Beyoncé Knowles has received three Soul Train Music Award nominations.
The singer-and-actress is up for Best Female Album for B'Day, Best Female Single for Irreplaceable and the Michael Jackson Award for Best Music Video.
Mary J Blige has two nominations, Best Female R'n'B Soul Single for Take Me as I Am and Best Female R'n'B Soul Album for The Breakthrough.
Leading the male nominations are John Legend, Chris Brown, Ne-Yo and Yung Joc.
Legend, who won the Best Male Album and Best Male Single accolades at last year's ceremony, has been named in these categories again - for Once Again
and Save Room respectively.
Brown is also nominated for Best Male Single, for Yo (Excuse Me Miss), and Best Male Album for Chris Brown.
The 21st Anniversary Soul Train Music Awards will take place on 10 March at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
