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The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show which previously aired in national television syndication, and honors the best in Black music and entertainment. It is produced by the makers of Soul Train, the program from which it takes its name, and features musical performances by various R & B and hip hop music recording artists interspersed throughout the ceremonies.

The Soul Train Music Awards voting body includes active professionals in the fields of radio programming and music retail and management and recording artists with records that have charted in designated music trade publications in the year prior to proceedings.

Past hosts for the show include such R&B luminaries as Luther Vandross, Patti LaBelle, Will Smith, Vanessa Williams, and Gladys Knight.

The Soul Train Music Award trophy has featured an African ceremonial mask since its 1987 introduction. R&B singer Janet Jackson holds the record for the most Soul Train Awards won, followed by her brother Michael Jackson and pop singer Whitney Houston.

The 2008 ceremonies were not held due to several factors, including the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, the ill health of Don Cornelius at the time, and Soul Train distributor Tribune Entertainment terminating operations in the wake of the sale of Tribune Company to Sam Zell. With the rights to Soul Train acquired by MadVision Entertainment, the Soul Train Music Awards were presented on November 24, 2009 on Centric. MadVision now holds the rerun rights to Soul Train.

The 2009 ceremony was held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, marking the first time in the show's 22-year history it was held outside of the Los Angeles area. The 2010 awards will be held on November 10 just outside Atlanta at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, and will air on BET and Centric on November 28.[1]

Show history by year

Award categories

Special awards

Defunct Award Categories

Most Wins/Nominations

  • Most Wins
Rank 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Artist Janet Jackson Alicia Keys
R. Kelly
Usher (entertainer)
Michael Jackson
Anita Baker 		Beyonce
TLC (band)
Boyz II Men
Mary J. Blige 		Whitney Houston
Luther Vandross
Erykah Badu
Mariah Carey
Toni Braxton
Maxwell (singer)
Lauryn Hill 		D'Angelo
Soul II Soul
Jay-Z
B2K
John Legend
Musiq Soulchild
Missy Elliott
The Isley Brothers
Total Wins 8 wins 6 Wins 5 wins 4 wins 3 wins
  • Most Nominations
Rank 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Artist R. Kelly
Janet Jackson 		Mary J. Blige Whitney Houston
Luther Vandross 		Boyz II Men
Michael Jackson 		Alicia Keys
Beyonce
Usher (entertainer)
Total Nominations 19 nominations 18 nominations 16 nominations 15 nominations 13 Nominations

References

  1. ^ http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2010/07/14/soul-train-awards-returning-to-atlanta-november-10
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