Jamaican artistes have been nominated for Soul Train Music Awards

A number of Jamaican artistes continue to make a name for themselves internationally as five of them have been nominated for the 2009 Soul Train Music Awards.

The artistes, all of whom are nominated for Best Reggae Artiste category, are the self-acclaimed ‘Gully God’ Mavado; son of the late great Robert Nesta Marley, Ziggy Marley; ‘Mr. Ge Me De Light’ Sean Paul; ‘No Games’ Serani; and the man with the soulful conscious hits, Taurus Riley.

According to 876radio.com, after being on hiatus the past couple of years, this year's show will be taped at the Georgia World Congress Center on Tuesday, November 3 and then aired on BET at a later date.

Some of the performers set to take the stage that night are Trey Songz, Ryan Leslie, Chrisette Michele, Ledisi, Brian McKnight and Melanie Fiona.

The online radio further stated that this year's show would honour the careers and musical influences of Chaka Khan, Charlie Wilson, L.A. Reid and Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds