Airing on CENTRIC and BETNovember 30, This Year's Show Honors Funk
Band Kool & The Gang with the Legend Award
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2014 celebrated and honored soul music's
brightest new stars as well as R&B's greatest legends during the
star-studded show, which aired on CENTRIC and BET on November 30, 2014. Chris
Brown was the big winner of the night, walking away with three
awards, while Pharrell Williams and Beyonce both took home
two. SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2014 was hosted by talk show queen Wendy
Williams and featured show-stopping performances by Chris Brown, Jodeci,
Nico & Vinz, Tinashe, Lil' Kim, Missy Elliott
and Da Brat, and also honored funk music icons Kool & The Gang
with the Legend Award.
Chris Brown accepts the Best Collaboration award for Loyal onstage during the 2014 Soul Train Music Awards at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Getty Images)
SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2014 kicked off with Chris Brown performing a
medley of his hits, including "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)," "New Flame," and
"Loyal," bringing the crowd to their feet. Moments later, Wendy Williams
lit up the stage with a glitzy toast to Las Vegas as she waltzed
alongside Boris Kodjoe in the opening number. Breakout performers Nico &
Vinz took the stage next and belted out their smash hit "Am I Wrong"
before wowing the crowd with their new single, "In Your Arms." After
this performance, audience members joined We Are Toonz and their troop
of dancers in a lively rendition of this year's dance craze, the Nae
Nae. Later in the show, Jodeci reunited onstage to perform classic fan
favorites "Freek'n You," "Come and Talk to Me," "Stay" and "Forever My
Lady," in addition to debuting their new single, "Nobody Wins." To close
out the show, a group of artists honored Kool & The Gang by performing
some of the group's greatest hits; artists included Tamar Braxton, MC
Lyte, Ma$e, Doug E. Fresh, and hip hop emcees Lil' Kim, Missy Elliott
and Da Brat, who reunited and closed out the night with a crowd-pleasing
performance of their 1996 platinum single "Not Tonight" (a remix of Kool
& The Gang's hit "Ladies Night").
SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2014 honored artists in 12 different
categories. Winners included Nico & Vinz (Best New Artist), Beyoncé
(Best R&B/Soul Female Artist), Trey Songz (Best R&B/Soul Male Artist),
"Beyoncé" by Beyoncé (Album of the Year), and "Happy" by Pharrell
Williams (Song of the Year). The full list of winners is below.
SOUL
TRAIN AWARDS 2014 was directed by Tony McCuin and produced by
BET Event Productions and Sunseeker Media. Executive producers of the
network telecast were as follows: Paxton Baker, Tami Arasli, Derek Lewis
from Centric; Bart Phillips from Sunseeker and David Koff and Jerry
Letter from Soul Train Holdings; Doug E. Fresh; Kevin Hunter and Wendy
Williams from Wendy Williams Productions, Inc.
For more information, please visit BET.com/SoulTrain,
the official site for SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2014.
SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2014 WINNERS
Best
New Artist - Nico & Vinz
Centric Certified
Award - Leela James
Best Gospel and/or
Inspirational Song - Erica Campbell feat. Lecrae - "Help"
Best
Hip-Hop Song of the Year - Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne and
Tyga - "Loyal"
The Chaka Khan Award for Best R&B/Soul
Female Artist - Beyoncé
Best R&B/Soul Male
Artist - Trey Songz
Album of the Year - Beyoncé
- "Beyoncé"
Song of the Year - Pharrell
Williams - "Happy"
The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter's
Award - John Legend (Toby Gad, John Legend) - "All Of
Me"
Best Dance Performance - Chris Brown feat. Lil
Wayne and Tyga - "Loyal"
Best Collaboration - Chris
Brown feat. Lil Wayne and Tyga - "Loyal"
Video of the Year
- "Happy" (Pharrell Williams) - We are from L.A.
About CENTRIC
Centric is a 24-hour music and entertainment channel that reflects the
lifestyle and sophistication of today's African-American and
multicultural adult viewer. With a finger on the pulse of an
ever-changing beat, its compelling music content fuses Soul, R&B,
Neo-Soul, Hip Hop, Reggae, Gospel, Jazz, Old School, New School and
everything in between with today's hottest artists. It is a unique of
mix of music, culture and lifestyle programming that embodies the lives,
tastes and aspirations of the CENTRIC viewer.
About BET Networks
BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is the
nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and
public affairs television programming for the African-American audience.
The primary BET channel reaches more than 90 million households and can
be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom
and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American consumer
brand with a diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading
Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news;
CENTRIC, a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the 25- to
54-year-old African-American audience; BET Digital Networks - BET Gospel
and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment
tastes; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings
for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Event
Productions, a full-scale event management and production company with
festivals and live events spanning the globe; BET Mobile, which provides
ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET
International, which operates BET in the United Kingdom and oversees the
extension of BET network programming for global distribution.
About Soul Train Holdings
SOUL TRAIN HOLDINGS, LLC was formed in May 2008 and is owned by
InterMedia Partners and a partnership between Magic Johnson Enterprises
and Ron Burkle's investment firm, The Yucaipa Companies. The iconic
franchise and catalog consists of more than 1,100 episodes and 40
specials from Don Cornelius Productions, Inc. Soul Train is the longest
running, first-run, nationally syndicated music program in television
history. During its 35-year run, the show featured lasting innovations
such as the Soul Train line and the legendary sign off "Love, Peace and
Soul." At the heart of the show was Don Cornelius, the dancers and
influential artists such as James Brown, Al Green, Ike & Tina Turner,
Hall & Oates, Donna Summer, Marvin Gaye, The Jackson 5, Aretha Franklin,
Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Whitney Houston, David Bowie, Prince, Run
D.M.C. and Destiny's Child.
About the Orleans Arena
The Orleans Arena, a Boyd Gaming facility located just west of the Las
Vegas Strip, is one of the nation's leading multi-purpose sports and
entertainment facilities and the 2014 recipient of the Venue Excellence
Award from the International Association of Venue Managers. In addition,
the Orleans Arena is one of only a handful of arenas in the United
States to achieve LEED Gold Certification and is part of the largest
company in Nevada to achieve SHARP Certification for commitments to safe
venue operations. According to Venues Today magazine, the Orleans Arena,
which hosts more than 200 events each year, consistently ranks in the
Top 10 for ticket sales in the United States and internationally among
venues of similar size. These events include nationally touring
concerts, NCAA basketball conference tournaments, family shows,
motorsports and other unique events. For more information, call
702-365-7469 or visit http://www.OrleansArena.com
Stay .connected to the Orleans Arena on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/orleansarena)
and on Twitter (@orleansarena).
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