Nominees named for 2009 SoulTracks Readers' Choice Awards

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    Hey SoulTrackers!  Thanks for the hundreds and hundreds of nominations we received from you for this year's SoulTracks Readers' Choice Awards.  They were great and helped us to put together a list of 20 nominees in each of our seven categories.  Here's what happens next:  Over the next two weeks a committee of 2,000 artists and music industry professionals will select the top 7 finalists in each of these categories.  Then later this month we'll send personal ballots to all SoulTrackers who have signed up for our newsletter for the final vote (there's still time to sign up at the top left hand box on this page).

    In the meantime, congratulations to all of the artists below, who are the nominees for this year's SoulTracks Readers' Choice Awards!

     

    Hey SoulTrackers!  Thanks for the hundreds and hundreds of nominations we received from you for this year's SoulTracks Readers' Choice Awards.  They were great and helped us to put together a list of 20 nominees in each of our seven categories.  Here's what happens next:  Over the next two weeks a committee of 2,000 artists and music industry professionals will select the top 7 finalists in each of these categories.  Then later this month we'll send personal ballots to all SoulTrackers who have signed up for our newsletter for the final vote (there's still time to sign up at the top left hand box on this page).

    In the meantime, congratulations to all of the artists below, who are the nominees for this year's SoulTracks Readers' Choice Awards!

    Independent Album of the Year

      Alice Russell - Pot of Gold Alice Russell - Pot of Gold
      Calvin Richardson - Facts of Life: The Soul of Bobby Womack
      Choklate - To Whom It May Concern
      Darien - If These Walls Could Talk
      Eric Roberson - Music Fan First
      Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind
      James Day - Natural Things 
      Karl Denson's Tiny Universe - Brother's Keeper
      Kimberly Nichole - Yellow Brick Journey
      Jaspects - Polkadotted Stripes
      Leela James - Let's Do It Again
      Maysa - Metamorphosis
      Mica Paris - Born Again
      Platinum Pied Pipers - Abundance
      Russell Taylor - Confessional
      Shae Fiol - Catch a Ride
      Swing Out Sister - Beautiful Mess
      Syleena Johnson - Chapter 4: Labor Pains
      Various Artists - Silky Soul Music: An All-Star Tribute to Frankie Beverly/Maze
      Wayna - Higher Ground
     

    Song of the Year

     
      Calvin Richardson - Woman's Got To Have It
      Choklate - The Tea
      Darien - Sail Through
      Eric Roberson - The Power That Kisses Hold
      Eric Roberson & Lalah Hathaway - Dealing
      Foreign Exchange - Daykeeper
      Green Tea - Sweet Georgia Brown
      James Day feat. Mikelyn Roderick - Speak Love
      Jaspects feat. Chante Caan - Find My Way to Love
      Jesse Boykins III - Tabloids
      Leela James - Baby I'm Scared of You
      Maysa - Grateful
      Monet - Vain
      Nadir - Life In the Fast Lane
      Platinum Pied Pipers - Pigeon Hole
      Rachael Bell - I Wanna
      Russell Taylor - Push Pause
      Shu - Beautiful and Broken
      Tortured Soul - Did You Miss Me?
      Wayna - My Love
     

    Male Vocalist of the Year

     
      Alain Clark
      Ali Ollie Woodson
      Calvin Richardson
      Dan Dyer
      Darien
      Darrius Willrich
      Eric Roberson
      Jarrard Anthony
      Jon B
      Kameron Corvet
      Kevin Whalum
      Lee Fields
      Matt Cusson
      Rahsaan Patterson
      Randevyn
      Russell Taylor
      Siji
      Slique
      Tony Ozier
      Ty Causey
     


    Female Vocalist of the Year

     
      Alice Russell
      Caretta Bell
      Green Tea
      Choklate
      Kimberly Nichole
      LaShell Griffin
      Leela James
      Marilyn Ashford Brown
      Maysa
      Melinda Doolittle
      Mica Paris
      Natalie Brown
      Oleta Adams
      Rachael Bell
      Syleena Johnson
      Tamika Nicole
      Toni Redd
      Wayna
      Yahzarah
      Zakiyah
     

    Duo or Group of the Year

     
      76 Degrees West
      Chairmen of the Board 
      Chestnut Brothers
      Donnie Williams and Park Place
      E-Life
      Excellent Gentlemen
      Foreign Exchange
      Impromp2
      Jaspects
      Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
      Kloud 9
      Marcell and the Truth
      Melba Moore and Phil Perry
      Pepper Pots
      Platinum Pied Pipers
      Swing Out Sister
      The Revelations feat. Tre Williams
      Tortured Soul
      Unified Tribe
     


    New Artist of the Year

     
      76 Degrees West
      Alain Clark
      Alex Nester
      Brittany Bosco
      Chester Gregory
      ChinahBlac
      Darien
      Dionyza
      Excellent Gentlemen
      F. L. Jones
      Gianna
      Jesse Boykins III
      Joy Jones
      Kimberly Nichole
      Malina Moye
      Melinda Doolittle
      Shae Fiol
      Tess Henley
      The Revelations feat. Tre Williams
      Tracy Cruz
     

    Major Label Album of the Year

     
      All-4-One - No Regrets
      Anthony Hamilton - The Point of It All
      Chrisette Michele - Epiphany
      Corneille - The Birth of Corneillius
      Daniel Merriweather - Love & War
      India.Arie - Testimony Vol. 2
      Joe - Signature
      Keyshia Cole - A Different Me
      Kindred - The Arrival
      K'Jon - I Get Around
      Ledisi - Turn Me Loose
      Leigh Jones - Music In My Soul
      Mary Mary - The Sound
      Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night
      Musiq Soulchild - OnMyRadio
      Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
      Teena Marie - Congo Square
      Tonex - Unspoken
      Will Downing - Classique
      Whitney Houston - I Look To You

     

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