Okay, this will be the most fun you\u2019ll have voting this year. The time is coming for the\u00a02025 SoulTracks Readers\u2019 Choice Awards, the biggest awards in the world dedicated to independent soul music.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve gathered all the suggestions from readers and our industry friends and have chosen a fantastic group of finalists \u2014 superb artists who represent all that is great about Soul Music in 2025. \u00a0To be nominated, an artist must have released music (or had the music reach its commercial peak) between\u00a0October 1, 2024 and September 30, 2025. And all nominees must have released their music\u00a0independently\u00a0(i.e., not on one of the three major labels or their subsidiaries).<\/p>\n
To make sure the results are accurate and fair,\u00a0all\u00a0voting is by individual ballots. One ballot per person.\u00a0Ballots will be sent out to all SoulTracks email subscribers on\u00a0Friday, November 14, and we\u2019ll announce the winners on Monday, December 8.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019d like to receive a ballot, sign up with your email at the top of any page on SoulTracks. It is free to everyone.<\/p>\n
Want to hear the Song of the Year and Album of the Year nominees? We\u2019ve provided Spotify links below.<\/p>\n
Congratulations to all of the artists.\u00a0Share this with your friends using #SoulTracks2025.<\/p>\n
Album of the Year<\/p>\n
James Biscuit Rouse \u2013 Biscuit & Buddy<\/a> Song of the Year<\/p>\n Alex Harris & Conya Doss \u2013 \u201cBetter\u201d<\/a> Female Vocalist of the Year<\/p>\n Candace Woodson Male Vocalist of the Year<\/p>\n Alex Harris Duo or Group of the Year<\/p>\n Ascendant New Artist of the Year<\/p>\n Donna Odain Instrumentalist of the Year<\/p>\n Biscuit Rouse Lifetime Achievement Award<\/p>\n To Be Announced Soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Okay, this will be the most fun you\u2019ll have voting this year. The time is coming for the\u00a02025…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":{"0":"post-260553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Christian McBride Big Band \u2013 Without Further Ado, Vol. 1<\/a>
Durand Jones & The Indications \u2013 Flowers<\/a>
Jeff Bradshaw \u2013 The Cure<\/a>
Jeffrey Dennis \u2013 Insatiable<\/a>
Ledisi \u2013 The Crown<\/a>
Najee \u2013 Under the Moon and over the Sky<\/a>
Son of Pearl \u2013 My Mother\u2019s Favorites and a Few of Mine<\/a>
Teri Tobin \u2013 Forever<\/a>
Tristan \u2013 Frou Frou<\/a>
Various Artists \u2013 The House that Pepper Built<\/a>
Young Gun Silver Fox \u2013 Pleasure<\/a><\/p>\n
Carvin Winans \u2013 \u201cShining Star\u201d<\/a>
Eric Roberson and BJ The Chicago Kid \u2013 \u201cWhere You Gonna Go?\u201d<\/a>
Jade Novah \u2013 \u201c90s Fine\u201d<\/a>
Kem \u2013 \u201cRock With Me\u201d
Kindred The Family Soul \u2013 \u201cFor Life\u201d<\/a>
King Sis \u2013 \u201cLove\u2019s Lament\u201d<\/a>
Kinsman Dazz Band ft. Gina Sedman \u2013 \u201cThere\u201d<\/a>
Teri Tobin ft. Al Chauncy \u2013 \u201cThis Life With You<\/a>\u201c
Terisa Griffin \u2013 \u201cWhen You\u2019re Around Me<\/a>\u201c
The Jupiter Gallery and Castella \u2013 \u201cSunset Drive\u201d<\/a>
Windy Kiragianes \u2013 \u201cFalling for You\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n
Castella
Conya Doss
Deborah Bond
Heidi Tann
JC Sol
Jo Harman
Kimberly Brewer
Madz
Marva King
Teri Tobin
Terisa Griffin
Terri Green
Windy Karigianes<\/p>\n
Carvin Winans
Chazz Dixon
Cornell CC Carter
Cozy Mobetta
Eric Roberson
Kem
Noel Gourdin
Sargent Tucker
Smoke Jones
Ty Causey
Will Preston<\/p>\n
Camera Soul
Cool Million
Helen Bruner and Terry Jones
Kindred The Family Soul
Kinsman Dazz Band
Pieces of a Dream
Sentury
the Detroit Emeralds
The Freedom Affair
Tristan
Young Gun Silver Fox<\/p>\n
HJ Soul
Honore
Jordan Johnston
Laticia Carrington
Londee the Artist
Madison LaRae
Nashon Holloway
Robbie Love
Shardella Sessions
Yufu<\/p>\n
Darryl Evan Jones
David Margham
Gail Jhonson
Jason Peterson DeLaire
Jeff Bradshaw
John Carey
Johnny Britt
Lin Rountree
Nicolay
Regi Myrix
Vladimir Cetkar
Zo!<\/p>\n