Thursday, March 28, 2024

Erykah Badu Conducts the 2017 ‘Soul Train Awards’ Honoring Toni Braxton & SWV [Red Carpet Pics]

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Erykah Badu

*Taped at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on November 5th, the 2017 Soul Train Awards presented by BET will premiere SundayNovember 26th at 8:00 PM.

For the third time, the show is hosted by Erykah Badu the Godmother of Soul who entertained the crowd in good company with amazing soulful performances from a star studded line up.

TankLedisiTamar Braxton, Keyshia Cole, Ro James, Jessie J and more all shut down the stage. As well as Toni Braxton being honored with the Legend Award along with SWV being the recipient of the Lady of Soul Award. Reporting live for EURweb, Miss Conversation Piece got a chance to catch up with all the celebrities that walked the grey carpet.

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Seven Streeter (Photo: Wayne Posner/BET)

Before the show, Seven Streeter gave a killer performance to warm things up for the main show. She joined EURweb briefly to speak on what makes an artist a legend in the music industry.

Joining the conversation next was Bell Biv Devoe who spoke on the possibility of a movie focusing on their subgroup of New Edition.

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Bell Biv DeVoe (Photo: Wayne Posner/BET)

Joe Jackson made a rare appearance and stopped by to chat on the carpet about rehearsing being the main thing he taught Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson.

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Joe Jackson (Photo: Wayne Posner/BET)

We tried to get Tank to open up about Tyrese being renamed “Cryrese” due to his recent social media posts but the crooner kept it classy as he looked in his tailored green tux.

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Tank (Photo: Wayne Posner/BET)

The 2017 Soul Train Awards nominations span across 12 different categories. Solange leads with seven total nominations and Bruno Mars follows with a total of six. Congratulations to all the honorees, performers and nominees. See the full list of nominees below:

Best New Artist
6LACK
H.E.R.
KEVIN ROSS
KHALID
SZA


Best R&B/Soul Male Artist
BRUNO MARS
BRYSON TILLER
CHRIS BROWN
KHALID
THE WEEKND


Best R&B/Soul Female Artist
KEHLANI
LALAH HATHAWAY
LEDISI
MARY J. BLIGE
SOLANGE
SZA


Soul Train Certified Award
BELL BIV DEVOE
JOHNNY GILL
LALAH HATHAWAY
LEDISI
MACK WILDS


Video of the Year
BEYONCÉ – ALL NIGHT
BRUNO MARS – 24K MAGIC
CHRIS BROWN FT. USHER & GUCCI MANE – PARTY
DJ KHALED FT. RIHANNA & BRYSON TILLER – WILD THOUGHTS
SOLANGE – CRANES IN THE SKY


Best Gospel/ Inspirational Award
CHANCE THE RAPPER
CHARLIE WILSON
KIRK FRANKLIN
LECRAE
TAMELA MANN


Album/ Mixtape of the Year
BRUNO MARS – 24K MAGIC
MARY J. BLIGE – STRENGTH OF A WOMAN
SOLANGE – A SEAT AT THE TABLE
SZA – CTRL
THE WEEKND – STARBOY


Rhythm & Bars Award (Formerly Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year)
CARDI B – BODAK YELLOW
DJ KHALED FT. RIHANNA & BRYSON TILLER – WILD THOUGHTS
FRENCH MONTANA FT. SWAE LEE – UNFORGETTABLE
KENDRICK LAMAR – HUMBLE.
YO GOTTI FT. NICKI MINAJ – RAKE IT UP


Song of the Year
BRUNO MARS – THAT’S WHAT I LIKE
CHILDISH GAMBINO – REDBONE
DJ KHALED FT. RIHANNA & BRYSON TILLER – WILD THOUGHTS
KHALID – LOCATION
SOLANGE – CRANES IN THE SKY


The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award
CRANES IN THE SKY – WRITTEN BY: TROY L. JOHN, SOLANGE KNOWLES, RAPHAEL SAADIQ (SOLANGE)
LOCATION 
– WRITTEN BY: ALFREDO EMMANUEL GONZALEZ, OLATUNJI OLUTOMIWA, SAMUEL DAVID JIMENEZ, KHALID ROBINSON, JOSHUA SCRUGGS (KHALID)
LOVE ME NOW – WRITTEN BY: BLAKE MATTHEW SIMON MILLS, JOHN HENRY RYAN, JOHN ROGER STEPHENS (JOHN LEGEND)
REDBONE – WRITTEN BY: GEORGE CLINTON, WILLIAM EARL COLLINS, GARY LEE COOER, DONALD MCKINLEY GLOVER II, LUDWIG EMIL TOMAS GORANSSON (CHILDISH GAMBINO)
VERSACE ON THE FLOOR 
– WRITTEN BY: CHRISTOPHER STEVEN BROWN, JAMES EDWARD FAUNTLEROY, BRUNO MARS, PHILIP MARTIN LAWRENCE (BRUNO MARS)


Best Dance Performance
BRUNO MARS – 24K MAGIC
CHRIS BROWN FT. USHER & GUCCI MANE – PARTY
DJ KHALED FT. RIHANNA & BRYSON TILLER – WILD THOUGHTS
SOLANGE FT. SAMPHA – DON’T TOUCH MY HAIR
WIZKID FT. DRAKE – COME CLOSER


Best Collaboration
DJ KHALED FT. RIHANNA & BRYSON TILLER – WILD THOUGHTS
JAZMINE SULLIVAN & BRYSON TILLER – INSECURE
MARY J. BLIGE FT. KANYE WEST – LOVE YOURSELF
SOLANGE FT. SAMPHA – DON’T TOUCH MY HAIR
SZA FT. TRAVIS SCOTT – LOVE GALORE

 

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