Hey SoulTrackers! Thanks for the hundreds and hundreds of nominations we received from you for this year’s SoulTracks Readers’ Choice Awards, the world’s leading awards for independent soul artists. The nominations 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). The winners will be named in a December SoulTracks broadcast.
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 | |
| Aloe Blacc | Good Things |
| Anthony David | As Above So Below |
| Bilal | Airtight’s Revenge |
| Deborah Bond | Madame Palindrome |
| Electric Empire | Electric Empire |
| Frank Mccomb | A New Beginning |
| Freddie Jackson | For You |
| Gordon Chambers | Sincere |
| Julie Dexter | New Again |
| Kelly Price | Kelly |
| Kindred the Family Soul | Love Has No Recession |
| Mama’s Gun | The Life and Soul |
| Maya Azucena | Cry Love |
| Rahsaan Patterson | Bleuphoria |
| Winston Warrior | Lifeology 101 |
| The Foreign Exchange | Authenticity |
| The Stylistics | That Same Way |
| Van Hunt | What Were You Hoping For? |
| Syleena Johnson | Chapter 5: Underrated |
| Zo! | …just visiting three |
| Song of the Year | |
| Always | Electric Empire |
| Bad 4 U | Winston Warrior |
| Beautiful | Noel Gourdin |
| Deed to My Heart | Frank McComb |
| Easier Said Than Done | Rahsaan Patterson |
| Forevermore | Anthony David & Algebra |
| I Can’t Love You | Gordon Chambers |
| I Need a Dollar | Aloe Blacc |
| Little One | Bilal |
| Magic Happens | Kindred the Family Soul |
| Marzipan (feat Eric Roberson and Phonte) | Zo! |
| Mistreated | Margo Thunder |
| On A String | Mama’s Gun |
| Queen | Tasha Taylor |
| Supernatural | KING |
| The Half | Maya Azucena |
| Tired | Kelly Price |
| You Are The One | Deborah Bond |
| You Got A Hold On Me (feat Yahzarah) | Saunders Sermons |
| You Gotta Be | Patti Austin |
| Male Vocalist of the Year | |
| Aloe Blacc | |
| Anthony David | |
| Bilal | |
| Bootsy Collins | |
| Bslade | |
| Chaz Shepherd | |
| Darryl Grant | |
| Frank McComb | |
| Freddie Jackson | |
| Gordon Chambers | |
| Heston | |
| Jesse Boykins III | |
| John Stoddart | |
| Michael Franks | |
| Noel Gourdin | |
| Rahsaan Patterson | |
| Tony Adamo | |
| Van Hunt | |
| Walter Christopher | |
| Winston Warrior | |
| Female Vocalist of the Year | |
| Abby Dobson | |
| Candace Bellamy | |
| Collette | |
| Deborah Bond | |
| Dessy DiLauro | |
| Julie Dexter | |
| KeKe Wyatt | |
| Kim Burrell | |
| Lynne Fiddmont | |
| Margo Thunder | |
| Maty Soul | |
| Maya Azucena | |
| Patti Austin | |
| Syleena Johnson | |
| Rhonda Thomas | |
| Tasha Taylor | |
| Terisa Griffin | |
| Tracy Cruz | |
| Asa | |
| Kelly Price | |
| Duo or Group of the Year | |
| Aaries | |
| Armchair Generals | |
| Bump Kitchen | |
| Electric Empire | |
| Helen Bruner & Terry Jones | |
| Kindred the Family Soul | |
| King | |
| Mama’s Gun | |
| Mint Condition | |
| Philly Gumbo | |
| Reel People | |
| Soul Cycle | |
| Soul Talk | |
| The Bo-Keys | |
| The Foreign Exchange | |
| The Kind Revolution | |
| The State Cows | |
| The Stylistics | |
| Tom Glide and the Luv All Stars | |
| Venue Connection | |
| New Artist of the Year | |
| Abby Dobson | |
| Armchair Generals | |
| Bigg Milt | |
| Chaz Shepherd | |
| Esnavi | |
| Gwen Maul | |
| Honey Larochelle | |
| King | |
| L Young | |
| LeNora Jaye | |
| Nia Devine | |
| Saidah Baba Talibah | |
| Sarah’s Girl | |
| Teri Tobin | |
| Vic Frierson | |
| Winston Warrior | |
| Cleveland Jones | |
| Andre Henry | |
| I, Ced | |
| Marie-Christine | |
| Major Label Album of the Year | |
| Adele | 21 |
| Beverly Knight | Soul UK |
| Bruno Mars | Doo Wops and Hooligans |
| Cee Lo Green | The Lady Killer |
| Charlie Wilson | Just Charlie |
| El Debarge | Second Chance |
| Eric Benet | Lost In Time |
| Jazmine Sullivan | Love Me Back |
| Jessie J | Who You Are |
| Jill Scott | The Light of the Sun |
| Keyshia Cole | Calling All Hearts |
| Kirk Franklin | Hello Fear |
| Ledisi | Pieces of Me |
| Marc Broussard | Marc Broussard |
| Marsha Ambrosius | Late Nights, Early Mornings |
| Mary Mary | Something Big |
| Musiq Soulchild | Musiqinthemagiq |
| R Kelly | Love Letter |
| Raphael Saadiq | Stone Rollin |
| Warren Haynes | Man In Motion |
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