Soul Train Music Awards nominations

Date: 04 Feb 2003 14:00:25 GMT
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — R&B ingenues Ashanti and Amerie collected a leading three
nominations each Monday for the annual Soul Train Music Awards.
Ashanti's self-titled album and Amerie's All I Have were named in the best
female R&B album category, while Ashanti's Foolish and Amerie's Why Don't We
Fall In Love were among nominees for best female R&B single.
Ashanti, who won two honors for favorite new hip-hop-R&B artist and new pop
artist at the American Music Awards and has five nominations for the upcoming
Grammys, was also nominated for soul or rap album of the year.
Amerie had an additional mention for best new artist.
Among other Soul Train nominees, Floetry, Justin Timberlake, Musiq, B2K and
Nelly had two nominations each.
The Soul Train Music Awards, started 17 years ago by the syndicated music show
Soul Train, celebrates artists in R&B, hip-hop, rap and gospel music. The
awards will be presented during a March 1 ceremony at the Pasadena Civic
Auditorium.
The awards are determined by a group of radio station professionals, talent
managers and performers.
Complete list of nominees:
R&B-soul single, female: Why Don't We Fall In Love, Amerie; Foolish Ashanti;
Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop), Erykah Badu; Little Things, India.Arie.
R&B-soul single, male: This Woman's Work, Maxwell; Dontchange, Musiq; Like I
Love You, Justin Timberlake; U Don't Have To Call, Usher.
R&B-soul single, group, band or duo: Bump, Bump, Bump, B2K featuring P. Diddy;
I Should Be, Dru Hill; Floetic, Floetry; Girl Talk, TLC.
R&B-soul album, female: All I Have, Amerie; Ashanti, Ashanti; No More Drama
2002, Mary J. Blige; Mahogany Soul, Angie Stone.
R&B-soul album, male: The G Spot, Gerald Levert; Still Ghetto, Jaheim;
Juslisen, Musiq; Justified, Justin Timberlake.
R&B-soul album group, band or duo: B2K, B2K; Full Circle, Boyz II Men; Floetic,
Floetry; Best of Both Worlds, R. Kelly and Jay-Z.
R&B-soul or rap new artist: Why Don't We Fall In Love, Amerie; He Is, Heather
Headley; Awnaw, Nappy Roots.
R&B-soul or rap album of the year: Ashanti, Ashanti; 10, LL Cool J; Stillmatic,
Nas; Nellyville, Nelly.
R&B-soul or rap music video: Wanksta, 50 Cent; Pass the Courvoisier Pt. 2,
Busta Rhymes featuring P. Diddy and Pharrell; Work It, Missy Elliott; Dilemma,
Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland.
Gospel album: Walking By Faith, the Canton Spirituals; The Rebirth of Kirk
Franklin, Kirk Franklin; Go Get Your Life Back, Donald Lawrence & the Tri City
Singers; Family Affair II: Live At Radio City Music Hall, Hezekiah Walker and
the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir.
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