The 2020

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took place on November 29, 2020, to recognize the best in

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, R&B and Hip-Hop music. The ceremony aired on

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, VH1 and

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, with actors

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hosting the ceremony for the third time. The nominations were announced on November 11, 2020, with

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leading with eight nominations, followed by

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with seven. American singer and songwriter

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was honored with the Lady of Soul Award for her contributions to the music industry.

Special Awards

Honorees are as listed below:

Lady Of Soul Award

Winners and Nominees

Nominees are as listed below. The winners by each categories are in bold characters.

Best New Artist

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**Lonr. **

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Soul Train Certified Award

*Brandy Norwood, Brandy **Fantasia Barrino, Fantasia **Kelly Rowland **Ledisi **

**PJ Morton

Best R&B/Soul Female Artist

**Beyoncé **Alicia Keys **Jhené Aiko **Brandy Norwood, Brandy **Summer Walker

Best R&B/Soul Male Artist

**Anderson Paak, Anderson .Paak **Charlie Wilson (singer), Charlie Wilson **PJ Morton **The Weeknd **Usher (musician), Usher

Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

*Kirk Franklin **Bebe Winans **Koryn Hawthorne **Marvin Sapp **PJ Morton **The Clark Sisters

Rhythm & Bars Award (Best Hip-Hop Song Of The Year)

*Megan Thee Stallion – "Savage (Megan Thee Stallion song), Savage" **Cardi B – "WAP (song), WAP" **DaBaby – "Rockstar (DaBaby song), Rockstar" **DJ Khaled – "Popstar (DJ Khaled song), Popstar" **Drake (musician), Drake – "Laugh Now Cry Later" **Roddy Ricch – "The Box (Roddy Ricch song), The Box"

Song Of The Year

and Young Thug – "Go Crazy (Chris Brown and Young Thug song), Go Crazy" **Beyoncé – "Black Parade (song), BLACK PARADE" **Chloe x Halle – "Do It (Chloe x Halle song), Do It" **

– "Slide (H.E.R. song), Slide" **Summer Walker & Usher (musician), Usher – "Come Thru" **Usher (musician), Usher – "Don't Waste My Time (Usher song), Don't Waste My Time"

Album Of The Year

*Summer Walker – ''Over It (album), Over It'' **Chloe x Halle – ''Ungodly Hour'' **Brandy Norwood, Brandy – ''B7 (album), B7'' **

& Young Thug – ''Slime & B'' **Jhené Aiko – ''Chilombo (album), Chilombo'' **The Weeknd – ''After Hours (The Weeknd album), After Hours''

The Ashford And Simpson Songwriter's Award

*H.E.R – "I Can't Breathe (H.E.R. song), I Can't Breathe" **Written by

*Beyoncé – "Black Parade (song), BLACK PARADE" **Written by Akil King, Beyoncé, Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Nova Wav, Brittany Coney, Nova Wav, Denisia Andrews, Derek Dixie, Derek James Dixie, Kimberly "Kaydence" Krysiuk, Kim "Kaydence" Krysiuk, Rickie Tice, Rickie "Caso" Tice, Jay-Z, Shawn Carter, Stephen Bray *Chloe x Halle – "Do It (Chloe x Halle song), Do It" **Written by Chloe x Halle, Chloe Bailey, Chloe x Halle, Halle Bailey, Scott Storch,

, Avedon (record producer), Vincent van den Ende, Anton Kuhl *

and Young Thug – "Go Crazy (Chris Brown and Young Thug song), Go Crazy" **Written by Cameron Devaun Murphy, Chris Brown, Christopher Brown, Dounia Aznou, Young Thug, Jeffrey Lamar Williams, Johnny Kelvin, Kaniel Castaneda, Omari Akinlolu, OrvilleHall, Patrizio Pigliapoco, Phillip Price, Said Aznou, Soraya Benjelloun, Tre Samuels, Turell Sims, Wayne Samuels, Zakaria Kharbouch *Summer Walker – "Playing Games" **Written by Summer Walker, Bryson Tiller, London on da Track, London Holmes, Kendall Roark Bailey, Cameron Griffin, Aubrey Robinson, Beyoncé, Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, Kelendria Rowland, LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins *

– "Slide (H.E.R. song), Slide" **Written by Charles Carter, Elijah Dias,

, Jermaine Dupri, YG (rapper), Keenon Daequan Ray Jackson, Roger Parker, Cardo (record producer), Ron Latour, Jay-Z, Shawn Carter, Steven Arrington, Tiara Thomas, Wuang

Best Dance Performance

– "Go Crazy (Chris Brown and Young Thug song), Go Crazy" **Beyoncé – "Already (song), Already" **Chloe x Halle – "Do It (Chloe x Halle song), Do It" **DaniLeigh – "Levi High" **Missy Elliott – "Why I Still Love You" **Teyana Taylor – "Bare wit Me"

Best Collaboration Performance

– "Go Crazy (Chris Brown and Young Thug song), Go Crazy" **

– "Slide (H.E.R. song), Slide" **Ne-Yo – "U 2 Luv" **Skip Marley – "Slow Down" **Summer Walker & Usher (musician), Usher – "Come Thru" **Usher (musician), Usher – "Don't Waste My Time (Usher song), Don't Waste My Time"

Video Of The Year

*Beyoncé – "Brown Skin Girl" **

– "Go Crazy (Chris Brown and Young Thug song), Go Crazy" **Chloe x Halle – "Do It (Chloe x Halle song), Do It" **Skip Marley – "Slow Down" **

– "Slide (H.E.R. song), Slide" **Lizzo – "Good as Hell"

References

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