Chris Brown, Beyonce & Kelly Rowland Grab Nods at The 2011 Soul Train Awards (BLOG)

Kelly Rowland is still the "belle" of R&B as the starlet walked away with three 2011 Soul Train Award nominations. Miss "...

Kelly Rowland is still the "belle" of R&B as the starlet walked away with three 2011 Soul Train Award nominations. Miss "Lay It On Me" grabbed nods for Best Female R&B/Soul Artist, as well as Best Dance Performance and Song of the Year for "Motivation."

Her former bandmate, Beyonce, nabbed "4" nods including Record of the Year with "Best Thing I Never Had" while also popping up in the Best Female R&B Soul Artist, Best Dance Performance and teh Album of the Year categories.

And Chris Brown--who just sold out the Staples Center last night--leads the pack of male contenders garnering 5 nominations, including the top two fields, Album and Song of the Year.

Newcomer Miguel grabbed up 3 nods, while Rihanna grabbed 2, plus another in collaboration with her big bros Jay-Z & Kanye West on "All of the Lights" for Best Hip Hop Song of the Year. And Adele grabbed 3 nods and will be going up against Bey for Album of the Year.

Cedric The Entertainer will host the show on Centric and BET, Sunday, November 27 at 9pm/8c.

See the full list of nominees below:

Best New ArtistBruno Mars
Marsha Ambrosius
Miguel
Frank Ocean

Best Male R&B/Soul ArtistTrey Songz
Chris Brown
R. Kelly
Miguel
Cee Lo Green
Eric Benet

Centric AwardLedisi
Raphael Saddiq
Bilal
Anthony David
Aloe Blacc

Best Caribbean Performance“Man Down” -Rihanna
“Summer Time” -Vybz Kartel
“Wotless” -Kes The Band
“Bend Over” – Machel Montano
“Delilah” – Movado

Best Gospel Performance“I Smile” – Kirk Franklin
“Walking” – Mary Mary
“Heaven Hear My Heart” – Trin-I-Tee 5:7
“I Believe” – James Fortune ft. Shawn McLemore
“More” – Cece Winans

Album of the Year21 - Adele
F.A.M.E - Chris Brown
4 - Beyonce
Passion Pain & Pleasure - Trey Songz
Light of the Sun - Jill Scott
Watch The Throne - Jay Z and Kanye West

Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year“Moment for Life” – Nicki Minaj
“All of the Lights”- Kanye West ft. Rihanna
“Look at Me Now” – Chris Brown feat. Busta Rhymes and Lil’ Wayne
“Out of My Head” – Lupe Fiasco
“Otis” - Jay Z and Kanye West

Best Female R&B/Soul ArtistKelly Rowland
Beyonce
Marsha Ambrosius
Jennifer Hudson
Jill Scott
Mary J. Blige

Song of the Year“Motivation” – Kelly Rowland feat. Lil’ Wayne
“Sure Thing”- Miguel
“Rolling in the Deep” – Adele
“She Ain’t You” – Chris Brown
“All of the Lights” – Kanye West
“So In Love” – Jill Scott ft. Anthony Hamilton

Record of the Year (The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter’s Award)“Rolling in the Deep” – Adele (Writers: Adele, Paul Epworth)
“Far Away” – Marsha Ambrosius (Writers: Marsha Ambrosius, Sterling Simms)
“Best Thing I Never Had” – Beyonce (Writers: Antonio Dixon; Kenneth Edmonds; Larry Griffin, Jr.; Beyoncé Knowles; Caleb McCampbell; Patrick Smith; Shea Taylor)
“Good Man” – Raphael Saddiq (Writers: Raphael Saadiq, Taura Stinson)
“Hold My Hand” (Duet with Akon) – Michael Jackson (Writers: Aliaune Thiam (Akon), Giorgio Tuinfort, Claude Kelly)

Best Dance Performance“Motivation” – Kelly Rowland
“Only Girl in the World”/”What’s My Name” – Rihanna
“Run The World” – Beyonce
“She Ain’t You” – Chris Brown
“Walking” – Mary Mary
“Pretty Girl Rock” – Keri Hilson

2011 Soul Train Award Legend Award RecipientsGladys Knight
Earth Wind and Fire


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