Get You into My Life
George Duke - Missing Y
Best Independent R&B/Soul Performance (CENTRICTV.com)
Ashanti - Never Should Have
Brian McKnight - Sweeter
Kenny Latimore - Find A Way
Maysa - Love Me Good
Raheem DeVaughn - Love Connection
Ronald Isley - Dinner and a Movie