Wow, what a few weeks it has been! A few weeks ago we posted the nominees for this year’s SoulTracks Readers’ Choice Awards, and thousands and thousands of you came to check them and and vote for your favorites.
We’re still compiling the votes, and we’ll name the winners at our radio broadcast on Monday, December 8th at 8:00 EST. And here are links to the stations that will be carrying the show (in alphabetical order):
In the meantime, look below to check out the top five finalists in each category (listed alphabetically by first name). Thanks for your votes, and we’ll look forward to presenting the winners on December 8th! And you can listen to song clips from many of the nominees below
| Independent Album of the Year | Major Label Album of the Year |
| Amel Larrieux – “Ice Cream Everyday” | Al Jarreau – “My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke” |
| Avery Sunshine – “The Sun Room” | Gregory Porter – “Liquid Spirit” |
| Eric Roberson – “The Box” | Kem – “Promise to Love” |
| Joe – “Bridges” | Ledisi – “The Truth” |
| Kindred the Family Soul – “A Couple Friends” | Toni Braxton & Babyface – “Love, Marriage and Divorce” |
| Song of the Year | Duo or Group of the Year |
| Avery Sunshine -“Sweet Afternoon” | Full Force |
| Chris Jasper -“The One” | Incognito |
| Eric Roberson – “Mark on Me” | Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings |
| Howard Hewett – “You Still Live Inside of Me” | The Foreign Exchange |
| SOS Band -“Just Get Ready” | Kindred the Family Soul |
| Male Vocalist of the Year | Female Vocalist of the Year |
| Eric Roberson | Algebra Blessett |
| Joe | Avery Sunshine |
| Jonathan Butler | Gladys Knight |
| Shaun Escoffery | Jennifer Holliday |
| Will Downing | Kelly Price |
| New Artist of the Year | SoulTracks Lifetime Achievement Award |
| George Tandy Jr | |
| Jarrod Lawson | The Chi-Lites |
| Shaliek | |
| SouLutions | |
| SuCh |
