My Picks are in Bold!

BEST NEW ARTIST
Drake
Jazmine Sullivan
Keri Hilson
Ryan Leslie
Solange

BEST R&B/SOUL ARTIST FEMALE
Beyonce
Chrisette Michele
Jennifer Hudson
Ledisi
Whitney Houston

BEST MALE R&B/SOUL MALE
Charlie Wilson
Maxwell
Musiq Soulchild
Raphael Saadiq
Robin Thicke
 
SONG OF THE YEAR
“God in Me” – Mary Mary
“Pretty Wings” – Maxwell
“Single Ladies (Put a ring on it)” – Beyonce
“Spotlight” – Jennifer Hudson
“Turnin Me On” – Keri Hilson/ ft Lil Wayne
 
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Beyonce – I am… Sasha Fierce (Platinum) Sony Music
Jamie Foxx – Intuition (Platinum) J Records
Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak (Platinum) Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam
Maxwell – Blacksummer’s Night (Gold) Sony Music
Ne-Yo – Year of the Gentleman
 
RECORD OF THE YEAR (SONGWRITER AWARD)
Beyonce – “Single Ladies (Put a ring on it)”
Drake – “Best I ever had”
Jamie Foxx Ft/T-Pain – “Blame it”
Keri Hilson – “Knock You Down”
Maxwell – “Pretty Wings”
 

BEST REGGAE ARTIST AWARD
Movado
Sean Paul
Serani
Taurus Riley
Ziggy Marley

CENTRIC AWARD – SOUL APPROVED/UNDERGROUND
Corneille
Eric Roberson
Laura Izibor
Maysa
The Knux
 
BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE MALE, FEMALE OR GROUP
BeBe and CeCe Winans – “Close To You”
Fred Hammond f/John P Kee – “They That Wait”
Marvin Sapp – “Praise Him in Advance”
Mary Mary – “God In Me”
Smokie Norful – “Justified”
 
BEST COLLABORATION
Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo – “Knock you Down”
Keyshia Cole featuring Monica – “Trust”
Mario featuring Gucci Mane and Sean Garrett – “Break up”
Mary Mary featuring Kierra (KiKi) Sheard – “God In Me”
Trey Songz featuring Drake – “Successful”
 
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Michael Jackson