1998 Soul Train Music Awards

Special awards

Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year

• Puff Daddy

  Quincy Jones Award for Career Achievement

• Whitney Houston

  Winners and nominees

R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year

• Erykah Badu – Baduizm
• * Mary J. Blige – Share My World
• * The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death
• * Puff Daddy & the Family – No Way Out

  Best R&B/Soul Album – Male

• The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death
• * Joe – All That I Am
• * Maxwell – MTV Unplugged
• * Prince – Emancipation

  Best R&B/Soul Album – Female

• Erykah Badu – Baduizm
• * Mary J. Blige – Share My World
• * Janet Jackson – The Velvet Rope
• * Lil' Kim – Hard Core

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

• Dru Hill – Dru Hill
• * Boyz II Men – Evolution
• * Kirk Franklin and God's Property – God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation
• * Puff Daddy & the Family – No Way Out

  Best R&B/Soul Single – Male

• Usher – "You Make Me Wanna..."
• * Joe – "Don't Wanna Be a Player"
• * R. Kelly – "I Believe I Can Fly"
• * Kenny Lattimore – "For You"

  Best R&B/Soul Single – Female

• Erykah Badu – "On and On"
• * Aaliyah – "One in a Million"
• * Mary J. Blige – "Everything"
• * Monica – "For You I Will"

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

• Dru Hill – "In My Bed"
• * Destiny's Child – "No, No, No"
• * Kirk Franklin and God's Property – "Stomp"
• * LSG – "My Body"
• * Puff Daddy and Faith Evans – "I'll Be Missing You"

  Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video

• Puff Daddy and Faith Evans – "I'll Be Missing You"
• * Busta Rhymes – "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See"
• * Missy Elliott – "The Rain "
• * The Notorious B.I.G. – "Mo' Money, Mo' Problems"

  Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist

• Erykah Badu
• * Missy Elliott
• * God's Property
• * Puff Daddy

  Best Gospel Album

• Kirk Franklin and God's Property – God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation
• * The Canton Spirituals – Living the Dream: Live from Washington, D.C.
• * GMWA Gospel Announcers Guild – So You Would Know
• * The Williams Brothers – Still Standing

  Best Jazz Album

• Boney James – Sweet Thing
• * Zachary Breaux – Uptown Groove
• * Dave Grusin – Dave Grusin Presents West Side Story
• * The Williams Brothers – Black Diamond

  Performers

• Janet Jackson – "I Get Lonely"
• Boyz II Men – "Doin' Just Fine"
• Puff Daddy, The LOX and Lil' Kim – "It's All About the Benjamins"
• Heavy D – "I'll Do Anything"
• God's Property and Kirk Franklin – "Stomp"
• Whitney Houston Tribute:
• * Ronald Isley – "Exhale "
• * Terry Ellis – "How Will I Know"
• * Kenny Lattimore – "I Believe in You and Me"
• * Monica – "You Give Good Love"
• Erykah Badu – "Certainly"
• Usher – "You Make Me Wanna..." and "Nice & Slow"
• Patti Labelle – "If Only You Knew"
• Dru Hill and Jermaine Dupri – "In My Bed"