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2009 Soul Train Music Awards

Annual US music awards ceremony

Field	Value
name	Soul Train Music Awards
host	Terrence Howard and
Taraji P. Henson
most_awards	Beyoncé (3)
date
location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia
country	United States
year	1987
website
network	BET, Centric
previous	2007
main	2009
next	2010

Taraji P. Henson The 2009 Soul Train Music Awards were held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia on November 29, 2009. The show was hosted by Oscar nominated actor Terrence Howard and Oscar nominated actress Taraji P. Henson. Performers included Keri Hilson, Toni Braxton, Trey Songz, Mario, Raheem DeVaughn, Ludacris, Ryan Leslie, and Robin Thicke.

Singers Chaka Khan and Charlie Wilson received the honoree Soul Train Legend Award. Michael Jackson was honoree for posthumous award for Entertainer of the Year. Beyoncé won three awards; Best Female Artist, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year. LeToya served as host for the Red-Carpet Show.

Upon its return, BET commissioned a new trophy for the Soul Train Music Awards. The new trophy, a train, replaced the signature African mask trophy used from 1987 to 2007.

Special awards

Entertainer of the Year (Posthumous Honor)

Michael Jackson

Legend Award – Female

Chaka Khan

Legend Award – Male

Charlie Wilson

Winners and nominees

Album of the Year

'*Beyoncé – *I Am... Sasha Fierce'''''
- Jamie Foxx – Intuition
- Maxwell – Blacksummers'night
- Ne-Yo – Year of the Gentleman
- Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak

Song of the Year

Beyoncé – "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
- Keri Hilson (featuring Lil Wayne) – "Turnin Me On"
- Jennifer Hudson – "Spotlight"
- Mary Mary – "God in Me"
- Maxwell – "Pretty Wings"

The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award

Jamie Foxx (featuring T-Pain) – "Blame It"
- Written by: Christopher "Deep" Henderson, Nate Walker, James T. Brown, John Conte Jr., David Ballard and Brandon Melanchon
Beyoncé – "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
- Written by: Christopher Stewart, Terius Nash, Thaddis Harrell and Beyoncé Knowles
Drake – "Best I Ever Had"
- Written by: Aubrey Graham, Danny Hamilton, Dwayne Carter, Matthew Samuels and Nakia Coleman
Keri Hilson (featuring Kanye West and Ne-Yo) – "Knock You Down"
- Written by: Nate Hills, Keri Hilson, Kevin Cossom, Shaffer Smith, Marcella Araica and Kanye West
Maxwell – "Pretty Wings"
- Written by: Gerald Rivera and Hod David

Best Male R&B/Soul Artist

Maxwell
- Raphael Saadiq
- Musiq Soulchild
- Robin Thicke
- Charlie Wilson

Best Female R&B/Soul Artist

Beyoncé
- Whitney Houston
- Jennifer Hudson
- Ledisi
- Chrisette Michele

Best New Artist

Keri Hilson
- Drake
- Ryan Leslie
- Solange
- Jazmine Sullivan

Best Reggae Artist

Sean Paul
- Ziggy Marley
- Mavado
- Tarrus Riley
- Serani

CENTRIC Award

Maysa
- Corneille
- Laura Izibor
- The Knux
- Eric Roberson

Best Gospel Performance – Male, Female or Group

Mary Mary – "God in Me"
- Fred Hammond (featuring John P Kee) – "They That Wait"
- Smokie Norful – "Justified"
- Marvin Sapp – "Praise Him in Advance"
- BeBe & CeCe Winans – "Close to You"

Best Collaboration

Keri Hilson (featuring Kanye West and 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"

Performers

Chrisette Michele
Keri Hilson
Mario and Sean Garrett
Raheem DeVaughn and Ludacris
Robin Thicke
Ryan Leslie
Toni Braxton and Trey Songz

Tribute performances

; Charlie Wilson Legend Tribute

K-Ci & JoJo
Raheem DeVaughn

; Chaka Khan Legend Tribute

Angie Stone
Erykah Badu
Fantasia
Ledisi
Melle Mel

; Motown Musical Moment

Boyz II Men
Chico DeBarge
Estelle
Hal Linton
Henson
Johnny Gill
Melanie Fiona
Mike Phillips
Vita

Telecast

The Soul Train Awards aired on BET and Centric on November 29, 2009. It was also broadcast on BET UK.

Trivia

The Soul Train Awards was a trending topic during its time on-air on the social media site, Twitter.

The Soul Train trophy, originally the trademark African ceremonial mask (Soul Train Music Award for Heritage Award – Career Achievement) is replaced with an actual train.

In an episode of Community, "Social Psychology", character Troy mentions the Soul Train Awards when complaining about participating in a study that never begins.

Notes

References

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