1997 Soul Train Music Awards

Special awards

Heritage Award

• Curtis Mayfield

  Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year

• Babyface

  Winners and nominees

R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year

• 2Pac – All Eyez on Me
• * The Fugees – The Score
• * R. Kelly – R. Kelly
• * Outkast – ATLiens

  Best R&B/Soul Album – Male

• Maxwell – Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
• * Babyface – The Day
• * R. Kelly – R. Kelly
• * Keith Sweat – Keith Sweat

  Best R&B/Soul Album – Female

• Toni Braxton – Secrets
• * Aaliyah – One in a Million
• * Monifah – Moods...Moments
• * Me'Shell NdegeOcello – Peace Beyond Passion

  Best R&B/Soul Album – Group, Band, or Duo

• New Edition – Home Again
• * 112 – 112
• * The Isley Brothers – Mission to Please
• * Mint Condition – Definition of a Band

  Best R&B/Soul Single – Male

• Maxwell – "Ascension "
• * D'Angelo – "Lady"
• * Joe – "All the Things "
• * Keith Sweat – "Twisted"

  Best R&B/Soul Single – Female

• Toni Braxton – "You're Makin' Me High" / "Let It Flow"
• * Mary J. Blige – "Not Gon' Cry"
• * Brandy – "Sittin' Up in My Room"
• * Monica – "Why I Love You So Much"

  Best R&B/Soul Single – Group, Band, or Duo

• Blackstreet – "No Diggity"
• * 112 – "Only You"
• * AZ Yet – "Last Night"
• * Mint Condition – "What Kind of Man Would I Be?"

  Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video

• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – "Tha Crossroads"
• * 2Pac – "How Do U Want It" / "California Love"
• * LL Cool J – "Doin' It"
• * Busta Rhymes – "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check"

  Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist

• Maxwell
• * 112
• * AZ Yet
• * Tony Rich

  Best Jazz Album

• Herbie Hancock – The New Standard
• * Quincy Jones – Q's Jook Joint
• * Diana Krall –
• * Art Porter – Lay Your Hands on Me

  Best Gospel Album

• Kirk Franklin – Whatcha Lookin' 4
• * Rev. Clay Evans – I've Got a Testimony
• * Dottie Peoples and the Peoples Choice Chorale – Count on God
• * The Williams Sisters – Live on the East Coast

  Performances

• En Vogue – "Don't Let Go "
• BLACKstreet and Queen Pen – "No Diggity"
• Mint Condition – "What Kind of Man Would I Be?"
• Maxwell – "Sumthin' Sumthin'"
• The Isley Brothers – "Tears"
• Keith Sweat – "Twisted"
• Gladys Knight
• The Fugees – "Killing Me Softly with His Song"
• Mary J. Blige – "Love Is All We Need"
• Nas
• 702 – "Get It Together"