Cedric the Entertainer will host The Soul Train Music Awards November 17, 2011 but broadcast on Centric and parent channel BET on November 27.  [lastfm link_type=""]Chris Brown [/lastfm]leads the nominations and is actually up against[lastfm link_type=""] Rihanna [/lastfm]in a category!  The full list is below.

2011 Soul Train Awards Nominees

Best New Artist

• Bruno Mars
• Marsha Ambrosius
• Miguel
• Frank Ocean

Centric Award

• Ledisi
• Raphael Saddiq
• Bilal
• Anthony David
• Aloe Blacc

Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year

• Moment for Life-Nicki Minaj
• All of the Lights-Kanye West
• Look at Me Now-Chris Brown feat. Busta Rhymes and Lil’ Wayne
• Out of My Head-Lupe Fiasco
• Otis-Jay Z/Kanye West

Best Female R&B/Soul Artist

• Kelly Rowland
• Beyonce
• Marsha Ambrosius
• Jennifer Hudson
• Jill Scott

Best Male R&B/Soul Artist

• Trey Songz
• Chris Brown
• R. Kelly
• Miguel
• Cee Lo Green
• Eric Benet

Album of the Year

• 21-Adele
• F.A.M.E.- Chris Brown
• 4-Beyonce
• Passion Pain & Pleasure-Trey Songz
• Light of the Sun-Jill Scott
• Watch The Throne-Jay Z/Kanye West

Song of the Year

• Motivation-Kelly Rowland feat. Lil’ Wayne
• Sure Thing-Miguel
• Rolling in the Deep-Adele
• She Ain’t You-Chris Brown
• All of the Lights- Kanye West
• So In Love-Jill Scott feat. Anthony Hamilton

Best Dance Performance

• Motivation-Kelly Rowland
• Only Girl in the World//What’s My Name-Rihanna
• Run The World-Beyonce
• She Ain’t You-Chris Brown
• Walking-Mary Mary
• Pretty Girl Rock-Keri Hilson

Best Gospel Performance

• I Smile-Kirk Franklin
• Walking-Mary Mary
• Heaven Hear My Heart-Trin-I-Tee 5:7
• I Believe-James Fortune feat. Shawn McLemore
• More-Cece Winans

Best Caribbean Performance

• Man Down-Rihanna
• Summer Time-Vybz Kartel
• Wotless-Kes The Band
• Bend Over-Machel Montano
• Delilah-Movado

Record of the Year (The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award)

• Rolling in the Deep-Adele (Writers: Adele, Paul Epworth)
• Far Away-Marsha Ambrosius (Writers: Marsha Ambrosius, Sterling Simms)
• Best Thing I Never Had-Beyonce (Writers: Antonio Dixon; Kenneth Edmonds; Larry Griffin, Jr.; Beyonce Knowles; Caleb McCampbell; Patrick Smith; Shea Taylor)
• Good Man-Raphael Saddiq (Writers: Raphael Saadiq, Taura Stinson)
• Hold My Hand (Duet with Akon)-Michael Jackson (Writers: Aliaune Thiam (Akon), Giorgio Tuinfort, Claude Kelly)