Another induction for foreign awards in the bag for the crooner ' Ojuelegba ' Wizkid. The Nigerian music powerhouse is nominated for this year's Soul Train Awards in two categories.
Wizkid earned his nomination through his contribution to Beyonce’s ‘The Gift’ album. He was featured on a track ‘Brown Skin Girl‘ by Beyonce alongside Saint Jhn and Blue Ivy.
The categories nominated were ‘Best Collaboration’ and ‘The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter’s Award’. Previously Wizkid was nominated for ‘Best Dance Performance’ in 2017 with his song ‘Come Closer‘ featuring Drake.
See the list of all nominees at the Soul Train Awards 2019 below:
BEST NEW ARTISTLucky Daye
Mahalia
Nicole Bus
Pink Sweat$
Summer Walker
YK Osiris
SOUL TRAIN CERTIFIED AWARDCiara
Daniel Caesar
Fantasia
India.Arie
Kelly Rowland
Trevor Jackson
BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL AWARDBeBe Winans
Donald Lawrence
Erica Campbell
Kirk Franklin
Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Tori Kelly
RHYTHM & BARS (FORMERLY BEST HIP-HOP SONG OF THE YEAR)21 Savage – “A Lot” featuring J. Cole
Cardi B – “Money”
DaBaby – “Suge”
J. Cole – “Middle Child”
Meek Mill – “Going Bad” featuring Drake
Megan Thee Stallion – “Cash Shit” featuring DaBaby
BEST R&B/SOUL FEMALE ARTISTAri Lennox
Beyoncé
H.E.R.
Lizzo
Mary J. Blige
Summer Walker
BEST R&B/SOUL MALE ARTISTAnderson .Paak
Bruno Mars
Chris Brown
Daniel Caesar
Khalid
Tank
ALBUM/MIXTAPE OF THE YEARAri Lennox – Shea Butter Baby
Chris Brown – Indigo
Ella Mai – Ella Mai
H.E.R. – I Used to Know Her
Khalid – Free Spirit
Lizzo – Cuz I Love You
SONG OF THE YEARBeyoncé – “Before I Let Go”
Chris Brown – “No Guidance” featuring Drake
Ella Mai – “Shot Clock”
Khalid – “Talk”
Lizzo – “Juice”
Summer Walker – “Girls Need Love (Remix)” featuring Drake
THE ASHFORD AND SIMPSON SONGWRITER’S AWARD“Brown Skin Girl” – Written by Beyoncé Knowles, Carlos St. John, Adio Marchant, Shawn Carter, Stacy Barthe, Anathi Mnyango, Michael Uzowuru, Ayodeji Balogun, Richard Isong (Beyoncé featuring Saint Jhn, Wizkid & Blue Ivy Carter)
“Hard Place” – Written by H.E.R., David Harris, Sam Ashworth, Ruby Amanfu (H.E.R.)
“Juice” – Written by Theron Thomas, Sam Sumser, Sean Small, Eric Frederic, Melissa Jefferson (Lizzo)
“Make It Better” – Written by Brandon Anderson, William “Smokey” Robinson, Alana Chenevert, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Daniel Maman, Farid Nassar (Anderson .Paak featuring Smokey Robinson)
“No Guidance” – Written by Christopher Brown, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Joshua “J-Louis” Huizar, Michee Lebrun, Nija Charles, Teddy Walton, Noah Shebib, Tyler Bryant (Chris Brown featuring Drake)
“Talk” – Written by Howard Lawrence, Guy Lawrence, Khalid Robinson (Khalid)
BEST DANCE PERFORMANCEBeyoncé – “Spirit”
Chris Brown – “No Guidance” featuring Drake
DaniLeigh – “Easy (Remix)” featuring Chris Brown
Lizzo – “Juice”
Normani – “Motivation”
Teyana Taylor – “WTP”
VIDEO OF THE YEARAlicia Keys – “Raise a Man”
Beyoncé – “Spirit”
Childish Gambino – “Feels Like Summer”
Chris Brown – “No Guidance” featuring Drake
Khalid – “Better”
Lizzo – “Juice”
BEST COLLABORATIONAri Lennox – “Shea Butter Baby” featuring J. Cole
Beyoncé – “Brown Skin Girl” featuring Saint Jhn, Wizkid & Blue Ivy Carter
Cardi B & Bruno Mars – “Please Me”
Chris Brown – “No Guidance” featuring Drake
PJ Morton – “Say So” featuring JoJo
Ty Dolla $ign – “Purple Emoji” featuring J. Cole
