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1991 Soul Train Music Awards

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First awarded
  
1987

Network
  
WGN America

Other ceremonies
  
1990, 1992

Official website
  
soultrain.com

Date
  
12 March 1991

Country
  
United States of America

Location
  
Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California

Hosted by
  
Dionne Warwick, Patti LaBelle and Luther Vandross

Most awards
  
Mariah Carey and MC Hammer (3)

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.

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Heritage Award for Career Achievement

  • Smokey Robinson

    • Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year

  • M.C. Hammer

    • Winners and nominees

    Winners are in bold text.

    Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album of the Year – Male

  • Johnny Gill – Johnny Gill
  • Al B. Sure! – Private Times...and the Whole 9!
  • MC Hammer – Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em
  • Keith Sweat – I'll Give All My Love to You

    • Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album of the Year – Female

  • Mariah Carey – Mariah Carey
  • Anita Baker – Compositions
  • Michel'le – Michel'le
  • Lisa Stansfield – Affection

    • Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album of the Year – Group, Band, or Duo

  • Bell Biv Devoe – Poison
  • En Vogue – Born to Sing
  • Tony! Toni! Toné! – The Revival
  • The Whispers – More of the Night

    • Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single – Male

  • Johnny Gill – "My, My, My"
  • Babyface – "Whip Appeal"
  • MC Hammer – "U Can't Touch This"
  • James Ingram – "I Don't Have the Heart"

    • Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single – Female

  • Mariah Carey – "Vision of Love"
  • Anita Baker – "Talk to Me"
  • Janet Jackson – "Alright"
  • Lisa Stansfield – "All Around the World"

    • Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single – Group, Band or Duo

  • 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

  • MC Hammer – "U Can't Touch This"
  • Mariah Carey – "Vision of Love"
  • En Vogue – "Hold On"
  • Johnny Gill – "My, My, My"

    • Best Music Video

  • 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

  • Mariah Carey
  • Oleta Adams
  • En Vogue
  • Vanilla Ice

    • Best Rap Album

  • MC Hammer – Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em
  • Ice Cube – Amerikkka's Most Wanted
  • LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
  • Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet

    • Best Gospel Album

  • The Winans – Return
  • Commissioned – State of Mind
  • Tramaine Hawkins – Live
  • Take 6 – So Much to Say

    • Best Jazz Album

  • Najee – Tokyo Blue
  • Anita Baker – Compositions
  • Branford Marsalis Quartet and Terence Blanchard – Music from Mo Better Blues
  • Take 6 – So Much to Say

    • Performers

  • 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

    • References

    1991 Soul Train Music Awards Wikipedia
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