Soul Train Music Awards | |
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Date | March 12, 1991 |
Location | Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California |
Country | United States |
Hosted by | Dionne Warwick, Patti LaBelle and Luther Vandross |
First awarded | 1987 |
Most awards | Mariah Carey and MC Hammer (3) |
Website | soultrain |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | WGN America |
The 1991 Soul Train Music Awards aired live on March 12, 1991 (and was later syndicated in other areas), honoring the best in R&B, soul, rap, jazz, and gospel music from the previous year. The show was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and was hosted by Patti LaBelle, Luther Vandross and Dionne Warwick.
Special awards
[edit]Heritage Award for Career Achievement
[edit]Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year
[edit]Winners and nominees
[edit]Winners are in bold text.
Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album of the Year – Male
[edit]Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album of the Year – Female
[edit]Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album of the Year – Group, Band, or Duo
[edit]Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single – Male
[edit]Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single – Female
[edit]Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single – Group, Band or Duo
[edit]- En Vogue – "Hold On"
- After 7 – "Ready or Not"
- Bell Biv DeVoe – "Poison"
- Quincy Jones (featuring El DeBarge, Al B Sure!, James Ingram and Barry White) – "The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)"
Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Song of the Year
[edit]- MC Hammer – "U Can't Touch This"
- Mariah Carey – "Vision of Love"
- En Vogue – "Hold On"
- Johnny Gill – "My, My, My"
Best Music Video
[edit]- Janet Jackson – "Alright"
- En Vogue – "Hold On"
- MC Hammer – "U Can't Touch This"
- Public Enemy – "911 Is a Joke"
Best R&B/Urban Contemporary New Artist
[edit]Best Rap Album
[edit]Best Gospel Album
[edit]- The Winans – Return
- Commissioned – State of Mind
- Tramaine Hawkins – Live
- Take 6 – So Much to Say
Best Jazz Album
[edit]- Najee – Tokyo Blue
- Anita Baker – Compositions
- Branford Marsalis Quartet and Terence Blanchard – Music from Mo Better Blues
- Take 6 – So Much to Say
Performers
[edit]- Johnny Gill – "Rub You the Right Way"
- Ralph Tresvant – "Sensitivity"
- Bell Biv DeVoe – "She's Dope!"
- En Vogue – "Hold On"
- LL Cool J – "Around the Way Girl"
- Smokey Robinson Tribute:
- Luther Vandross – "Since I Lost My Baby"
- Patti LaBelle – "Baby, Baby"
- Gladys Knight – "The Tracks of My Tears"
- MC Hammer – Medley: "Let's Get It Started" / "Turn This Mutha Out" / "Here Comes the Hammer"
- Najee
- Teddy Pendergrass
- Dionne Warwick