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 | |
| Alain Clark | Colorblind |
| Angela Johnson | It’s Personal |
| Avery Sunshine | Avery Sunshine |
| Bettye LaVette | Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook |
| Bilal | Airtight’s Revenge |
| Bobby McFerrin | VOCAbuLaries |
| Calvin Richardson | America’s Most Wanted |
| Conya Doss | Blu Transition |
| Dira | Something About the Girl |
| Dwele | W.ants W.orld W.omen |
| Elizabeth Withers | No Regrets |
| Gregory Porter | Water |
| Incognito | Transatlantic RPM |
| Jose James | BlackMagic |
| Kirk Whalum | The Gospel According To Jazz: Chapter III |
| Mama’s Gun | Route to Riches |
| Marcell & the Truth | Symbols |
| PJ Morton | Walk Alone |
| Yahzarah | The Ballad of Purple St. James |
| Zo! | Sunstorm |
| Major Label Album of the Year | |
| Angie Stone | Unexpected |
| Daniel Merriweather | Love and War |
| Erykah Badu | New Amerykah Part 2 |
| Fred Hammond | Love Unstoppable |
| Jaheim | Another Round |
| Janelle Monae | The Archandroid |
| John Legend & the Roots | Wake Up |
| Kem | Intimacy |
| Leela James | My Soul |
| Lyfe Jennings | I Still Believe |
| Mary J Blige | Stronger with Each Tear |
| Melanie Fiona | The Bridge |
| Monica | Still Standing |
| Ndambi | Pink Elephant |
| Raheem DeVaughn | The Love and War Masterpiece |
| Ryan Leslie | Transitions |
| Sade | Soldier of Love |
| Toni Braxton | Pulse |
| Trombone Shorty | Backatown |
| Will Downing | Lust, Love & Lies |
| Song of the Year |
| All In Me – Angela Johnson and Darien |
| Greatest Weapon of All Time – Zo! Featuring Sy Smith |
| Home – Carmen Rodgers |
| It’s What I Do – Kirk Whalum (feat. Lalah Hathaway) |
| Let Go Let God – PJ Morton |
| Love Reign O’er Me – Bettye LaVette |
| Love Theory – Maysa and Will Downing |
| No Regrets – Elisabeth Withers |
| Pots of Gold – Mama’s Gun |
| Rocket to the Moon – Ty Causey |
| Song for Teena – Trizonna McClendon |
| The One – guiltypleasures |
| Tired – Kelly Price |
| Ugly Part of Me – Avery Sunshine |
| Wake Up In Another Life – Nicolay (feat Carlitta Durand and Phonte) |
| What We Gon’ Do – Conya Doss |
| Why Dontcha Call Me No More – Yahzarah |
| Without You – KeKe Wyatt |
| You Gotta Believe In Something – Jonathan Butler |
| You’re So Amazing – Calvin Richardson |
| Male Vocalist of the Year |
| Alain Clark |
| Alexander O’Neal |
| Calvin Richardson |
| Darien Brockington |
| Darnell Kendricks |
| Dwele |
| Geno Young |
| Gil Scott Heron |
| Gregory Porter |
| Jeff Hendrick |
| Jesse Boykins III |
| Jonathan Butler |
| Jose James |
| Kevon Edmonds |
| Osunlade |
| PJ Morton |
| Ryan Shaw |
| Saunders Sermons |
| Tonex |
| Ty Causey |
| Female Vocalist of the Year |
| Adriana Evans |
| Angela Johnson |
| Avery Sunshine |
| Bettye LaVette |
| Carmen Rodgers |
| Conya Doss |
| Dira |
| Elizabeth Withers |
| Gail Pettis |
| Georgia Ann Muldrow |
| Joyo Velarde |
| Keke Wyatt |
| Kimberly Nichole |
| Lynne Fiddmont |
| Maiysha |
| Marilyn Ashford Brown |
| Maysa |
| Rhonda Thomas |
| Trizonna McClendon |
| YahZarah |
| Duo or Group of the Year |
| Ahmir |
| Aries Rising |
| Big Band splash |
| Cool Million |
| Dru Hill |
| guiltypleasures |
| Incognito |
| Innosphere |
| Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe |
| Live Tropical Fish |
| L’Stubbs |
| Mama’s Gun |
| Marcell and the Truth |
| Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings |
| Soul Cycle |
| The Chestnut Brothers |
| The Neo Jazz Project |
| The Right Now |
| The Temptations |
| The Whispers |
| New Artist of the Year |
| Anwar Robinson |
| Ashanti Munir |
| Avery Sunshine |
| Brandon Hines |
| Dr. E |
| Durand Bernarr |
| Esnavi |
| guiltypleasures |
| Joonie |
| Kimberly Nichole |
| Lenny Hamilton Jr. |
| Maiko Watson |
| Mama’s Gun |
| Mark A’lleven |
| Mayer Hawthorne |
| Saunders Sermons |
| Slique |
| Taurus Soul |
| The Right Now |
| Yvette Rovira |
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