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Courtesy of Centric/BET NetworksFans will finally see whether Beyoncé, Drake or Kanye West will take home the Album of the Year award when the 2016 Soul Train Awards air this Sunday.
The event, hosted by Erykah Badu, will feature performances by Eric Benét, Mase, Carl Thomas, Wreckx-N-Effect, Guy, Bobby Brown, Blackstreet, Anderson .Paak, Doug E. Fresh, Ro James, D.R.A.M., BJ the Chicago Kid, Yuna, Candice Boyd and MAJOR.
Beyoncé and Rihanna will battle it out in several award categories, including Album of the Year, Best Collaboration, Best Dance Performance and Best R&B/Soul Female Artist.
Drake and DJ Khaled are also up for many of the same awards, including Album of the Year, the Rhythm & Bars Award and Best Collaboration.
The two artists also are nominated together in the Best Collaboration category for DJ Khaled’s track “For Free,” which features vocals by Drake.
Brandy and Teddy Riley will be honored with the Lady of Soul and Legend awards, respectively.
The 2016 Soul Train Awards, hosted by Erykah Badu, will air on BET and Centric on November 27 at 8 p.m. ET.
Here are the nominees:
Album of the Year
Beyoncé — Lemonade
Bryson Tiller — TRAPSOUL
DJ Khaled — Major Key
Drake — Views
Kanye West — The Life of Pablo
Rihanna — ANTI
Best Collaboration
Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar — “Freedom”
Chance the Rapper featuring 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne — “No Problem”
DJ Khaled featuring Drake — “For Free”
Fat Joe and Remy Ma featuring French Montana and Infared — “All the Way Up”
Rihanna featuring Drake — “Work”
Best Dance Performance
Beyoncé — “Formation”
Drake — “Hotline Bling”
Kanye West (Dance Performance featuring Teyana Taylor — “Fade”
Rihanna featuring Drake — “Work”
Usher featuring Young Thug — “No Limit”
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”
Best New Artist
Anderson .Paak
Andra Day
Bryson Tiller
Chance the Rapper
Ro James
Tory Lanez
Best R&B Soul/Female Artist
Alicia Keys
Beyoncé
Fantasia
Jill Scott
Rihanna
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
Rhythm & Bars Award
Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz — “No Problem”
DJ Khaled featuring Drake — “For Free”
Drake — “Controlla”
Fat Joe and Remy Ma featuring French Montana and Infared — “All the Way Up”
Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla — “One Dance”
Song of the Year
Adele — “Hello”
Beyoncé — “Formation”
Bryson Tiller — “Don’t”
Drake — “Controlla”
Rihanna featuring Drake — “Work”
The Ashford and 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
“Don’t” — Written By: Johnta M. Austin, Mariah Carey, Bryan-Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri, Tavoris Javon Hollins
“Needed Me” — Written By: Nicholas Valentino Audino, Rachel Derrus, Adam King Feeney, Robyn R. Fenty, Brittany
Video of the Year
Beyoncé — “Formation”
Beyoncé — “Sorry”
Drake — “Hotline Bling”
Kanye West — “Fade”
Rihanna featuring Drake — “Work”
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