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The Soul Train Music Awards annually recognizes outstanding performances in R&B, hip-hop, rap and gospel.

After a two-year hiatus, the Soul Train Awards are back in 2009, with the return of Whitney Houston and her nomination for a Best Female R&B award at this year's festivities.

Leading 2009 contenders included Beyonce, Maxwell and Keri Hilson each with four nominations. Nominations were announced in October, followed by the live presentation ceremony, hosted by Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, on November 3 in Atlanta, Georgia. The show will later air in a simulcast on both BET and cable channel CENTRIC on November 29 at 9PM ET.

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Soul Train - The official site featuring a full list of nominees, pictures, performers and presenters, and an extensive archive of info on past award shows.

Soul Train Music Awards - Wikipedia entry with a history of the awards, lists of winners from 1987 to the present, with related references and resources.

Soul Train - A good read on the history, trivia and background info on the show's famous host, Don Cornelius, and the first black music variety show on television, debuting on October 2, 1971 to become one of the longest running syndicated TV shows of all time.

AOL Black Voices - Soul Train Music Awards - Check out the 2006 recap featuring red carpet photo gallery, related pics and interviews.

2009 Soul Train Music Awards Nominees & * Winners

BEST NEW ARTIST
* Keri Hilson
Drake
Jazmine Sullivan
Ryan Leslie
Solange

BEST R&B/SOUL ARTIST FEMALE
* Beyonce
Chrisette Michele
Jennifer Hudson
Ledisi
Whitney Houston

BEST MALE R&B/SOUL MALE
* Maxwell
Charlie Wilson
Musiq Soulchild
Raphael Saadiq
Robin Thicke

SONG OF THE YEAR
* "Single Ladies (Put a ring on it)" - Beyonce
"God in Me" - Mary Mary
"Pretty Wings" - Maxwell
"Spotlight" - Jennifer Hudson
"Turnin Me On" - Keri Hilson/ ft Lil Wayne

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
* Beyonce - I am... Sasha Fierce
Jamie Foxx - Intuition
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam
Maxwell - Blacksummer's Night
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman

RECORD OF THE YEAR
* Jamie Foxx Ft/T-Pain - "Blame it"
Beyonce - "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
Drake - "Best I Ever Had"
Keri Hilson - "Knock You Down"
Maxwell - "Pretty Wings"

BEST REGGAE ARTIST AWARD
* Sean Paul
Movado
Serani
Taurus Riley
Ziggy Marley

CENTRIC AWARD - SOUL APPROVED/UNDERGROUND
* Maysa
Corneille
Eric Roberson
Laura Izibor
The Knux

BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE MALE, FEMALE OR GROUP
* Mary Mary - "God In Me"
BeBe and CeCe Winans - "Close To You"
Fred Hammond f/John P Kee - "They That Wait"
Marvin Sapp - "Praise Him in Advance"
Smokie Norful - "Justified"

BEST COLLABORATION
* Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo - "Knock you Down"
Keyshia Cole featuring Monica - "Trust"
Mario featuring Gucci Mane and Sean Garrett - "Break up"
Mary Mary featuring Kierra (KiKi) Sheard - "God In Me"
Trey Songz featuring Drake - "Successful"

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Michael Jackson

also see -> Grammy Awards | NAACP Image Awards

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