2019 Soul Train Music Awards

The 2019 Soul Train Music Awards took place on November 17 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and aired live for the first time on BET and BET Her. It was hosted by Tisha Campbell & Tichina Arnold, for the first time in the awards ceremony history from Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The nominations were announced on October 25, 2019. Chris Brown received the most nominations with eight, followed by Drake with seven. The most nominated female artist were Beyoncé and Lizzo, both with six nominations.

During the ceremony Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were honored with the Legend Award, while gospel singer Yolanda Adams received the Lady of Soul Award for her contributions to the music industry.

Special Awards

Honorees are as listed below:

Legend Award

Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

Lady Of Soul Award

Yolanda Adams

Nominees

Nominees are as listed below. Winners are in bold:

Best New Artist

• Summer Walker
• Lucky Daye
• Mahalia
• Nicole Bus
• Pink Sweat$
• YK Osiris

Soul Train Certified Award

• Trevor Jackson
• Ciara
• Daniel Caesar
• Fantasia
• India Arie
• Kelly Rowland

Best R&B/Soul Female Artist

• H.E.R.
• Ari Lennox
• Beyoncé
• Lizzo
• Mary J. Blige
• Summer Walker

Best R&B/Soul Male Artist

• Khalid
• Bruno Mars
• Chris Brown
• Daniel Caesar
• Tank

Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

• Kirk Franklin
• BeBe Winans
• Donald Lawrence
• Erica Campbell
• Tasha Cobbs Leonard
• Tori Kelly

Rhythm & Bars Award (Best Hip-Hop Song Of The Year)

• Cardi B – "Money"
• 21 Savage – "A Lot"
• DaBaby – "Suge"
• J. Cole – "Middle Child"
• Meek Mill – "Going Bad"
• Megan Thee Stallion – "Cash Shit"

Song Of The Year

• Chris Brown – "No Guidance"
• Beyoncé – "Before I Let Go"
• Ella Mai – "Shot Clock"
• Khalid – "Talk"
• Lizzo – "Juice"
• Summer Walker – "Girls Need Love" (Remix)

Album/Mixtape Of The Year

• Lizzo – Cuz I Love You
• Ari Lennox – Shea Butter Baby
• Chris Brown – Indigo
• Ella Mai – Ella Mai
• H.E.R. – I Used to Know Her
• Khalid – Free Spirit

The Ashford And Simpson Songwriter's Award

• Beyoncé, Saint Jhn, & Wizkid – "Brown Skin Girl"
• Written by Beyoncé, Carlos St. John, Adio Marchant, Shawn Carter, Stacy Barthe, Anathi Mnyango, Michael Uzowuru, Wizkid & Richard Isong
• H.E.R. – "Hard Place"
• Written by H.E.R., David Harris, Sam Ashworth, James Fauntleroy & Ruby Amanfu
• Lizzo – "Juice"
• Written by Melissa Jefferson, Theron Thomas, Eric Frederic, Sam Sumser and Sean Small
• – "Make It Better"
• Written by Brandon Anderson, William Robinson, Alana Chenervert, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Daniel Maman & Farid Nassar
• Chris Brown – "No Guidance"
• Written by Christopher Brown, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Joshua Louis Huizar, Teddy Walton, Noah Shebib, Nija Charles, Tyler Bryant & Michee Lebrun
• Khalid – "Talk"
• Written by Khalid Robinson, Guy Lawrence, & Howard Lawrence

Best Dance Performance

• Chris Brown – "No Guidance"
• Beyoncé – "Spirit"
• Lizzo – "Juice"
• Normani – "Motivation"
• Teyana Taylor – "WTP"
• DaniLeigh – "Easy" (Remix)

Best Collaboration Performance

• Chris Brown – "No Guidance"
• Ari Lennox & J. Cole – "Shea Butter Baby"
• Beyoncé, Saint Jhn & Wizkid – "Brown Skin Girl"
• Cardi B & Bruno Mars – "Please Me"
• PJ Morton – "Say So"
• Ty Dolla $ign – "Purple Emoji"

Video Of The Year

• Lizzo – "Juice"
• Alicia Keys – "Raise a Man"
• Beyoncé – "Spirit"
• Childish Gambino – "Feels Like Summer"
• Chris Brown – "No Guidance"
• Khalid – "Better"

Multiple nominations and awards

The following received multiple nominations:

The following received multiple awards:

References