DRAKE DOMINATES WITH 12 NOMINATIONS FOLLOWED BY FELLOW HITMAKERS BEYONCÉ, RIHANNA AND BRYSON TILLER CENTRIC today announced the everlasting godmother of soul, Erykah Badu ,will return to host the SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2016. The four-time Grammy-award winning soul singer and songwriter will once again take over the Vegas stage with her eccentric style, cerebral music, incomparable spirit and comedic commentary. The yearly celebration will honor the best in Soul and R&B from returning legends to the next generation. Filmed November 6 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2016 will air on CENTRIC and BET on November 27 th , 2016 at 8PM ET . The complete list of nominees for SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2016 are: Best New Artist ANDERSON .PAAK ANDRA DAY BRYSON TILLER CHANCE THE RAPPER RO JAMES TORY LANEZ Best R&B/Soul Male Artist ANTHONY HAMILTON BRYSON TILLER MAXWELL THE WEEKND USHER Centric Certified Award AFTER 7 ANDERSON .PAAK BILAL LALAH HATHAWAY MUSIQ SOULCHILD Video of the Year BEYONCÉ – FORMATION BEYONCÉ – SORRY DRAKE – HOTLINE BLING KANYE WEST – FADE RIHANNA FT. DRAKE – WORK Best Gospel/ Inspirational Song DONNIE MCCLURKIN – I NEED YOU HEZEKIAH WALKER – BETTER KIRK FRANKLIN – 123 VICTORY TAMELA MANN – GOD PROVIDES TRAVIS GREENE – MADE A WAY Album/Mixtape of the Year BEYONCÉ – LEMONADE BRYSON TILLER – T R A P S O U L DJ KHALED – MAJOR KEY DRAKE – VIEWS KANYE WEST – THE LIFE OF PABLO RIHANNA – ANTI Rhythm & Bars Award (Formerly Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year) CHANCE THE RAPPER FT. LIL WAYNE & 2 CHAINZ – NO PROBLEM DJ KHALED FT. DRAKE – FOR FREE DRAKE – CONTROLLA DRAKE FT. WIZKID & KYLA – ONE DANCE FAT JOE & REMY MA FT. FRENCH MONTANA & INFARED – ALL THE WAY UP Best R&B/Soul Female Artist ALICIA KEYS BEYONCÉ FANTASIA JILL SCOTT RIHANNA Song of the Year ADELE – HELLO BEYONCÉ – FORMATION BRYSON TILLER – DON’T DRAKE – CONTROLLA RIHANNA FT. DRAKE – WORK The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award HELLO – WRITTEN BY: ADELE LAURIE BLUE ADKINS, GREGORY ALLEN KURSTIN (ADELE) RISE UP – WRITTEN BY: ANDRA DAY, JENNIFER DECILVEO (ANDRA DAY) FORMATION – WRITTEN BY: MICHAEL L. WILLIAMS II, BEYONCÉ KNOWLES, KHALIF BROWN, AAQUIL BROWN, ASHETON HOGAN, (BEYONCÉ) DON’T – WRITTEN BY: JOHNTÁ M. AUSTIN, MARIAH CAREY, BRYAN-MICHAEL COX, JERMAINE DUPRI, TAVORIS JAVON HOLLINS, ISOM BRANDON STEWART, BRYSON DEJUAN TILLER (BRYSON TILLER) NEEDED ME – WRITTEN BY: NICHOLAS VALENTINO AUDINO, RACHEL DERRUS, ADAM KING FEENEY, ROBYN R. FENTY, BRITTANY TALIA HAZZARD, CHARLES HINSHAW JR., LEWIS BERESFORD HUGHES, DIJON ISAIAH MCFARLANE, KHALED ROHAIM, TE WHITI TE RANGITEPAIA MATAA WARBICK (RIHANNA) Best Dance Performance BEYONCÉ – FORMATION DRAKE – HOTLINE BLING KANYE WEST (DANCE PERFORMANCE FT. TEYANA TAYLOR) – FADE RIHANNA FT. DRAKE – WORK USHER FT. YOUNG THUG – NO LIMIT Best Collaboration BEYONCÉ FT. KENDRICK LAMAR – FREEDOM CHANCE THE RAPPER FT. LIL WAYNE & 2 CHAINZ – NO PROBLEM DJ KHALED FT. DRAKE – FOR FREE FAT JOE & REMY MA FT. FRENCH MONTANA & INFARED – ALL THE WAY UP RIHANNA FT. DRAKE – WORK