The VH1 Soul VIBE Award winners have been announced over a week before the show is scheduled to air. Talk about anti-climactic. When we first heard that VH1 Soul and VIBE were joining forces to put this year's awards special together after a much-needed hiatus, we were excited to see the show come back. But that was until we saw some of the nominees, found out that Mercifully, the awards special will only be one hour long and the event is pre-taped so perhaps any buffoonery (cross reference T-Pain) will be edited out. The VH1 Soul VIBE Awards Special airs on VH1 Soul at 9 PM EST/PST on November 14th and re-airs on VH1 at 10 PM EST/PST on November 19th. And, yes, we will be live-blogging the show so stay tuned to SoulBounce next Wednesday night.
All of the nominees and winners are listed after the bounce.
R&B ARTIST of the YEAR
Beyoncé
Ne-Yo
R. Kelly
T-Pain
BEST COLLABORATION
"We Takin' Over" - DJ Khaled ft. T.I., Akon, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Lil Wayne, Baby
"Make Me Better"
- Fabolous ft. Ne-Yo
"Runaway Love"
- Ludacris ft. Mary J. Blige
"Same Girl" - R. Kelly and Usher
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Amy Winehouse
Chrisette Michele
Rich Boy
Robin Thicke
SONG OF THE YEAR
"Buy U A Drank" - T-Pain ft. Yung Joc
"Irreplaceable" - Beyoncé
"Lost Without U" - Robin Thicke
"We Fly High" - Jim Jones
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
"Get Me Bodied" - Beyoncé
"Runaway Love" - Ludacris ft. Mary. J. Blige
"Same Girl" - R. Kelly and Usher
"Umbrella" - Rihanna ft. Jay-Z
HIP-HOP ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Diddy
Jay-Z
Lil' Wayne
T.I.
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Polow Da Don
Scott Storch
Swizz Beatz
Timbaland
VSTYLE
Beyoncé
Diddy
Kanye West
Kimora Lee Simmons
T.I.
VIBE PROPS
Barack Obama
Jay-Z
Oprah Winfrey
Stephon Marbury
MIXTAPE OF THE YEAR
DJ Drama - Gangsta Grillz 16
DJ Soul - Assorted Donuts
Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothin'
Lil Wayne - Da Drought III
RINGTONE OF THE YEAR
"We Fly High" - Jim Jones
"This Is Why I'm Hot" - Mims
"Lip Gloss" - Lil Mama
"Party Like a Rockstar" - Shop Boyz
"Walk It Out" - Unk
VHOLLYWOOD
Ice Cube
Jennifer Hudson
T.I.
Will Smith
