Star Boy ‘Wizkid’ Nominated alongside American Artistes for the 2019 American Soul Train Awards
Popular Nigerian songwriter and Singer, Ayodeji Balogun a.k.a Wizkid has been nominated for two
international award for the feature in Beyonce’s “Brown Skin Girl” for
the 2019 American Soul Train Awards.
Wizkid was nominated alongside other
notable American Artistes such as Drake, Chris Brown, Cardi B and other artistes.
List of Nominees:
BEST NEW ARTIST
Lucky Daye
Mahalia
Nicole Bus
Pink Sweat$
Summer Walker
YK Osiris
SOUL TRAIN CERTIFIED AWARD
Ciara
Daniel Caesar
Fantasia
India.Arie
Kelly Rowland
Trevor Jackson
BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL AWARD
BeBe Winans
Donald Lawrence
Erica Campbell
Kirk Franklin
Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Tori Kelly
RHYTHM & BARS (FORMERLY BEST
HIP-HOP SONG OF THE YEAR)
21 Savage – “A Lot”
featuring J. Cole
Cardi B – “Money”
DaBaby – “Suge”
J. Cole – “Middle Child”
Meek Mill – “Going Bad”
featuring Drake
Megan Thee Stallion – “Cash
Shit” featuring DaBaby
BEST R&B/SOUL FEMALE ARTIST
Ari Lennox
Beyoncé
H.E.R.
Lizzo
Mary J. Blige
Summer Walker
BEST R&B/SOUL MALE ARTIST
Anderson.Paak
Bruno Mars
Chris Brown
Daniel Caesar
Khalid
Tank
ALBUM/MIXTAPE OF THE YEAR
Ari Lennox – Shea Butter
Baby
Chris Brown – Indigo
Ella Mai – Ella Mai
H.E.R. – I Used to Know Her
Khalid – Free Spirit
Lizzo – Cuz I Love You
SONG OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé – “Before I Let Go”
Chris Brown – “No Guidance”
featuring Drake
Ella Mai – “Shot Clock”
Khalid – “Talk”
Lizzo – “Juice”
Summer Walker – “Girls Need Love (Remix)” featuring Drake
THE ASHFORD AND SIMPSON SONGWRITER’S
AWARD
“Brown Skin Girl” – Written
by Beyoncé Knowles, Carlos St. John, Adio Marchant, Shawn Carter, Stacy Barthe,
Anathi Mnyango, Michael Uzowuru, Ayodeji Balogun, Richard Isong (Beyoncé
featuring Saint Jhn, Wizkid & Blue Ivy Carter)
“Hard Place” – Written by
H.E.R., David Harris, Sam Ashworth, Ruby Amanfu (H.E.R.)
“Juice” – Written by Theron
Thomas, Sam Sumser, Sean Small, Eric Frederic, Melissa Jefferson (Lizzo)
“Make It Better” – Written
by Brandon Anderson, William “Smokey” Robinson, Alaina Chenervert, Miguel
Atwood-Ferguson, Daniel Maman, Farid Nassar (Anderson.Paak featuring Smokey
Robinson)
“No Guidance” – Written by
Christopher Brown, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Joshua “J-Louis” Huizar,
Michee Lebrun, Nija Charles, Teddy Walton, Noah Shebib, Tyler Bryant (Chris
Brown featuring
“Talk” – Written by Howard Lawrence, Guy Lawrence, Khalid
Robinson (Khalid)
BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE
Beyoncé – “Spirit”
Chris Brown – “No Guidance”
featuring Drake
DaniLeigh – “Easy (Remix)”
featuring Chris Brown
Lizzo – “Juice”
Normani – “Motivation”
Teyana Taylor – “WTP”
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Alicia Keys – “Raise a Man”
Beyoncé – “Spirit”
Childish Gambino – “Feels
Like Summer”
Chris Brown – “No Guidance”
featuring Drake
Khalid – “Better”
Lizzo – “Juice”
BEST COLLABORATION
Ari Lennox – “Shea Butter
Baby” featuring J. Cole
Beyoncé – “Brown Skin Girl”
featuring Saint Jhn, Wizkid & Blue Ivy Carter
Cardi B & Bruno Mars –
“Please Me”
Chris Brown – “No Guidance”
featuring Drake
PJ Morton – “Say So”
featuring JoJo
Ty Dolla $ign – “Purple Emoji” featuring J. Cole
